The Certainty Of Christianity - [Luke 1:1-4]

Do you know for certain that future glory awaits you to be with the Lord Jesus in heaven a resurrected body? Are you sure that the guilt of your sin is paid in full? Are you certain? That you have a joyful relationship with the triune God.

Can you say? Absent from the body present with the Lord. Can you say to live as Christ and to die is? Is a gain? Can you with Paul say confidently the Son of God loved me and gave himself for me? Can you declare with Job I know that my Redeemer lives and Echo the words of David.

Can you say though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death? I will fear no evil for you are with me. Today, I want to talk about Certainty if you have a Bible turn to the gospel of Jesus according to Luke Matthew Mark Luke and John in the New Testament.

Certainty of Salvation in the Gospel of Luke

We're going to look at the book of Luke, and I have some good news for you today. Even though you will die even though. I will die we can have confidence and certainty that when we die We're going to go to heaven, and I want you to have that certainty.

I want you to have what we call the assurance of salvation. Sure that you we get to go to heaven that we can say with Paul in Romans chapter 8. There's no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

I Want you to be able to sing that song it is well with my soul and sing this my sin. Oh the bliss of this glorious thought my sin not in part, but the whole is nailed to the cross. And I bear it no more.

Praise the Lord praise the Lord. Oh my soul. It is important for you to know for certain that when you die you're going to go to heaven. It's appointed for man wants to die and then judgment, and so we want to make sure That we understand this truth.

Today if you're a Christian We're going to look at the gospel of Luke. And you're going to say oh, that's the Savior that loved me and bought me with his redeeming love. I trust him Lord. I want to trust him more and if you're an unbeliever here today, you're not born again.

I want you to see in the gospel of Luke. There's no one like Jesus. No one talked like he did no one acted like he did. No one could do the things that he did and in fact He's verified his claims of deity.

By doing many things. Luke chapter 1 verses 1 and following is where we are and it's a perfect Resurrection Sunday kind of introduction because Luke is written as an apologist as someone who says let me give you reasons why you actually should believe if you don't believe and reasons why to believe and keep on believing if you do believe and He's like an investigative reporter.

He's a physician and he looks at the data, and he says I want to make a proper Analysis of this data because death is real sin is real hell is real. Is Jesus real. Chapter 1 of Luke. Verse 1 says as much as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us.

He's talking about Jesus's life including his death and resurrection just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and Ministers of the ministers of the word have delivered them to us. It seemed good to me.

Also Luke says having followed all things closely like a doctor would like a historian would for some time past. To write an orderly account for you. Most excellent Theophilus that was his name God lover that you may have Certainty concerning the things you have been taught so that you might know for sure that you might have assurance that when you die.

You know where you're going to go. J. C. Ryle a preacher back in England said a Man may lose his soul two ways. He may lose his soul by living and dying without any religion at all. Beast like prayerless godless graceless faithless.

This is a sure way to hell or. Secondly Ryle said he may lose his soul by taking some useless kind of religion. He may live and die contenting himself with a false Christianity resting on a baseless hope.

Practically knowing nothing about Jesus. So this morning I want to show you in the gospel of Luke who Jesus is. And we're going to take a look at who Jesus is in the gospel of Luke so that you know for certain That he is telling the truth in matter of fact.

We've talked about it in the past have we not in verse 4 of Luke 1 that you may have certainty. Remember what that word Certainty looks like in the Greek we get our English word asphalt. And so some of you know about asphalt, and it's not squishy.

It's not at least a when it dries. It's not quick sandy. It is firm. It is stable. It is secure and that's exactly what The writer wants what Luke wants that your faith would be like firm asphalt. So this morning, we're going to look at the gospel of Luke, and it is a great book.

I don't know why it is you you probably have the same experience that I do. But whatever book I'm studying or I'm preaching through that's my favorite book of the Bible. I'd have 66 books to choose from when I was in Hebrews.

That's the go-to book and now in Luke. We're only first starting into Luke, and I'm already thinking this by far is my favorite book in all the Bible. Luke is so great because it talks about who Jesus is in an orderly account from the beginning we'll look at Jesus's virgin birth all the way to the end to the Ascension of Jesus.

And it tells you everything that you need to know about Jesus so that you can have certainty. I want everyone here is my purpose once again everyone here to realize That although they're sinful and although they deserve not heaven they don't deserve heaven.

I don't deserve heaven, but there's one who saves sinners one who seeks and saves the lost and his name is Jesus. We're not pluralist thinking there are many ways to heaven. Just pick your pick your poison.

No Jesus said I'm the way the truth in the life. No one comes the father, but through me. This is an exclusive claim and can you imagine what kind of credentials would you have to have? To say that you were in fact God on the earth and only through you God on earth is heaven attained and forgiveness accomplished.

But we will see in the life of Jesus that in fact These truth claims are built on fact and Jesus can back it up. If you like an outline this morning, it's going to be pretty simple. We're gonna look at seven snapshots of Jesus in the gospel of Luke so that you might know with Certainty that when you die you're going to go to heaven.

I know I'm preaching to many or Christians. This is a good reminder. We have trials. We have questions. There are false teachers out there and sometimes we might waver our doubt our wonder. So it's it's good to bolster with asphalt Christians but it's also good if you're not a believer here today because I want to show you the claims of Christ so that you know About the object of our faith the Lord Jesus seven snapshots of Jesus from Luke that should give you certainty about Jesus and of course it will culminate in something called The resurrection that's where we're going, but I want to just slowly go there first snapshot surveying the life of Jesus.

Jesus' Power Over Death

You can be certain That you'll go to heaven and Jesus is who he said he is because Jesus is powerful. Go to Luke chapter 7, please because he's powerful and for the sake of Preaching today. I thought we'll have a little alliteration.

I'll start with peace. Powerful is the first one chapter 7 now I could take you to Luke 8 where Jesus can with his great power. Still the sea what kind of man is this that even the wind and the sea obey him?

I could take you to where he heals people. But I want to take you to the ultimate demonstration of Jesus's power and that is he can raise people from the dead. Yes, he's powerful over demons, but ultimately look at this snapshot of the Lord Jesus verse 11 of chapter 7.

And this by the way was written in light of having Certainty for all those who would read it soon afterward. He went to a town called Nain. It's kind of by Nazareth by the way. And his disciples and a great crowd went with him as he drew near to the gate of the town.

Behold a man who had died was being carried out the only son of his mother and She was a widow so no husband husband to provide no son to provide and a considerable crowd from the town was with her. Now we'll notice that the Lord Was not asked by this lady for help he by his own initiative Helps her and the Lord saw her he had compassion on her and said to her do not weep.

Then he came up and touched the beer. BIE are that's kind of the plank that you would put the dead body on. They weren't in a coffin or a casket. They're on a plank and so he goes up and he touches the plank and the bearer stood still and He said to the dead body of course.

Young man, I say to you arise. And this is this is fascinating. We just take it for granted. The dead man sat up and began to speak and Jesus gave him to his mother. Fear sees them all and they glorified God saying a great prophet has arisen among us.

God has visited his people and this report about him spread throughout the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country. Instead of a man walking up to touch where a dead body was and becoming ceremonially Unclean it would have to wash and do kinds of other things.

Jesus the God man touches says not defiled at all. Brings him up from the dead. When I go to funerals, and I would be with my our wakes, and I would be with my little children. I'd always say let's just make sure we're kind and compassionate to the people that are grieving.

You don't have to say anything you could say. I love you. I'm sorry. But let's just go up and give them a hug and when we pass. There's gonna be a dead body in a box called a casket and when you walk by that dead body I want you to think of a few things.

Here's one one day you'll be in that box, so make sure you believe but more than that. Who can walk up to that dead body in that box and say wake up? Be raised. Every one of those dead cells and atoms completely rejuvenated.

Jesus is God and he has the power over death. We're gonna need that because we can't resurrect ourselves. Can you imagine you're dead and you're trying to resurrect yourself when you're dead how hard would that be?

Well, it'd be pretty hard because you're dead. We're gonna need someone who has the power of the resurrection power over death. Jesus said in John I'm the resurrection the life whoever believes in me though He died yet shall he live and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.

Do you believe this I? Want you to know if you're a Christian you have a Savior who's powerful over death, and if you're not a Christian I want you to realize. You need a Savior who's powerful over death.

Jesus the Forgiver of Sinners

Second snapshot found in Luke 7 as well. You can be certain that Jesus is who he says he is because he's powerful to the extent He's powerful over death and not only that he pardons sinners. You can be certain that Jesus is who he says he is because he can pardon sinners.

Who is Jesus in this chapter verse 49? We're asked that question and here's part of the answer who is Jesus as we look at this second snapshot. Seeing the survey of Jesus his life culminating with the resurrection verse 36 one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him.

Well, this is gonna be good. I can already tell what's gonna happen. Can't you and he went into the Pharisees house these strict religion people? Not just by the book. But adding things to the book and reclined at table and behold a woman of the city who was a sinner of course.

We say sinner because we all realize we're sinful, but this is a special category of sinner. She's disgusted. She's she's hated. She's the worst of the worst and She learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisees house brought an alabaster flask of ointment and standing behind him.

His feet I mean here's the sinner. She began weeping and to wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head. Kissed his feet anointed them with oil. You can hear the Pharisee grumbled to himself if this man were a prophet He would have known who and what sort of woman this is who's touching him for she's a sinner.

And Jesus answered our answering said to him. He didn't even say it out loud, but Jesus knows his thoughts. Simon I have something to say to you, and he answered I Think reluctantly say it teacher. Verse 41 a certain money lender had two debtors one owed 500 denarii that's about a year and a half's worth of wages.

So whatever you have to work for for a year and a half and the other 50 two months wages so 20 months wages two months wages two people owe debts. Listen to what Jesus says verse 42 when they could not pay he canceled the debt of both 20 months worth two months worth.

Now which of them will love him more? He's stuck. Simon knows what to say, but I don't think he wants to say it. The one I suppose for whom he canceled the larger debt. And he said him you have judged rightly then turning toward the woman.

He said to Simon. Do you see this woman I? Entered your house you gave no water for my feet, which would have been the proper custom in those days. She's wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

You gave me no kiss. But from the time I came in she's not ceased to kiss my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore I tell you her sins which are many are forgiven for she loved much.

But he who is forgiven little loves little. And Jesus said to her only God can say this. And have it happen your sins are forgiven. Then those who are at table with him began to say among themselves. Who is this that even forgives sins?

Your faith has saved you go in peace. The Bible teaches that God is holy. The Bible teaches that God is just. The Bible teaches that God created every one of us and were to live and obey him. The Bible says we sin though and we've fallen short of the glory of God.

Every one of us has sinned and We need a Savior because there's going to be no sin in heaven. And so who's going to forgive you of your sins? We see the gospel of Luke and Jesus comes on the scene and he not only has power over death power over demons power over Creation he can forgive sins.

And I'm telling you friends you need to have your sins forgiven. Would you like to be forgiven? It's only through Jesus. There's a song that reads this way not the labors of my hands can fulfill thy laws demands.

Could my zeal no respite. No, could my tears forever flow all for sin. Could not atone thou must save and thou alone. Snapshot number three. Turn your Bibles to Luke chapter 10. Snapshot three. What we're looking at is working our way through the gospel of Luke.

Highlighting a few things about the Lord Jesus. To make sure you're certain that you know who he is that he's powerful that he pardons and that he is in fact who he says. He is so that you can have certainty when you lay down that day to die that you're going to be in heaven.

Jesus is a prophet. He's powerful. He pardons and he's the prophet. Moses talked about a prophet that would come and now we see the Prophet of God. Revealing not just good news, although Jesus does but the law.

Here's what happens. We have a word called law and the law shows us what God requires. And God requires that we love him with all our heart soul mind and strength and love our neighbor as ourself. And if we do that all the time God would let us into heaven.

But because of Adam's sin in our own sin, we're not able to do that. We need a Savior. But in the kindness of God God the Son is going to show this person their need of a Savior. That's why we help people about the law.

That's why we tell people what God's standards are. So people say I don't meet those standards. I'm going to need one to meet those standards for me. Prophets don't just tell prophecy and say things about the future.

Prophets reveal to us who God is. That's what a prophet does. God is holy. God is infinite. God is from himself. God is immutable. God is love and how do we know about God? Well, we can't just look at trees and figure it out and look at the Sun and figure it out.

Well, you could say that he's powerful looking at the Sun, but that's about it. So we need somebody to tell us the truth. I've been in many situations before where somebody's got cancer and it doesn't look good for them.

I've even got asked a question in the last month. So and so in the family is dying of cancer. The other family members don't want to tell grandpa or grandma or auntie that they have cancer. Is that a loving thing to do?

You need somebody to tell them the truth. Kindly, yes, but tell the truth here. Jesus the Prophet tells the truth and the truth is you need a Savior. Yes, he powerfully can resurrect people. He can forgive sins, but we have to realize we're sinful and here now in Luke chapter 10 Jesus is going to preach the law like a good prophet would and of course we come to the parable of the Good Samaritan.

And we think it's supposed to be about being nice to other people and if people aren't like you and and you're it's not Diversified enough you're to be kind to them. That's not what really this is about.

What is it about it's about Jesus the Prophet trying to tell these people this man and all of us. We need a Savior. This is the standard for heaven and the Prophet tells us that Prophet would tell us good news later.

But right now he's showing the law. It's like a mirror and Behold a lawyer stood up to put into the test Luke 10 25. This is a bad thing that's going to happen. I would tell the man don't do that. This is a test question testing the creator of the universe Jesus.

Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? Jesus said to him like a good prophet who reveals the law. What's written in the law? How do you read it? I mean you're a lawyer. Right. This is not our kind of lawyer.

But this is the person who is dedicated to studying the law of God. And so he says to the person dedicated to studying of law. Okay, how do you read it? He answered matter of fact, he has the right answer.

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart with all your soul with all your strength and with all your mind and On your neighbor is yourself. Is that the right answer? That's the right answer.

You want to get to heaven just perfectly obey God. Why would God ever judge anyone if they always obeyed? That's right. What did Jesus say? The perfect prophet the one that Moses said was a better prophet than he was.

Said you've answered correctly. Do this love God love neighbor and you will live. For you who think I'm gonna just hope that my good deeds outweigh my bad deeds. I hope that my baptism my circumcision my my religiosity will get me in there.

I want you to know if you want to get to heaven. The standard can't be met by you nor me. Because why would even Jesus come if we could get to heaven by ourselves? Wouldn't God just say just keep trying harder and you'll make it just keep being better and keep being good.

Make your good outweigh. The bad pay your taxes to some degree. Be nice to your neighbor. Loan him some farm tools every once in a while you're in. Where did that come from? I just I harken back to Nebraska working on the farm if you'd like to get to heaven on your own perfectly obey God.

Now if we look at our past all we have to do is look at our past and say looked at a woman with lust. Lied deceived hated cheated. Those are things we did. That's true. But how about the things that we should have done?

Perfectly loved God perfectly loved neighbor as much as we love ourselves to love God with heart soul mind and strength. Who has ever done that for even a day? So Jesus the Prophet is trying to say you need a Savior.

When you're not sick, you rarely go to the doctor unless it's the once-a-year checkup kind of thing. But mainly people go to the doctor when they're sick and Jesus is trying to say you're sick. But it's not an illness.

It's a sin sickness. It's the SIN virus. It's going to kill you. So Jesus is trying to show this is the law you're going to need to have those sins forgiven. And of course, what did the man do verse 29?

He tried to justify himself. Who's my neighbor? They try to do that with Jesus a lot try to get him like off into something else and then Jesus gives the parable of The Good Samaritan that probably most everyone here knows about.

And it says at the very end verse 36. Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell out among the robbers? The two that just went around and gave a wide berth of the one that actually helped.

Verse 37. He said the one who showed him mercy and Jesus said to him you go and do likewise He should be saying to himself, but I can't do that. I need a Savior. Jesus the Prophet preaches the law and the law teaches that you better perfectly obey God.

I don't know if you know this or not, but the Bible teaches in Galatians 3 curse it is everyone who does not abide by all the things written in the book of the law and To do them. Did you know the Bible teaches this?

It's not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified. And that should show us that we fall short. The law shows us of our sin. Snapshot number four.

I want you to be certain of who Jesus is because that's the purpose of Luke and if you're a Christian to have Kind of a rebar bolstering of your faith. And if you're not a Christian to see the claims of Christ and to think one day I'll die.

And the only way I can have certainty is to trust in the Lord. Jesus is powerful. He pardoned sinners. He is the Prophet and he loves prodigals. He loves sinners, we've seen the law and now we're going to see how Jesus loves sinners.

He loves his enemies and there's no one like it. And of course with this passage in Luke 15 It just preaches itself. You just read it out loud and think first of all nobody teaches like Jesus. Second of all.

What manner of love is this? Now parables are nice stories to teach spiritual truths and You can see why he gave this parable in Luke chapter 15 verse 1. There's an occasion or a purpose for Jesus saying what he says.

Luke chapter 15 now the tax collectors and sinners. Again, not just general word for sinners, but just the worst of the worst kind of sinners. They're all drawing near to hear him. Can you imagine that the sinners want to come here.

Jesus speak because they know who he is and The Pharisees these religious leaders think of the most religious person in the world. That's what these people were like and Scribes they wrote down copies of the Bible what they do.

They see people who are made in God's image and likeness who are sinners who are on their way to hell unless they're forgiven. Flocking to Jesus the one who's come to seek and save the lost the one has come to ransom them.

And to reconcile them to God to save them to say in fact you're forgiven and what do they do? What do they say? The Pharisees and the scribes they should have been saying yes celebration. If you prayed for somebody for a long time, they finally become a Christian.

How do you respond? They got saved. I can't believe that they finally repented and believed. Here they grumbled. This man, they don't even say his name. It's kind of like when your children disobey. And you say to your wife your children are disobeying.

Theoretically this man receives sinners and. Of course the custom back in those days if you're going to eat with someone it it talks about fellowship and birds of a feather. He he receives sinners and eats with them.

They should be celebrating. Religious people should be happy when other people say I believe in God not the opposite and. So Jesus gives some parables he gives three. When you find something that's lost the response is celebration and so he has Coins and other things that he talks about early on but here we see in verse 11 the parable of The prodigal son are maybe sons.

And I'm just gonna read this because it just unfolds who God is. In all his glorious forgiveness and grace. There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to his father father give me the share of the property that's coming to me.

I'm not gonna wait till you die. I want it right now. He divided his property between them. Not many days later the younger son gathered all that he had and took a journey into a far country and there he squandered his property in reckless living.

Wasted it all. When he had spent everything a severe famine arose in the country and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country. Who of all things sent him into his fields to feed pigs?

He was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate and no one gave him anything. Oh if I could just have some of those pods that would fall and I could eat some of the Carob pods. Probably they were feeding him just dry carob pods.

Can you imagine that for your resurrection Sunday lunch that you're gonna go to now dried carob pods? I think they serve well as Toothpicks, maybe that's about it. If I could just have some carob pods.

He was longing to be fed with the pods of the pigs ate and no one gave him anything. Sin has consequences, but when he came to himself what great language when he came to himself. When the light went on we talked about when when God makes you alive and you see for the first time He came to his senses he came to himself.

How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread. I mean servants have enough bread. How much of a son would have. I Will say to him he's rehearsing it. Father I've sinned against heaven God and before you.

I'm no longer worthy to be called your son. He realizes the law. He realizes he falls short. Treat me as one of your hired servants. And he arose and came to his father. And while he was still a long way off his father saw him and felt compassion.

Seems to me the father's looking for him to come back by the way fathers don't run for lots of reasons. It was bad custom back in those days to run. You've let the son approach you and also for reason number two.

It's the same reason. I don't run. I just kind of shuffle. Old people don't run. But more so you're not going to run to this disobedient son. He needs to come back. I repent. Please forgive me, but the father's love is like what it's like nothing on earth.

It's kind of like the love that receives tax collectors and sinners. He was a long way off his father saw him and felt compassion and ran and embraced him and kissed him. He actually receives sinners like his son and eats with him.

The son said to him father. I've sinned against heaven before you. I'm no longer worthy to be called your son. But the father said to his son let me interrupt you son bring quickly the best robe to the servants.

He said put it on him put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it and let us eat. And what? Celebrate because God receives sinners and eats with them. So that should be a celebration.

For this my son was dead. He's alive again. He's lost found and they began to do the right thing that the Pharisees and scribes didn't do. Celebration now his older son was in the field. Who's the older son the Pharisees?

The Pharisees were in the field. The older sons in the field. Came and drew near the house heard the music and dancing. And what do you think the response should be when the lost son has? Come home when sinners now eat with Jesus and he receives them and forgives them.

It should be a great celebration. My brothers come back repentantly. He hears the music. He hears the dancing. I don't know how you're dancing, but it must have been loud dancing. He called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.

Your brothers come home and your father has killed the fattened calf because he's received him back safe and sound and. So the son began to celebrate. This great father of mine receives sinners and eats with them just like he receives my son back.

But oh, no, he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him. Look at the the loving-kindness and the patience of the father even toward them the Pharisees. But he answered his father.

Look these many years. I've served you. I never disobeyed your command. You've never given me a young goat that I might celebrate with my friends. When this son of yours came devoured property prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.

And he said to him son You're with me always. All that's mine is yours. It was fitting. Here it is again to celebrate and to be glad for this brother was dead and is alive. He was lost and is found. What an affectionate appeal by the father.

One writer says I want you to know that not only God has Standards to get into his kingdom, but also that God loves sinners. That's a pretty amazing thought. God demonstrates his own love toward us that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.

This is an amazing truth dear friends that Jesus Christ loves sinners. He actually receives tax collectors and sinners. Number five. I know what you're doing. You're dividing the time that I have for the sermon into seven.

So we're gonna keep going. Number five. You can be certain about Jesus because of what he preached. Because of what he preached. Here's another parable Chapter 18 of Luke. Oh. Maybe this should be the main message for Easter Sunday Resurrection Sunday to be reminded of God's saving sovereign grace and how we can't save ourselves and That we ought not to trust in ourselves.

And now we see the Lord Jesus on earth preaching. He also told this parable Luke 18 verse 9. Everything in Luke trying to drive home the point you can trust Jesus. He's faithful and true to forgive sinners.

He also told in this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and treated others with contempt. I Mean if we're Christians today, we probably see our old lives. We trust it in ourselves.

We trust it in religion. We trust it in our parents. We trust it in the church. We trust it in church membership trusting in ourselves. That's the besetting sin basically of the world trusting in self.

Instead of trusting in the Lord. So now he's going to give an example and you know the passage. But every time I read it, I'm still devastated by it because I not only see God's sovereign forgiving grace but I also see me and trying to Justify my own self.

Two men went up to the temple to pray. Okay so far so good. One a Pharisee the other a tax collector. Pharisees were these teachers of the law. But showed no grace just only legalism and tax collectors.

I'm trying to think of what a tax collector would be it'd be bad enough. If I just said these people worked for the IRS and you think oh, that's awful. Some people I know said that they've signed their checks to the IRS on April 15th to the Infernal Revenue Service.

I don't suggest that. Just pay the man tax collectors. What if it gets so bad in America that they're going to want your social security number as you walk out to try to? Inhibit what you buy and sell if you're a member of this church, and so they're IRS agents out there saying Give me your information because we're going to fine you.

That'd be bad enough, but what if it was somebody who used to be a member of this church who did it? What would you think of them a member of the church somebody used to be a deacon now? They stand out there and persecute us.

That's what a tax collector was like a tax collector was a Jewish person hired by Rome to gouge the Jewish citizens. So tax collectors were not looked upon very well, and you've got the most religious person and you've got the tax collector.

You've got the pinnacle of holiness, and you've got the pinnacle of despised despicable betrayers. I Mean maybe we could say it like this. You've got an illustration with Jesus with a Sunday school teacher and a transgender activist.

You've got a pastor and a terrorist. You've got an elder and a drug dealer. You've got a prostitute and a policeman. You have a rabbi and Hamas leader. Have you and a slave trader? What does Jesus say verse 11 the Pharisee standing by himself prayed thus God I thank you.

I'm not like other men probably looked over the tax collector. Extortioners unjust adulterers or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get. I Mean who says that?

But we've all thought that Tolstoy said this. This awoken me the conviction that I'm a remarkable man. I have not yet met a single man who is morally as good as I. I Do not remember an instance in my life when I was not attracted to what is good and ready to sacrifice anything to it.