Immanuel Lutheran High School, College, and Seminary
Eau Claire, WI

2011-09-23 ILC Chapel — God wants us to pray…

2011 Chapels -
God wants us to pray as THE sinner, redeemed by Christ.

 

Date : 2011-09-23
Speaker : Retired Professor Ron Roehl

Luke 18:9–14 (Listen)

The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed1 thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ 13 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Footnotes

[1] 18:11 Or standing, prayed to himself

(ESV)

Hymn: TLH 342, st. 5: Chief of Sinners, Though I Be

Hymnary.org Organ Audio

5. O my Savior, help afford
By Thy Spirit and Thy Word!
When my wayward heart would stray,
Keep me in the narrow way;
Grace in time of need supply
While I live and when I die.