Like a fire that keeps burning all day long. These people are like smoke in my nostrils, The Old Testament prophet Isaiah speaks of such people:ĭon’t get near me, for I am holier than you!” Note the phrases, “confident of their own righteousness” and, “looked down on everybody else.” Luke 18:9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: The tax collector is a model for prayer, though if this character in Jesus’ story were worshiping with us today, he’d never let us hold him up as an exemplar. In a simplified form, that is the prayer of the tax collector in Jesus’ parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector ( Luke 18:9-14): “God, have mercy on me, a sinner.” It has become known as the Jesus Prayer. Salinger to thank for introducing me to the Jesus Prayer in his book Franny and Zooey. It’s a surprising source, but I have J.D.
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