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Luke 18:9-14

Sermon Summary – Luke 18:9–14 “The Pharisee, the Tax Collector, and the Danger of Judging Others” As Jesus traveled toward Jerusalem for the final time, the crowds following Him grew enormous. We opened with John 11:55 and John 12:9, which show thousands gathering for Passover and many coming specifically to see Jesus. Into that setting, Luke places the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector. In Luke 18:9–14, Jesus exposes the heart of a man who “trusted in himself that he was righteous and despised others.” The Pharisee’s prayer was not directed to God but to himself — a portrait of his own imagined goodness. Everything he thanked God he was not was actually who he was: proud, self‑righteous, and blind to his own sin. He even judged the tax collector simply for being a tax collector. He didn’t know the man. He didn’t know whether he cheated people, skimmed money, or had repented. He judged without knowledge and placed himself in God’s seat. We then turned to John 8:1–9, where the scribes and Pharisees pressed Jesus to condemn the woman caught in adultery — without bringing the man. Jesus’ words (“the one among you who has not committed this sin…”) exposed their own past guilt. They wanted to stone her for a sin many of them had committed themselves. Once again, Jesus revealed the hypocrisy of judging others while ignoring one’s own sin. Finally, we looked at James 4:11–12, which teaches that when we judge others, we are not just criticizing a person — we are placing ourselves above God’s law and sitting in God’s judgment seat. There is only one Lawgiver and Judge. We have all sinned and been forgiven, so we must remember that before we speak against a brother or sister. To illustrate this, I told the story of two friends — both preachers — where one publicly accused the other on social media of immorality after seeing his truck at a woman’s house late at night. He stirred up gossip, damaged reputations, and involved the whole community. The only problem was that the couple had secretly gotten married, and the accusation was completely false. It was a modern example of the danger Jesus warns about: judging without knowledge, assuming the worst, and harming others through self‑righteousness. The parable ends with a simple truth: The proud man was rejected. The humble man was accepted. God lifts up the one who knows he is a sinner and casts down the one who believes he is above others.