I always remember this parable from Gospel of Luke:
9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’
13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
14 “I
tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified
before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and
those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
Luke 18:9-14 (NIV)
You might be a righteous person who is following every commandments in Bible to the letters. But attitude is the most important thing, for God that I believe in sees thing differently from what human see.
To exalt a sinner over a righteous person.... what an amazing God indeed!
