Sunday of Publican and Pharisee

 

Lk.18:10-14;

 

2.Tim 3:10-15

 

 

The Lord spoke this parable: “Two men went into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank thee that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I get.’
“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!’
“I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

1. In this parable, who was praying?
2. Why do you think the Lord said the Pharisee was “praying with himself”? How did he pray?
3. What does the Pharisee’s prayer (and the way that he prayed) say about him?
4. Which prayer was pleasing to God? Why?
5. What kind of prayer would you like to say? Why?
6. What would your prayer tell God about who you are?
   
     The difference between these two men was great, but not for the reason the Pharisee thought. No, the difference between these two men was not their outward actions or words, but their hearts. One of these men, the sinner, knew he needed mercy, forgiveness, and grace. The other, the outwardly religious guy, thought he deserved to be honored by God. In fact, only one of these men knew about grace; that was the poor and forgiven man. Jesus reminds us that our faith isn't about religiously pretentious games, but about our humble response to the God who has given us everything in Christ.    

Gospod rece pricu ovu: Dva coveka udjose u crkvu da se mole Bogu, jedan farisej a drugi carinik.  Farisej stade I moljase se u sebi ovako: “Boze! Hvalim ti sto ja nisam kao ostali ljudi: hajduci, nepravednici, preljubocinci, ili kao ovaj carinik.
Postim dva put u njedelji; dajem desetak od svega sto imam. A carinik iz daleka stajase, I nescase ni ociju podignuti na nebo, nego bijase prsi svoje govoreci: Boze! Milostiv budi meni gresnome.  Kazem vam da ovaj otide opravdan kuci svojoj, a ne onaj. Jer svaki koji se sam podize ponizice se; a koji je se sam ponizuje podignuce se.

1.U ovoj slikovitoj prici ko se moli?
2.Zasto mislite da je Gospod rekao “farisej se molio sam za sebe”? Kako je se on molio?
3.Sta molitva fariseja (I nacin na koji se moli) govori o njemu?
4.Koja je molitva bila ugodna Bogu? Zasto?
5.Koju vrstu molitve vi zelite da izgovorite? Zasto?
6.Sta bi vasa molitva rekla Gospodu ko ste vi u stvari?

Razlika izmedju ova dva coveka je bila velika,ali ne iz razloga kao sto je farisej mislio. Razlika izmedju ova dva coveka nije bila u recima koje su izgovorili vec u srcima njihovim. Jedan od ovih ljudi, gresnik, je znao da mu je potrebna milost, oprostaj I Blagodat. Drugi,  hvalisavi vernik, je mislio da on zasluzuje nagradu od Boga. Ustvari, samo jedan od ovih ljudi je znao o blagodati; to je bio siromasan (carinik) covek kome je oprosteno. Hristos nas podseca da nasa vera nije verski predstavljena igra , nego nasa poniznost prd Gospodom koji nam je dao sve kroz Hrista.

 

Poniznost, je neobicna stvar.
U minutu kad pomislis da je imas,
ti si je tada izgubio.

See you Tomorrow!
Vidimo se sutra!