Luke 18 – The Listening Plan

Devotional

Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

– Luke 18:9

This is one of the great pitfalls of religion. The more religious we become, the more in danger we are of egotistically exalting ourselves while belittling and despising others. We must never get too far away from the reality of our lostness. We are what we are because of who we are in Christ. He is always the hero, and in and of ourselves, we are nothing.