{"id":257,"date":"2022-08-30T21:07:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T21:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awordforallseasons.co.nz\/?p=257"},"modified":"2022-09-01T03:06:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T03:06:26","slug":"gs5-the-pharisee-andthe-tax-collector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awordforallseasons.co.nz\/?p=257","title":{"rendered":"GS05 The Pharisee and the Tax Collector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><u><strong>Pharisee (PH) and Tax Collector (TC) \u2013 Notes<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Luke 18. 9-14<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KM Bailey pp142-156 (back of book)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>150: PH asks nothing for himself: he is self-advertising<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>150: by finding fault in others he tears up his own spiritual fabric<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>152: PH \u2013 supererogation \u2013 proud of his piety<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>156.1: exalted in sight of God, not socially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>righteousness is a gift<\/li><li>to those aware of their own need<\/li><li>pride has no place, only humility<\/li><li>keeping the law can lead to pride<\/li><li>self-righteousness destroys vision.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thielicke, pp126-136<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>127:TC a rough rascal; PH doing good things<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>128:Humility can have its own pride<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>130: both have come to God; both acknowledge God\u2019s goodness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>132: much of the PH\u2019s satisfaction is knowing he is better than the TC. He is looking downwards to a lower standard. <em>Gossip!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>133\/34: TC looked only upwards to God\u2019s standard \u2013 no comparisons to justify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>135\/6: and did the TC change, whereas the PH was content where he was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RR: it\u2019s not where we are, but where we\u2019re heading. And it\u2019s looking solely to God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GB Caird pp202\/203<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two men went to pray, but only one prayed. The PH recited his virtues, and avoidance of vices. His prayers were \u201cI\u201d. He was content with himself. PH money-lovers (Lk 16)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sacra Pagina pp271-274.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Audience were Pharisees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PH prayed with himself<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peripheral vision to TC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TC stood far off, eyes lowered, beat breast, cries for mercy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The name &#8220;Pharisee&#8221; means &#8220;separated one.&#8221; They separated themselves from society to study and teach the law, but they also separated themselves from the common people because they considered them religiously unclean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Middle class business men and trades workers, the Pharisees started and controlled the synagogues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadducees more upper class, Stuck to written law. Pharisees allowed oral as well as written. Sadd: no resurrection<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The name &#8220;Sadducee&#8221; is closely associated with attempts to determine the origin of this group. Suggestions include linking it with an Old Testament priestly family (Zadok), the Hebrew word for &#8220;just&#8221; or &#8220;righteous&#8221; (sdq) or &#8220;fiscal officials&#8221; (Gk.\u00a0syndikoi). There are problems with etymologies and all other attempts to identify their origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-3838fc71-2f76-496f-a734-d71e0689c7c7\" href=\"https:\/\/awordforallseasons.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GS5-Pharisee-and-Tax-Collector.docx\">GS05 Pharisee and Tax Collector<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/awordforallseasons.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GS5-Pharisee-and-Tax-Collector.docx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-3838fc71-2f76-496f-a734-d71e0689c7c7\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pharisee (PH) and Tax Collector (TC) \u2013 Notes Luke 18. 9-14 KM Bailey pp142-156 (back of book) 150: PH asks nothing for himself: he is self-advertising 150: by finding fault in others he tears up his own spiritual fabric 152: PH \u2013 supererogation \u2013 proud of his piety 156.1: exalted in sight of God, not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-257","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-general-sermons","8":"no-featured-image"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awordforallseasons.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awordforallseasons.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awordforallseasons.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awordforallseasons.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awordforallseasons.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/awordforallseasons.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435,"href":"https:\/\/awordforallseasons.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions\/435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awordforallseasons.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awordforallseasons.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awordforallseasons.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}