Are You Like Other Men?

Per Ray Ortlund’s Blog, Christ is Deeper Still:

The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus:

“God, I thank you 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.” Luke 18:11-12

What was wrong with the Pharisee? There was a lot right with him. He really didn’t do those bad things. He really did those good things. And he gave glory to God for it all: “God, I thank you . . . .” So, what was wrong with him? Just this. He sincerely believed he was “not like other men.”