真正的禱告需要謙卑 True Prayer Requires Humility

耶稣向那些仗着自己是义人、藐视别人的、设一个比喻、 说、有两个人上殿里去祷告。一个是法利赛人、一个是税吏。 法利赛人站着、自言自语的祷告说、神阿、我感谢你、我不像别人、勒索、不义、奸淫、也不像这个税吏。 我一个礼拜禁食两次、凡我所得的、都捐上十分之一。 那税吏远远的站着、连举目望天也不敢、只捶着胸说、神阿、开恩可怜我这个罪人。 我告诉你们、这人回家去、比那人倒算为义了.因为凡自高的、必降为卑.自卑的、必升为高。。
To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 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. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’
“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.’
“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.”
路 加 福 音 Luke 18:9-14