The New Life in Christ: No one who conceals transgressions will prosper, but one who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. Proverbs 28:13.

Go and learn what this means, “‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.” Matthew 9:13.

Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people; thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.’

But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’

I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other; for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.” Luke 18:10-14.

Amen.