Mercy Over Merit: Lessons from the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
To honour God, we must do much and avoid much. The Bible has many positive lists[3] and many negative lists.[4] But we know that no one has always done all the positive things, and no one has always avoided all the negative things.[5] The Pharisee left this knowledge out of his description of himself. The tax collector put this knowledge in the centre of his description of himself.










