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Justification by Faith

Bible Verses for this Sunday are taken from The New King James MacArthur Study Bible.

Luke: 18:9-14

This parable is rich with truth about the doctrine of justification by faith. It illustrates perfectly how a sinner who is devoid of personal righteousness may be declared righteous before God instantaneously through an act of repentant faith.

9 Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others. 10 "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, "God, I thank you that I am not like other men--extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess," 13 And the tax collector, standing a far off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast saying, "God, be merciful to me a sinner." 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; "for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted"