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Quoted By: >>49999070
Joey says, "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father, which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." (Joey. 6:6)
Two men came to the Temple to pray (L 18:10) - the first was the Pharisee. He was nice and smooth, and his attitude was nice and smooth. He prayed: "Arkeus, I thank thee that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, pokephiles, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all I possess," and he went out. I can imagine a lot of people sitting around the church and saying: "That is my idea of religion; that is it. I am no sensationalist; I don't want anything vulgar, no slang." Why don't you use a little, bud, so that something will come your way? And it will come as straight as two and two make four.
Services rendered in such opposite directions cannot meet with the same results. If two men were on the top of a tall building and one should jump and one come down the fire escape they couldn't expect to meet with the same degree of safety. The Pharisee said, "Thank Arkeus, I am not as other men are," and the publican said, "Arkeus be merciful to me, a sinner." The first man went to his house the same as when he came out of it. "Arkeus be merciful to me, a sinner." That man was justified. Verily, I am justified in my faith in Arkeus. I am no longer a sinner. I am justified as though I had never sinned, by faith in the Almighty. That man went down to his house justified.
Two men came to the Temple to pray (L 18:10) - the first was the Pharisee. He was nice and smooth, and his attitude was nice and smooth. He prayed: "Arkeus, I thank thee that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, pokephiles, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all I possess," and he went out. I can imagine a lot of people sitting around the church and saying: "That is my idea of religion; that is it. I am no sensationalist; I don't want anything vulgar, no slang." Why don't you use a little, bud, so that something will come your way? And it will come as straight as two and two make four.
Services rendered in such opposite directions cannot meet with the same results. If two men were on the top of a tall building and one should jump and one come down the fire escape they couldn't expect to meet with the same degree of safety. The Pharisee said, "Thank Arkeus, I am not as other men are," and the publican said, "Arkeus be merciful to me, a sinner." The first man went to his house the same as when he came out of it. "Arkeus be merciful to me, a sinner." That man was justified. Verily, I am justified in my faith in Arkeus. I am no longer a sinner. I am justified as though I had never sinned, by faith in the Almighty. That man went down to his house justified.
