I want us to think about a few things through today’s Scripture passage. The Lord said to the Pharisees, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.”
Prior to this passage, the Lord spoke through the parable of the wise steward that a servant cannot serve two masters; he cannot serve both God and mammon. Then, the Pharisees felt uncomfortable in their hearts as they heard the parable and the teaching of Jesus Christ. Therefore, they slandered Jesus and sneered at Him. So Jesus said to such Pharisees, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.”

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We can realize our insufficiencies if we discern the light from darkness in our lives and examine whether or not we are living in the light or in darkness. When we examine our lives before God, many flaws and shortcomings are exposed. However, when we transferred them all to the Lord, He saved us and gave us an opportunity to serve His righteousness. Even though we are too insufficient to lead our lives as the light of this world as perfectly as Jesus or the Apostle Paul did, when it comes to serving the Lord and being faithful to God, who has given us the grace of salvation and faith, we ought to be as faithful as God has apportioned us.

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Through today’s Scripture passage, the Lord is telling us that we should not be interested in just worldly affairs such as our own material prosperity. What really matters is not how wealthy a person is in this world, but that one should be a happy person able to enter the Kingdom of God. This is what the Lord is teaching us with His parable of a poor man and a rich man in today’s Scripture passage.

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