Humble yourself for living a life of sinners

This is real life of sinners. Everybody thinks that humility is reasonable for sinners. We are heavenly sinners according to the bible. Therefore we need to read below and put into practice. In World Mission Society Church of God, you may study all of the truth~:)

Humble yourself for living a life of sinners

 Luke 18:9-14 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men-robbers, evildoers, adulterers-or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.' I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

 We know that we ought to humble ourselves; but we may not know how to humble. The first step to humble ourselves is acknowledging we are sinners by saying-"I am sorry," "All is my fault." Through the case of a tax collector and a Pharisee, Jesus explained well how to humble ourselves.

 The following is what happened in a country school long ago. One day a teacher bought wallpaper for the wall of the schoolroom because it became old; and he told his student to paste the wallpaper and went out. But the student had never seen the wallpaper before, and he couldn't distinguish the right from the wrong side of it.

 After a while, his teacher came back and he stiffened when he saw the wallpaper, because the student pasted on the surface of all the sheets of the wallpaper.
 In a moment, the teacher hardened his face and he looked upset over it.
 Then the student noticed that he made a great mistake and began to cry.
 And then the teacher soothed the student, saying, "Don't cry. It is my fault. It is the first error that I didn't tell you how to paste. And the second one is that I didn't work together with you. And I didn't check if it was the first time for you to do that-this is the third error."

 The student was deeply impressed by his teacher's saying; for in spite of his error, the teacher took the fault upon himself, holding himself responsible for not teaching him how to do the work more in detail so that he might fully understand. It is said that he lived like his teacher to the end of his life.

Use the words of heaven

 Jesus ever said that the kingdom of heaven is within our minds. If we live in the world of sinners-not in the world of the righteous-and realize again we are sinners and properly use the words of sinners, we can give joy to all people and let them feel the kingdom of heaven in their hearts.

 Though we preach diligently and are regular in our attendance of worship, we should not be proud by regarding ourselves as the righteous nor find faults with the church members by saying to them-'You must mend your ways; do this way,' 'Why did you do that?' These are not the words of heaven. 'I am sorry,' 'It is my fault'-such words, used in the world of sinners, are of heaven. We should frequently use those heavenly words. The more we hear the heavenly words, the more we feel joy and become encouraged and confident. And then we become united.

 It is the same in our family. If we realize we are sinners, consequently it exerts an influence on our children's education at home. Generally children take after their parents; they are the copy of their parents. Children of a united family imitate their parents' tender voice-'Honey, good by! Have a nice day!' But the children who have seen their parents quarrelling all the time are to mimic the way their parents quarrel. Children who have heard words of apology from their parents will have consideration for others when they grow up.

 Christ has made us realize that we are sinners since He came into the world 2000 years ago, so that we may make our way in everything both at home and in the church. He said that He came not to call the righteous. Since God said that, we must not pretend to be righteous. Christ came to call sinners, not those thinking highly of themselves and pretending to be righteous.

 In the new year, let's try to say the words-'I am so sorry,' 'I am to blame,' 'I will try not to repeat the same mistake again by taking things seriously enough'-and let's put them into practice. When we offer our sincere apology this way, then the kingdom of heaven will be in all.

 If I pretend to be righteous, my neighbors will suffer the pain of hell, But if I humble myself as a sinner, they will feel the kingdom of heaven in their minds. Let's put ourselves down at home and in the church, and then our neighbors, too, who gave a rebuke to us at first, will learn the heavenly words little by little.