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the man as God s«es him. He was a le galist, and the God of the legalist Is himself. Instead of saying, “By the grace of God I am what I am," he says, “By my obedience to the laws of God I am what I am,” Thus, when he prays the prayer of thanksgiving, instead of praying to God, he prays “with himself.” Golden Text Illustration L uke 11:1 Two little girls came home from Sun day-school. "Mamm^,” said one, "Teacher said today that we must come to Jesus if we want to be saved; but how can we come to Him when we cannot see Him?” "Did you not ask me to get you a to the Lord Jesus to ask Him to save us. We cannot see Him, but we know that He is near, and hears every word we say, and th a t He will give us what we really need.”—Adapted from The Children’s Friend. A Prayer th a t Pleased Jesus L uke 18:1-1+ MEMORY VERSE: "Teach me thy way, O Lord” (Psa, 27:11). APPROACH: The Lord Jesus told a parable about a Pharisee and a publican. The Pharisees thought themselves the only ones \yho did everything rig h t The publicans collected taxes from the Jews for the Roman government, and some of them became rich by cheating the people. LESSON STORY: A Pharisee and a publican came to the temple to pray. The Pharisee stood very straight, proud ly praising himself instead of praising God. In a loud voice so others could sinned.” “If [like the proud Pharisee] we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” Then our sins are not taken away. “If [like the publican] we confess our sins,” God "is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all un righteousness,” that; is, from anything that is not right. It is the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ that “cleanseth us from all sin,” for “without shedding of blood is no remission,” no forgiveness of sins. When the publican prayed, he .was thinking of Uie mercy seat in the Old Testament tabernacle where God met and forgave sinners. The mercy seat, like the altar, was sprinkled w ith'the blood of an animal which was killed in place of the people who had done wrong. This was a living picture of how the dear Lord Jesus Shed His blood and died in our place to bring us near to God the Father to be forgiven. t The proud Pharisee thought his own goodness made his heart right, but God says our "righteousnesses are as filthy rags” (Isa. 64:6). The Lord Jesus was pleased with the publican’s prayer, and because this man had learned God’s way to be saved, he was given the righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ, which, like a royal robe, made him fit to draw near to God the Father. hear, he thanked God he was not like other men, and not like the publican. The publican hum-; bly p r a y e d with bowed head, “God be merciful to me a sinner.” The inside mean ing of this parable is t h a t “all have Object Lesson Two "P's," Two P eople , and Two P rayers OBJECTS: Two capital "P’s,” and a pair of scissors. (Make one “P” by fold ing a piece of paper 8% x 11 inches, making it 4% x 11 inches. Place the fold to the left and cut % inch from the fold up 7% inches. From this point begin the circle part of the “P.” The top, bottom, and right side of the circle should be 1 inch wide.' The hole in the center will be 1% inches deep, and S inches wide. Color the front and back of the “F” black. The inside, from top to bottom, the width of the upright, should be red. The center cross bar is red as far as 2Vi inches each way from the fold. Color the rest of the inside black. Make the other “P ” like this one, except that it is not folded and is black on both sides.) LESSON: These two capital “P’s” are black and represent people who are sinful. t I want to talk to you about two "P’s,” two people, and tw» prayers. The Lord -Jesus Christ, in Luke 18:9-14, tells us about two men who went to the temple to pray. One said a prayer, and the other really prayed. The one who truly prayed said, “God be merciful to me a sinner.” Christ said of him, “I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other.” This man prayed and got rid of his sins. We will cut this black “P” with the scissors to show what happened. [Cut the “P ” made from the folded pa per, 2Vi inches to the right of the fold across the top and bottom bars. Cut again where the top bar joins the up right. This last cut will leave 2 pieces 1 x 2 inches. Cut them in two again making 4 pieces % x 2 inches.) Now we have a red cross. The pieces left over spell "SIN.” [The two pieces from the circle when reversed make an "S,” and the 4 pieces % x 2 make “I” and “N.” Pin the cross on the board, and fasten the letters spelling "SIN” on the cross.] The man who went home justified got rid of his sin, just as you and I can get rid of our sins on the cross of Christ. 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