<TITLE>04. Par 12-14</TITLE>L-12 We're watching this Pharisee. And I can see him as he walks back and forth in the great corridors of his home, "I'm Doctor so-and-so in this city. You know, I'm--I'm a--I'm a well-respected citizen. What I say is the law and order. I'm a great man." And when you get to thinking that in your heart, then you're nothing that you ought to be, says the Bible.
When a man thinks he's just a little bit better than somebody else, you're on your road out, brother. That's right. We're all the same in the sight of God. Rich, poor, brown, black, white, yellow, whatever we may be, we're all on one equal basis with God.
And when this self-styled Pharisee walked up-and-down the floor and said, "You know, I believe I'll put on a great big party down here. You know, if I could just put on a big party, cause all the people to talk about it, I would get, probably, in the front page of the paper or in the society column," (if there was such a thing).

L-13 Now, as we dramatize this, we're going to use names and so forth, which may seem just a little strange But... to get the principles, the message that I want you to hear.
And as this Pharisee walked up-and-down his floors, he thought, "Now, if I could only do something that would cause the people to know that I'm a great person..."
We see that same thing today, people wanting to put on a show that the outside would look at, that somebody would think they would be big. They want the biggest meeting, or the biggest this, or the--something on the--the better dressed crowd coming to their church, the biggest church, the highest steeple, the best of pews, something big. What we need is more God and not so much of the world. "He that will humble himself, God will exalt." But humbleness has to come first.

L-14 And we watch this Pharisee as he walks up-and-down the floor, and he's trying to think. "Oh, if I could only think of some way now, that I could get somebody for a drawing card. If I could only think of somebody or something that I could put on a big show with..."
And all at once, I can see him as he rubs his little chubby hands together, and he puts his hand on his little rolly-polly stomach, and he says, "Oh, why didn't I think of that. That's the very idea. Not only will I be great before the people of the city, but I'll be great amongst the other Pharisees, the pastors of this city. You know what I'll do? I'm going to send over and invite that fellow called Jesus of Nazareth, that holy-roller, and I'm going to get Him down here and expose that guy. Because Pharisee Lavinsky just told me the other day that he knew that He wasn't no prophet. And we know He's not. And we know He's only deceiving the people. So I believe I'll just send and invite Him to come down. And when I get all the other Pharisees in, then we'll just expose that fellow. I know when the state presbyter and all them gets together, we'll sure trim Him down. If I could only get Him to come. Oh, if He will come, it'll just be a wonderful thing."
"Courier, come here. Take out through the country, find this Galilean prophet, so called, and tell Him to come down to my house, I'm giving a great big spread down here. I'll feed him well. He don't get to eat very much; I'm sure. But I'll really give Him a good feed if He will come down. Tell Him to come down and see me."


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