There is, in the world of today, a group of people who think that they want to access the privilege of two of the servants of God, Moses and David, as far as the management of their indiscretions. In these events of the Bible, they see a way to lay claim to automatic dismissal of the consequence of their sins, as they expect to receive it from God. In other words, they say that they are entitled to forgiveness for a host of sins, now, because God apparently overlooked, in a sense, the sins of these men, of their respective variances from modern understanding of sound religiosity. Some will even go so far as to pray in the manner of the first of these two men, a Pharisee.
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
(Luke 18:10-12)
One of the two men had the right attitude about our place in the service of the LORD, while the other one failed at being humble in Gods sight. Rather than have you guess, here is the answer.
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