Wednesday, June 2, 2021 What Makes God Mad "For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted" (Luke 18:14 NLT). This might surprise some people: God isn't mad at sinners. God isn't mad at you; He's mad about you. He loves you. But I would also add that God does get angry when people who think they're spiritual or call themselves religious stand in the way of others coming to believe in Him. We find a story in the New Testament about a man who went to the Temple to pray. He was a tax collector, and tax collectors weren't loved a lot in those days. Another man also went to pray, and he was a Pharisee. The Pharisee said, "I thank you, God, that I am not like other people—cheaters, sinners, adulterers. I'm certainly not like that tax collector! I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of my income" (Luke 18:11-12 NLT). In reality, I think his prayers didn't go any higher than the ceiling, because that wasn't a prayer to God. That was a boast. Meanwhile, the tax collector who knew he was a sinner simply said, "O God, be merciful to me, for I am a sinner" (verse 13 NLT). | 
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