Sermons on Pride
Exaltation for the Humble, Shame for the Proud (Luke 14:1-14)
On the Sabbath, in the presence of the Pharisees, Jesus heals a man with a dropsy, a physical condition where the soft tissue of the body massively swelled with water probably due to severe heart disease (perhaps liver or kidney failure). Jesus uses the opportunity to reveal that the Pharisees are…