PROSTITUTES
AND THE PROUD

Topics: Complacency; Emptiness; Human Condition; Pride; Prosperity; Self-centeredness

References: Joshua 6:17–23; Matthew 19:24; 21:32

“I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you,” Jesus announced to the religious authorities of his day.

After puzzling over that statement, C. S. Lewis concluded, “Prostitutes are in no danger of finding their present life so satisfactory that they cannot turn to God. The proud, the avaricious, the self-righteous, are in that danger.”

—Philip Yancey, “Back from the Brothel,” Christianity Today (January 2005)