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Steve Doyle, Director of Missions
Creath Brazos Baptist Association
'Repent or Perish'
Luke 13:1-5
Luke 13:1-5: Now there was some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? 3 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. 4 Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
Unexplained evil and unexpected tragedies result in the question why? They are designed to point us to God and our need for salvation. Asking why is proof of God’s existence. There is moral evil which is directed against men and natural evil such as weather-related tragedies.
When these tragedies happen, you often see news people interviewing religious leaders and asking why? They wouldn’t have liked Jesus’ answer found in verse 3 of our text: Unless you repent, you too will perish. Jesus repeats His answer in verse 5.
In Romans 2, we are told that God’s judgment is based on truth. Yet it is His kindness that leads us to repentance. We are blessed to be able to go to the Word of God and find answers. Jesus is the solution to our sin problem as He came to reverse the curse given in the Garden of Eden as a result of Adam and Eve’s disobedience.
There are three lessons that tragedies teach us: