Repent or Perish by Anthony Mangun
Luke 13:1-9
Repent or Perish
There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had [a]mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answered and said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.” He also spoke this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, ‘Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why does it use up the ground?’ But he answered and said to him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it. And if it bears fruit, well. But if not, after that you can cut it down.’ ”
Christ inspired Peter to write in 2 Peter 3:9 - "The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, (His promise concerning His judgment upon the earth and His coming for His saints) as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering to upward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. "
God says, "Every knee will bow and confess and give account of himself to God," Romans 14: 11-14.
Luke 13:1-9
Repent or Perish
There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had [a]mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answered and said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.” He also spoke this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, ‘Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why does it use up the ground?’ But he answered and said to him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it. And if it bears fruit, well. But if not, after that you can cut it down.’ ”
Christ inspired Peter to write in 2 Peter 3:9 – “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, (His promise concerning His judgment upon the earth and His coming for His saints) as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering to upward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. “
God says, “Every knee will bow and confess and give account of himself to God,” Romans 14: 11-14.
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