Repent or perish11/10/2023 ![]() ![]() It must also be obeyed afterward (Acts 5:1-10 8:14-25). Repentance is a requirement for any who would consider becoming a Christian (Acts 2:38 3:19). It is a message that applies to all, both saint (Christian) and alien sinner (I John 1:8-10). ![]() This was also the theme of preaching by John, Jesus, Peter and Paul. (For more information on leaven, see “Understanding the Scriptures” for Mark 8:15, p. 45.Repentance was preached by Noah, Jonah, Jeremiah and many others in the Old Testament. Read these two parables, and then write a parable of your own (using familiar examples or items from your life) to illustrate the growth of the Church. Jesus gave two parables in Luke 13:18–20 that teach about the growth and development of the Church. When might Jesus call to us so that we might be “loosed” from our problem and “made straight”?Īccording to verse 16, what does Jesus especially want us to be loosed from? What could cause a person to be spiritually “bowed together” (bent over as if carrying a burden)? Answer the following questions to help you liken that story to yourself and learn about how the Savior can bless you with His miraculous power: Luke 13:10–17 tells of a woman who was healed on the Sabbath in the synagogue. (For example, the husbandman refers to God and the fig tree represents the Jews among whom Jesus lived.) Label each item with a word or sentence that you think is an appropriate interpretation of that item. Read the parable in Luke 13:6–9 and draw a picture of what Jesus described. Studying the Scripturesĭo two of the following activities (A–C) as you study Luke 13. “The real lesson to be learned from Jesus’ conclusion, ‘Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish,’ is that there was no difference in righteousness between the slain and the living, and that unless the living repent they would perish with the dead” ( Doctrinal New Testament Commentary, 1:475–76). ![]() “… For that matter, the Lord brings difficulties upon the most righteous of his saints to test and try them. … It is not man’s prerogative to conclude in individual cases of suffering or accident that such has befallen a person as a just retribution for an ungodly course. “But to say that particular individuals slain in war, killed in accidents, smitten with disease, stricken by plagues, or shorn of their property by natural calamities, have been singled out from among their fellows as especially deserving of such supposed retribution is wholly unwarranted. “True it is, as a general principle, that God sends disasters, calamities, plagues, and suffering upon the rebellious, and that he preserves and protects those who love and serve him. … Accordingly, we find the Master expressly saying that those subject to the misfortunes here involved were not greater sinners than their fellows whose lives were spared. “Does God send accidents, violent death, and other calamities upon to punish them for their sins? Apparently there were those among Jesus’ hearers who thought so. Luke 13:1–5-“Except Ye Repent, Ye Shall All Likewise Perish”Ĭommenting on these verses, Elder Bruce R. Hunched or bent over Three measures of meal ( v. 21) Why should it use up the soil Dung it ( v. 8) Caretaker (one who prunes, nourishes, and harvests) Why cumbereth it the ground ( v. 7) ![]()
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