Sermon Slide Deck: "Life is Short..." (Luke 13:1-9)

Life is Short..The Gospel of Luke 13:1-9

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God Gives Us His Words of Eternal LifeLuke 13:1-9

Found on page 872 in our guest Bibles.

Today’s Scripture:

When you hear of someone stepping off the stage of this world, where does your mind tend to drift?

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to

go to the house of feasting, for this is the end

of all mankind, and the living will take it to heart.

~ Ecclesiastes 7:2

Life is Short..The Gospel of Luke 13:1-9

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1 There were some present at the very

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time who told him about the Galileanswhose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

2 And he answered them, “Do you think

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that these Galileans were worse sinnersthan all the other Galileans, because theysuffered in this way?

“Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed? As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.

At the breath of God they perish; at the blast of his anger they are no more.”

~ Eliphaz in Job 4:7-9

2 And he answered them, “Do you think

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that these Galileans were worse sinnersthan all the other Galileans, because theysuffered in this way? 3 No, I tell you; butunless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower

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in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders thanall the others who lived in Jerusalem?

4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower

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in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders thanall the others who lived in Jerusalem?5 No I tell you; but unless you repent,you will all likewise perish.

When you go through a period in your life in which your life is going smoothly, you are in very dangerous territory spiritually…. There is no greater crisis than to have no crisis in your life. There is no greater danger than to have no sense of danger in your life.

~ Tim Keller, Pastor & Author Redeemer NYC

Take care lest you forget the Lord your God…, lest when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in

them, and when your herds and flocks multiply and your silver and gold is

multiplied and all that you have is multiplied, then your heart will be lifted up, and you

forget the Lord your God….

~ Moses in Deuteronomy 8:11-14

Unless you turn to God, you too will perish.

”~ Jesus of Nazareth“

6 And he told them this parable: “A man

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had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, andhe came seeking fruit on it and found none.

6 And he told them this parable: “A man

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had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, andhe came seeking fruit on it and found none. 7 And he came to the vinedresser,‘Look, for three years now I have comeseeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use upthe ground?”

8 And he answered him, ‘Sir, let it alone

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this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. 9 Then if it should bearfruit next year, well and good; but if not, but it down.’

~ The Apostle Paul in Romans 2:4

Do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to

repentance?

Why does Luke record this account in his historical

biography of Jesus?

Important Question

There may be no more important time to turn to God than when

things are going well in your life.

HT: Tim Keller

“[The Lord] is patient with you, not wishing

that any should perish, but that all should come

to repentance.”

~ The Apostle Peterin 2 Peter 3:9

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him might not perish, but have

eternal life.”~ The Apostle John in

The Gospel of John, 3:16

Life is Short…Repent!

New City Church, because life is short, may you

“walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him,

bearing fruit in every good work.”

~Colossians 1:10

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