Luke Series Chapter 13 (EP 67)

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What is the focus of Luke Chapter 13?

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What's going on guys? Welcome back to another episode of the Bryce Crawford podcast. I'm Bryce and today we are on Luke chapter 13 of the 24 day Luke Christmas series challenge. Every day we're reading a chapter of Luke. So by the time you get to Christmas Eve, you would have read the whole gospel of Luke. Sorry for the late upload on YouTube for Luke chapter 12. I was at a wedding yesterday and I forgot to upload it, but it was on Spotify. So all you guys checking on me, thank you. I was at a wedding all day and I'm a little sick now. But we're on Luke chapter 13. It's going to be powerful. Before we get into it, guys, January 19th, 6 p.m. in Los Angeles, first ever live podcast show. Go get your tickets. Jesusinthestreet.org slash tickets.

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Get your tickets. Come join us. It's going to be powerful. Let's dive into Luke chapter 13 really quick and see what Jesus is talking about here. There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And he answered them, Jesus is about to emphasize the importance of repentance here, and he's going to repeat it twice.

What does Jesus say about repentance?

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Or those 18 of whom the tower of Siloam fell and killed them. Do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem? No, I tell you, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. In the Greek grammar, the first repent we see in verse 3 is a continual repentance. Sometimes people think, oh, well, I repented when I gave my life to Jesus and that's it. No, as we're growing and becoming sanctified, we're actively finding things out about ourselves and finding out that, man, we're still wicked and need help of Jesus. And as we're growing and learning, we find ourselves continuously in this hard posture of repentance. But then this repentance in verse five is like a finite repentance. So the one in verse three was like a continual repentance.

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But the one in verse five is like a finite, like, let me repent for all of my sins kind of repentance. So it's so powerful because Jesus is emphasizing the importance of repentance here. Verse six says, And he told this parable. A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.

What is the significance of the fig tree parable?

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And he said to the vine dresser, Look, for three years now I've come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground? And he answered, Sir, let it alone this year also until I dig it around and put it on manure. Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good. But if not, you can cut it down. This is talking about people that have not surrendered their life to God. Those that don't follow God are those that live a fruitless life. And the prolonging of the tree being cut down in this parable is showing the judgment of God that's being withheld from people that don't know him, which is his grace. But it also shows that at one point they will be cut down and it shows that God is a just God. So the prolonging of the judgment of God is actually his grace. And this is a call to us as believers, or not even just to us as believers, sorry, a call to people saying, hey, if you're not right with God, get right with God. Because there's going to come a day when it's too late. And there is no more.

How does Jesus heal on the Sabbath?

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There is no more second chances on the table. Now we go into verse 10. Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And behold, there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for 18 years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, You are freed from your disability. And he laid his hands on her and immediately she was made straight and she glorified God. So Jesus sees this crippled woman. He goes and heals her. She's been crippled for 18 years. Boom, she's healed. But the ruler of the synagogue indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath and said to these people, there are six days in which work ought to be done.