Luke 13 -- This Sure Speaks To Current Events

This chapter sure covered a lot, but I noticed God seemed to have timed it just right to have it speak about current events in Orlando.

“Jesus made it clear,” my commentary said, “that human tragedies are not always divine punishments and that it is wrong for us to play God and pass judgment … The question is not, ‘Why did these people die?’ but, ‘What right do you have to live?’  None of us is sinless, so we had all better get prepared.”

“God is gracious and longsuffering toward people and does more than enough to encourage us to repent and bear fruit.  He has every right to cut us down, but in His mercy, He has spared us.  Yet we must not presume upon the kindness and longsuffering of the Lord, for the day of judgment will finally come.”

Father, help me to understand this tragedy and to see it as You do.  You desire all people to be freed from Satan’s grasp and be saved.

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford