About this time Jesus was informed that Pilate had murdered some people from Galilee as they were offering sacrifices at the Temple. 2 “Do you think those Galileans were worse sinners than all the other people from Galilee?” Jesus asked. “Is that why they suffered? 3 Not at all! And you will perish, too, unless you repent of your sins and turn to God. 4 And what about the eighteen people who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them? Were they the worst sinners in Jerusalem? 5 No, and I tell you again that unless you repent, you will perish, too.” (Luke 13:1-5 NLT)
The Temptation then and now is to think that "Bad things happen to Bad People." That is not necessarily the case. Bad things happen to sinful people and we are all sinful. So we should not be surprised when bad things happen to us. When we see bad things happen to others, Jesus says we should repent so that we do not lose our eternal life. To Repent is to admit and confess that we have sinned, gone our own way. To repent means to ask God to forgive us and help us turn back to Him and His way.
The Temptation then and now is to think that "Bad things happen to Bad People." That is not necessarily the case. Bad things happen to sinful people and we are all sinful. So we should not be surprised when bad things happen to us. When we see bad things happen to others, Jesus says we should repent so that we do not lose our eternal life. To Repent is to admit and confess that we have sinned, gone our own way. To repent means to ask God to forgive us and help us turn back to Him and His way.
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