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

The document emphasizes the brevity of life and the importance of repentance, referencing the Gospel of Luke 13:1-9 and several other biblical texts. It explores the idea that facing crises and challenges can lead to spiritual awareness, urging the audience to turn to God rather than becoming complacent during prosperous times. The overarching message is a call to live in a manner that is pleasing to God and to bear fruit through good works.

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Life is Short.. The Gospel of Luke 13:1-9 .
God Gives Us His Words of Eternal Life Luke 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 .
1 There were some present at the very The Gospel of Luke 13:1-9 time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
2 And he answered them, “Do you think The Gospel of Luke 13:1-9 that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered 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 The Gospel of Luke 13:1-9 that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way? 3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower The Gospel of Luke 13:1-9 in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem?
4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower The Gospel of Luke 13:1-9 in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all 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 The Gospel of Luke 13:1-9 had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.
6 And he told them this parable: “A man The Gospel of Luke 13:1-9 had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 7 And he came to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?”
8 And he answered him, ‘Sir, let it alone The Gospel of Luke 13:1-9 this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. 9 Then if it should bear fruit 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 Peter in 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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