Luke 13:1-5

(Luke 13:1-5)

There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilæans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilæans were sinners above all the Galilæans, because they suffered such things?  I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.  Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?  I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

 

When Jesus was in this world, there were two kinds of events of this type. First, a man named Pilate killed a Galilean man and mixed his blood with a sacrifice. People asked Jesus about Pilate's wickedness and about those who had died unjustly by Pilate. But Jesus asked the dead Galilean, "Do you think that the dead Galilean has more sins than all the Galilean?" And he said, "If you do not repent, you will perish like this." Jesus was rather speaking to those who questioned this event.

And secondly, he said more about the case where 18 people died when the tower of Siloam in Jerusalem was destroyed. Does Jesus think that the dead man has more sins than all the people in Jerusalem? Asked. It means that there is no more sin than a living person who died first in an accident. It means that those who have lived longer without accidents can actually accumulate God's judgment. It means that the sins of those who die early, even though they die, can do less. It means that being alive is not only an opportunity for grace. To point out repentance, Jesus said, "If you do not repent, you will perish in this way." In Jesus' eyes, not repenting is the criterion for sin.

Job is a name meaning “pain”. The book of Job is not specific to people, but to everyone. At that time, Job was introduced as the person who believed in the Lord best. Nevertheless, God gives Satan Job to strike everything except life. All of Job's children died, all his wealth was taken, and Job became ill. But by the Lord's sovereignty, Satan could not touch Job's life. Friends criticize Job's faith. Job's soul suffers at the criticism of his friends. Because the soul suffered, he could not eat. However, it was the Lord that Job held.

In Job 42:7, it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. 』What Job said about God was different from what Job's friend said about God. Friends are interested in Job's state of faith. This is what the Lord is saying to Job's friends, saying, ``It is not right for you to speak of me.'' The reason Job's friends were compelled to see Job wrong was that they had a wrong understanding of God. It is the saying that “Job knew God more justly” through the events of Satan.

Even today, some people, like Job, live in tremendous suffering. People must know the will of the Lord because of these suffering people. In Job 42:5-6, "have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. 』 efore the suffering, Job only listened to the Lord with his ears, but in the pain, pain, and sorrow that God had caused Satan to strike, he saw the Lord with his eyes. The phrase ``I abhor myself'' hates Job for thinking wrong about God. It means that.

The consummation of repentance is not self-love. It is not true to say that I love the Lord and I love myself. A lot of church people sometimes use the wrong logic, saying, "He who does not love himself does not love God nor does he love his neighbor." Those who love the Lord must abandon themselves, saying, "Deny yourself and take up your cross."

In our daily lives, we see many cases where it is said, "Eat and drink, or in words, for the Lord." We see that everything we eat and drink is looking for good food for our own health and enjoyment. Eating and drinking for the Lord itself becomes worship. When that happens, the Lord is for that person's body. Repentance is to hate oneself and not for oneself. Like Job's confession, 『repent in dust and ashes. I have to think about what I said, ‘Hateing myself’ because he is an old man. The self formed from flesh and blood is the old man. So you have to hate it.

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