January 13

Does the reading in Luke answer some questions in Job? Perfect! Jesus is saying that just because tragedy happens to some, that doesn’t mean that they are worse sinners and thereby have invoked some “worse” judgment. He put all men and women on the same playing field. They all are sinners, they all will face judgment, they all must repent! There is another lesson within these verses in Luke 13, Jesus was telling the people to quit trying to figure out other’s lives and why this happened and how bad they were to deserve it, (the people of the day strongly believed that if something bad happened to you that it was God judging you. In other words, you deserved it!) and think about your own life! Isn’t that so true? You hear a sermon and you think about others who need to hear it! God wants us to think about our own life and in this passage He is challenging people to repent because they too have fault before God.

The woman who got healed was bound by satan for 18 years. When Jesus healed her He simply proclaimed her healing. Then He laid his hands on her, as if to transfer something because when He did that, she was healed. Maybe we should “pray” for the sick like that. Maybe the sick we pray for are bound by satan and we need to address that. Interesting huh?