Welcome to our new project, the Daily Bible Devotional. The goal is to help you understand and apply

scripture as you go through a New Testament Bible read five days a week, Monday through Friday,

as we move from Matthew straight through to Revelation. In under four minutes each morning, we will recap the chapter,

make some application, present thought questions for the day, and offer a prayer together.

I'm excited about exploring God's Word with you, so let's get started.

Hey, good morning. So I'm trying something different today. I got a new computer. So I'm trying to

record both the video for YouTube and Facebook as well as the audio for the podcast at the very

same time. It shouldn't mean anything different from a video standpoint. But on the podcast side,

it means I can't just stop whenever I want and fix

mistakes, so we'll just have to kind of roll with that. Let's see if we can go through the rest

of Luke with this format, and if it works out well, then we'll use it moving forward. Today, we are in

the Daily Bible Devotional covering Luke chapter 13. Jesus uses two tragic stories of death to present his universal point.

Unless you repent of your sins, you too will likewise perish. Jesus tells a parable of a fig tree

that would only remain if it began to bear fruit. Repentance is a turn from fruitlessness

to bring about produce for the Lord.

Shortly after, Jesus heals a woman and the Pharisees complain because he did so on the Sabbath.

They still are not ready to repent and turn to him.

But their attacks would not stop Christ's kingdom.

It would start small and grow like a mustard seed or like leaven and flour.

As Jesus heads to Jerusalem for the last time, he notes that few will be saved in his kingdom,

though he desires to save everyone.

Here's some thoughts about repentance today for our benefit.

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