February 2009
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Epiphany about the Trial in Luke 12:57-59
This morning I read Luke 12.
As I read verses 57 and 58, it suddenly dawned on me that Jesus was assuming that his listeners would be guilty of the crime for which they were being brought to the magistrate. Then I put the parable into context: the end times.
Wow, it appeared so immediately: our whole lives are the journey to the trial. Jesus is warning us to plead for mercy and to make every...