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You Don’t Have To Get Ready If You Stay Ready
Warning The Original Audience
L 12:35-13:5,22-30
We’ve got a lot to read this morning so I’m just going to jump right in to it.
READ PASSAGE
PRAY
So, that’s a lot.
It can be a difficult read.
It’s a sobering read.
Salvation and judgment.
Repentance and rejection.
So let’s start with this, the primary audience of this teaching is the Hebrew people, the contemporaries of Jesus.
Jesus is warning the religious leaders and those who have rejected His coming that if they continue in their rejection of Jesus and His Kingdom come that they will not be welcome into His Kingdom.
Remember, the Hebrew people were looking for the Messiah, the Christ, the one Isaiah and the prophets foretold would come to bring the Kingdom of God to earth and rule the nations.
The King who would rule in the line of David, whose rule would be eternal and who all the earth would find hope and healing in.
But they didn’t understand that for this King to rule he would have to die and be raised to life.
This is Jesus in the faces of those who where rejected his appearance, his miracles, his teachings, and even his resurrection.
Jesus is saying to them, I am the one you have been looking for.
I am the one promised.
I’ve worked miracles to prove it to you.
I’ve forgiven sin to prove it to you.
I will die and be raised form the death to prove it to you.
I’ve shown you how I fulfill the OT to prove it to you.
You you reject me.
I’m here to save you.
I’m here to give you the Kingdom.
I’m here to show you the Father.
I’m here to prove the Father’s love.
I will not make you follow me.
I will not make you trust me.
But I am here to show you, to bring you the Kingdom and eternal life.
I am the fulfillment.
Look at Jesus words in Luke 12:56
Jesus is saying,you understand weather patterns, you understand the seasons, yet you don’t know how to interpret what, who is right in front of you.
When you feel the weather change you know to prepare for winter or summer.
But I’m right in front of you and you haven’t realized it time to prepare for the Kingdom.
Jesus is telling them that your wisdom and your knowledge cannot save you if you will not recognize your need for Jesus.
You need Jesus.
We need Jesus.
The Prophets told the people of Israel that they need a Messiah.
Look at Jesus words in Luke 13:28-30
Jesus is warning them, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the Prophets are with me.
He is telling them that rejection of Him is rejection of the prophets.
He is telling them that rejection of Him is rejection of their God.
And He is telling them that if they continue in rejection they will be rejected.
Jesus would not force them to follow him, but He would die to open the door for them to come in.
Jesus is also telling them that as the descendants of Abraham they had a special covenant with God.
They were the first.
And they were first to have the Messiah come to them.
But He is also telling them that even though they were first in line to hear the goodnews of the Kingdom they will be the last.
And Jesus is telling them that those who they considered outside the Kingdom would be first in the Kingdom.
It’s the great reversal.
Those who were invited in first rejected the invitation and those who were last to hear where first to come in.
So hear me, this talk by Jesus is primarily audience is with his contemporaries.
It was a warning to the Jews of Jesus day that rejection of Him was rejection of the old covenant, a rejection their prophets, a rejection of their God.
It was a warning that God will not make you enter into His Kingdom if you do not want to enter into His Kingdom.
But that Jesus had come to open the door to the Kingdom so that anyone who would receive Him would be welcome to enter into the Joys of the Kingdom.
And that truth is universal.
And that truth is for you and for me.
Jesus came to open the door to the Kingdom so that you and I could enter into the Kingdom eternal by receiving Jesus.
What About Now?
So, you may be asking, “Pastor, so if all of that was for those folks 2000 years ago what does about now?
So, while the primary audience was the contemporaries of Jesus, there is some vital application for us.
Jesus Will Return To Welcome The Faithful Into The Kingdom
It the Glorious Appearing of our Great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
He will bring salvation to those who turn from godlessness and worldly passions.
It’s the blessed hope.
It’s our great longing.
It’s the next event in the church age.
Jesus will return.
Jesus will return to welcome the Faithful into the Kingdom.
Those who have put their faith in Jesus.
Those who have been washed by the blood of Christ Jesus.
Those who have been made new.
Jesus will return for the faithful.
And the Kingdom will be open to them.
Who Are The Faithful?
Here is the beauty of the Kingdom.
All are invited.
Even the last can be first.
How?
Jesus.
Do you see this?
Jesus makes the unfaithful worthy and welcome into the Kingdom.
Jesus turns the unrighteous into the righteous.
Jesus turns the faithless into the faithful.
Jesus does it.
Paul says, hey some of you were sinners.
You weren’t covenant people.
You were righteous people.
You were living in ways that were ungodly.
You were doing things that went against the nature and character of God.
You were hurting yourself and hurting others.
But when you accepted Christ you accepted newness.
You have been washed - Cleansed from your sin and guilt.
You have been sanctified - Seperated from the world and seated with Christ
You have been justified - Declared innocent and righteous.
Are you perfect?
No.
Are you new?
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