Luke 13:1-17

In this hyper-spiritualizing church culture we find ourselves living in, we often struggle with questions concerning the misfortune that comes our way. The Jews that Christ addresses in Chapter 13, would link absolutely every calamity in life to some spiritual cause, and Jesus came along and reminded them that we simply live in a fallen world. There are things in this life where the spiritual and physical are connected, and there are things in life where they’re just not – and we will grow in our discernment of these things, as we pursue a knowledge of God by the Spirit of God through the Word of God. What every single one of us can anchor our souls in, is that our Heavenly Father is a perfect parent. Never will misfortune come your way as a result of disobedience, that God will not have clearly warned you about multiple times. If we being evil wouldn’t punish our children without spelling out exactly what they’ve done, why in the world would we think that of our Heavenly Father who is perfect?