MESSAGE DOESN'T CHANGE
Today's reading: Luke 13-14

"No, and I tell you again that unless you repent, you will also perish." Luke 13:5 NLT

Jesus was speaking to Pilate when He spoke these words. Pilate, the most powerful man in the world at time. Pilate, the leader of all. Pilate, the head honcho. Pilate, the man sitting at the top of the 'heap'.

And Jesus? He spoke the same words to him that He spoke to each and every other person He had met in His ministry. He did not hold back any punches. He did not alter the message or change the presentation.

We need to follow His example.

Our friends need to hear that sin is sin and not turning away from it will lead them to hell. The good friends that live with their boyfriends. The dear friends that know they should be in church but are pulled in so many other directions on Sunday morning. The close friends whose addictions lead them farther and farther from life.

Our family needs to know that the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life. Our brothers and sisters who have wandered away from Christ. Our aunts and uncles who seem to think religion is worthless. Our parents who have been burned by another Christian and refuse to darken the doors of a church house again.

They need to know the same message Christ preached. No changes. No addendums. No re-writes. No moderations.

The simple truth--unless you repent, you will perish.