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GROWING A GREEN THUMB (1 OF 3)
by Central Christian Church of Arizona
Scripture: Luke 13:1-5
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Growing a Green Thumb (1 of 3)
Series: Parables
Jeremy Jernigan
Luke 13:1-5
1) Welcome to Central!
a) What a great week
b) I got to spend the week serving kids at Extreme week
i) Picture - Extreme Week
ii) I watched a kid pick his toenail and then eat it!
iii) I'm so grateful to the many adults who watch our kids every weekend!
2) Message title: Growing a Green Thumb
a) Someone is said to have a green thumb when they can make things grow
b) The opposite of this actually has a name: a brown thumb (you can kill a silk flower)
c) [Story of planting winter grass]
3) Luke 13:1-5 ''Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 Jesus answered, ''Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? 3 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. 4 Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them-do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.''
a) The Galileans
i) No other writer, secular or sacred, recorded the incident of Pilate slaying these Galileans.
ii) It is believed that the Galileans were killed while they themselves were killing their sacrifices
b) Pool of Siloam
i) From Gill's commentary: ''The Tower of Siloam, may have been a tower near or over the Pool of Siloam, which fell down killing 18 men; very likely they were purifying themselves.''
ii) Picture - pool of Siloam
c) Why these two examples?
i) Jesus is using familiar examples of the brevity of life
ii) 19 firefighters who lost their lives in Yarnell
iii) We've been working through some incredible loss recently with some families at Central
iv) Life is brief and uncertain
d) Both of the examples Jesus uses are of people purifying themselves
i) They were likely in the process of repenting and lost their ...
Series: Parables
Jeremy Jernigan
Luke 13:1-5
1) Welcome to Central!
a) What a great week
b) I got to spend the week serving kids at Extreme week
i) Picture - Extreme Week
ii) I watched a kid pick his toenail and then eat it!
iii) I'm so grateful to the many adults who watch our kids every weekend!
2) Message title: Growing a Green Thumb
a) Someone is said to have a green thumb when they can make things grow
b) The opposite of this actually has a name: a brown thumb (you can kill a silk flower)
c) [Story of planting winter grass]
3) Luke 13:1-5 ''Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 Jesus answered, ''Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? 3 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. 4 Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them-do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.''
a) The Galileans
i) No other writer, secular or sacred, recorded the incident of Pilate slaying these Galileans.
ii) It is believed that the Galileans were killed while they themselves were killing their sacrifices
b) Pool of Siloam
i) From Gill's commentary: ''The Tower of Siloam, may have been a tower near or over the Pool of Siloam, which fell down killing 18 men; very likely they were purifying themselves.''
ii) Picture - pool of Siloam
c) Why these two examples?
i) Jesus is using familiar examples of the brevity of life
ii) 19 firefighters who lost their lives in Yarnell
iii) We've been working through some incredible loss recently with some families at Central
iv) Life is brief and uncertain
d) Both of the examples Jesus uses are of people purifying themselves
i) They were likely in the process of repenting and lost their ...
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