Luke 13:2-3 Jesus answered, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.
I can remember as a child, doing something I had no business doing. Sometimes it was an offense against another child and the adult would tell me "now say you're sorry!" I'm sure I was reluctant to do so but under the persuasion of the adult I'm certain I quickly repented.
Looking at our text I believe we as Christians have problems with repenting because first, we compare our sins to others and believe since ours isn't greater than someone else's sin we don't have to repent. And secondly because we feel we don't have to say we're sorry for selfish reasons. Saints this is a bad habit to have because if you're not willing to say you're sorry and really mean it, then the Bible says (and I'm paraphrasing) your eternal resting place will be hell.
Sometimes life calls for us to say we're sorry even when we're not in the wrong. So let's put our big people pants on and do what God has called us to do and that is, to repent, say you're sorry and keep it moving.
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