c4_03_23_25_#134_Luke 13:1-9_Process and Outcome

{ILS} NY Yankees Owner - George Steinbrenner

• owners in every sport that do not care about winning - profit or prestige
  
  
  


• Cared deeply about his organization & wanted OUTCOMES - 23 Years and 20 Managers
  
  
  

{SCR} Luke 13:1 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.”

{MPT} Outcomes - Governors and Crowds

• Political officials that were violent and deranged
  
  
  
  
  • Jesus’ followers/onlookers - as a man of God, what do you think?
    
    
    • …of the governor that murdered and then 5X mocked?
      
      
      • Why…   …would Pilate do it?    …God allow it?
        
        
        
      
      
    
    
  
  
  • Question with a question, shifting away from outcomes
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Future story - to illustrate how quickly violence can get out of hand.
  
  
  
  
  • The #1 job of the Roman governor is to remain governor
    
    
    
  
  
  • Calm or Intimidate or Manipulate the crowd
    
    
    
  
  
  • In this photo, Pilate is a neutral party, wanting out, not today
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

{MPT} Outcomes - Towers and Innocents

• Humans have always wanted to build something, then even bigger
  
  
  
  
  • Power, Beauty, Security
    
    
    
  
  
  • the poor people that suffered during the collapse?
    
    
    
    
    • Sometimes they fall by accident or by a horrific storm
      
      
      
    
    
    • Sometimes they were destroyed
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • As a man of God, I will tell you what I think of this
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

{SCR} Luke 13:6 Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. 7 So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’ 8 “‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. 9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”

{MPT} Outcomes - Trees and Fruit

• How many acres do you think the vineyard was? - how much per acre?
  
  
  


• How much does the gardener get paid?
  
  
  


• We don’t know the full investment the owner has committed
  
  
  
  
  • He does not threaten the gardener
    
    
    
  
  
  • He wants the tree to do the one thing it was designed to do
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

{MPT} Process - Digging and Fertilizing 

• On his knees
  
  
  
  
  • Daily, there will be no results the following day, only more work
    
    
    
  
  
  • No one will be checking in
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

{QUO} “Life’s fragility gives it urgency” Matthew Skinner - Luther Seminary

• This illustration could speak to you in two ways
  
  
  
  
  • The one that needs care and nutrients
    
    
    
  
  
  • The one that offers care and nutrients