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Th[is] passage of Luke’s gospel . . . relates Jesus’ comments on two events of his time.
The first: the uprising of some Galileans, which Pilate repressed with bloodshed. The second: the fall of the tower of Jerusalem, which claimed eighteen victims. Two very distinct, tragic events: one caused by man, the other accidental.
According to the mentality of the time, people were inclined to think that the disgrace which struck the victims was due to some grave fault of their own. Jesus instead says, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans… . Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who dwelt in Jerusalem?” (Luke 13:2, 4). And in both cases he concludes: “I tell you, No; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish” (13:3, 5).
This, then,…
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Conversion is a daily transformation, and not a destination to be reached and then rested in. I have heard that there are no level planes in the spiritual realm; if you are not climbing, you will eventually begin to sink back to the life you had before conversion, and perhaps worse still...and to put a more positive spin on it, why would we ever want to become complacent in our relationship with God? I think it is not possible to be completely united to God in this life, but perhaps it is the intense longing to be completely united to Him, and the will to be united to Him, that makes us holy--so it is a journey we cannot complete in this life, but meant to be arrived at in the next. And we must pray for one another and sacrifice for one another.