Luke chapter 13. I personally believe that we are going to get what we deserve, regardless of the duopoly candidate that's in office after the election. I really believe that God's the one that's behind all that, regardless of how they get in, stolen elections or whatever. And I believe our nation is spiraling downward in a big thing. So Luke chapter 13. And as we speak of that in relation to Israel, The Lord Jesus is, of course, in the last stage of his ministry, and let me just summarize this as we're moving into these last sections of this series on the beginning of the gospel as we look at the ministry of Jesus Christ. There's three primary periods, and I've seen this in many different places, but there's three primary periods of the Lord's life on this earth. First of all, obscurity, childhood and youth until he's 30 years old. You think about 30 years and what little we have in the Bible. So obviously the Lord wasn't, God didn't want the, you know, as far as God, the Holy Spirit didn't want to emphasize, you know, the day of his birth and all those kinds of things. We speculate when that took place, but you know, it's childhood, it's youth. But the early months, even after his baptism, Galilee and Judea, there's few details that are given to us in John and Luke and some of those places. But then there's also then a second period of his life on earth, especially as far as his public ministry. He came into a time of public favor, primarily in the Galilean ministry. They estimate it was like one year, nine months, depending on, based on some of the times of the feasts that are mentioned in scripture. So for a year and nine months, he had a Galilean ministry, but then as we've already seen, there was a turning as far as the Galilean ministry, Jesus even announced some woes of judgment to Capernaum and some of those places in Galilee. So as we understand this, this public favor then is now what we're seeing now as far as the third period of his life on earth, and that was a period of opposition in Judea about three months. Again, this is just a summary I came across, but Perea, which is east of Jordan for about three months. And then he completed this, of course, in Jerusalem, with his crucifixion, resurrection, his final meeting in Galilee before his ascension, outside of Jerusalem after 40 days of final teaching. So as we understand this, it kind of helps us to understand why Jesus is saying some of the stuff he is in relation to Israel, because we're coming now today in Luke 13 to the parable of the barren fig tree. Now it's very important for us to catch what he's doing here. He's addressing, he's dealing with national Israel, National Israel for the most part has rejected and is going to reject their Messiah. It's very important for us to understand this because I really believe we're in confusion about modern day Israel and all that because we don't understand what's happening even in the earthly ministry of the Lord Jesus. Many, many will become hardened in their unbelief and especially the Jewish leaders. And as we, Understand this now, we see here in chapter 13, verse 1, there were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans. Now, this indicates to me that there's a change of scene here again in chapter 13. So as we see, we're going to see like two or three different changes of scene as far as this chapter here. So it's not all one, you know, narration of an event. There's two or three different events that are mentioned here in this chapter. So at the season, some that told him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. You know, Jesus, you've been traveling around, maybe you haven't heard the latest conspiracy theory about the government that Pilate was guilty of mingling the blood of some Galileans with their sacrifices. What's that all about? Hold your place there and notice with me Acts chapter five. There's a great possibility that this is what that's referring to. As I send out a little bit of the history of this, these Galileans that were slaughtered, killed, and as they were offering some sacrifices in Jerusalem, these Galileans were suspected of having a part in this uprising that took place in Judea. And they rebelled against Caesar's authority to tax the people. And some even suggest that this is possibly the reason for enmity between Pilate and Herod, because I remind you that Herod was over Galilee. So it's almost like Pilate took authority upon himself instead of leaving that under Herod's jurisdiction when they were there in Jerusalem as they're offering sacrifices. But notice Acts 5, verse 33. Acts 5, verse 33, it says, when they heard that, they were cut to the heart. So these are the Jewish leaders dealing with the apostles. It says, when they heard that, they were cut to the heart and took counsel to slay them. Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel. Remember, this is the doctor of the law that taught solitarsis, the apostle Paul. Had a reputation among all the people and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space so that they could have counsel together. And said unto them, ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men. For before these days rose up Thutis, boasting himself to be somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves, who was slain, and all as many as obeyed him were scattered and brought to naught. Now this is the verse I want for you to notice. It says, After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him. He also perished and all, even as many as obeyed Him, were dispersed." Very possibly in Luke 13, you're talking about this blood of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. It's very possible that this is something that was an aftermath of all this uprising over the taxation. And I remind you that even one of the Lord's disciples and apostles was a zealot, Simon the Canaanite. All right, so as a zealot, he probably was part of this rebellion at one point, and he realized he needed to follow the King of kings and Lord of lords instead. So as you look at Luke 13, then it says, verse two, and Jesus answering said unto them, suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans because they suffered such things. Can I remind you that Romans 3.23 says, for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Now, one of us can say that we're better than someone else because we're all sinners by choice, or by choice and by nature. But notice what he emphasizes then in verse three, I tell you nay, but except ye, he's bringing the application back to them as they raise this event up to his attention, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Now in the context, we're talking about repentance of sin. I chuckle because I saw a video here recently, I only watched part of it because that's all I could stomach, but here's this preacher, he was actually, exposing John Hagee and Zionism, but I couldn't even get past the first part of it because he was teaching about repentance, or lack thereof. And this is the statement that he makes. Nowhere in the Bible is found the statement, repent of your sins. Do a Bible search. Nowhere found in the Bible can you find the statement, repent of your sins. No, you can't find that exact statement, but you can find the principle in many different places. I remember that the, it ended up being a series because I had too many messages, two messages I had on repentance. And we found plenty of places in scripture. Notice the context. Notice the word that Jesus uses, verse two. Suppose ye that these Galileans were, what's the next word? Sinners. Sinners do what? They sin. And then he says, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. So you notice the statement here, it says, I tell you nay, but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. All right, so repent or perish. No, this does not say repent of your bad belief system, the bad way that you... It says repent of your sin, because it talks about sinners committing sin. These people had supposed that these Galileans were worse sinners than others because Pilate had decided to kill them and mingle their blood with their sacrifices that they were offering in Jerusalem. Notice he even offers another example, verse four, or those 18 upon whom the tower of Siloam fell. And notice it slew them. So as this tower falls, it kills them. and thinking that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem. Again, Romans 3.23, for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Just because this tower fell on them does not mean that they were worse sinners than anyone else. When trials and suffering and difficulties come into a person's life, just like Job's friends, wow, what a wicked thing you did. If you were a good person, Job, God would bless you, Job had to remind them, you know, rich people, sometimes they don't suffer. So in putting it in perspective, again, the application, I tell you, he emphasizes this twice. I tell you, nay, but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Ezekiel 18, various places. In fact, let's look at that one, Ezekiel 18. I just read this here this last week. This passage came to my mind as I was, working on, this is Ezekiel 18, verse 30 through 32. So as we understand the need of repentance, I'm gonna say this again as we're working on some Old Testament prophets. I do not believe that Israel or Judah had to go through the suffering and the calamity and the judgment, the captivity and all that. They would not have had to do that if they had simply turned and gone back to the Lord. Verse 30 of Ezekiel 18. Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, everyone according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent of your wrong beliefs." It wasn't their wrong beliefs that Jesus, the Lord, was dealing with. He was dealing with their idolatry, their wickedness, and all of that. The word wickedness I even just noticed in verse 27. And when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness, verse 27, that he hath committed and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. God is wanting, He's calling them to repent of their sin, their wickedness. Repent and turn yourselves from all your transgressions, all your transgressions. It's just your belief. No, that's not what the Bible says. So iniquity shall not be your ruin. Iniquity is the ruin of so many people because there is no repentance. Cast away from you all your transgressions whereby ye have transgressed. Can I remind you that in the New Testament even it says sin is the transgression of God's law. That is still true today. Yes, I understand the old covenant has passed, but the moral law has been reapplied in the New Testament, because God's standards have not changed. What's an abomination to him in the Old Testament is still an abomination to him now. And notice, He wants to make them a new heart and a new spirit. For why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God. Wherefore, turn yourselves, and live ye. God is calling them to repentance. Let me read for you Ezekiel 33, verse 11. It says, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked should turn from his way and live. Turn ye, turn ye, emphasis, turn ye from your evil ways, for why will ye die, O house of Israel? Something that God repeated over and over and over again. So go back to Leviticus Luke, Luke chapter 13. I'll remind you again what 2 Peter 3, verses 8 and 9 says. God is not slack concerning His promise, as men count slackness. But He's long-suffering to us. We're not willing that any should perish, but that all should, what? Come to repentance. God is still calling people to repentance today. Let me read for you Acts 17 for the sake of time here. And this is at the end of his, Paul's preaching. The Areopagus, Mars Hill says in Acts 17 verse 30, in the times of this ignorance, God winked at, but now commandeth, he commandeth all men everywhere to repent. That's not just a wrong belief system. Again, so many preachers are explaining away repentance, and that's why we have so much, no change that takes place in people's lives. Because he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man, the man Christ Jesus, that man by whom he hath ordained, or whom he hath ordained, I should say, whereof, he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. The resurrection was the confirmation that Jesus Christ has been given this authority to judge. Now, back in Luke 13, it says in verse six, now he's gonna teach a parable. So he's gonna share this parable. This is the parable of the barren fig tree. And I want you to understand this parable deals with the unbelief of Israel. I believe it's very important for us to see this. Now, I want you to pay attention to the wording here in verse 6 as we start the beginning of this parable. It says, He spake also this parable. In the context, He's talking about those who have not repented. So He spoke this parable, a certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard. Whose land is that over there? It is the Lord's land. It's not Israel's land to claim for themselves. Notice he's planted this fig tree representative of Israel, national Israel, that was planted in his vineyard. And he, Jesus, came and sought fruit thereon and found none. Notice there's no fruit. That's what we have to pay attention to. And I'll remind you of the parable of the seed and the sower. Three different seeds, landing in different places, did not produce any fruit. It was only the fourth one, landing in the good soil, produced 30-fold, 60-fold, and 100-fold. I want you to understand that those who produce no fruit have no root. Here's the reality of this. Notice he's using this to judge and to confront Israel, national Israel, not believing Israel, national Israel as far as their unbelief. It says, he came and sought fruit thereon and found none. So this is the parable that he says there. Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard. I'll just give you some, for the sake of time here, I'll just give you some references here. Isaiah 5 verses 1 through 7 talks about the vineyard of the Lord. And basically the Lord emphasizes there, what more could I have done for my vineyard? I remind you again, it's the Lord's vineyard. That land is not Israel's, it's the Lord's. It's the Lord's to give to whomsoever he will. Now, with that said, notice it says, in this parable, he says unto the dresser, so this is the man who owns the vineyard, who's planted this fig tree in his vineyard. In fact, what I think is very interesting is Matthew 21, 19 talks about Jesus seeing a fig tree in the way, which was not in a vineyard. So I don't know if that means anything, but so here's a fig tree in a vineyard, and another one's just randomly by a roadside. But Matthew 21, verse 19, it says he saw this fig tree in the way, and Jesus comes to it, and he found nothing thereon, no fruit, but leaves only. and said unto it, said unto the tree, let no fruit grow on thee henceforward forever." Did you hear that word? Forever. Well, in the old King James, it's two words. We've kind of combined them in modern English. But it says, presently the fig tree withered away. This is very, very important as far as what we're dealing with in Israel today. Now, I want you to notice it says, Verse seven, behold, these three years, I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, this particular fig tree in his vineyard. How long has the Lord's ministry been, public ministry been at this point? Three years. I've told you we're in the last half year or so of his public ministry. So for three years, Jesus, the Son of God, has been on this earth looking for fruit in national Israel. Again, I'm emphasizing this on purpose. There's a difference between national unbelieving Israel and spiritual remnant Israel. And I believe we see it very powerfully in this passage here. So this is the statement that he makes when he finds no fruit. Notice the end of verse seven. Cut it down. Why cumbereth it the ground? I emphasize the ground on purpose. Cut it down. It's cumbering the land. I wanna be able to plant something else here. Hmm, that's very interesting. I didn't have this in my notes, but let's look at Matthew 21 in the context of this. There's a reason why Jesus is saying this publicly to national Israel. Matthew 21, and there are so many people who try to explain away this. You know, this doesn't have to do with, you know, national Israel and AD 70 and all that kind of stuff. It's like, what does it have to do with then? Verse, let's look at the context again. So just remind you of where we're heading in verse 43. All right, so then this is the parable. Again, this is the, Another one of his parables, verse 33, talks about a certain householder planted a vineyard. And again, this all relates to Isaiah 5, if you want to study that out. Isaiah 5, verses 1 through 7. All right, so I'm going to bypass the parable itself because we'll look at this in detail. But as we understand this in verse 40, after they catch the son that caught him, verse 39, cast him out of the vineyard and slew him. Obviously, that's a reference to the crucifixion that was coming within a short time, a few months. It says in verse 40, when the Lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? They say unto him, he will miserably destroy those wicked men and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. Jesus saith unto them, did ye never read in the scriptures the stone Jesus Christ, the stone which the builders rejected, the Messiah, remember on this foundation can no man lay, other foundation can no man lay, the stone which the builders rejected, the Jewish leaders rejected, the stone, the cornerstone, the Lord Jesus. The same as the head of the corner. This is the Lord's doing, it is marvelous in our eyes. Have you never read that in Psalm 118? He's asking them. You say you're followers of the law. Therefore, I say unto you, the kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation, bringing forth the fruits thereof. And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder." Again, so many are trying to explain away what happened in AD 70. This was God breaking off apostate national Israel. Can I remind you what Romans 11 says? As I was studying this out here recently, all of a sudden, the light went on like it's never happened before, as I'm still connecting all these dots. I mean, I taught and learned something for 30 years. It's going to take me a little while to totally relearn everything, right? So here's what all of a sudden clicked as far as Romans 11. Can I remind you that Paul says, supposedly this is all about national Israel, nothing to do with Gentiles. How is that possible when the Gentiles are grafted into the same tree? But it says apostate national Israel branches are what? Broken off. That's exactly what's happening with what Jesus says right here. Apostate unbelieving Israel is broken off of the olive tree. But what happens when they believe in the Messiah? It says, Israel, believing Israel, is grafted right back into the tree. So what happens when Gentiles believe? The same olive tree were grafted into the same tree, though we were a part of a wild olive tree. I believe very strongly the Lord Jesus is emphasizing that Israel, national Israel, is about to be broken off. But if they believed in him, they could be grafted right back in. That's exactly what we're talking about here. Back in Luke 13, Verse seven again, again, these three years. So Jesus has been looking for fruit in national Israel, and he's not finding any. So what's his command again to the, what's he called, a dresser? So he says, cut it down. Why come earth at the ground? So this is the end, the announcement of the end as far as national Israel, the old covenant, all that. He answering, notice, He answering said unto him, so this is intercession on behalf of national Israel, represented by this fig tree. He answering said unto him, Lord, let alone this year also, till I shall dig about it and dung it. I'm gonna fertilize it. So we don't use dung anymore, but we don't have animals anymore, so it's hard to use dung, right? Yeah, that's a whole kind of thing when cleaning out the feedlot and, you know, You drive by the farm and that fresh farm air, right? So here's what he's saying. All right, so first of all, he says, I'm gonna stand, like Ezekiel 22, I'm gonna stand in the gap. Ezekiel 22 verses 30 and 31 talks about someone standing in the gap to make up the hedge, this hedge of protection around the nation. Now, in relation to this, I think it's interesting, Moses also, after the Exodus 32 golden calf incident, It says Moses stood in the gap, essentially, as an intercessor for Israel then also. But I want you to notice what the Lord is saying by this aspect of the parable here. He's giving Israel a little more time. But notice what he says in verse nine. If it bear fruit, well, that'd be great. And if not, remember, this is the vinedresser, the one who's caring for the vineyard, And he says this, and if not, then after that, what's the next word? Thou, the Lord, thou shalt cut it down. When did the Lord cut Israel down? A.D. 70. A lot of things very interesting. Nowhere does he ever plead with the Lord. Oh, you can't cut down the tree. Oh, you can't cut down the tree. Israel's supposed to have this land. Notice, it's not there. The Old Testament never said that Israel had an unconditional right to the land. That is the argument they're giving now. I have to show you this. Just yesterday, Ezekiel 33. I was simply reading through Ezekiel already knowing that I had this passage. And so as I was reading down through it, I jotted myself the reference down. thinking I was gonna use it for something else and all of a sudden I'm finishing up on Luke 13 and it's like, oh wow, oh wow. That's one of those oh wow moments. Notice it says here, Ezekiel 33 verse 21. This was powerful. This is one of those passages, in fact I wrote this note in my Bible. Zionists seem to pass over this passage. They pull out all these passages, forever in the land, forever in the land, the land is forever Israel's. No, it's not. Leviticus 19, Deuteronomy 28 and 29, various places in the Old Testament say, no, it's not, because if they live in wickedness, the land will spew them out, according to Leviticus 19. But here's, this is powerful related to Zionists in Israel today. Verse 21, it came to pass in the 12th year of our captivity, in the 10th month, in the 5th day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me saying, the city is smitten. So remember, Ezekiel is the last of, of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel, all right? So he was prophet at the time of the destruction of Jerusalem. Now, the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening before he that was escaped came. And notice, I had opened my mouth until he came to me in the morning, and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, notice this, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land. How many times have you heard dispensationalists take us to Genesis 12, verses one through three, promises to Abraham, not to Israel, and say, see, you curse him, you'll curse Israel, then you'll be cursed and all that. Notice Abraham was one and he inherited the land, Genesis 12 and following. But we are many, and notice this statement. This is what grabbed my attention. The land is given us for inheritance. This land is our land. They have greater Israel maps all over the internet. Just type in greater Israel map, and you'll see what land they want. By the way, it's more land than David and Solomon had. In fact, I found one of the sources of that. Clarence Larkin has a map that's very similar to the greater Israel map. Clarence Larkin, the dispensationalist Bible. Now, pay attention to the next statements here. Wherefore, so this is what they're saying, the land has given us, this is our land. I remind you what I said earlier, this is very important to catch this. The Lord says it's my vineyard, not Israel's vineyard. Israel is in my land. Wherefore say unto them, verse 25, thus saith the Lord God, ye eat with the blood and lift up your eyes toward your idols, your God, Remphan, and shed blood. Hmm, that's very interesting. October 7th, almost a year. National Israel is in violation of God's law. You lift up your eyes toward your idols and shed blood and shall ye possess the land. You stand upon your sword, you work abomination, and you defile everyone as neighbor's wife. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are some of the most wicked cities in the world. That's common knowledge. You might talk about gay pride parades. They have whole gay pride celebrations in Israel. Shall ye possess the land? Notice God asks more than once, shall ye possess the land when you do all these things? Say thou thus unto them, thus saith the Lord God, as I live surely, they that are in the waste shall fall by the sword, and him that is in open field will I give to the beast to be devoured. And they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence, for I will lay the land most desolate. and the pomp of her strength shall cease, and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through. Then shall they know that I am the Lord, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed. Again, I ask, like the Lord, shall ye possess the land?" I want you to notice very clearly, Jesus deals with this as far as the barren fig tree. He emphasizes, cut it down. that it cometh not the land anymore. So the question I asked earlier, I believe it was in Amos 9. So what happens if Israel ceases? What are the dispensational Zionists gonna do with their doctrine then? Oh, that would never happen. Oh, really? Can I remind you? Historically, it's happened many times. when they came under a foreign power that destroyed them as a nation. All God would ever do. That's man-made interpretations. This 1948 Israel thing is a man-made interpretation. I'm doing a study on Darby, some things that I did not even know about as far as John Nelson Darby. Here's the reality of it. In fact, verse 10 says he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And then he's gonna have another Sabbath confrontation. Why are they having so many of these confrontations with Jesus? Because they refuse to believe in their Messiah. I've been asking this question so much here lately, dealing with the Old Testament prophets. What's changed? What's changed? I've pointed out passage after passage after passage that indicates when, Israel repents and turns back to God. God will restore them as a nation. What I'm finding is very, very clear now. I didn't see this for 30 years, but what I'm seeing is very clear, very clear. This is the way dispensationalists practice their literal interpretation. They pick and choose passages which fit their system, and they ignore passages that we just read like in Ezekiel 33. Did we not see twice? God asked the question, shall ye possess the land? And the two things are idolatry and shedding blood. I wanna emphasize these things because I don't want for us to be deceived anymore. And I really believe most Christians, quote unquote, Christians in America have been deceived. I really believe that with all my heart. We don't even know how to study the Bible anymore. I am so convinced of that. We don't know how to study the Bible anymore in America. Here's why. Because all these dispensationally based Bibles, okay, they use the King James in most of the case, some of the cases, not most of them anymore. Scofield Bible used the King James because that's what the accepted was, but he corrected it in the margin. You have Ryrie has the King James, all of these different modern Bibles using the Ryrie Study Bible. But here's what's happened in America, American Christianity and Europe. We'll open up a Bible. We don't understand what it's saying. So look down at the note at the bottom here. Oh, that's what, when do we ever search the scriptures? To see if those things are so. And one of the verses that I, I quote often is Acts 17.11. Well, listening to that here yesterday, all of a sudden I thought of something that is very important to keep in the context. I emphasize receiving the word with readiness of mind and searching the scriptures daily whether those things were so. What I think is very interesting, and we'll get to this next time since I only got through nine verses, but here's what Jesus emphasizes, strive to enter in through the straight gate. Well, right after it talks about them receiving the word with readiness of mind and searching the scriptures to see if those things are so, it says, therefore, many of them believed. So let me ask you, is one, two, three, repeat a prayer after me, never searching the scriptures, anything like that, do they really believe or do they just assume they've believed? Because they've been told, all you have to do is repeat this prayer and you'll be saved forever. Let me see here. It's not there. How many times I've read through this book, I'm not finding it. I study phrase by phrase, preach phrase by phrase through books. I'm not finding it. Oh, I'm finding many other examples contrary to that, like the Ethiopian eunuch. All right, let's get out of this chair. Kneel down. Repeat after me. It's not there. Let's stop believing men's lies and start studying this book again like we've never studied it before. Lord, I pray that you'd help us in these days of deception to understand clearly what Jesus was teaching about the fig tree or the barren fig tree. Israel spiritually is still barren of fruit today. Nothing has changed. So I guess the question, Personally, in my mind, is are we going to believe what the Bible says, what our Lord Jesus said, or are we gonna believe dispensational teachers? Lord, I wanna believe Thee, the eternally perfect Son of God. But Lord, I am not against Israel. I want Israel to be saved. Lord, I desire for Jews to be saved. But I can't give them a pass like so many Zionists do. I can't give them a pass. Because unless they repent and believe in their Messiah, they will go to a never-ending lake of fire. Lord, I pray that you'd save those souls. Lord, I pray that you'd save the Palestinians' hearts, souls, Lord. Those in Lebanon, all of those people, Syria, all of them need the gospel, the truth of the word of God. Lord, I've read that people in Iran, they estimate there's a million Christians there in an Islamic stronghold. Lord, they need Jesus Christ just like anyone else. So God, I plead with thee. The Holy Spirit will prove this world as Jesus. I'll just say that that's what the Holy Spirit's job. Prove this world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment to come. Holy Spirit of God, that you'd work in hearts, bringing people to repentance. Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, in Jesus' name, amen.