“This year also” Luke 13.8
The title of this message comes from a parable spoken by the Lord Jesus Christ, recorded in Luke 13.6-9. He had just warned His hearers about the need for them to turn away from their sins, and of the terrible consequence of refusing to do so: they would perish, Luke 13.1-5.
In the parable, He told of a man who had planted a fig tree in his vineyard, and who for three years had come expecting it to bear fruit, but it had failed to do so. His mind was that his vinedresser should cut the unfruitful tree down there and then, but the employee replied that he should “let it alone this year also”. This would be the last opportunity: if, with this extra time, and the best of care, it bore fruit, that would be a happy outcome; if not, then it should certainly be cut down.
