"A Parable About Judgement" (Luke 19:11-27)

Welcome to the Reformed University Fellowship at UNCW Podcast! Each week, we will post the messages from our RUF Large Group meetings at UNCW. This spring, we’re looking at the parables of Jesus in the New Testament book of Luke. In Luke 19 Jesus delivers one of his final parables, en route to Jerusalem, where he will be hailed as King (on Palm Sunday) then betrayed and murdered (Good Friday). And in the Parable of the Ten Minas, Jesus exposes our hidden roots of unbelief and fear that keep us from joyfully participating in the work of his kingdom.  That exposure, and the final evaluation of our thoughts and intentions is expressed in the Bible word "judgment." Judgement is central to the Bible, and for those who heed Scripture's warning to repent and rest in the finished work of Christ, judgement is actually good news. (*Thanks for Matt Howell, Ricky Jones and the folks quoted below for their insightful teaching on this topic!) Quotes:“While Jesus expounds God’s love and mercy again and again, he also hammers on God’s judgment more than any Old Testament prophet. And Jesus is clear: he is the one who will judge all humanity.”— Rebecca McLaughlin"Nothing would have been achieved if Jesus Christ had simply endured bodily death. It was necessary for him to feel the severity of God’s judgment, that he might step between and, by satisfying God’s wrath, somehow prevent it from falling upon us.” — John Calvin“We know that if there does exist an absolute goodness it must hate most of what we do. That is the terrible fix we are in. If the universe is not governed by an absolute goodness, then all our efforts are in the long run hopeless. But if it is, then we are making ourselves enemies to that goodness every day, and are not in the least likely to do any better tomorrow, and so our case is hopeless again. We cannot do without it. and we cannot do with it. God is the only comfort, He is also the supreme terror: the thing we most need and the thing we most want to hide from. He is our only possible­ ally, and we have made ourselves His enemies. Some people talk as if meeting the gaze of absolute goodness would be fun. They need to think again. They are still only playing with religion. Goodness is either the great safety or the great danger­ according to the way you react to it. And we have reacted the wrong way. "- C. S. LewisFurther Reading on God’s Wrath: https://www.crossway.org/articles/how-could-a-loving-god-send-people-to-hell/https://bibleproject.com/videos/slow-to-anger/https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/wrath-not-attribute-god/