Jesus tells us that repentance is not an emotional reaction, but a thoughtful decision, an agreement with the God of all creation

Jesus continues to describe the necessity of repentance and just how easy it is to live an unrepentant but religious life

Jesus addresses the people's tendency to link tragic events with divine punishment. He speaks of two incidents: Pilate's massacre of Galileans and the collapse of the tower in Siloam that killed eighteen people. Jesus clarifies that these victims were not worse sinners than others. He uses the opportunity to stress the importance of repentance, telling a parable about a barren fig tree. The owner wants to cut it down, but the gardener pleads for more time to care for it in hopes it will bear fruit, symbolizing God's patience and desire for our spiritual growth and repentance.

Jesus reveals that we often fear man and yet it is God whom we should fear. It is God who judges our eternal state and it is God who knows us intimately.

A centurion models the life of faith in that he understand his unworthiness before Jesus. It is this humility that lies as the foundation of our faith and trust in God’s grace.

Jesus explains that our circumstances should be peripheral to the lives we live. In spite of our circumstances (both good and bad) we ought to love as God loved us.

Jesus has three encounters with the religious who fail to see Jesus for who he is. Jesus reveals himself and the purpose of our lives.

Jesus calls the disciples to follow Him and to become fishers of men. This too is our calling and our purpose to be ambassadors for Christ, holding the ministry of reconciliation, to bring many to Him.

Jesus came to tell us the Gospel, the good news, that in Christ we are now free and reconciled to God!

Jesus suffers temptation as our high priest and shows us how to respond to the schemes of the devil