Enter Through the Narrow Door

        Luke 13:18-30

        Key Verse 13:24

In verses 18-21 Jesus gave two allegories on the kingdom of God. What do they have in common? What do the following expressions teach us about the way to see the kingdom growing (or working) in one’s heart? 1) a man ‘took’ and ‘planted’ in ‘his’ garden; and 2) a woman ‘took’ and ‘mixed’ into a large amount of flour ‘until’ it worked all through the dough.” 

Verse 22 says that Jesus made his way to Jerusalem. Why did Jesus make “his way” to “Jerusalem”? (Luke 9:51; 12:50; 13:18-21,24)

In verse 23 someone asked Jesus about salvation. What is salvation? How can a person be saved? (Acts 4:10-12; 16:30-31; Romans 1:16-17; 6:23)

Think about Jesus’ answer in verses 24-30. The expression “many will not be able to” indicates that indeed many will not make it. Why? (24. 25b, 27)

Compare the question in verse 23 and Jesus’ answer in verses 28-29. Will the number of the saved be a few or many? 

Verse 28 mentions Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. What weaknesses (or sin problems) did they have? Yet, how were they saved? What does the fact that they were saved into the kingdom of God teach us about the way of salvation?

Read verse 30. What warning is there for us to heed?

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