Striving Through The Narrow Door; Luke 13:22-24

Delivered during the Sunday Morning Worship Service, 3/3/2024. After two powerful parables of how the Kingdom of God will grow, both externally and internally, Luke takes us from the one (the woman Jesus healed), to the many (the exponential growth of the Kingdom), to the few (those who will actually be saved). When a man asks Jesus if those who will be saved are few, it raises a multitude of soteriological questions that must be answered first. Questions like "What is salvation?" and "Saved from what?" and "Who is actually saved?". But as is so often the case, Jesus does not directly answer the question but addresses the core issue, which is: "Are you saved?"! So important is the answer Jesus gives in our text that we will study virtually every word in His two sentence answer to fully understand His profound meaning. Ultimately we will realize that everyone who desires to enter God's Kingdom, must avoid the pitfalls of "cheap grace", embrace the preeminence of Christ, and deeply consider the importance of "striving through the Narrow Door"!