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 Well, this morning we are continuing our way through the story of Jesus as told by Luke.

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! We're at the part in the story right now where Jesus is on his final journey to Jerusalem before

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! He's crucified. And some of you may have noticed that the closer and closer we get

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 to Jerusalem, the more opposition Jesus faces. And you might have also noticed as well, that

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 the closer he gets to Jerusalem, the more serious and sobering the tone of Jesus' teachings and

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 warnings. And there is this theme of urgency in much of what Jesus has been saying. We heard it in the

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 parable of the rich fool. We heard it in the parable of the servant whose master had gone but would

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 later return. Keep watch and be ready. We heard this tone of urgency in Jesus' call to repent or else

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 perish. And it gets even stronger in our passage today. Responding to Jesus is an urgent matter

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 because none of us knows how much time we have left. And eventually there will come a day when our time

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 to respond is up and it will be too late. Let's hear this though from Jesus himself.

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 Our passage this morning comes from the gospel of Luke chapter 13 starting in verse 22.

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 Then Jesus went through the towns and villages teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem.

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 Someone asked him, Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?

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 Jesus said to them, make every effort to enter through the narrow door.

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 Because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

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 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading,

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 saying, Sir, open the door for us. But he will answer, I don't know you or where you come from.

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 Then you will say, we ate and drank with you and you taught in our streets.

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 But he will reply, I don't know you or where you come from.

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 Away from me, all you evildoers.

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 There will be weeping there and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

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 and all the prophets in the kingdom of God.

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 But you yourselves thrown out.

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 People will come from east and west and north and south

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 and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.

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 Indeed, there are those who are last who will be first.

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 And first who will be last.

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 So as Jesus is traveling through the towns and villages on his way to Jerusalem,

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 somewhere along the way, someone asks this question.

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 Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?

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 The opposition to Jesus is growing stronger.

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 Many are obviously rejecting him or ignoring him.

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 We notice the way that Jesus addressed his followers back in chapter 12, verse 32.

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 He said, do not be afraid, little flock.

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 There may be large crowds of thousands around Jesus a lot of the time.

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 But those truly committed to following Jesus are a little flock among them.

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 And so it's not surprising that someone finally asks Jesus point blank,

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 Lord, are only a few going to be saved?

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 It's becoming apparent to Jesus' followers that many in Israel are not accepting Jesus as their Messiah.

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 Now, this guy who asked the question, we know very little about him.

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 He calls Jesus Lord.

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 He uses that language of being saved, which we also use.

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 So at the least, he's been listening to Jesus.

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 Because Jesus has been talking about salvation a lot.

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 And the need for it.

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 Many of the Jews, especially the rabbis and the teachers,

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 they just didn't talk like this about needing to be saved.

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 So at the least, this guy's been listening to Jesus.

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 Of course, the people, they didn't talk like that because they kind of, many of them assumed,

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 well, we're all saved.

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 We're all the chosen people of God.

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 We're all descended from Abraham, Isaac, Jacob.

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 So we kind of, we inherit this kingdom by default.

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 But no, Jesus has been saying, there is still a need for you to repent.

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 We heard that earlier in the chapter, the first nine verses.

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 And unless you repent, you will perish, he said.

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 You'll get what you deserve from God for your sins.

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 And so we have need to be saved from that.

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 And this man's question is specifically about how many will be saved.

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 Because it's not looking like the majority at the moment will embrace Jesus.

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 And so are only a few people going to be saved?

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 And Jesus' response here is thought-provoking.

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 He kind of answers the question in a roundabout or indirect sort of way.

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 But then in another sense, it's almost as if he just changes the question.

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 Let's look at his answer again in verse 24.

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 Jesus replies with this.

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 He says, make every effort to enter through the narrow door.

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 Because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

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 So Jesus doesn't give a number.

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 He doesn't say, yes, it's going to be just a few or no.

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 Instead, he looks them in the eye and he urges them directly and personally.

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 You do what you need to do in order to be saved.

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 Make every effort to enter through the narrow door.

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 We notice Jesus slip into sort of metaphorical language.

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 The language of analogy.

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 He likens being saved to going through a door.

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 And then as Jesus goes on, this analogy of a door sort of expands into a miniature parable.

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 In verse 25, he says,

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 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door,

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 you will stand outside knocking and pleading.

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 Sir, open the door for us.

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 But he will answer,

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 I don't know you or where you come from.

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 So we've got a little story here.

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 And what's sort of ominous about this story is that it's a true story

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 of what Jesus says will happen to you

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 if you do not enter through the narrow door before it closes.

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 It's sort of a parable,

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 a prophetic parable of warning.

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 Jesus is basically announcing to the people,

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 this will be your fate someday,

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 unless right now you make every effort to enter through the narrow door.

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 And so being saved is likened to entering the door of a house.

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 And there's coming a day when the homeowner will get up and close the door.

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 One other helpful thing to notice in this passage,

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 before we get into some of the details,

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 did you notice how by the end of the passage,

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 we're talking about entering the kingdom of God?

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 What we notice is that being saved

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 and entering the kingdom of God

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 are two different ways of describing the same thing.

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 The question was,

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 are only a few going to be saved?

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 The answer was,

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 make every effort to enter through the narrow door.

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 And by the time we get down to verse 28,

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 we read about those who are shut out of the house.

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 And Jesus says about them,

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 that there will be weeping there and gnashing of teeth

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 when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,

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 and all the prophets in the kingdom of God,

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 but you yourselves cast out.

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 And so being saved and getting into the kingdom of God,

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 it's really two different ways of describing the same thing.

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 And it helps us understand this

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 as we work through some of the details.

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 Let's look at some of these details.

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 The first detail that really grabs me

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 is the language Jesus uses in his very first words

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 to answer the question.

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 Are only a few going to be saved?

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 The first thing he says is,

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 make every effort

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 to enter

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 through the narrow door.

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 Make

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 every effort.

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 Does that sound like Jesus is serious?

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 These words,

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 make every effort,

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 they trace back to a single

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 Greek word,

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 agonizomai,

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 from which we get our English word,

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 agonize.

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 And so really,

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 this translation is actually a little bit flat.

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 It doesn't fully capture the intensity.

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 This is the same word

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 that's used elsewhere in the New Testament

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 to describe fighting.

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 The word was often used

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 to describe the struggle

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 or the fight

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 or the wrestle

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 in athletic competition.

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 Jesus will later say to Pilate,

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 if my kingdom were of this world,

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 my servants would fight

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 to prevent my arrest.

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 It's the same word here.

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 Paul in his letter to Timothy

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 will later urge Timothy,

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 fight the good fight.

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 It's the same word here.

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 Make every effort,

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 fight,

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 struggle,

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 strain with all your might

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 to enter

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 through the narrow door.

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 does it surprise you

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 to hear Jesus talk this way

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 about being saved?

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 About what you need to do

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 to be saved?

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 I mean,

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 think of what Jesus

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 could have said

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 instead of this.

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 Or,

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 maybe,

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 what do we expect him

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 in our sort of

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 North American Christianity

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 to say

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 in this moment?

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 You know,

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 hey,

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 if you want to be saved,

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 it's really easy.

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 All you need to do

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 is come up to the front

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 and pray a prayer.

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 And yet,

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 what Jesus says here

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 is the total opposite.

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 He says,

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 fight

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 to enter

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 through the narrow door.

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 It's not an easy thing.

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 It's not an automatic thing.

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 Being saved

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 requires that we struggle,

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 that we strain

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 with all our might

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 to enter

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 through this narrow door.

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 Now,

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 what does that even mean?

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 We've got to translate

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 the metaphor here.

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 Jesus is not saying

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 that we need to make

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 every effort

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 and do a whole bunch

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 of good works

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 in order to be saved.

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 That's not the kind of fight

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 he's talking about.

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 It's not a physical fight

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 to do all the good

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 that we can.

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 It's a spiritual fight.

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 It's a fight

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 to find

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 and get through

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 the narrow door

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 into the house

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 of the homeowner.

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 And we kind of have to take

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 the whole analogy

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 into account here.

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 In the parable,

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 the house is,

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 it represents God,

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 God's house,

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 His kingdom.

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 He's the homeowner.

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 His door of salvation

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 is open.

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 And He has sent His Son

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 out to call people

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 to come in,

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 to enter through the door,

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 to be saved,

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 to come and enter

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 into the kingdom of God.

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 And what do we need to do?

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 Well, He says,

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 we need to fight.

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 We need to struggle.

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 We need to make every effort

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 to enter through that door,

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 which means

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 to make every effort

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 to understand

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 the things that Jesus

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 has been saying

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 about how to be saved.

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 It means fighting

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 to draw near

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 and take to heart

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 all the things

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 that Jesus has been

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 explaining.

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 It means struggling

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 with our hearts

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 and our desires

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 to do something

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 we maybe don't want to do

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 and go through

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 this door

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 that Jesus has laid

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 before us.

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 Why is it a struggle?

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 Why is it a fight?

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 Well, there's this sickness

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 of sin inside of us

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 and it keeps telling us

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 we don't need God.

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 It keeps telling us

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 just ignore Him.

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 He'll be content

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 with sort of

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 the bare minimum

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 from you.

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 You don't need

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 to do too much.

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 Maybe just show up

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 to church once in a while,

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 believe in your heart

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 and pray once in a while.

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 He'll be okay with that.

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 There's this sickness

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 in all of us

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 that makes us

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 just by nature

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 want to ignore God

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 and go our own way.

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 That's what we must

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 fight against.

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 That's what we must

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 struggle against

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 in order to enter

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 through the narrow door.

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 what holds us back

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 from entering in

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 is our own

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 warped

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 desires

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 and hearts

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 and minds.

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 What holds us back

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 is our love

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 of comfort

00:16:00.059 --> 00:16:01.159
 and pleasure

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 and ease.

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 But following Jesus

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 runs against

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 those things.

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 We heard Jesus say

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 back in chapter 9,

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 whoever wants to be

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 my disciple

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 must deny himself

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 and take up

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 his cross

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 daily

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 and follow me.

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 And it's a fight

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 to do that.

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 It's a battle

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 inside of us.

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 I mean,

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 we might have

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 some external

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 voices of people

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 we know

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 whether friends

00:16:29.779 --> 00:16:30.439
 or family

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 fighting against us

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 because maybe

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 they don't approve

00:16:33.379 --> 00:16:34.580
 of us following Jesus.

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 But ultimately

00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:37.319
 the battle

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 takes place

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 within us.

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 let's think back

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 over what Jesus

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 just recently said

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 about what we must

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 do to be saved.

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 Just earlier in this

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 chapter,

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 the first nine

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 verses,

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 he told the people

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 they must repent

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 or else they too

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 would perish.

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 But to repent

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 means that we have

00:16:59.219 --> 00:17:00.240
 to humble ourselves

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 before God.

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 It means that we

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 have to admit to him

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 the wrong things

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 that we've done.

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 it means that he's

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 going to get to be

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 the boss

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 and in charge

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 of our lives

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 and not me

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 anymore.

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 And so that's why

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 it's a fight

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 because those are

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 all things we

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 don't want to do

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 because we're proud

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 and we don't want

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 to admit

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 that we've done wrong.

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 We don't want to

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 let somebody else

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 be in charge

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 of our lives.

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 No, I want to

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 call the shots

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 in my life.

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 I want to be the boss.

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 And so that's

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 the fight.

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 It's a spiritual

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 fight or struggle

00:17:41.619 --> 00:17:42.419
 to be saved,

00:17:42.539 --> 00:17:43.619
 to do what Jesus

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 says we need to do

00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:47.059
 in order to be saved.

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 We can't help

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 but notice

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 how Jesus describes

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 the door

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 of salvation.

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 He says,

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 make every effort

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 to enter

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 through the narrow

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 door.

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 In other words,

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 it's not easy

00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:05.099
 to get through.

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 of the doors

00:18:07.259 --> 00:18:08.299
 available out there

00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:08.959
 to go through

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 in life,

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 many others

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 are bigger

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 and easier,

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 much easier

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 to go through.

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 But this one

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 is hard to get

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 through.

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 It's going to cost

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 us.

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 There's going to be

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 some things that

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 we may need to

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 give up

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 or that we may

00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:26.139
 need to lose,

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 let go of

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 to go through

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 this door.

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 door.

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 The door is

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 narrow.

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 As I mentioned

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 at the beginning,

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 do you hear the

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 sense of urgency

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 in Jesus'

00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:40.339
 words?

00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:43.299
 Make every effort

00:18:43.299 --> 00:18:44.179
 to enter through

00:18:44.179 --> 00:18:45.019
 the narrow door

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 because many,

00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:47.059
 I tell you,

00:18:47.099 --> 00:18:48.079
 will try to enter

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 and will not

00:18:48.679 --> 00:18:49.319
 be able to.

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 There's a sense

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 of urgency here.

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 this is where

00:18:55.660 --> 00:18:56.539
 Jesus' analogy

00:18:56.539 --> 00:18:57.859
 turns into this

00:18:57.859 --> 00:19:00.339
 prophetic parable

00:19:00.339 --> 00:19:01.019
 of warning

00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:02.160
 to us.

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 You know,

00:19:04.140 --> 00:19:04.900
 if we just stop

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 right here at this

00:19:05.660 --> 00:19:06.559
 verse and just

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 leave it right there,

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 we might come to

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 some wrong ideas.

00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:10.539
 We might come to

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 the idea that there

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 are many earnest

00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:13.319
 and humble people

00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:14.619
 trying to be saved.

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 They're trying to get

00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:15.980
 through the door,

00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:17.779
 but the size is just

00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:19.019
 so small of this door

00:19:19.019 --> 00:19:20.059
 that many perish

00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:21.279
 while making an

00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:21.980
 earnest attempt

00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:22.640
 to get through.

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 This is completely

00:19:25.140 --> 00:19:25.559
 wrong.

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 We might even get

00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:29.660
 the idea in our

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 heads that many

00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:31.019
 will perish and

00:19:31.019 --> 00:19:32.000
 it's God's fault

00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:32.900
 for making the door

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 so small to get

00:19:34.860 --> 00:19:35.620
 into his kingdom.

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 This too is

00:19:37.360 --> 00:19:38.220
 completely wrong.

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 Why will many

00:19:40.900 --> 00:19:42.740
 try to enter

00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.500
 and not be able

00:19:43.500 --> 00:19:43.759
 to?

00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:47.360
 Well,

00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:48.980
 Jesus answers

00:19:48.980 --> 00:19:49.700
 that question

00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:50.519
 with the parable.

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 Let's listen

00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:52.940
 to what he says

00:19:52.940 --> 00:19:53.859
 in verse 25

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 and on.

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 He says,

00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:56.639
 Once the owner

00:19:56.639 --> 00:19:57.339
 of the house

00:19:57.339 --> 00:19:58.039
 gets up

00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:58.799
 and closes

00:19:58.799 --> 00:19:59.519
 the door,

00:20:00.639 --> 00:20:01.319
 you will stand

00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:02.279
 outside knocking

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:03.039
 and pleading.

00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:04.160
 Sir,

00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:04.920
 open the door

00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:05.500
 for us.

00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:07.259
 But he will

00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:07.639
 answer,

00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:09.599
 I don't know

00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:10.799
 you or where

00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:11.500
 you come from.

00:20:12.639 --> 00:20:13.440
 Then you will

00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:13.680
 say,

00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:14.720
 We ate and

00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.379
 drank with you

00:20:15.379 --> 00:20:15.879
 and you taught

00:20:15.879 --> 00:20:16.599
 in our streets.

00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:18.839
 But he will

00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:19.279
 reply,

00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:21.039
 I don't know

00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:22.379
 you or where

00:20:22.379 --> 00:20:23.059
 you come from.

00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:23.940
 Away from me,

00:20:24.139 --> 00:20:24.720
 all you

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:25.879
 evildoers.

00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:28.839
 So many will

00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:29.480
 try to enter

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:30.180
 the narrow door

00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:30.819
 but will not

00:20:30.819 --> 00:20:31.579
 be able to.

00:20:32.099 --> 00:20:32.500
 Why?

00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.720
 Because the door

00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:37.420
 has been shut

00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:40.279
 and it's now

00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:40.799
 too late.

00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:44.139
 Jesus gives

00:20:44.139 --> 00:20:44.720
 this chilling

00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:45.480
 conversation

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:46.399
 between the

00:20:46.399 --> 00:20:46.940
 homeowner

00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:47.740
 and the

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.559
 people outside

00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:49.059
 the door

00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:51.160
 and they're

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:51.740
 pleading to

00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:52.400
 get inside.

00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.420
 Sir,

00:20:53.779 --> 00:20:54.340
 open the

00:20:54.340 --> 00:20:54.799
 door for

00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:55.100
 us.

00:20:56.580 --> 00:20:57.180
 And the

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.720
 words of the

00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.160
 homeowner,

00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:58.600
 they're just

00:20:58.600 --> 00:20:58.980
 chilling,

00:20:59.299 --> 00:20:59.740
 I don't

00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.320
 know you

00:21:00.320 --> 00:21:02.279
 or where

00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:02.580
 you are

00:21:02.580 --> 00:21:02.900
 from.

00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:05.980
 And what

00:21:05.980 --> 00:21:06.340
 do they say

00:21:06.340 --> 00:21:06.920
 in response?

00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:07.140
 Well,

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.480
 what do you

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:07.820
 mean you

00:21:07.820 --> 00:21:08.240
 don't know

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:08.539
 us?

00:21:09.820 --> 00:21:10.799
 We ate

00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.299
 and drank

00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:11.820
 with you,

00:21:12.080 --> 00:21:12.400
 Jesus.

00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:12.580
 Jesus,

00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:14.519
 you taught

00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:14.900
 in our

00:21:14.900 --> 00:21:15.420
 streets.

00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:18.680
 they're

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.019
 trying to

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:19.460
 convince

00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:19.960
 Jesus,

00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:20.380
 you know,

00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:20.880
 you know

00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:21.440
 us and

00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:22.100
 we know

00:21:22.100 --> 00:21:22.480
 you,

00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:23.480
 let us

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:23.779
 in.

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.640
 And what

00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:26.840
 do they

00:21:26.840 --> 00:21:27.360
 point back

00:21:27.360 --> 00:21:27.620
 to?

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.519
 Like,

00:21:29.580 --> 00:21:29.840
 Jesus,

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:31.160
 we ate

00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:32.000
 meals

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:33.279
 with you.

00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:34.960
 Remember?

00:21:37.060 --> 00:21:37.680
 I mean,

00:21:37.740 --> 00:21:38.220
 Jesus has

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:38.500
 been in

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.019
 almost every

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.500
 town or

00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:39.920
 village in

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:41.120
 Israel and

00:21:41.120 --> 00:21:41.720
 many of

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:42.660
 them have

00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:43.100
 come to

00:21:43.100 --> 00:21:43.640
 see him

00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:44.560
 all over

00:21:44.560 --> 00:21:45.120
 the place.

00:21:45.420 --> 00:21:45.779
 They've

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.140
 been part

00:21:46.140 --> 00:21:46.360
 of the

00:21:46.360 --> 00:21:46.740
 crowds.

00:21:47.360 --> 00:21:47.840
 Jesus has

00:21:47.840 --> 00:21:48.300
 accepted

00:21:48.300 --> 00:21:48.740
 dinner

00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:49.360
 invitations

00:21:49.360 --> 00:21:49.840
 and he

00:21:49.840 --> 00:21:50.300
 has sat

00:21:50.300 --> 00:21:50.560
 down

00:21:50.560 --> 00:21:51.060
 face to

00:21:51.060 --> 00:21:51.519
 face with

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:52.140
 people in

00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:52.340
 their

00:21:52.340 --> 00:21:54.240
 homes and

00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:54.640
 said all

00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:55.120
 these same

00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:55.539
 sorts of

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:55.920
 things.

00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:58.900
 They sat

00:21:58.900 --> 00:21:59.220
 with him

00:21:59.220 --> 00:21:59.480
 and they

00:21:59.480 --> 00:21:59.880
 ate with

00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:00.120
 him at

00:22:00.120 --> 00:22:00.500
 the feeding

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:00.779
 of the

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.480
 5,000,

00:22:01.580 --> 00:22:01.880
 the whole

00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:02.420
 crowd of

00:22:02.420 --> 00:22:02.560
 them.

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.400
 So,

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:06.580
 they're

00:22:06.580 --> 00:22:06.779
 right.

00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:07.259
 They did

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:07.860
 eat with

00:22:07.860 --> 00:22:08.220
 Jesus.

00:22:09.060 --> 00:22:09.660
 But what

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.019
 they really

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.460
 mean by

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:10.920
 this is,

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.300
 Jesus,

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:12.580
 we had an

00:22:12.580 --> 00:22:12.880
 intimate

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:13.560
 relationship

00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:14.139
 with you.

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.339
 Remember

00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:16.940
 that time

00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:17.259
 when we

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.940
 broke bread

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.440
 together?

00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:19.359
 I mean,

00:22:19.379 --> 00:22:19.819
 it's like we

00:22:19.819 --> 00:22:20.299
 were eating

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:20.659
 at the

00:22:20.659 --> 00:22:21.399
 same table.

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:23.319
 We know

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:23.659
 you.

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:24.759
 You know

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.159
 us.

00:22:26.919 --> 00:22:27.839
 You came

00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:28.220
 to our

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:28.879
 town and

00:22:28.879 --> 00:22:29.619
 taught us.

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:33.279
 But these

00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:33.720
 words are

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.440
 very revealing.

00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:36.799
 if they

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.259
 were this

00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:38.039
 close to

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:39.779
 Jesus and

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.380
 heard him

00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:40.960
 teach in

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.140
 their

00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:41.680
 streets,

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:45.400
 then why

00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:45.779
 didn't they

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:47.039
 listen to

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.480
 what Jesus

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:51.960
 said and

00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:52.820
 enter through

00:22:52.820 --> 00:22:53.200
 the narrow

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:54.960
 door while

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:55.240
 it was

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:55.539
 open?

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.700
 Why didn't

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.380
 they repent

00:22:59.380 --> 00:23:00.059
 when Jesus

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:00.720
 called them

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.360
 to repent?

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:06.479
 Jesus,

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:07.339
 who is

00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:07.919
 the

00:23:07.919 --> 00:23:08.399
 homeowner

00:23:08.399 --> 00:23:08.899
 or becomes

00:23:08.899 --> 00:23:09.500
 the homeowner

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:09.839
 in this

00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:10.159
 parable,

00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:10.599
 he gives

00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:11.019
 the truth

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:11.459
 about their

00:23:11.459 --> 00:23:12.019
 relationship.

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.619
 He says,

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:13.559
 I don't

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:14.119
 know you.

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.179
 In other

00:23:19.179 --> 00:23:19.339
 words,

00:23:19.419 --> 00:23:19.899
 we never

00:23:19.899 --> 00:23:20.719
 had a

00:23:20.719 --> 00:23:20.919
 real

00:23:20.919 --> 00:23:21.559
 relationship.

00:23:25.959 --> 00:23:26.659
 And there's

00:23:26.659 --> 00:23:27.179
 at least one

00:23:27.179 --> 00:23:27.839
 evidence that

00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:28.639
 Jesus gives.

00:23:28.979 --> 00:23:29.459
 Look at what

00:23:29.459 --> 00:23:31.139
 Jesus says

00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:31.500
 to them,

00:23:31.540 --> 00:23:31.880
 he says,

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.480
 away from

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:32.780
 me,

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:34.720
 all you

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.960
 evildoers.

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.640
 Quite

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:38.020
 literally,

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:38.920
 you workers

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:41.020
 of unrighteousness.

00:23:43.820 --> 00:23:44.540
 So did

00:23:44.540 --> 00:23:45.060
 they repent

00:23:45.060 --> 00:23:45.440
 of their

00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:45.820
 sins?

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.880
 Or did

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:49.200
 they just

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:49.640
 keep on

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.160
 doing them?

00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:53.060
 Did they

00:23:53.060 --> 00:23:53.560
 turn back

00:23:53.560 --> 00:23:54.040
 to God

00:23:54.040 --> 00:23:55.120
 or did

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:55.480
 they just

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:55.940
 keep on

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.280
 ignoring

00:23:56.280 --> 00:23:56.580
 him?

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:59.020
 They never

00:23:59.020 --> 00:23:59.540
 repented.

00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.720
 They

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.139
 never

00:24:01.139 --> 00:24:01.720
 responded

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.000
 to

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.339
 Jesus.

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:03.500
 They

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:03.859
 ignored

00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:04.139
 him.

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:04.319
 They

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:04.899
 rejected

00:24:04.899 --> 00:24:05.539
 the

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.159
 invitation

00:24:06.159 --> 00:24:06.779
 to come

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.000
 through

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.200
 the

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.420
 door

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:08.019
 while it

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.220
 was

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:08.559
 open.

00:24:09.639 --> 00:24:10.319
 And it's

00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:11.420
 only now

00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:11.819
 that the

00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:12.259
 door has

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:12.759
 been shut

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:15.379
 that the

00:24:15.379 --> 00:24:15.920
 danger of

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.259
 God's

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:16.700
 punishment

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.539
 is imminent

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:20.599
 that they're

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:21.059
 trying to get

00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:21.399
 through the

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:21.599
 door.

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:21.639
 door.

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.439
 And these

00:24:26.439 --> 00:24:26.859
 words are

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:27.419
 devastating.

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.139
 They are

00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:30.639
 locked,

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.399
 shut out

00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:32.919
 of the

00:24:32.919 --> 00:24:33.439
 kingdom of

00:24:33.439 --> 00:24:33.740
 God.

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:36.039
 The voice

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.299
 on the

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:36.799
 other side

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.079
 says,

00:24:37.199 --> 00:24:37.459
 I don't

00:24:37.459 --> 00:24:37.980
 know you.

00:24:38.959 --> 00:24:39.639
 Away from

00:24:39.639 --> 00:24:39.919
 me,

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:40.779
 all you

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.779
 workers of

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.659
 unrighteousness.

00:24:43.399 --> 00:24:43.939
 And Jesus

00:24:43.939 --> 00:24:44.480
 goes right

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:44.919
 into this

00:24:44.919 --> 00:24:45.519
 explanation

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.019
 of what

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.439
 all this

00:24:46.439 --> 00:24:47.000
 means with

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.819
 the shocking

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:49.019
 statements.

00:24:49.939 --> 00:24:50.579
 Verse 28,

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.059
 he says,

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:51.500
 there will

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.220
 be weeping

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:53.199
 there and

00:24:53.199 --> 00:24:54.000
 gnashing of

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:55.059
 teeth when

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:55.779
 you see

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.379
 Abraham,

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.039
 Isaac,

00:24:57.199 --> 00:24:57.639
 and Jacob

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.220
 and all

00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:58.799
 the prophets

00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.599
 in the

00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:00.139
 kingdom of

00:25:00.139 --> 00:25:00.500
 God.

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:02.579
 But you

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.259
 yourselves

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:04.899
 thrown out.

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:10.000
 This is the

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.639
 same language

00:25:10.639 --> 00:25:11.619
 Jesus uses on

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.259
 other occasions

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.119
 to describe

00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:14.519
 the agony

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.779
 of hell.

00:25:17.379 --> 00:25:18.059
 Weeping.

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:20.179
 It's a place

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:21.440
 of sorrow,

00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:22.900
 deep sorrow

00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:24.380
 and sadness.

00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:26.779
 It's a place

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.539
 of gnashing

00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:28.220
 of teeth.

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.460
 That word

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:31.200
 gnashing means

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:32.039
 grinding or

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.420
 gritting

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:34.400
 together of

00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:34.840
 the teeth.

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.259
 It's a

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.660
 physical

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.539
 description of

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.340
 what happens

00:25:37.340 --> 00:25:38.039
 in our

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:39.060
 jaws when

00:25:39.060 --> 00:25:39.900
 we experience

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:41.000
 intense pain

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:42.980
 and anguish.

00:25:44.820 --> 00:25:45.799
 Jesus says,

00:25:46.060 --> 00:25:46.560
 that's what

00:25:46.560 --> 00:25:46.920
 you will

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.640
 experience.

00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:49.560
 as you

00:25:49.560 --> 00:25:50.040
 see

00:25:50.040 --> 00:25:50.700
 Abraham,

00:25:51.060 --> 00:25:51.420
 Isaac,

00:25:51.580 --> 00:25:52.000
 and Jacob

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.480
 and all

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.140
 the prophets

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:54.200
 in the

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.720
 kingdom of

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.040
 God.

00:25:56.040 --> 00:25:56.900
 But you

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.520
 yourselves

00:25:57.520 --> 00:25:59.080
 cast out,

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.759
 shut out,

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:04.580
 wishing and

00:26:04.580 --> 00:26:05.280
 longing that

00:26:05.280 --> 00:26:05.780
 you could get

00:26:05.780 --> 00:26:06.040
 in.

00:26:08.600 --> 00:26:09.460
 We have to

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:09.860
 know this

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:10.140
 would have

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:10.800
 deeply shocked

00:26:10.800 --> 00:26:11.320
 the people

00:26:11.320 --> 00:26:12.080
 in Jesus'

00:26:12.280 --> 00:26:12.480
 day.

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:14.480
 God

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.400
 the Jews

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:15.819
 considered

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.299
 themselves,

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:16.599
 as I

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:16.920
 mentioned

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.180
 earlier,

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.559
 to be

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:18.120
 the children

00:26:18.120 --> 00:26:18.880
 of Abraham,

00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:21.079
 inheritors

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:21.480
 of the

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:22.000
 kingdom by

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.640
 default,

00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:25.839
 automatic

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:26.759
 recipients of

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.519
 all the good

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:28.279
 promises that

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:28.799
 God has

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.380
 made about

00:26:29.380 --> 00:26:29.980
 the kingdom

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.680
 through the

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.360
 prophets over

00:26:31.360 --> 00:26:32.039
 the centuries.

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:33.900
 And now

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.720
 Jesus comes

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.220
 and he says,

00:26:35.360 --> 00:26:35.960
 unless you

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.480
 repent,

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.860
 you will

00:26:38.860 --> 00:26:39.360
 perish.

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:41.379
 this is

00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:41.740
 what will

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.259
 happen to

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.519
 you.

00:26:42.959 --> 00:26:43.299
 You will

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:43.579
 find

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:44.000
 yourselves

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.879
 cast out

00:26:44.879 --> 00:26:49.399
 in agony,

00:26:49.679 --> 00:26:50.579
 in anguish,

00:26:51.199 --> 00:26:53.279
 while those

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.679
 of true

00:26:53.679 --> 00:26:55.199
 faith are

00:26:55.199 --> 00:26:55.659
 inside.

00:26:58.379 --> 00:26:58.939
 Jesus

00:26:58.939 --> 00:26:59.939
 intensifies it

00:26:59.939 --> 00:27:00.419
 one notch

00:27:00.419 --> 00:27:00.959
 more in the

00:27:00.959 --> 00:27:01.459
 next verse,

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:01.939
 29.

00:27:02.159 --> 00:27:02.439
 He says,

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:02.959
 people will

00:27:02.959 --> 00:27:03.419
 come from

00:27:03.419 --> 00:27:04.039
 east and

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.719
 west and

00:27:04.719 --> 00:27:05.759
 north and

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.779
 south and

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.179
 will take

00:27:07.179 --> 00:27:07.979
 their places

00:27:07.979 --> 00:27:08.500
 at the

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:08.879
 feast.

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:09.759
 in the

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.259
 kingdom of

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:10.559
 God.

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.199
 Part of

00:27:14.199 --> 00:27:14.759
 the shock,

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.339
 part of

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:15.899
 the grief

00:27:15.899 --> 00:27:16.240
 and the

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:16.799
 anguish

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:18.379
 will be

00:27:18.379 --> 00:27:19.000
 this deeply

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.459
 humbling

00:27:19.459 --> 00:27:20.779
 reality that

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.439
 people from

00:27:21.439 --> 00:27:22.219
 all over

00:27:22.219 --> 00:27:22.779
 the world,

00:27:23.179 --> 00:27:23.759
 not just

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.099
 Jews,

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.619
 but people

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:25.099
 from the

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:25.959
 north and

00:27:25.959 --> 00:27:26.439
 south and

00:27:26.439 --> 00:27:26.939
 east and

00:27:26.939 --> 00:27:27.240
 west,

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:27.839
 all over

00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:28.399
 the place,

00:27:28.679 --> 00:27:29.699
 are inside

00:27:29.699 --> 00:27:30.519
 this kingdom.

00:27:32.699 --> 00:27:33.259
 They

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:34.059
 responded to

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.719
 Jesus in

00:27:34.719 --> 00:27:35.079
 faith.

00:27:35.219 --> 00:27:35.859
 They accepted

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.279
 him as

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.939
 their Messiah.

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:39.019
 They're in

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.559
 the house,

00:27:39.639 --> 00:27:40.160
 at the

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:40.519
 table,

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.400
 feasting

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:43.400
 in the

00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:43.879
 kingdom of

00:27:43.879 --> 00:27:44.220
 God.

00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:47.460
 And yet

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:47.700
 they,

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.279
 the flesh

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.660
 and blood

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.299
 descendants,

00:27:50.139 --> 00:27:51.779
 are cast

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.119
 out,

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.500
 shut out

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:54.879
 of the

00:27:54.879 --> 00:27:55.220
 banquet.

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.819
 What a

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:58.299
 sobering

00:27:58.299 --> 00:28:00.180
 warning and

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:00.579
 teaching.

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:03.759
 Now there's a

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.259
 couple different

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:05.160
 responses this

00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:05.879
 might provoke

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:07.379
 in us today

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:07.920
 as we

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.360
 listen to

00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:08.680
 this.

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:10.820
 First,

00:28:11.040 --> 00:28:11.640
 of course,

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:11.980
 there's going

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.400
 to be some

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:12.680
 who will

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.340
 accuse God

00:28:13.340 --> 00:28:13.720
 of being

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.420
 heartless and

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:14.780
 evil.

00:28:16.540 --> 00:28:17.180
 How come

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.520
 he wouldn't

00:28:17.520 --> 00:28:17.940
 change his

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.280
 mind and

00:28:18.280 --> 00:28:18.600
 let them

00:28:18.600 --> 00:28:19.980
 in at

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.440
 the last

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:20.780
 when they

00:28:20.780 --> 00:28:21.620
 finally said,

00:28:21.760 --> 00:28:21.880
 okay,

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.300
 we want to

00:28:22.300 --> 00:28:22.680
 come in.

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.320
 But we

00:28:25.320 --> 00:28:26.140
 must remember

00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:26.640
 that God

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.340
 is just.

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:30.960
 He is

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.960
 exceedingly

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.900
 patient and

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.480
 compassionate.

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.779
 I mean,

00:28:37.840 --> 00:28:38.220
 think about

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.700
 in your own

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.039
 life.

00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:40.140
 How long

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:40.640
 has God

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:41.120
 kept the

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:41.660
 door open

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:42.120
 for you?

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.920
 How many

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:45.620
 opportunities

00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:46.240
 have you

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:48.220
 had to

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:50.140
 respond to

00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:50.519
 the words

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:50.980
 of Jesus?

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:56.620
 How long

00:28:56.620 --> 00:28:57.079
 must God

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.920
 wait till

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.380
 he gives

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:59.220
 us what

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.620
 we're due?

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:04.880
 he is

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:05.559
 exceedingly

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:07.259
 patient and

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.819
 compassionate.

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.900
 But he

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:10.340
 is also

00:29:10.340 --> 00:29:10.860
 just.

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.960
 And evil

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:14.360
 must eventually

00:29:14.360 --> 00:29:15.100
 be purged.

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.480
 Sin must

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.400
 eventually be

00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:17.779
 punished.

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:20.380
 And if we

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:21.000
 won't accept

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.539
 Christ on

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.160
 his terms,

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:24.900
 then we

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:25.360
 won't have

00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:25.940
 his forgiveness.

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:28.460
 And we

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:28.920
 will find

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.319
 ourselves

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:30.000
 cast out,

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.920
 looking in,

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.940
 from the

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.420
 outside,

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.120
 in anguish.

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:38.100
 It's only

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:38.720
 through

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.400
 relationship

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:40.160
 with Jesus

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:42.480
 that we

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:42.980
 can enter

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.360
 through

00:29:43.360 --> 00:29:44.579
 the narrow

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:44.900
 door.

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:49.000
 An

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.700
 authentic,

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:51.460
 living,

00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:52.380
 real

00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:53.059
 relationship

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:54.600
 with Jesus.

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:58.099
 God is

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.299
 not

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.839
 heartless.

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.279
 He's not

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.679
 lacking

00:30:00.679 --> 00:30:01.339
 compassion.

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.259
 I mean,

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:02.799
 look at what

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.279
 he's done

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.899
 to save

00:30:03.899 --> 00:30:04.199
 us.

00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:05.240
 He has

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:05.579
 sent

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.259
 his son

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:07.399
 down to

00:30:07.399 --> 00:30:07.719
 earth

00:30:07.719 --> 00:30:08.439
 to rescue

00:30:08.439 --> 00:30:08.839
 us.

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.139
 And as

00:30:10.139 --> 00:30:10.539
 the people

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:11.079
 made clear,

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.539
 Jesus

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.980
 taught in

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.199
 their

00:30:13.199 --> 00:30:13.639
 streets.

00:30:15.939 --> 00:30:16.480
 They

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.119
 heard his

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:17.539
 words,

00:30:18.179 --> 00:30:19.699
 and yet

00:30:19.699 --> 00:30:20.219
 they ignored

00:30:20.219 --> 00:30:20.459
 it.

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:22.900
 they

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.420
 rejected

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:24.180
 him while

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:24.519
 the door

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.079
 was open.

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.120
 They

00:30:26.120 --> 00:30:26.819
 refused to

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.160
 go through

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:27.640
 the door

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.380
 that Jesus

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:29.100
 was putting

00:30:29.100 --> 00:30:29.759
 right before

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.100
 them.

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.759
 And so

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.220
 those who

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:34.779
 perish in

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.400
 hell will

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:36.900
 get what

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:37.299
 we all

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:37.779
 deserve.

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.900
 And it

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:42.160
 will be

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.680
 right for

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.120
 God to

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:45.740
 see that

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.500
 come about.

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:49.740
 but at

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.079
 the same

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:50.519
 time it

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.180
 is truly

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:51.839
 cause for

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.220
 weeping.

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.640
 It is

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.039
 sad

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:58.779
 that many

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.980
 because they

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.779
 reject Jesus

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.380
 will find

00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:02.119
 themselves in

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:02.700
 that place.

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.720
 For those

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.140
 of us who

00:31:09.140 --> 00:31:09.660
 have entered

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.160
 through the

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:10.700
 narrow door,

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:11.960
 this should

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.819
 motivate us

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:14.299
 to continue

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:15.039
 pleading with

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.660
 the people

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:16.640
 around us

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:16.920
 who have

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.460
 not yet

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:17.920
 entered.

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.640
 We need

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:21.920
 to keep

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.560
 telling people,

00:31:22.860 --> 00:31:23.240
 look to

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.600
 Jesus,

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:25.120
 listen to

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:25.380
 him,

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.540
 make every

00:31:27.540 --> 00:31:28.220
 effort to

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.660
 come to

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.000
 him and

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.680
 be saved.

00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:32.300
 It doesn't

00:31:32.300 --> 00:31:32.820
 matter whether

00:31:32.820 --> 00:31:33.620
 that message

00:31:33.620 --> 00:31:34.500
 is unpopular,

00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:36.100
 it's the

00:31:36.100 --> 00:31:36.440
 truth.

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:41.040
 I mentioned

00:31:41.040 --> 00:31:41.620
 earlier that

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:42.320
 Jesus sort of

00:31:42.320 --> 00:31:42.900
 changes the

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:43.300
 question.

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.240
 the question

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.600
 was,

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.259
 are only

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.640
 a few

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:48.060
 people

00:31:48.060 --> 00:31:48.519
 going to

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:48.700
 be

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:49.120
 saved?

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.279
 But

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:52.600
 Jesus

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:53.259
 essentially

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.720
 in the way

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.220
 he answers

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.740
 it says,

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.580
 don't worry

00:31:55.580 --> 00:31:56.259
 about the

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.580
 number.

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:57.960
 The question

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.380
 is,

00:31:58.640 --> 00:31:59.160
 are you

00:31:59.160 --> 00:31:59.620
 saved?

00:32:01.840 --> 00:32:02.740
 Have you

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.279
 entered

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:04.000
 through the

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.540
 narrow door?

00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:06.820
 Will you

00:32:06.820 --> 00:32:07.400
 be one of

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:08.420
 those who

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:09.000
 come from

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.519
 all over

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.240
 and take

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.779
 your seat

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.779
 at the

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.160
 feast

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:13.299
 in the

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.539
 kingdom

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.039
 of God?

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:16.740
 And if

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:16.960
 you have

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.500
 any doubt

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.180
 about that,

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:19.859
 don't take

00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:20.259
 time,

00:32:20.399 --> 00:32:20.920
 don't delay

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:21.399
 on this,

00:32:21.639 --> 00:32:22.240
 fight to

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.819
 get through

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.680
 that door

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:26.039
 before it's

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.420
 closed.

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.819
 Because one

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.139
 day the

00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:32.539
 door will

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:33.000
 be shut

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:35.240
 and it

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.539
 will be

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:36.019
 too late.

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:42.859
 we're

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.019
 going to

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.379
 take some

00:32:43.379 --> 00:32:43.819
 time now

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:44.440
 to partake

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:44.700
 of the

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.000
 Lord's

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.299
 table.

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:47.160
 And if

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:47.420
 you have

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:47.720
 entered

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.019
 through

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.299
 that

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:48.579
 door,

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:50.839
 this

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.339
 table is

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:51.720
 for you.

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:52.900
 This is

00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:53.240
 what we

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.420
 do

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:53.859
 together

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:55.019
 to remind

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.960
 ourselves

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.879
 of what

00:32:56.879 --> 00:32:57.200
 Christ

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:57.859
 Jesus did

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.259
 for us

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.559
 so that

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:58.960
 we could

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.180
 get

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.480
 through.

00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:02.940
 He

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.379
 suffered.

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:05.920
 He

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.420
 died.

00:33:08.060 --> 00:33:08.580
 He

00:33:08.580 --> 00:33:10.080
 made

00:33:10.080 --> 00:33:10.539
 atonement

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:10.980
 for our

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.380
 sins

00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:13.240
 by his

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.560
 blood

00:33:13.560 --> 00:33:14.460
 so that

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:14.880
 we could

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:15.500
 be saved.

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.440
 That's

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:17.680
 what the

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:17.980
 bread

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:20.300
 and the

00:33:20.300 --> 00:33:20.539
 cup

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:21.240
 point to.

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.340
 And if

00:33:23.340 --> 00:33:23.600
 you've

00:33:23.600 --> 00:33:23.820
 entered

00:33:23.820 --> 00:33:24.320
 through the

00:33:24.320 --> 00:33:24.539
 narrow

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:24.900
 door,

00:33:25.620 --> 00:33:26.220
 I want

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:26.539
 to just

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:27.380
 invite you

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:27.800
 to join

00:33:27.800 --> 00:33:28.279
 with us,

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:28.920
 eat and

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:29.440
 drink with

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:29.840
 us as

00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:30.460
 we remember

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:31.160
 what Jesus

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:31.759
 has done

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.300
 for us.

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.100
 These are

00:33:33.100 --> 00:33:33.600
 moments to

00:33:33.600 --> 00:33:34.200
 give thanks

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.740
 to God

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.500
 and to

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:35.840
 praise

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:36.279
 him for

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.519
 his

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:36.919
 gift,

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.259
 for the

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.819
 grace of

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:39.359
 salvation.

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.759
 But maybe

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.259
 you're here

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.819
 and you

00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.240
 know that

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.639
 you haven't

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:44.899
 entered

00:33:44.899 --> 00:33:45.379
 through this

00:33:45.379 --> 00:33:45.919
 door yet.

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:50.000
 Right now

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.439
 is another

00:33:50.439 --> 00:33:51.079
 opportunity

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:51.879
 to do

00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:52.139
 so.

00:33:54.179 --> 00:33:54.859
 In these

00:33:54.859 --> 00:33:55.419
 next moments

00:33:55.419 --> 00:33:55.980
 of quiet,

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:57.500
 I want to

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:57.980
 urge you

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.980
 to pray,

00:33:59.240 --> 00:33:59.699
 to talk

00:33:59.699 --> 00:34:00.179
 to God,

00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:01.519
 to confess

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:02.000
 your sins

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:02.379
 to him,

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.240
 to humble

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:04.220
 yourself before

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.819
 him and

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.240
 repent.

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.839
 Ask for

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:07.079
 his

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:07.559
 forgiveness

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:10.139
 and put

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.639
 your trust

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:11.039
 in him.

00:34:13.259 --> 00:34:13.819
 And if

00:34:13.819 --> 00:34:14.059
 that's

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.480
 something that

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:14.880
 you do

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.219
 in these

00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:15.799
 next minutes,

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:16.579
 then you're

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.219
 welcome to

00:34:17.219 --> 00:34:18.059
 partake of

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.559
 this table.

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:22.880
 We're going

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.259
 to have a few

00:34:23.259 --> 00:34:23.639
 minutes of

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:24.179
 quiet prayer

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:24.500
 now,

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.759
 and then

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:26.619
 the elements

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:27.059
 will be

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.659
 served.

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:29.460
 Just encourage

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:29.880
 you to hang

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.340
 on to them

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.980
 until everybody

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.519
 who wishes

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.199
 to partake

00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:33.320
 has received,

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:33.920
 and then

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:34.760
 we'll give

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:35.280
 thanks and

00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:35.960
 we'll eat

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:36.559
 and drink

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:37.320
 together.

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:41.119
 Let's pray.

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:44.480
 Lord Jesus,

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:45.199
 it's amazing

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:47.099
 that you

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:47.559
 would come

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.119
 down from

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:49.159
 heaven to

00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:50.019
 this earth

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:50.960
 and walk

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.579
 among us,

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:53.300
 walk through

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:53.940
 our streets,

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:58.440
 and then

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.840
 give up

00:34:58.840 --> 00:34:59.320
 your life

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.800
 and die

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.260
 for us,

00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:00.960
 suffer and

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.720
 die for us,

00:35:02.240 --> 00:35:03.099
 taking the

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.800
 punishment we

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:04.280
 deserve,

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:06.700
 even though

00:35:06.700 --> 00:35:06.960
 you had

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.420
 done nothing

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:07.720
 wrong.

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:11.380
 We want

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:11.659
 to say

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:12.179
 thank you.

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:15.780
 Thank you

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:16.280
 for your

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:16.760
 forgiveness,

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:20.820
 that we

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:21.119
 don't have

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.480
 to live

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:21.860
 with the

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.420
 guilt of

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:23.000
 all the

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.380
 things that

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:23.720
 we have

00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:24.639
 done wrong

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:24.899
 in the

00:35:24.899 --> 00:35:25.279
 past,

00:35:25.359 --> 00:35:25.599
 whether

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.319
 in our

00:35:26.319 --> 00:35:26.579
 minds

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:27.239
 big or

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:27.699
 small,

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:29.799
 even for

00:35:29.799 --> 00:35:30.259
 the things

00:35:30.259 --> 00:35:30.799
 we think

00:35:30.799 --> 00:35:31.599
 are little

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:32.419
 and insignificant,

00:35:32.699 --> 00:35:33.219
 the angry

00:35:33.219 --> 00:35:34.000
 outburst at

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.319
 someone,

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:35.099
 Lord Jesus,

00:35:35.299 --> 00:35:35.599
 you have

00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:37.219
 died to

00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:37.699
 atone for

00:35:37.699 --> 00:35:38.259
 that too.

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.459
 And so we

00:35:39.459 --> 00:35:40.039
 just praise

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:40.259
 you.

00:35:40.799 --> 00:35:41.399
 We're so

00:35:41.399 --> 00:35:42.039
 grateful for

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.239
 you.

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.599
 We eat

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:43.879
 and we

00:35:43.879 --> 00:35:44.319
 drink in

00:35:44.319 --> 00:35:44.679
 remembrance

00:35:44.679 --> 00:35:45.159
 of you.

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.459
 Amen.