WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.759 Well, I don't know about your house. It seems to me that every house has lists of jobs that are needed to be done. 00:00:07.620 --> 00:00:17.059 ! And there are certain types of lists, aren't there? There are the urgent list, and there is the list where it rarely gets done or it gets put onto another list. 00:00:17.740 --> 00:00:23.059 And urgency only comes upon us when something is important, isn't it? 00:00:23.219 --> 00:00:28.620 And when it really matters, and it's imminent, that it's going to happen soon. 00:00:29.179 --> 00:00:31.839 Urgency is what you feel the night before your exams. 00:00:32.859 --> 00:00:41.600 Urgency is what you feel when you wake up and you can hear the bin lorry outside, and you've not put the bags out as you race down the street chasing the bin man. 00:00:42.219 --> 00:00:48.460 Urgency, though, is not something, I think, which characterises Christians very often. 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:55.620 And the reason for that is sometimes we fail to see how important God's kingdom is. 00:00:55.619 --> 00:01:00.459 Because it's crowded out, isn't it, by the day-to-day things that occupy us. 00:01:01.379 --> 00:01:09.900 We fail to see how urgent God's kingdom is, because we've been softened, haven't we, to the reality of Jesus' return. 00:01:09.900 --> 00:01:12.600 Dick Lucas is a friend of this church. 00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:20.180 I was with him last week, and he was telling me that when he was in Seven Oaks as a young curate, that his minister preached the return of the Lord Jesus Christ every Sunday night. 00:01:20.240 --> 00:01:21.920 He's coming, he's coming, he's coming. 00:01:22.860 --> 00:01:28.040 The problem is with that, after six months of being there, you thought, well, he hasn't come so far, he's never going to come. 00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:32.340 And so you are softened, aren't you? We are immune to it. 00:01:33.140 --> 00:01:37.880 Two thousand years since Jesus' return, since he ascended into heaven. 00:01:39.080 --> 00:01:49.460 But Jesus insists, for you and I, that there is nothing more urgent to address than where people stand with him, where you stand with him. 00:01:49.459 --> 00:01:54.899 Because when it comes to following the Lord Jesus, there is such a thing as too late. 00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:57.139 Do you see that in verse 25? 00:01:57.899 --> 00:01:58.799 Verse 25. 00:02:00.219 --> 00:02:07.179 When once the master of the house has risen and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside, there's a knock on the door, saying, Lord, open to us. 00:02:07.259 --> 00:02:10.840 Then he will answer from within, I do not know where you come from. 00:02:12.180 --> 00:02:16.840 One day the door of heaven will close, and there will be no way in. 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:20.360 So let's see why we should be urgent. 00:02:21.140 --> 00:02:26.460 We're in a section of Luke's Gospel, from chapter 9, verse 51, to the end of chapter 19. 00:02:27.259 --> 00:02:29.759 And Jesus is teaching about the nature of his kingdom. 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:31.520 What is it like to live in the kingdom of God? 00:02:31.780 --> 00:02:34.840 What does it mean to be a member of his kingdom, to be one of his followers? 00:02:35.780 --> 00:02:39.800 And he is facing opposition from Jewish religious leaders. 00:02:40.099 --> 00:02:42.699 They were the experts in the Bible of their day. 00:02:42.699 --> 00:02:47.899 And we're going to see why they are not urgent, and why we must be urgent. 00:02:48.939 --> 00:02:54.219 Firstly, we must be urgent about the kingdom, because the kingdom is important. 00:02:55.159 --> 00:02:57.959 We must be urgent about the kingdom, because the kingdom is important. 00:02:58.239 --> 00:02:59.659 Have a look down at verse 18. 00:02:59.659 --> 00:03:04.400 He said, therefore, what is the kingdom of God like? 00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:14.460 And to watch like compare it, it is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches. 00:03:14.460 --> 00:03:24.659 Last week, if you were here last week, we saw that the synagogue ruler, the kind of Bible study group leader in the section before, had got the kingdom of God wrong. 00:03:25.540 --> 00:03:30.240 He thought the kingdom of God was about keeping his rules, about keeping his set of rules. 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:38.439 And Jesus showed that it was about God's plan to set people free, all sorts of different people. 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:42.919 And here Jesus illustrates it, that the mustard seed is tiny. 00:03:43.400 --> 00:03:48.500 It's about the size of a pinhead, but it grows to a tree of about 10 to 12 feet tall. 00:03:49.079 --> 00:03:51.259 Something that is very small. 00:03:51.639 --> 00:03:53.020 That is how it appears at the beginning. 00:03:53.139 --> 00:03:57.120 You put the mustard seed in your ground, and it appears tiny. 00:03:57.719 --> 00:03:58.740 And then it grows. 00:03:58.860 --> 00:04:06.240 But Luke's emphasis is not really on the size of the tree, but is on who's hanging out in the tree. 00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:08.240 Who's hanging out in the tree? 00:04:08.379 --> 00:04:10.920 Look, it is the birds of the air perching in its branches. 00:04:11.860 --> 00:04:14.500 And that is an Old Testament image. 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:21.300 So we could go to Ezekiel 31, or Ezekiel 17, or to Daniel chapter 4. 00:04:21.300 --> 00:04:26.939 And each of those examples, the birds of the air, stand for the nations of the world perching in a tree. 00:04:27.819 --> 00:04:33.060 So Jesus is saying, my kingdom will be people from all over my world. 00:04:33.060 --> 00:04:44.639 And what looks like a tiny little group of people traipsing to Jerusalem on this journey, where their leader is going to die, will become a worldwide phenomenon, including all kinds of people. 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:50.220 And I guess as you look around this morning, are we our proof of that, aren't we? 00:04:51.279 --> 00:04:55.060 We're proof that one day the kingdom of God will permeate everything. 00:04:55.860 --> 00:04:57.060 Look at verse 20 and 21. 00:04:57.060 --> 00:05:00.399 And again he said, to what shall I compare the kingdom of God? 00:05:00.459 --> 00:05:07.139 It is like leaven, yeast, that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until it was all leavened. 00:05:08.100 --> 00:05:14.959 When you put yeast in dough and you knead it, some of you have got bread makers, but if you make proper bread, isn't it? 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:22.340 You kind of, you knead the yeast into the dough, you put it there, and it goes through the whole of the dough and it's active. 00:05:22.339 --> 00:05:25.119 The yeast is living, isn't it? 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:26.579 It's alive. 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:30.399 And once you put the yeast into the dough, you can't get it out again. 00:05:31.799 --> 00:05:33.479 And so it will be with my kingdom, Jesus says. 00:05:33.639 --> 00:05:34.739 It will permeate everything. 00:05:36.139 --> 00:05:39.839 In the end, there will be nothing in the world that is not affected by the kingdom of God. 00:05:42.239 --> 00:05:45.579 So let me ask you, what is the big thing that God is doing in the world today? 00:05:45.579 --> 00:05:49.620 What is the big thing that God is doing in the world today? 00:05:51.279 --> 00:05:52.419 Is it the finances? 00:05:53.120 --> 00:05:54.000 The economies? 00:05:55.060 --> 00:05:55.939 Of the world? 00:05:57.680 --> 00:05:58.680 Is it Syria? 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:01.620 Is it the Premier League? 00:06:03.099 --> 00:06:08.099 Does it sometimes feel that your family life is the big thing? 00:06:09.500 --> 00:06:10.319 No, it's not. 00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:11.539 It's the bringing in of the kingdom. 00:06:11.540 --> 00:06:16.439 And that is the irresistible program that God is running. 00:06:17.379 --> 00:06:19.360 That is the purpose of human history. 00:06:20.460 --> 00:06:22.319 And that is a huge encouragement, isn't it? 00:06:22.960 --> 00:06:28.300 And it means that there's nothing more important and nothing more relevant than what you're doing now. 00:06:28.820 --> 00:06:29.540 Than what you're doing today. 00:06:30.140 --> 00:06:34.600 That you're gathering together as God's people to think about the kingdom. 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:36.360 To hear the kingdom proclaimed. 00:06:36.500 --> 00:06:37.520 To celebrate the kingdom. 00:06:37.519 --> 00:06:41.439 And sometimes we feel so small, don't we? 00:06:42.699 --> 00:06:43.279 What are we? 00:06:43.299 --> 00:06:45.079 A hundred and thirty, a hundred and forty on a Sunday morning? 00:06:46.099 --> 00:06:47.959 We sing and we encourage each other. 00:06:48.039 --> 00:06:49.120 And of course that's great. 00:06:49.979 --> 00:06:51.259 But it's a little bit different, isn't it? 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:53.859 When we're separated off from one another. 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:55.419 And we're on our own. 00:06:56.919 --> 00:06:58.839 When you're at home on your own. 00:06:59.799 --> 00:07:01.199 When children, you're in the playground. 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:02.459 And you're on your own. 00:07:02.500 --> 00:07:04.439 And you feel like you're the only Christian there. 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:07.759 Well you need to remember the kingdom of God. 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:10.839 That one day it will permeate everything. 00:07:11.980 --> 00:07:14.879 And that is the thing that God is doing in the world. 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:18.040 But as well as an encouragement. 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:19.259 It's a great challenge, isn't it? 00:07:19.259 --> 00:07:20.879 It's the trivia of our lives. 00:07:22.300 --> 00:07:24.259 I think Jesus starts talking about his kingdom. 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:25.600 And the nature of his kingdom. 00:07:25.659 --> 00:07:27.379 Right after this synagogue ruler. 00:07:27.379 --> 00:07:31.240 Because this synagogue ruler clearly didn't get it. 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:35.399 Clearly he didn't think that Jesus was very important, did he? 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:39.259 He didn't think that Jesus was worth following the synagogue ruler. 00:07:39.579 --> 00:07:42.079 So Jesus in his parables says to the synagogue ruler. 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:42.879 And he says to us. 00:07:43.159 --> 00:07:44.540 You've missed how big I am. 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:47.659 It might be a small start. 00:07:48.459 --> 00:07:50.540 It might be a crippled woman here. 00:07:50.540 --> 00:07:52.840 It might be a tax collector. 00:07:52.939 --> 00:07:53.939 Come and follow me there. 00:07:54.180 --> 00:07:56.480 It might be a blind person over there. 00:07:56.879 --> 00:07:59.939 But this kingdom I am bringing is the thing. 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:03.340 And it's going to involve all sorts of people. 00:08:03.460 --> 00:08:04.460 You cannot limit it. 00:08:04.780 --> 00:08:06.500 And it's going to be everywhere. 00:08:07.900 --> 00:08:10.420 And you and I have got to keep fighting to see that. 00:08:10.420 --> 00:08:16.379 So often our lives are filled with, aren't they, meaningless trivia. 00:08:18.640 --> 00:08:20.220 So as we walk to work in the morning. 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:21.319 As we stand at the bus stop. 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:22.780 As we get on the tube tomorrow morning. 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:26.819 We pray thinking kingdom, kingdom, kingdom. 00:08:27.500 --> 00:08:28.460 That's what matters. 00:08:29.840 --> 00:08:31.720 That's why Sundays are fantastic. 00:08:32.340 --> 00:08:32.700 Aren't they? 00:08:33.820 --> 00:08:35.320 As you get up on a Sunday morning. 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:37.779 You say this is the day the Lord has made. 00:08:37.879 --> 00:08:39.659 I will rejoice and be glad in it. 00:08:40.419 --> 00:08:42.259 You gather your family together if you've got a family. 00:08:42.899 --> 00:08:45.379 And you pray and you ask the Lord to bless us. 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:48.979 You're able on a Sunday morning to have a slightly more relaxed Sunday, aren't you? 00:08:49.139 --> 00:08:51.439 To spend more time in prayer around the Bible. 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:54.019 And you come to Sunday school because you want to learn. 00:08:54.360 --> 00:08:56.519 And then you gather together and we have the call to worship. 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:58.199 And then you hear these words. 00:08:58.579 --> 00:09:00.579 Let us worship God. 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:01.240 Boom! 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:02.519 Should go off. 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:05.779 Because it fixes our eyes on the kingdom. 00:09:06.439 --> 00:09:07.399 And what God is doing. 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:10.799 It's not that you don't worship during the week. 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:11.559 Of course you do. 00:09:11.659 --> 00:09:12.299 All of life. 00:09:14.059 --> 00:09:16.100 But Sundays, the Sabbath, the day of rest. 00:09:16.139 --> 00:09:17.000 As we gather together. 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:19.399 It is a great reminder that God's kingdom is huge. 00:09:19.480 --> 00:09:20.259 You look around the room. 00:09:20.340 --> 00:09:21.600 You see people from all over the world. 00:09:23.559 --> 00:09:24.879 And one day it's all there will be. 00:09:24.980 --> 00:09:25.419 One day. 00:09:26.899 --> 00:09:27.980 And it permeates everything. 00:09:27.980 --> 00:09:30.759 And in God's kingdom. 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:32.519 God's glorious new world. 00:09:32.580 --> 00:09:33.539 There will only be God's kingdom. 00:09:34.940 --> 00:09:36.080 But before that happens. 00:09:36.180 --> 00:09:37.659 God's king is marching to his death. 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:39.220 On his way through towns and villages. 00:09:39.379 --> 00:09:41.159 Teaching and journeying towards Jerusalem. 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:43.379 Here's the second reason why the kingdom is urgent. 00:09:44.139 --> 00:09:46.019 The kingdom is urgent because the kingdom is important. 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:47.840 The kingdom is urgent because the way is narrow. 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:49.539 The way is narrow. 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:52.820 Whenever you get people together to talk about God. 00:09:52.940 --> 00:09:54.539 There are always questions, aren't there? 00:09:54.580 --> 00:09:55.740 They're the same questions. 00:09:55.740 --> 00:09:57.919 How science this proved God? 00:09:58.960 --> 00:09:59.820 What about suffering? 00:10:00.740 --> 00:10:02.000 What about those who've never heard? 00:10:02.060 --> 00:10:04.659 Well here's a question for Jesus from Jesus' day. 00:10:04.720 --> 00:10:05.539 Look at verse 23. 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:08.560 And someone said to him, 00:10:08.560 --> 00:10:10.440 Lord will those who are saved be few? 00:10:10.580 --> 00:10:12.159 Are there only going to be a few saved? 00:10:16.899 --> 00:10:18.539 The question seems to be this, isn't it? 00:10:18.560 --> 00:10:19.440 In Jesus' day. 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:25.600 Is it really only the godliest, highest, godliest Pharisees? 00:10:25.600 --> 00:10:28.340 Is it only them that will make it into God's kingdom? 00:10:28.860 --> 00:10:32.200 Or will some of us kind of bog-standard Jews make it in? 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:35.340 That is the sort of question that you ask. 00:10:35.379 --> 00:10:38.920 Only if you're pretty confident that you are one of the few who's going to get into the kingdom. 00:10:40.560 --> 00:10:43.120 Now it's very important, isn't it, that we engage with people's questions. 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:51.519 But very often when people ask questions, you've got to admit that the purpose of the question is not to get an answer. 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:53.840 It is to avoid facing the real issue. 00:10:54.179 --> 00:10:56.879 But Jesus knows the answer that people need to the question. 00:10:57.980 --> 00:11:03.820 He knows that the answer that people need is to the question, not will few be saved, but will you be saved? 00:11:04.340 --> 00:11:05.240 That's the big issue. 00:11:06.279 --> 00:11:08.180 So he says, verse 24, look at verse 24. 00:11:08.179 --> 00:11:10.620 Strive to enter through the narrow door. 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:13.120 Strive. 00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:17.299 It's an appeal for effort that hurts. 00:11:18.939 --> 00:11:19.379 Strain. 00:11:20.719 --> 00:11:23.679 We actually get our word agonised from this word strain. 00:11:25.739 --> 00:11:28.239 It isn't strive, you know, you're eating cakes, aren't you? 00:11:28.259 --> 00:11:30.939 And there's one cake left and somebody says, go on, you have it. 00:11:30.979 --> 00:11:32.259 And you say, all right, I'll have it. 00:11:32.259 --> 00:11:35.960 It's not talking about that striving, kind of striving for a cream cake. 00:11:36.220 --> 00:11:39.659 It's the last lap of a very hard race. 00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:42.100 So verse 24 again. 00:11:42.500 --> 00:11:44.759 For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:54.399 I tell you, Jesus says, I want you to be in no doubt at all, there will be many people who will try to have a relationship with God and they will fail to make it. 00:11:55.120 --> 00:11:56.819 Strive to enter through the narrow door. 00:11:58.019 --> 00:11:59.259 And he tells us they will fail. 00:11:59.259 --> 00:12:02.559 And the first reason they will fail is verse 25. 00:12:02.700 --> 00:12:03.360 Time is limited. 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:06.879 Time is limited and that's why they'll fail. 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:16.799 When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door and you begin to stand outside and to knock the door saying, Lord, open to us, then he will answer you, I do not know where you come from. 00:12:18.779 --> 00:12:25.120 There's lots of jokes out there about Peter standing at the pearly gates as people arrive in heaven. 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:25.840 It's all very funny. 00:12:25.840 --> 00:12:29.879 Actually, Jesus says the entrance into heaven is no joke at all. 00:12:31.280 --> 00:12:34.120 And here he tells a story where there is a door, it's not a gate. 00:12:34.800 --> 00:12:38.500 And the master is standing at it and the door of the kingdom will be shut. 00:12:38.800 --> 00:12:40.940 And once it's shut, it's shut. 00:12:40.940 --> 00:12:48.360 Jesus is pictured at the door of a house, a family, have all come home for the night. 00:12:48.460 --> 00:12:49.740 All the kids are in for the night. 00:12:50.660 --> 00:12:53.760 And suddenly there's some madman knocking at the door, three o'clock in the morning. 00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:59.640 The dad goes down and he opens the door, bizarrely, and the lunatic says, let me in. 00:13:01.160 --> 00:13:01.760 And what do you say? 00:13:01.820 --> 00:13:03.400 He says, sorry mate, I don't know who you are. 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:05.140 Clear off before I call the police. 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:07.200 And you shut the door. 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:13.379 I was on the E1 bus from E1 Broadway a couple of months ago. 00:13:13.780 --> 00:13:14.920 And I went onto the top deck. 00:13:15.400 --> 00:13:16.580 And I sat behind Louie. 00:13:16.900 --> 00:13:18.280 He's not even the one of the Louie and Sharda. 00:13:18.379 --> 00:13:18.800 You know Louie. 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:22.180 And so Louie had headphones in. 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:24.860 And he was playing this computer game. 00:13:25.400 --> 00:13:28.080 And so I started saying behind him, Louie, Louie. 00:13:28.820 --> 00:13:30.220 And he didn't turn around. 00:13:30.540 --> 00:13:31.440 So I said it a bit louder. 00:13:31.660 --> 00:13:32.020 Louie. 00:13:32.920 --> 00:13:33.580 And still nothing. 00:13:33.580 --> 00:13:36.860 I thought I saw the kind of smirk of a smile in his face. 00:13:37.800 --> 00:13:44.120 So I leaned forward on my seat, put my head in between his games console and his head. 00:13:44.180 --> 00:13:44.740 And went, Louie. 00:13:46.259 --> 00:13:49.780 And at that point, I found that it wasn't Louie. 00:13:49.779 --> 00:14:01.039 The young man told me to, off. 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:03.539 And I sat back in my seat. 00:14:03.579 --> 00:14:04.240 It was very embarrassing. 00:14:04.339 --> 00:14:05.319 No, for you, with that experience. 00:14:08.419 --> 00:14:09.980 You know what to do, isn't it, at that point? 00:14:13.419 --> 00:14:14.220 It's embarrassing. 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:16.159 Very embarrassing. 00:14:16.220 --> 00:14:17.379 I couldn't get off the bus quicker now. 00:14:17.379 --> 00:14:22.399 But I want you to notice, in this passage, it is not embarrassment. 00:14:22.580 --> 00:14:23.320 It is disaster. 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:25.539 It is disaster. 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:29.700 Because these people, they've rocked up to the door of heaven. 00:14:29.799 --> 00:14:31.740 And they're pretty sure they're going to get in. 00:14:32.019 --> 00:14:32.860 They're taking it all. 00:14:32.960 --> 00:14:34.860 And Jesus said, I don't know where you come from. 00:14:38.299 --> 00:14:44.600 And the Bible teaches you that the day when Jesus returns will be the day when the day of opportunity for forgiveness. 00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:47.040 And eternal life shuts. 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:51.620 And it will be too late to make up your mind about him then. 00:14:53.620 --> 00:14:55.180 He is what history is about. 00:14:55.320 --> 00:14:57.960 He is what God is doing. 00:14:58.060 --> 00:14:59.279 His kingdom is what God is doing. 00:14:59.680 --> 00:15:02.399 And he is going to be the one everyone in eternity will know. 00:15:02.779 --> 00:15:03.600 And time is limited. 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:04.720 So don't wait for tomorrow. 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:08.960 The proverb says, boast not of tomorrow. 00:15:09.040 --> 00:15:10.920 For you do not know what a day may bring forth. 00:15:11.860 --> 00:15:13.420 Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow. 00:15:13.940 --> 00:15:14.920 That's the problem, isn't it? 00:15:17.379 --> 00:15:19.480 And the person you live with says, when are you going to do that? 00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:20.000 You say, tomorrow. 00:15:20.100 --> 00:15:21.480 And they say, well, tomorrow never comes. 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:26.940 Each day that we have is a day closer to that door shutting. 00:15:28.940 --> 00:15:30.399 Can I say to you, if you're not a Christian. 00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:32.139 If you're not a follower of the Lord Jesus. 00:15:32.220 --> 00:15:33.440 If you're an interested observer. 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:35.440 It is fantastic that you're here. 00:15:36.019 --> 00:15:37.139 But strive to enter. 00:15:37.300 --> 00:15:38.560 Find out more about Jesus. 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:39.580 Yes, of course. 00:15:40.379 --> 00:15:41.120 But know this. 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:42.379 You do not have forever. 00:15:43.820 --> 00:15:44.519 One day. 00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:46.899 A day that could come. 00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:49.159 A day that will come without warning. 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:51.480 A day that God has already set. 00:15:52.340 --> 00:15:54.960 A date that is in the diary of God will be too late. 00:15:58.899 --> 00:15:59.879 And you might say. 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:03.480 Well, you might say, why? 00:16:04.860 --> 00:16:06.620 You might say, I'm in church for goodness sake. 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:07.779 But being in church is not enough. 00:16:10.079 --> 00:16:12.059 Well, the second problem. 00:16:12.059 --> 00:16:13.480 The second reason why the door is narrow. 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:15.220 Because people have wrong presumptions. 00:16:15.340 --> 00:16:16.680 People have wrong presumptions. 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:18.639 Verse 26. 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:23.080 Then you will begin to say. 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:24.639 We ate and drank in your presence. 00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:26.200 And you taught in our streets. 00:16:27.580 --> 00:16:29.560 The people outside the house. 00:16:29.620 --> 00:16:31.879 Have been hanging out with the owner of the house. 00:16:32.659 --> 00:16:34.220 They've been to the same parties. 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:36.840 They've engaged him in conversation. 00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:39.539 Now we do know you, Jesus. 00:16:39.680 --> 00:16:40.200 We know you. 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:41.420 We went to church regularly. 00:16:41.779 --> 00:16:42.659 You came to our village. 00:16:42.659 --> 00:16:43.879 You taught in our synagogue. 00:16:44.719 --> 00:16:45.339 You were there. 00:16:45.419 --> 00:16:46.779 You came to our friend's house. 00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:48.339 We reclined at the same table. 00:16:48.740 --> 00:16:50.120 We had a dinner party together. 00:16:52.439 --> 00:16:53.779 We've heard what you have to say. 00:16:53.779 --> 00:16:57.139 They heard what you have to say. 00:16:57.139 --> 00:16:58.500 And they left thinking. 00:16:59.139 --> 00:17:00.419 What an interesting speaker. 00:17:01.779 --> 00:17:02.799 That rabbi was. 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:05.139 How thoughtful his subject material. 00:17:05.339 --> 00:17:06.480 And he's not even been properly trained. 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:07.859 And they get on. 00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:10.039 And they live lives for themselves. 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:13.160 That is the Jewish religious leaders of their day. 00:17:13.579 --> 00:17:15.079 They know so much about God. 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:17.599 But they do not know God. 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:21.059 To the extent. 00:17:21.159 --> 00:17:22.459 When he was walking amongst them. 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:23.439 In the person of his son. 00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:24.419 They didn't recognise him. 00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:27.059 They had the messianic CV. 00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:27.659 Didn't they? 00:17:27.919 --> 00:17:29.959 They are the guys who could recite the Old Testament. 00:17:30.099 --> 00:17:31.000 Off by heart. 00:17:31.339 --> 00:17:32.459 And there's the Messiah. 00:17:33.399 --> 00:17:34.339 And verse 27. 00:17:34.459 --> 00:17:35.139 They reject him. 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:38.019 They reject him. 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:40.319 Verse 27. 00:17:40.439 --> 00:17:41.179 But he will say. 00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:41.779 I tell you. 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:43.579 I do not know where you come from. 00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:44.859 Depart from me. 00:17:44.859 --> 00:17:46.139 Or you workers of evil. 00:17:46.139 --> 00:17:48.019 There are no more terrible words to hear. 00:17:49.459 --> 00:17:50.979 To rock up at the door of heaven. 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:53.179 Convince that you are a pious God fearer. 00:17:54.099 --> 00:17:56.639 And to be told that you are not known by God. 00:17:56.819 --> 00:17:58.079 The God that you think you follow. 00:17:59.139 --> 00:17:59.859 And actually. 00:18:00.179 --> 00:18:01.139 You are not a follower. 00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:02.119 You are an evildoer. 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:03.819 It is not enough to know about Jesus. 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:07.439 Theology degree never saved anyone. 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:09.939 You can recite the books of the Bible. 00:18:10.099 --> 00:18:11.199 Standing up on your head. 00:18:12.139 --> 00:18:13.759 But if you don't know Jesus Christ. 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:15.140 Or to put it in the more biblical way. 00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:16.440 He does not know you. 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:19.859 Then you remain a rebel against him. 00:18:21.819 --> 00:18:22.220 Exposure. 00:18:22.980 --> 00:18:24.160 Does not equal. 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:25.879 A true relationship. 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:28.220 To have never come to Jesus. 00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:28.579 And say. 00:18:28.700 --> 00:18:29.079 Lord. 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:30.000 I am a sinner. 00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:33.200 And I desperately need you. 00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:34.160 As my saviour. 00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:36.019 Please take control of my life. 00:18:36.220 --> 00:18:37.259 I am yours. 00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:39.599 So what we do. 00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:40.920 Is that we come to the Lord's table. 00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:42.200 What are we saying there? 00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:44.200 We come don't we. 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:44.980 And we say. 00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:46.940 I am a sinner. 00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:48.640 It's a table for sinners. 00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:50.600 And I am desperately need you. 00:18:50.660 --> 00:18:51.519 As my saviour. 00:18:52.180 --> 00:18:53.720 Take control of my life. 00:18:53.860 --> 00:18:55.080 I am yours. 00:18:56.360 --> 00:18:58.120 Jesus graciously gives us. 00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:59.620 This token of his love. 00:18:59.660 --> 00:19:00.700 And that he answers that. 00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:02.539 He gives bread and wine. 00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:05.940 It's not enough to know about Jesus. 00:19:06.059 --> 00:19:06.920 You need to know. 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:07.539 Jesus. 00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:08.840 He says verse 24. 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:13.039 Strive to enter through the narrow door. 00:19:13.120 --> 00:19:15.320 For many I tell you will seek to enter and not be able. 00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:19.460 The final reason why it's urgent. 00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:21.940 The final reason why it's urgent. 00:19:22.600 --> 00:19:23.880 Because the kingdom is important. 00:19:24.820 --> 00:19:26.140 Because the way is narrow. 00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:28.900 Is because the future depends on it. 00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:29.800 Look at verse 28. 00:19:30.840 --> 00:19:31.580 Look at verse 28. 00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:36.559 In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 00:19:36.619 --> 00:19:38.699 When you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob. 00:19:39.439 --> 00:19:41.079 And all the prophets in the kingdom of God. 00:19:41.139 --> 00:19:42.240 But you yourselves cast out. 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:45.399 The Jews that Jesus is speaking to. 00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:48.179 They assumed that they would be in God's kingdom. 00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:50.679 Like their spiritual forefathers. 00:19:51.379 --> 00:19:52.619 Abraham and the lads. 00:19:52.619 --> 00:19:54.479 But Jesus says. 00:19:54.719 --> 00:19:56.199 You have rejected me. 00:19:58.859 --> 00:20:00.119 And because you rejected me. 00:20:00.199 --> 00:20:01.919 Then you're going to have this dreadful experience. 00:20:01.979 --> 00:20:03.639 Of being so close and yet so far. 00:20:03.919 --> 00:20:05.859 Do you see the emphasis in verse 28? 00:20:08.099 --> 00:20:09.039 The end of the verse. 00:20:09.139 --> 00:20:09.299 It says. 00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:10.679 You yourselves. 00:20:11.139 --> 00:20:12.000 Will be cast out. 00:20:13.399 --> 00:20:14.399 You yourselves. 00:20:14.619 --> 00:20:15.379 Will be cast out. 00:20:15.579 --> 00:20:17.259 And there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:19.479 It's really an expression of frustration. 00:20:19.859 --> 00:20:20.099 That is. 00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:24.480 When you realise you've made a dreadful mistake. 00:20:25.419 --> 00:20:26.179 For these Jews. 00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:28.159 It's going to be the horror of realising. 00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:30.240 The Messiah that they were waiting for. 00:20:30.419 --> 00:20:30.859 Came. 00:20:31.139 --> 00:20:32.179 And they rejected him. 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:35.279 And they will face an agony worse than you can ever imagine. 00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:38.219 Because of the stupidity of their behaviour. 00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:40.779 They will come under the judgement. 00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:42.619 And the punishment of a loving God. 00:20:43.639 --> 00:20:44.579 They will come under the judgement. 00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:46.579 Of a loving God. 00:20:48.459 --> 00:20:50.079 Who sent his one and only son. 00:20:50.099 --> 00:20:51.779 To die to take that punishment for them. 00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:52.859 And they rejected it. 00:20:54.879 --> 00:20:56.599 When they realised that Isaiah. 00:20:56.899 --> 00:20:58.079 Who they knew so well. 00:20:58.199 --> 00:21:00.119 And spoke of a suffering servant. 00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:03.000 Who will die in the place of Israel. 00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:05.759 Was speaking about the very Jesus. 00:21:06.719 --> 00:21:08.219 That they've rejected all their life. 00:21:09.379 --> 00:21:11.039 And Jesus uses the horror. 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:12.919 Of finding out on judgement day. 00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:14.959 That you've rejected him. 00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:16.240 As the only hope. 00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:19.440 You had as a warning. 00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.880 You had a warning. 00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:26.480 They haven't gone all the time in the world. 00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:28.180 To discuss theological niceties. 00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:31.299 I don't know whether you've had. 00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:33.160 Conversations about the gospel. 00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:35.380 And it reaches the point. 00:21:35.460 --> 00:21:36.019 Where suddenly. 00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:37.519 Somebody catches on. 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.779 To the message of the bible. 00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:38.859 People. 00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.740 And they say this. 00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:42.639 They say. 00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:43.619 So what you're saying is. 00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:44.839 If I don't believe this. 00:21:44.899 --> 00:21:46.279 If I don't accept this message. 00:21:46.879 --> 00:21:47.779 I will go to hell. 00:21:48.639 --> 00:21:49.220 You had that. 00:21:50.139 --> 00:21:50.879 And at that point. 00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.720 You squirm. 00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:52.099 Don't you. 00:21:53.139 --> 00:21:54.079 And you say. 00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:55.460 Yes. 00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:59.259 Well that is the sort of honesty. 00:21:59.419 --> 00:22:00.819 You see coming from the lips of Jesus. 00:22:00.939 --> 00:22:01.579 In this passage. 00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:04.960 Here the message about Jesus. 00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:06.019 Is urgent. 00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.960 Because people are lost. 00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:09.839 Not just to the freedom he offers. 00:22:09.919 --> 00:22:11.119 Which we saw last week. 00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:13.319 But to the eternal. 00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:14.599 And dreadful punishment. 00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.439 Of what is the camp. 00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:18.460 And a punishment that will start. 00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:19.179 With weeping. 00:22:19.399 --> 00:22:20.359 And gnashing of teeth. 00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:22.539 That awful realisation. 00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:24.399 That I have rejected God's love. 00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:26.440 And the love of his one and only son. 00:22:26.659 --> 00:22:27.819 A love that is open to all. 00:22:27.859 --> 00:22:28.779 Look at verse 29. 00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:32.000 Look at verse 29. 00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:33.740 And people will come from east and west. 00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.579 From north and south. 00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.599 And recline at the table. 00:22:35.659 --> 00:22:36.500 In the kingdom of God. 00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:39.399 They are standing there. 00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.159 Shut out. 00:22:41.619 --> 00:22:42.619 But in the meantime. 00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:44.200 People are streaming past them. 00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:45.940 From the four corners of the earth. 00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.960 Heaven will be full. 00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:50.200 In God's perfect new creation. 00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:51.920 There will be no shortage of people. 00:22:53.159 --> 00:22:54.480 God is not going to forget anyone. 00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.579 There is not going to be a moment. 00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.460 When God says. 00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:56.980 Oh my goodness. 00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:57.379 Me. 00:22:57.639 --> 00:22:58.700 Look at the space over there. 00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.700 Where I forgot someone. 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.920 Now it will be full. 00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.680 It is close. 00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.059 Isn't it? 00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:06.599 It is as close as Jesus gets. 00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.460 To answering the question. 00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.180 In verse 23. 00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:08.980 Do you remember the question. 00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:09.920 Will few be saved? 00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:13.119 He says in verse 29. 00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:15.619 People will come from east and west. 00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:16.480 From north and south. 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.759 And they will recline. 00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.619 At the table of God. 00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:21.539 There will be vast numbers. 00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:23.460 East, west. 00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:25.039 South, north. 00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:26.339 They will come streaming in. 00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:28.460 The door is not narrow. 00:23:28.879 --> 00:23:30.579 Because only a few people. 00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:32.480 Will go through it. 00:23:32.899 --> 00:23:34.099 The door is narrow. 00:23:34.159 --> 00:23:35.720 Because there is only one way to get in. 00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:38.399 There is only one way for a relationship. 00:23:39.139 --> 00:23:39.759 With God. 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.659 And do you see this? 00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:43.480 They will feast in the kingdom of God. 00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:45.319 Do you see what is seen there in verse 29? 00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:47.399 They will recline at the table. 00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:50.580 It is a great picture of the banquet. 00:23:51.820 --> 00:23:54.340 It is a great picture of this marvellous feast. 00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.820 That we will enjoy. 00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:58.380 It is a picture from Isaiah 25. 00:23:58.840 --> 00:24:00.320 When all the Lord's people. 00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.920 Will sit down for dinner. 00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:03.420 With the Lord himself. 00:24:04.080 --> 00:24:05.300 And he will serve them. 00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:08.080 The picture of Jesus walking around. 00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:09.440 With a great bottle of wine. 00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.400 As they sit at the table. 00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:11.820 And as he pours out the drink. 00:24:11.820 --> 00:24:12.280 For you. 00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:14.079 And his blessings. 00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:15.740 Are being shared with the people. 00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:18.859 It is the picture of the greatest party. 00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:20.279 Of all the parties. 00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:22.599 Where everyone will have that perfect. 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:24.279 Loving relationship with God. 00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:26.379 And that perfect party. 00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:28.220 And we will be guests of honour. 00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:30.720 And we will see the Lord Jesus face to face. 00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:32.220 Again. 00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:33.700 It is what communion is a picture of. 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.079 Isn't it? 00:24:34.879 --> 00:24:36.279 As we gather around this table. 00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:37.220 As we eat of the bread. 00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:38.359 As we drink of the wine. 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.339 It says to you. 00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:40.660 There is a greater feast. 00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:42.200 That is to come in the kingdom of God. 00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:44.240 But the horror for the Jews. 00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:45.920 Is who is on the guest list. 00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:49.480 People from the four corners of the earth. 00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.680 People who are not Jews. 00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:54.299 People who have not had their great theological heritage. 00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:57.359 They have not had that huge privilege. 00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.599 Of being part of the nation. 00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.839 That God lived with. 00:24:59.879 --> 00:25:00.819 In relationship with. 00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:03.200 Throughout all the pages of the Old Testament. 00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:05.099 And Jesus says in verse 30. 00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.639 He says. 00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.000 And behold. 00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:08.339 Some of our last will be first. 00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:10.480 And some of our first will be lost. 00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:15.359 Those who have heard of God's loving grace. 00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.019 First. 00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.940 Well they are going to reject me. 00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:21.059 Those who have got no history with God at all. 00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:22.399 Well they are going to accept me. 00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:25.619 Heaven will be full of the most unlikely characters. 00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.379 I often think. 00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:29.660 We will walk around the corridors of heaven. 00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.019 And we will think. 00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:31.259 What on earth are you doing here? 00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:33.579 I never expected to see you. 00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.839 That's the same to us. 00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:38.959 Now why does Jesus use this story? 00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:40.000 What is Jesus trying to do? 00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:41.459 What is the tone of this passage? 00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:43.619 What is Jesus trying to do this morning? 00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:46.159 It's a good question to ask when you come to a passage. 00:25:46.439 --> 00:25:47.159 What is he trying to do? 00:25:47.199 --> 00:25:47.720 I want to say this. 00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.740 He's trying to unsettle you. 00:25:49.879 --> 00:25:50.659 In a good way. 00:25:53.659 --> 00:25:54.959 I think he's trying to unsettle people. 00:25:54.959 --> 00:25:56.879 Who assume that heaven is a certainty. 00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.899 Because of who they are. 00:25:59.199 --> 00:26:00.759 Who presume on God's grace. 00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:03.879 There's a danger isn't there. 00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:05.039 In the Christian life. 00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.819 Of living. 00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:08.319 Without looking to Christ. 00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.759 That is a disaster. 00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:13.819 And if you're not looking at Christ. 00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:15.819 Then there's only one person that you're looking at. 00:26:15.879 --> 00:26:16.400 And it's yourself. 00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:19.039 And then you begin to be like these Jews. 00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:20.920 Who assume that they are good enough to get in. 00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.859 Don't deceive yourself. 00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:24.400 Strive to enter through the narrow door. 00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.940 And as we press on. 00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:29.720 The news of this banquet should thrill us. 00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:33.620 This banquet is full of people from all over the world. 00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:36.420 Verse 29. 00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:37.640 They will come. 00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.640 And the people. 00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:40.819 They will come from east and west. 00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:42.299 And from north and south. 00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:44.640 And recline at the table. 00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:46.380 In the kingdom of God. 00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:51.039 Some of those who you thought. 00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:53.680 Were beyond the reach of God's grace. 00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:56.160 That were beyond the message. 00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.180 Of the gospel. 00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.259 Well they'll be there. 00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:59.000 In verse 30. 00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:02.880 Let me warn you. 00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:04.920 Some who've heard about Jesus from the cradle. 00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:08.440 Some who've had the enormous privilege. 00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:10.960 Of God's grace from birth. 00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:14.240 Well there's a danger that they won't be there. 00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:17.319 Because some who are first. 00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.960 Will be last. 00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.559 Strive. 00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:19.559 00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:19.960 Strive. 00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:24.440 To enter through the narrow door. 00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:26.500 For many I tell you. 00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:27.539 Will seek to enter. 00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.380 And will not be able. 00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.380 Let's pray.