Ep. 173 - Series: Wounds That Heal #2 - Make Every Effort to Enter Through the Narrow Door - Luke 13:22-30

Sermon Series: Wounds That HealNot all wounds are bad. A skilled surgeon takes a deadly sharp scalpel and cuts through flesh and muscle. The result of that wound: not harm, but healing. In the same way, we often say that words cut us to the heart. Words can wound. Sometimes, however, those painful words provide the very healing we need.This Sermon's Focus: Make Every Effort to Enter Through the Narrow DoorPastor Titus explores the concept of the 'narrow door' to salvation, highlighting the importance of knowing Jesus as the only way to eternal life. The conversation addresses the common question of whether only a few will be saved, providing comfort and assurance that salvation is based on faith in Jesus rather than personal merit. The message encourages listeners to make every effort to know Jesus intimately and to trust in his guidance for their spiritual journey.Our Sermon Text: Luke 13:22-30Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. 23 Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?”He said to them, 24 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. 25 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’“But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’26 “Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’27 “But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’28 “There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out. 29 People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. 30 Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.”