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Luke 13:22-30
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22Then Jesus went through the
towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to
23Someone 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.
25Once 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.
29People will come from east
and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the
30Indeed there are those who
are last who will be first, and first who will be last.”
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1)
According to
verses 22 and 23 what was the question that someone
posed to Jesus when he went through the towns and villages, teaching
as he made his way to
o
Someone asked
Jesus if only a few people were going to be saved.
2)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 24 what is the reason
people need to make every effort to enter through the narrow door?
o
It is because
many
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Will try to enter.
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And will not be
able to.
3)
Whom does the
owner of the house represent?
o
The owner of the
house represents Jesus.
4)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 25 what will happen to people who do not enter through the narrow door once he gets up and
closes the door?
o
They will stand
outside
§
Knocking.
§
And pleading.
§
‘Sir, open the
door for us.’
o
But Jesus will
answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’
5)
Was Jesus speaking
to the Jews or to the Gentiles, given that in verse 26 Jesus ate and drank with
the people and taught in their streets?
o
Jesus was speaking
to the Jews.
6)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 26 what would the
Jews who do not enter through the narrow
door say to him?
o
We
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Ate.
§
And drank with
you.
o
And you taught in
our streets.
7)
Would the Jews whom
Jesus ate and drank with and taught in their streets have the best opportunity
to have established a relationship with him?
o
Yes.
8)
But according to
what Jesus said in verse 27 what will he say to the Jews whom he ate and drank
with and taught in their streets and who do not enter through the narrow door?
o
I don’t know
§
You.
§
Or where you come
from.
o
Away from me, all
you evildoers!
9)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 28 what would be the response
of the Jews who do not enter through the
narrow door when they see Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob and all the prophets in the
o
There will be
§
Weeping.
§
And gnashing of
teeth.
10)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 29 what will Gentiles from east and west and north and
south who enter through the narrow door do?
o
They will take
their places at the feast in the
11)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 30 what will happen in the life to come to those who are
last in this life and to those who are first in this life respectively?
o
Those who are
§
Last in this life
will be first in the life to come.
§
And first in this
life will be last in the life to come.
12)
Who are those who
are first in this life but will be last in the life to come?
o
The Jews
§
Whom Jesus
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Ate and drank
with.
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And taught in their
streets.
§
And who do not
enter through the narrow door.
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Are first in this
life.
Ø
But will be last
in the life to come.
13)
Who are those who
are last in this life but will be first in the life to come?
o
Gentiles from
east and west and north and south
§
Who have never
met Jesus face to face.
§
And who enter through the narrow door.
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Are last in this
life.
Ø
But will be first
in the life to come.
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Luke 13:22-30
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