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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 Jerusalem.

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 kingdom of God.

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 Jerusalem?

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

§  Will try to enter.

§  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

§  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 kingdom of God, but they themselves thrown out?

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 kingdom of God.

 

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

Ø  Ate and drank with. 

Ø  And taught in their streets.

§  And who do not enter through the narrow door.

Ø  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.

Ø  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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