Do not be hindered.
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The Narrow Door - prescriptive answer to descriptive question.
The Narrow Door - prescriptive answer to descriptive question.
And someone said to him, “Lord, will those who are saved be few?” And he said to them,
Jesus’ Response:
Jesus’ Response:
“Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
What is the response Jesus’ is calling for?
What is the response Jesus’ is calling for?
What gets in the way of their proper responding?
What gets in the way of their proper responding?
Self-Affirming “I am right.”
Self-Affirming “I am right.”
When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’ Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
Self-preserving “I do whats best for me.”
Self-preserving “I do whats best for me.”
At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.”
mans search for meaning - victor e. Frankl
Self-Advocating. “I want to get ahead.”
Self-Advocating. “I want to get ahead.”
English Standard Version Chapter 14
7 Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, 8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, 9 and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this person,’ and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place.
And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself? For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”
“And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation. “ ‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.