Sermon Tone Analysis

Service Notes

Aiden will be baptized

Quick review of camp

Dipboyes are headed to Mexico on Wednesday

Split Session tonight - time of prayer for them.

Bible Reading Introduction

Getting to the end of the time that Jesus is warning the children of Israel.

He is about to turn His attention to His disciples.

In a section that continues to teach and call for repentance.

In Luke we see many “reversals”

Review

What the Jews expected to come all at once will grow gradually into greatness.

Kingdom is synonymous with salvation; bringing people under His rule.

We do not know who asked the following question but we learn so much from Jesus’s answer.

Luke 13:22–30 (KJV 1900)

22 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.

23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved?

And he said unto them,

24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:

26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.

Luke 13:31–35 (KJV 1900)

31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.

32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.

33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Prayer

We need the clarity to know people must know the message of Christ to come to a saving faith

We must have the courage to stay on mission in a world that wants us to run

We need the compassion that Jesus has upon those who reject Him

Sermon Introduction

Enjoyed the study Stephen gave on Thursday night.

Missionaries need a Luther Rice type advocate in their ministries.

John Tayler of KY called Luther Rice a “modern day Tetzel”

Tetzel was one of the greatest or worst fundraisers the world has ever known.

Sold indulgences to help raise money for St Peter’s Basilica

Indulgences: documents that announced that the bearers sins had been forgiven by the holy father in Rome.

October 31st (All Saints Day) was going to bring many people to religious sites this is what motivated Luther to post his 95 statements on the bulletin board that day

Starts like this “Out of love for the truth and the desire to bring it to life, the following propositions will be discussed at Wittenberg under the presidency of the Reverend Father Martin Luther, master of arts and of sacred theology, and lecturer in ordinary on the same at that place.

Whereof he requests that those who are unable to be present and debate orally with us may do so by letter.

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”

And then here are the first few of those theses:

Articles starts off with statements about repentance.

Summary “The pope cannot remit any guilt except by declaring that it has been forgiven by God”

In every generation there are Tetzel like figures who try to tell the world they know of an alternate way to God and will gladly sell you a ticket to enter.

Salvation is a matter of having a relationship with Jesus Christ

Luke 13:24-25 “24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:”

Will only a few be saved

Luke 13:23 “23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved?

And he said unto them,”

Perhaps he senses that Jesus’ rebukes of Israel means that salvation will not be as automatic or as based on genealogy as some had thought.

“A lot of you are going to assume that you’ll sit down to God’s salvation banquet just because you’ve been hanging around the neighborhood all your lives.”

Right way to enter

Luke 13:24 “24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.”

“make every effort”

This implies that there is a specific route by which to enter; that is why Jesus mentions a narrow door and sets forth what it is.

The central issue is knowing Jesus, not just having casual contact with him.

John’s Gospel calls him John 10:7 “7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.”

You live on the frontline.

The belief that Jesus is the only way of salvation is increasingly called arrogant and even hateful.

In the face of this criticism, many shrink back from affirming the global necessity of knowing and believing in Jesus.

church family I urge you to hold your ground.

It would be unloving not to.

If we were a restaurant the “customer is always right.”

However, as a church that is not the case.

This generation is trying to define love as whatever the other person feels is loving.

Jesus is always concerned with the person in front of Him

Luke 13:23-24 “23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved?

And he said unto them, 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.”

The question, “Will the saved be few?” has become, “Will the saved be you?”

To know the truth and not share it is unloving.

Romans 13:10 “10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.”

Those who try to prevent the sharing of the Gospel are acting in a way that is contrary to love. 1 Thess 2:14-16 “14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.”

Jesus is the only way

Knowing Jesus is the condition of truly knowing the Father, that is God, the creator of the world.

John 8:19 “19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father?

Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.”

He makes himself, the honoring of himself, the test of honoring the Father

John 5:23 “23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father.

He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.”

Those who have learned from the Father, go to Jesus

John 6:45 “45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God.

Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.”

What have we been taught of God?

Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners 1 Tim.

1:15

There is one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus 1 Tim.

2:5

There is no other name but Jesus by which we must be saved Acts 4:12

Jesus is the way, and no one comes to the Father but through him John 14:6

All who call upon the name of Jesus will be saved, but they cannot call on the One they have not heard, and they cannot hear without a preacher Rom.

10:13–14

Wrong questions results in wrong answers

What does it take to live a good moral life?

Just about any religion should suffice.

That is the wrong question.

Father-in-law at VBS with the mirror that had the 10 Commandments.