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The Narrow Door of Salvation Luke 13:22–30 - Coggle Diagram
The Narrow Door
of Salvation
Luke 13:22–30
MESSAGE OF THE NARROW DOOR OF SALVATION
There is only one door, and it is a narrow one
That door is now open, though it will one day close; and
The narrow door is contrasted with a broad one, and a broad and a narrow path are added to the basic image.
Our duty is to enter it.
THE DOOR IS OPEN
there is only one door and it is a narrow one.
But there is a second lesson that is correspondingly broad: anyone may enter it.
The time is coming when the door will be closed and locked.
The time for repentance is not endless. But there is time for repen-tance now, while the door is open.
Today anyone may enter and be saved.
I AM THE DOOR
the truth that lies at the heart of Christ’s illustration—is that salvation is by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ alone.
What is the door? “What is the way that leads to life?
Jesus Christ
THE DOOR IS OPEN
Those who dislike John 6:44 either disregard it or try to use the gospel invitation to overturn its plain meaning.
John 6:44 looks at the matter from the Godward side and declares, quite rightly, that no one ever made the first move toward God.
The call of God is not restricted by anything you can imagine:
race
education,
social position
wealth
achievements
good deeds
the lack of them
or anything else.
Therefore, there is no reason why you should not be among the number of those whom God draws to Jesus.
THE DOOR IS OPEN
We come to God only because God draws us.
On the other hand, as the texts about the open door show, God does not show favoritism.
Anyone, regardless of who he or she is or where he or she comes from, may be among that number.
But you must enter by the door
To enter is not hard; there is no complicated course to follow.
If Jesus had compared Him- self to a wall, we would have to climb over, and it might be hard work.
If He had compared Himself to a long, dark passageway, we would have to feel our way along it, and some might be afraid to try.
But Jesus said He was a door, and a door can be entered easily and instantly.
But it must be entered. There is no way of getting around that.
STRIVE TO ENTER
This is found in the word with which Jesus introduces His answer to the original question.
Itis the Greek word agōnizomai, from which we get our word “ago- nize.”
It means to “strive” or to “make every effort” (NIV).
It is what Jonathan Edwards called “preparation for salvation.”
By this word Jesus tells us that there is something for us to do in the matter of salvation and that we must make it our supreme business to do it.