OUR JOURNEY TO HEAVEN
Luke 13: 22-30
THE CHRISTIAN JOURNEY
V:22. " And He was passing through from one city and
village to another, teaching, and proceeding on His way to Jerusalem
A. The life of a Christian, is a journey to heaven.
1. We are the source
of light, everywhere we go.
2. Our job is to
proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.
B. We must never forget, that this world is not our home.
1. We are just
passing through, on our way to our eternal home.
2. We were created
in Jesus to do good works while on earth.
SOME SAVED AND SOME NOT
V:23 And someone said to Him, "Lord, are there just a
few who are being saved?" And He said to them,
24 "Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many,
I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able."
A. Not everyone will have an eternal home in heaven, because
many will reject Christ.
1. Heaven is the
destination for God's elect.
2. Everyone is
given the opportunity to be save.
3. Jesus came to
atone for the sins of the entire world.
Romans 5:18:
Therefore as by
the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation;
even so by the
righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto
justification of life.
B. The way to salvation is through Jesus Christ only.
1. John 10:9:
I am the gate;
whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out,
and find
pasture.
2. Those who
reject Jesus as Lord and savior will not be saved.
3. There are many
religions, but only those who claim Christ have the key
to the kingdom
of heaven.
CHOSE CHRIST BEFORE ITS TO LATE
V:25. "Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the
door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, 'Lord, open
up to us!' then He will answer and say to you, 'I do not know where you are
from.'
26 "Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in
Your presence, and You taught in our streets';
A. The head of the household of faith is Jesus Christ.
1. The door is the
way into Heaven which is through faith in Jesus
2. We are now
living in the Church Age.
3. This age will
come to an end when Christ come for His Church.
B. Jesus is probably referring to the critics of His time,
the Pharisee, Sadducees,
chief priest and the scribes.
1. They opposed
Jesus because He claimed to be the Son of God.
2. Jesus called
them hypocrites because they were responsible for
upholding the
Law but did not follow it.
3. This group
was always in attendance when Jesus taught the Word,
trying to
find fault and reasons to have Him killed.
4. They held
themselves righteous, while breaking many of God's
commands.
C. At Judgment day, everyone will have to stand before Jesus
and give
an account of
their deed on earth.
Hebrews 4:13:
Nothing in all
creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid
bare before the
eyes of him to whom we must give account.
THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT
V:27-28 " and He will say, 'I tell you, I do not know
where you are from; DEPART FROM ME, ALL YOU EVILDOERS.'
28 "In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of
teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the
kingdom of God, but yourselves being thrown out."
A. Any person who does not worship God, makes his/her bed in
hell.
1. Faith in the
Word guarantees a place in heaven
2. To know Jesus is
to follow His commands
3. Jesus said if
you love me keep my commands.
B. God is tolerant
with us and give everyone time to accept Jesus as their personal
savior.
1. There will come
a time when the invitation to accept Jesus is closed.
2. That time will
come as a thief in the night.
1 Thessalonians
5:2:
"for you
know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the
night."
3. When Jesus comes
back, He will take all believers from among non believers.
Matthew
24:41-42:
" Two women
will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.
Therefore keep
watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come."
C. There are two
destinations, heaven and hell.
1. The place
where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth is hell.
2. The kingdom
of God
3. The choice is
yours, but it has to be made before you die.
ETERNITY WITH CHRIST
V:29 "And they will come from east and west and from
north and south, and will recline
at the table
in the kingdom of God
A. The Lord Jesus
will raise believers from all over the world to live with Him
in eternity.
Romans 8:11:
And if the
Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who
raised Christ
from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit,
who lives in
you.
1 Corinthians
15:53"
When the
perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with
immortality,
then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been
swallowed up
in victory."
ETERNITY IN HELL
V:30 "And behold, some are last who will be first and
some are first who will be last."
A. The Jews believe
because they were descendants of Abraham
that they were
guaranteed a
seat in Heaven.
1. Most Jews,
especially the ruling Jews, could not grasp
the concept
that faith
in Jesus was the key to salvation.
2. Even though they
witnessed signs and miracles by Jesus that no man could
do, they saw
Jesus as just an ordinary man.
3. The following
verse express their hatred for Jesus.
Luke 13:31:
At that time
some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, "Leave this place and
go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill
you."
B. The Word of God
was given to the Jew first, therefore they thought they were
the preferred
race.
1. They
considered all other races as unclean and not worthy of salvation.
2. They did not
understand the concept that God is no respecter of person.
Romans
2:9-10:
Tribulation
and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first,
and also of
the Gentile;
10 But glory,
honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first,
and also to
the Gentile:
ENJOY YOUR JOURNEY WITH
CHRIST
Rev M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor Of Greater Macedonia
Baptist Church
5510 West Sam
Houston Park
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