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Sermon Notes for May 11, 2025
Luke 13
The Narrow Door is Open Wide
Pastor Matt Pierson
“Shalom is God’s design for creation and redemption; sin is blamable human vandalism of these great realities and therefore an affront to their architect and builder.”
Cornelius Plantinga, Jr., Not the Way It’s supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin“Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind.”
Brene Brown, Dare to Lead
1. Whether our life is tranquil or tragic, we all need to repent
“Repentance is a continual lifelong act. It is not something done once and for all; it is the soul’s daily bread and drink.”
Charles Spurgeon“Grace relentlessly pursues, relentlessly forgives, relentlessly transforms, relentlessly restores, all of which we relentlessly need.”
Paul Tripp
2. There is an urgent need to love our neighbors
“We are part of that great movement whereby the hopes and fears of all the years are brought together and addressed by God. And, as we hear that gentle and powerful address to our own hopes and fears, we are called to become, in our turn, the means whereby that same address goes out to the wider world.”
N.T. Wright, The Lord and His Prayer“We are stewards of what God has said, but heralds of what God has done. Our stewardship is of an accomplished revelation; but an accomplished redemption is the good news which we proclaim as heralds.”
John Stott
3. There is a last time for everything
- You don’t know it’s the last time, until after the last time.
“The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient towards you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.”
2 Peter 3:9
To the very end, God is patient, merciful, and just—but He warns us there will be an end.
“He has done everything. All you need to do is believe and be willing.”
R. Kent Hughes, Luke: That You May Know the Truth
Songs, Readings & Prayer for May 11, 2025
Songs
“Come Thou Almighty King“ by Felice de Giardini, Tommy Bailey, Sarah Gehri, Nathan Mickle & Tom Yarbrough
“There Is A Fountain“ by William Cowper and Lowell Mason
“Here Is Love Vast as the Ocean“ (Everlasting Praise) Music: Robert Lowry, Words: William Rees, tr. William Edwards, Add. Words, Music and Arrangement, by Matt Boswell and Kristyn Getty, Orch. by John Langley and Paul Campbell
“Come Unto Jesus“ by Thomas Moore, Laura Story, Jordan Kauflin, Thomas Hastings, Matt Merker
“Doxology” by Thomas Ken and Louis Bourgeois
All songs are used by Permission. CCLI License #2003690
Call To Worship: To God Be The Glory
Leader: To our God and Father be glory forever and ever!
People: My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.
Leader: To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, The only God, Be honor and glory forever and ever.
People: I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God While I have my being.
All: To our God and Father be glory forever and ever! Amen!
Classic Prayer: Anselm, 1033-1109
Come, oh come, most gracious comforter of afflicted souls and helper in tribulations. Come, cleanser of sins and healer of wounds. Come, strengthener of the weak, comforter of the downtrodden. Come, teacher of the humble and destroyer of the proud. Come, devoted father of the orphans, gentle protector of widows. Come, hope of the poor, reviver of
the sick. Come, star of the navigator, port of refuge for the shipwrecked. Come, singular glory of those who live, singular salvation.
Come, most Holy Spirit, come, we ask, and have mercy on us.
Discussion Questions for May 11, 2025
- Before today’s sermon, what did you already know or believe about this passage? Did anything in your understanding shift after hearing the message?
- Was there a part of today’s message that was particularly challenging or surprising for you? Why?
- Pick a quote from today’s sermon notes. Discuss what it means to you.
- What’s one specific way you feel called to change or grow after hearing this message?
- What’s one step you can take this week to put today’s message into practice?
- Are there other Bible passages or stories this message reminds you of? How do they expand or confirm this teaching?
- What aspect of God’s character stood out to you in today’s message? How does it inspire praise or gratitude?
- After hearing the message, is there a specific area where you feel led to pray? How can we pray for one another in light of today’s teaching?
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