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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
- What does a life of continual repentance look like? Are we turning to Jesus, starving sin, receiving new mercies, and growing in holiness daily? Are we living lives of radical repentance and renewal?
- What does loving our neighbors look like? Are we living in such a way that we love and serve our neighbors with intentionality, clarity, and kindness? Are we willing not only to walk alongside them, but to be in real relationship with them? What are some tangible ways to connect with those God has placed in our path?
- How can we balance our yearning for the day when God gloriously returns to make all things right with His merciful tarrying for those who have yet to turn to Him? How do we live lives of urgent waiting while faithfully trusting in His timing?
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