INTRO: We have come to the last parable in the early parables of Jesus. As I see these parables, they fall into three groups. The early parables deal with the transition from the OT to the Church age. The second group deals with the Church age. The third group deals with what will happen to the Jews and with the return of Christ.
We have seen that Jesus spoke in His first extended discourse to those common people and His disciples sitting on that hill overlooking the Sea of Galilee. In His first parable He said, “You are the salt of the earth!” We are looking far beyond Jerusalem and Israel to the whole world. Then He said, “You are the light of the world.”
Later in the sermon He likened a city with two gates to the world. In the city walls was a narrow gate and a wide gate. All those fleeing destruction went out of one of those gates. All thought the gate they exited the city from led to glory. By far the most of them were deceived. Only a few found the narrow gate and actually went to glory. The reason was that there are false prophets in that city that direct people to the wide gate. In the parable that closes that section He likened those who entered the wide gate to a man who built his house on the sand. The one who entered the narrow gate He likened to a man who built his house on a rock.
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