Luke 13:24

Where it is preached

1. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

   The First Stage cites Luke 13:24

   …counsel of a Worldly Wiseman. The Lord says, “Strive to enter in at the straight gate,” Luke 13:24, the gate to which I send thee; “for strait is the gate that leadeth unto life, and few…

2. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life · William Law

   How the imprudent use of an estate corrupts all the tempers of the mind, and fills the heart with poor and ridiculous passions, through the whole course of life; represented in the character of Flavia cites Luke xiii. 24

   …than for her to say that she had been "striving to enter in at the strait gate," [Luke xiii. 24] or making any one doctrine of the Gospel a rule of her life. She may as well say, that…

3. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

   Dealing with Those Who Wish to Put Off a Decision Until Some Other Time cites Luke xiii. 24

   …by many others with great success. Prov. xxvii. 1; James iv. 13, 14; Job. xxxvi. 18; Luke xiii. 24‒28; xii. 19, 20; John viii. 21; xii. 35; vii. 33‒34, can also be used with this class. 2.…

4. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

   Self-Exertion cites Luke xiii. 24

   …the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able."—Luke xiii. 24. There was once a man who asked our Lord Jesus Christ a very deep question. He said to…

5. The Key Teachings of John Bunyan · Ochorus Originals

   The Hill Difficulty cites LUKE 13:24

   …the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. LUKE 13:24 That is the whole lesson of the hill. The Christian life is not meant to be arranged for…

6. The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards · Ochorus Originals

   Pressing into the Kingdom cites LUKE 13:24

   …the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. LUKE 13:24 His reasons are the ones we would apply to any lesser danger. The need is extreme…

7. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life · William Law

   Of the great danger and folly, of not intending to be as eminent and exemplary as we can, in the practice of all Christian virtues cites Luke xiii. 24

   …strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." [Luke xiii. 24] Here our blessed Lord commands us to strive to enter in, because many will fail, who…

8. Selected Sermons of George Whitefield · George Whitefield

   The Care of the Soul Urged as the One Thing Needful cites Luke 13:24

   …reason, “because many shall another day seek to enter in, and shall not be able,” Luke 13:24. Nay, when our Lord makes the most gracious promises to the humble petitioner, he does it…

9. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

   Discourse 11 cites Luke 13:24

   …answer and say unto you, I know you not: Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.” (Luke 13:24.) 3. It may appear, upon a transient view of these words, that their delaying to seek at…

10. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    The Fight cites Luke xiii. 24

    …holding faith and a good conscience.” (1 Tim. vi. 12; 2 Tim. ii. 3; Ephes. vi. 11-13; Luke xiii. 24; John vi. 27; Matt. x. 34; Luke xxii. 36; 1 Cor. xvi. 13; 1 Tim. i. 18, 19.) Words such…