Luke 13:24
Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Treated in 6 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The First Stage cites Luke 13:24
…e 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 t…
- A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ·
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
…he 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 onl…
- A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ·
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
…agance, 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 s…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Discourse 11 cites Luke 13:24
…ll 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 …
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with Those Who Wish to Put Off a Decision Until Some Other Time cites Luke xiii. 24
…owed 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.…
- Selected Sermons of George Whitefield ·
The Care of the Soul Urged as the One Thing Needful cites Luke 13:24
…portant 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…