“How often I would have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings.”
1. PCC Sermons Podcast’s “Kingdom Exhortation” centers on Luke 13:22-35 and Jesus’ journey toward Jerusalem.
2. The preacher leads the sermon and cites Herman Bavinck as a theological guide for reading Scripture.
3. The core question is whether those who are saved will be few, and Jesus redirects it to “Strive to enter through the narrow door.”
4. Jesus travels through towns and villages while teaching, and the sermon links that movement to his fixed path toward Jerusalem.
5. The crowd question is treated as an authentic concern about salvation, not as a trap.
6. The preacher argues that human moral judgment is clouded and must be shaped by God’s Word.
7. Jesus does not answer “few or many,” and instead warns that many will seek to enter and will not be able.
8. The sermon explains the narrow door as a present invitation while the door is still open.
9. The phrase “I do not know where you come from” is treated as Jesus’ response to people who rely on proximity to him.
10. The preacher stresses that hearing Jesus teach in the streets is not the same as belonging to him.
11. Luke 13:27 is read as a direct warning: “Depart from me, all you workers of evil.”
12. The sermon connects that line to Psalm 6:8 and to Jesus’ use of judgment language.
13. “Weeping and gnashing of teeth” is discussed as a repeated judgment image in Matthew.
14. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the prophets are named as people who will recline at table in the kingdom of God.
15. People coming from east, west, north, and south show the kingdom’s wide reach in Luke 13:29.
16. Pharisees warn Jesus that Herod wants to kill him, and Jesus replies, “go and tell that fox.”
17. Jesus says he will continue casting out demons and performing cures today, tomorrow, and “the third day.”
18. The sermon describes Jesus’ lament over Jerusalem as the clearest expression of kingdom compassion.
19. People who value Reformed preaching, Luke’s Gospel, and biblical warnings about salvation will fit this sermon.
20. People looking for a short, low-demand devotional without warning language may skip it.
