It is strongly warning that “when the master finally makes the decisive decision to completely shut and lock the door, every further opportunity disappears forever.” “Once the owner of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know where you are from.’ Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets’; and He will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from; depart from Me, all you evildoers.’ There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth there when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being thrown out” (Luke 13:25–28). (1) As I meditated today on Luke 13:25–28, I first thought of Jesus’ words from Luke 13:22–24, which I meditated on yesterday: “St...
