What is the Kingdom of God Like?
Luke 13:18-30
Sermon Notes
1) The Kingdom of God Expands Outward, 18-19
2) The Kingdom of God Transforms Inward, 20-21
3) The Kingdom is Exclusive, Diverse, and Confounding, 22-30
Reflection questions:
1. When is the last time that you felt like the Kingdom of God was not growing or advancing? Read Mt 16:15-18 and 1 Peter 1:3-4. What do these verses tell you about God’s Kingdom and your place in it?
2. Read Lk 13:24, 28-29. Compare to John 3:16 and John 6:35-44. How does John (like Luke) describe the Kingdom of God as both exclusive and inclusive, exclusive and diverse?
3. Read Luke 13:30. Compare to 1 Cor. 1:18-31. How do these passages confound or confuse worldly expectations of what makes us acceptable or valuable to God?
