TITLE: Room in the Kingdom
TEXT: Matthew 13:31-32
PROPOSITION: God’s Kingdom is inclusive, not exclusive.
QUESTION: Who?
KEY WORD: Types
SCRIPTURE READING: Same

INTRODUCTION:

1. Jesus taught many parables to describe the kingdom (church).
2. Mustard seed begins small – grows – large.
3. How much room is there in the kingdom of God?
4. "Oh, you don’t want ME in the church."

There is ROOM in the kingdom for:

1. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
   Morally impure – Adulterer, Homosexual, Greedy, Thief, and Drunkard
2. 1 Corinthians 1:11
   Cause division
3. Matthew 21:31
   Harlots, Publicans (cheats)
4. 1 Corinthians 5:1
   Incest, Adultery
5. Matthew 29:19; Mark 16:15
   All nations, every creature
6. Revelation 5:9; 14:6
   Tongue, tribe, race, culture
   
7. Hypocrites, sinners, murders, drunks, drug addicts, prostitutes, homosexuals.
   
8. Thieves, rapists, abusers, speeders, seat-belt violators,
   fire-lane and handicapped parking violators.
9. THERE IS ROOM FOR ALL.