Straight gate, the Narrow Way
Matthew 7:13-14
September 30, 2018
The Scriptures state that there are but two ways for mankind to go....
one is n____________,
the other is b____________......
“What will this ‘narrow way’ cost??? What will we have to leave behind in order to “enter in”???
First of all we have to start by realizing that when we become a ...
Straight gate, the Narrow Way
Matthew 7:13-14
September 30, 2018
The Scriptures state that there are but two ways for mankind to go....
one is n____________,
the other is b____________......
“What will this ‘narrow way’ cost??? What will we have to leave behind in order to “enter in”???
First of all we have to start by realizing that when we become a Christian, we become something that is different, something e____________! You are making a break with the crowd....
part of the cost is to recognize that one person is responsible for me, and that is m__________!!!
I am responsible for my life, for my c___________...
we move from following the crowd, to the place that we are willing to go it alone....cause the strait gate and the narrow way has only room for o_____ at a t_____.
First of all this is the way that leads to “L_______” ...
John 10:10 “"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."
--- this life that He came to give us was HIS life --- R_____________ life.... Christ l__________ in us!!!!
In Romans 6:23 the Apostle Paul said, “"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.“
eternal life is NOT something that you get when you die if you have been g_____ e___________.... that is the concept of every works related religion... (and incidentally, that is every other philosophy other than Christianity.)
So, what is the alternative to this ???....Jesus calls it the “broad way” or the “wide gate”....
The Bible has many different words and phrases to describe this;
“f____________”...... or “p____________”....... I Cor 1:18 tells us; “For the preaching of the Cross is to them that perish, foolishness”
“l______” ......II Cor 4:3 tells us; “But if our Gospel be hid it is hid to them that are lost.”
Lets go back to I John 5:13 ... "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may k______ that ye have e____________ life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.”
Eternal life --- eternal death or destruction.... these are at opposite end of human society....
The real question is what is your lot in life...
Jesus said, “I am the way the truth and the life... But He must be the way for you!!!
He said, I am the door... But you must enter it!!!
