Narrow Gate
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Call to Worship
1 O Lord, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, For You have done wonderful things; Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
Giving
41 Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much. 42 Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a quadrans. 43 So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury; 44 for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.”
Narrow Gate
Narrow Gate
13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Introduction:
to this point most of Jesus teaching has been to the disciples.
Now Jesus is teaching to the disciples plus two other groups: the crowds and the religious leaders. So, now there is the primary group the disciples. the humble followers of Jesus. Then there is the religious leaders who care more about there postilion and popularity then the do their calling.
we have the same today: some of you are here for whatever you are here for.
we have the disciples- the people that are here for Jesus.
the religious leaders- these are people who want to argue about things that are not ment to be argued about. (doctrine).
1. Express lane or Narrow Gate?
1. Express lane or Narrow Gate?
13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.
We have to determine whats more important to be cool, or to be a disciple of Christ. whether to be popular or pious.
We have to determine whats more important to be cool, or to be a disciple of Christ. whether to be popular or pious.
The Lord Jesus starts these two verses with the answer. He says enter by the narrow gate.
The Lord Jesus starts these two verses with the answer. He says enter by the narrow gate.
Wide is the gate and broad is the path that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.
Wide is the gate and broad is the path that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.
you can destroy your life both physically and spiritually in many ways but there is a much smaller path that leads to life.
you can destroy your life both physically and spiritually in many ways but there is a much smaller path that leads to life.
12 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.
25 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.
2. The way to life … is not easy.
2. The way to life … is not easy.
14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
26 Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established. 27 Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil.
23 Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. 24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. 25 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost? 26 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels.
the flesh desires to be fed.
one of the things that is clear to me is how often the flesh wants to be fed. here i am talking about the physical body.
what about the mind. how often does the mind want to be fed? what does the mind want to be fed? it is flesh as well!
what about the will? how often does the will if the flesh want to be fed? how often does it want to rule over the body and the spirit?
emotions? how often do I allow my emotions to rule over my life?
in the life of the disciple we don’t allow these things to rule us, we submit to the rule of the word.
3. Coming to Christ! (entering by the narrow gate).
3. Coming to Christ! (entering by the narrow gate).
Repentance is the heart turning toward The Lord and the feet turning toward The Lord.
Repentance is the heart turning toward The Lord and the feet turning toward The Lord.
8 Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance,
38 Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”
Confess
Confess
33 But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.
9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.