Matthew 7:13-14
Introduction
: Part 3 of Let’s Go! Last 2 weeks…Deeper and wider, today, straighter!
NKJ
Matthew 7:13
“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.
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“Because
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narrow
is
the gate and difficult
is
the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
NLT
Matthew 7:13
“You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell
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is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way.
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But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.
Narrow vs. Broad
Broad / Wide
Narrow / Straight
Question
: Who said it would be easy? It’s not. Not even mildly!
3. Only a few find it
Board / Wide Path
(This is the 405 Freeway)
Narrow / Straight Path
What would I say to you specifically about Going Straighter today (application wise)?
Straighter in our Convictions
What are convictions?
Straighter in our Example
Application
: What parents do in moderation our children will do in excess!
On the Broader Side of the Road
:
On the Narrow / Straight path
Conclusion
:
Isaiah 42:16
‘I will bring the blind by a way they did not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known. I will make darkness light before them, And crooked places straight. These things I will do for them, And not forsake them’.
Acts 13:10
and said, “O full of all deceit and all fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
(Act 13:10 NKJ)
Matthew 3:3
‘For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight
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.’”
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