Title: The Narrow Road, the Road to Salvation
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narrow road to salvation
In today's text, the way of life, the way of faith,
The way of life of faith, the broad way
It's not meant to be the way the world goes.
It means that everyone goes both ways and goes through two gates.
It's not outside the church.
It teaches the two kinds of faith of people in the church.
1> The door leading to destruction
Matthew 7:13 The gate that leads to destruction
It is wide and wide, and many people enter it
Why are you living a life of faith?
Will you take the road that leads to destruction?
Reason - Than the door that leads to life
Because it is beautiful and attractive to the eyes of the flesh.
Abraham's servant and his nephew Lot's servant fight.
Abraham said, If you are left, I will be right; if you are right, I will be left.
Then his nephew Lot chooses the land of Sodom and Gomorrah, where there is grass and water.
Reason - Because it was good to see.
But Abraham went the narrow way,
Lot went the broad way, but the result was not.
Some features of the gate that lead to destruction.
1. Easy. - You just have to live the way you've been living.
A person who lives a carnal life.
2. Wide. - The wide road means that it is very easy and convenient to walk.
It is a path anyone can go.
3. Many. - It is not a life that takes up the cross and follows Jesus,
More and more people are living self-centered lives.
2> Those who go through the narrow gate that leads to life.
Matthew 7:13-14 Enter through the narrow gate.
Jesus opened this door through the sufferings of the cross.
John 14:6 I am the way, the truth, and the life
No one comes to the Father except through me.
Characteristics of the narrow road to life.
1. narrow. - It is a spiritual expression.
- It means that you cannot follow the fleshly thoughts.
2. It is narrow. - It is a path that has a clear purpose and goal, but
It's a hard road to go
This is a path you have to be careful about.
3. Few people are looking for it. - Because it is not a path that follows what you see
Few people win.
3> The saints must prepare to go on the narrow road.
# Be a person of conviction. - If you are not sure, you cannot go and fall into the environment.
# You must become a person of deep spiritual fellowship with the Lord.
(Training is necessary. Prayer, meditation, and training under the guidance of the Holy Spirit are necessary.)
# Be a person of mission. - People with a mission are supported by God.