MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEEDMatthew 7:13-14
THE DISCIPLE’S HANDBOOKStudies in the Sermon on the Mount
THE DISCIPLE’S HANDBOOK
Disciple’s Character
Code
Worship Economy
Relationships
Choices
THE DISCIPLE’S CHOICESMost Likely to Succeed
Beware of Sheep Imitations
Location, Location, Location!
TWO OPTIONS – TWO OUTCOMES
Matthew 7:13-14
Matthew 7:13a NET
Enter through the narrow gate …
OPTION ONEMatthew 7:13b
Matthew 7:13b NET
… because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are
many who enter through it.
Two Options – Two OutcomesThe Road to Death:
Onramp: Wide
Road Conditions: Spacious
Traffic report: Many
Destination: Destruction
The Road to Life:Onramp: Narrow
Road Conditions: Constricted
Traffic Report: Few
Destination: Life
OPTION TWOMatthew 7:14
Matthew 7:14 NET
But the gate is narrow and the way is difficult that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Two Options – Two OutcomesThe Road to Death:
Onramp: Wide
Road Conditions: Spacious
Traffic report: Many
Destination: Destruction
The Road to Life:Onramp: Narrow
Road Conditions: Difficult
Traffic Report: Few
Destination: Life
TWO OPTIONS–ONE CHOICEThe Gospel of Jesus OR The Gospel of Oprah?
John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except
through me.”
Acts 4:12
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which
we must be saved.
1 John 5:11-12
God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does
not have the Son of God does not have life.
WHICH WAY WILL YOU CHOOSE?
The Road Not TakenTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.Oh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.
- Robert Frost
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Matthew 7:13-14 NLT
"You can enter God's Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. 14 But the gateway to life is very narrow
and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.
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