Post by Les Brewer on Oct 16, 2015 15:38:57 GMT
Highway to hell
Matthew 7:13-14 (NKJV)
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 the narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Since doing this ministry of Friends of Jesus although I have never written a single message before, I have regularly shared tons of direct truth messages from various pastors and writers that warn us of consequences of various sins. The interesting thing though is that many including Christians have written back with why does it matter as long as people are happy or share the fact that what they have received is a lie. Some have gone the extra mile and even banned me from sharing any more!
I don't know about you but on a daily bases I pray for family, friends, people I have found on the various multimedia groups that I know are not saved. Many of them choosing to ignore the truth of what the word of God says. The reason I pray for them is because I am frightened for their future that awaits for them which is Hell.
Since the begin of time of where Adam and Eve were in the garden we pick up the continuous messages of the warnings that will lead us to destruction; many constantly going through the red lights so to speak. Bypassing the various scriptures that warn us and instead replacing it with the idea God would never send anyone to hell. Why would a all loving God condemn anyone for having sex before marriage, why would he even condemn those who are in the same sex relationships. Scripture after scripture the red light shows but off we go down the wide and broad road. Surly all faiths lead to heaven? How can a loving God send anyone who gives up their time to worship other gods. Basically we have found another god to follow the one who Satan asked Adam and Eve to follow which is him. Brothers and sisters we have to make a choice, we either have to believe what God is saying is true and if that's a case making a stand regardless to the consequences towards our self s or give in and allow the lies to continue which by the way if you stand with, even you will spend eternity in hell.
I want to finish with sharing this message from got questions
Question: "Just how narrow is the narrow gate?"
Answer: The narrow gate, also called the narrow door, is referred to by the Lord Jesus in Matthew 7:13-14 and Luke 13:23-24. Jesus compares the narrow gate to the “broad road” which leads to destruction (hell) and says that “many” will be on that road. By contrast, Jesus says that “small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” What exactly is meant by this? Just how many are the “many” and how few are the “few”?
First, we need to understand that Jesus is the Door through which all must enter eternal life. There is no other way because He alone is “the way, the truth and the life” (John 14:6). The way to eternal life is restricted to just one avenue—Christ. In this sense, the way is narrow because it is the only way, and relatively few people will go through the narrow gate. Many more will attempt to find an alternative route to God. They will try to get there through manmade rules and regulations, through false religion, or through self-effort. These who are “many” will follow the broad road that leads to eternal destruction, while the sheep hear the voice of the Good Shepherd and follow Him along the narrow way to eternal life (John 10:7-11).
While there will be relatively few who go through the narrow gate compared to the many on the broad road, there will still be multitudes who will follow the Good Shepherd. The apostle John saw this multitude in his vision in the book of Revelation: “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!’” (Revelation 7:9-10).
Entering the narrow gate is not easy. Jesus made this clear when He instructed His followers to “strive” to do so. The Greek word translated “strive” is agonizomai, from which we get the English word agonize. The implication here is that those who seek to enter the narrow gate must do so by struggle and strain, like a running athlete straining toward the finish line, all muscles taut and giving his all in the effort. But we must be clear here. No amount of effort saves us; salvation is by the grace of God through the gift of faith (Ephesians 2:8-9). No one will ever earn heaven by striving for it. But entering the narrow gate is still difficult because of the opposition of human pride, our natural love of sin, and the opposition of Satan and the world in his control, all of which battle against us in the pursuit of eternity.
The exhortation to strive to enter is a command to repent and enter the gate and not to just stand and look at it, think about it, complain that it’s too small or too difficult or unjustly narrow. We are not to ask why others are not entering; we are not to make excuses or delay. We are not to be concerned with the number who will or will not enter. We are to strive forward and enter! Then we are to exhort others to strive to enter before it’s too late.