August 26, 2007 Face Book

August 26, 2007
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Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. Matthew 7:13-14

The worldly path

1. Inclusive

2. Destructive

The godly path

1. Exclusive

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6

2. Constructive

Get on the right one

1. It is a revealed path

You have made known to me the path of life Psalms 16:11

Through Christians like yourselves gathered in churches, this extraordinary plan of God is becoming known and talked about even among the angels!
Ephesians 3:10 The Message

2. It is a relational path

a. Existing connections

The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, "We have found the Messiah" (that is, the Christ). And he brought him to Jesus.
John 1:41-42

b. Assimilating new people

The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your God. eviticus 19:34

Our spiritual utility

… Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her … no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church Ephesians 5:25, 29

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