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Why Few Find the Narrow Way

• Matthew 713-14
• 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
  narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which
  leads to life, and there are few who find it.

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Why Few Find the Narrow Way

• It Is Strict, Rigorous and Difficult.
• Matthew 2237 Luke 923

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Matthew 2237

• Jesus said to him, You shall love the
  LORD your God with all your heart, with all your
  soul, and with all your mind.
• (Takes Total Commitment)

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Luke 923

• Then He said to them all, "If anyone desires
  to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take
  up his cross daily, and follow Me.
• (Takes Self-Denial)

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Why Few Find the Narrow Way

• It Is Strict, Rigorous and Difficult.
• Matthew 2237 Luke 923
• Many Are Prejudiced.
• Isaiah 69-10 2 Corinthians 135

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Isaiah 69-10

• And He said, Go, and tell this people Keep on
  hearing, but do not understand Keep on seeing,
  but do not perceive. 10 Make the heart of
  this people dull, And their ears heavy, And shut
  their eyes Lest they see with their eyes, And
  hear with their ears, And understand with their
  heart, And return and be healed.
• (Refuse to see the truth)

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2 Corinthians 135

• Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the
  faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know
  yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless
  indeed you are disqualified.
• (We each need to examine ourselves with honesty)

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Why Few Find the Narrow Way

• It Is Strict, Rigorous and Difficult.
• Matthew 2237 Luke 923
• Many Are Prejudiced.
• Isaiah 69-10 2 Corinthians 135
• They Have Been Deceived.
• 2 Corinthians 1113-15 2 Peter 21-2

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2 Corinthians 1113-15

• For such are false apostles, deceitful
  workers, transforming themselves into apostles of
  Christ. 14 And no wonder! For Satan himself
  transforms himself into an angel of light. 15
  Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers
  also transform themselves into ministers of
  righteousness, whose end will be according to
  their works.

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2 Peter 21-2

• But there were also false prophets among
  the people, even as there will be false teachers
  among you, who will secretly bring in destructive
  heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them,
  and bring on themselves swift destruction. 2
  And many will follow their destructive ways,
  because of whom the way of truth will be
  blasphemed.

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Why Few Find the Narrow Way

• It Is Strict, Rigorous and Difficult.
• Matthew 2237 Luke 923
• Many Are Prejudiced.
• Isaiah 69-10 2 Corinthians 135
• They Have Been Deceived.
• 2 Corinthians 1113-15 2 Peter 21-2
• They Succumb To Peer Pressure.
• John 1242-43 John 544

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John 1242-43

• Nevertheless even among the rulers many
  believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees
  they did not confess Him, lest they should be put
  out of the synagogue 43 for they loved the
  praise of men more than the praise of God.

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John 544

• How can you believe, who receive honor
  from one another, and do not seek the honor that
  comes from the only God?
• (It doesnt matter what men think only what God
  requires from us!)

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Why Few Find the Narrow Way

• It Is Strict, Rigorous and Difficult.
• Matthew 2237 Luke 923
• Many Are Prejudiced.
• Isaiah 69-10 2 Corinthians 135
• They Have Been Deceived.
• 2 Corinthians 1113-15 2 Peter 21-2
• They Succumb To Peer Pressure.
• John 1242-43 John 544
• Because We Fail To Teach Them About It.
• Romans 114-15 Acts 84

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Romans 114-15

• I am a debtor both to Greeks and to
  barbarians, both to wise and to unwise. 15 So,
  as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the
  gospel to you who are in Rome also.
• (If we dont have a desire to preach the word, it
  will not happen!)

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Acts 84

• Therefore those who were scattered went
  everywhere preaching the word.
• (Even persecution should not preclude our sharing
  His word with the lost!)

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Conclusion

• Are you among the few who will find life
  eternal?
• Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the
  way which leads to life, and there are few who
  find it.