2 GATES 2 WAYS

MATTHEW 7:13-14
WHAT IS A GATE?

 distinction of a property (the wider the gate, the

larger the capacity is)
 portal to another dimension (if you've entered a
gate, you are now entering into a new
dimension. eg. Street into a friends yard)
 a fence that can be opened and shut
WAY OR ROAD

 Where your journey starts

 A place where you walk
 A path that leads to an end
13 "ENTER THROUGH THE NARROW GATE;
FOR THE GATE IS WIDE AND THE WAY IS
BROAD THAT LEADS TO DESTRUCTION, AND
THERE ARE MANY WHO ENTER THROUGH IT.
14 FOR THE GATE IS SMALL AND THE WAY IS
NARROW THAT LEADS TO LIFE, AND THERE
ARE FEW WHO FIND IT. (MATTHEW 7:13-14)
JESUS DRAWS A LINE

 2 gates (wide and small)

 2 ways (broad and narrow)
 2 destination (destruction and life)
 2 people (many and few)
1. WIDE GATE AND BROAD
WAY
A. WIDE GATE

ANG ISA SA PINAKA MALAKING

DECEPTION SA MGA TAO NGAYON IS
NOT OTHER RELIGION THAT AREN’T
BIBLICAL BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUS, IT
IS NOT BUDDHISM OR HINDUISM NOT
ATHEISM OR ANOTHER ISM. IT IS A
FALSE CHRISTIANITY.
A. WIDE GATE

SAME LANGUAGE WE USE, SAME BIBLE

WE READ AND SAME SONGS WE SING
AND THEY OFFER SAME DESTINATION,
HEAVEN. BUT AREN’T GOING THERE.
A. WIDE GATE

ALL OTHER RELIGIONS WE KNOW ARE

LEADING TO HELL. BECAUSE IT'S TOO
OBVIOUS. BUT WHAT IS HARD TO
DISTINGUISH IS A TRUE CHRISTIANITY
VS FALSE CHRISTIANITY.
A. WIDE GATE

 A false Christianity is a wide gate.

 An easy believism gate.
 A gate that's so easy to be entered.
A. WIDE GATE

 This wide gate is easy, why? Because this

gate offers no repentance, doesn't talk
about hell or God's judgement, it doesn't
talk about holiness and denying of self.
A. WIDE GATE

 It's easy because the teachers of this crowd

are famous, a celebrity pastor, a social
media influencer who has too followers who
is a motivational speaker.
B. BROAD WAY
 Without restrictions
 Without repentance
 Hates doctrine
 Hates Theology
 Do everything you want
 Full of emotional experiences
They ignore these verses;
AND DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THIS
WORLD, BUT BE TRANSFORMED BY THE
RENEWING OF YOUR MIND, SO THAT YOU
MAY PROVE WHAT THE WILL OF GOD IS,
THAT WHICH IS GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE
AND PERFECT. (ROMANS 12:2)
They ignore these verses;

DO NOT LOVE THE WORLD NOR THE

THINGS IN THE WORLD. IF ANYONE
LOVES THE WORLD, THE LOVE OF THE
FATHER IS NOT IN HIM. (1 JOHN 2:15)
They ignore these verses;
33 DO NOT BE DECEIVED: "BAD COMPANY
CORRUPTS GOOD MORALS." 34 BECOME
SOBER-MINDED AS YOU OUGHT, AND
STOP SINNING; FOR SOME HAVE NO
KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. I SPEAK THIS TO
YOUR SHAME. (1 CORINTHIANS 15:33-34)
They ignore these verses;

FOR THE TIME WILL COME WHEN THEY

WILL NOT ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE;
BUT WANTING TO HAVE THEIR EARS
TICKLED, THEY WILL ACCUMULATE FOR
THEMSELVES TEACHERS IN
ACCORDANCE TO THEIR OWN DESIRES, (2
TIMOTHY 4:3)
AND WHAT IS THE DESTINATION OF
THOSE WHO ENTERED INTO A WIDE GATE
AND LIVE THEIR LIVES IN A BROAD WAY?
C. DESTRUCTION

THERE IS A KIND WHO IS PURE IN HIS

OWN EYES, YET IS NOT WASHED FROM
HIS FILTHINESS. (PROVERBS 30:12)
C. DESTRUCTION

There is a way which seems right to a man,

But its end is the way of death. (Proverbs
14:12)
C. DESTRUCTION

For I testify about them that they have a zeal

for God, but not in accordance with
knowledge. (Romans 10:2)
C. DESTRUCTION

23 NOW WHEN HE WAS IN JERUSALEM

AT THE PASSOVER, DURING THE FEAST,
MANY BELIEVED IN HIS NAME,
OBSERVING HIS SIGNS WHICH HE WAS
DOING. 24 BUT JESUS, ON HIS PART, WAS
NOT ENTRUSTING HIMSELF TO THEM,
FOR HE KNEW ALL MEN, (JOHN 2:23-24)
C. DESTRUCTION
Many love Jesus because of the miracles. many
dedicated themselves to jesus because they
experience healings, prosperity, etc.

They want Jesus because they ate the loaves and

were satisfied. But when Jesus told the cost of being
a true disciple, they began to leave
D. THE MANY

WHY MANY?
 BECAUSE IT'S EASY,
 ITS WIDE,
 AND IT'S NOT CONFINED.
D. THE MANY
1 BUT REALIZE THIS, THAT IN THE LAST DAYS DIFFICULT
TIMES WILL COME. 2 FOR MEN WILL BE LOVERS OF SELF,
LOVERS OF MONEY, BOASTFUL, ARROGANT, REVILERS,
DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS, UNGRATEFUL, UNHOLY, 3
UNLOVING, IRRECONCILABLE, MALICIOUS GOSSIPS,
WITHOUT SELF-CONTROL, BRUTAL, HATERS OF GOOD, 4
TREACHEROUS, RECKLESS, CONCEITED, LOVERS OF
PLEASURE RATHER THAN LOVERS OF GOD, 5 HOLDING TO
A FORM OF GODLINESS, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE DENIED ITS
POWER; AVOID SUCH MEN AS THESE. (2 TIMOTHY 3:1-5)
2. SMALL GATE AND NARROW WAY
A. YOU MUST ENTER

IT IS A COMMAND FROM JESUS THAT YOU

MUST DO.

JESUS DID NOT COMMAND US TO ENTER INTO A

WIDE GATE BUT HE COMMANDED US TO ENTER
THE SMALL GATE.
B. SMALL GATE
 A GATE THAT'S NOT SO POPULAR TO MANY. A
GATE THAT'S SO LITTLE AND SO SMALL THAT
CROWDS DOESN'T PAY ANY ATTENTION.

 IT'S SO SMALL THAT IT CAN ONLY BE ENTERED

ALONE, THAT ONCE YOU ENTERED THIS GATE
YOU ARE READY TO LEAVE ALL YOUR
BAGGAGE OUTSIDE.
B. SMALL GATE

TO LEAVE ALL YOUR SINS, YOUR PRIDE AND TO

LEAVE YOUR OLD SELF.
B. SMALL GATE

AND THAT SMALL GATE IS JESUS. WHY?

BECAUSE HE IS THE ONE AND ONLY GATE AND
WAY TO HEAVEN. NO ONE ELSE.
B. SMALL GATE
7 SO JESUS SAID TO THEM AGAIN, "TRULY,
TRULY, I SAY TO YOU, I AM THE DOOR OF THE
SHEEP. 8 ALL WHO CAME BEFORE ME ARE
THIEVES AND ROBBERS, BUT THE SHEEP DID
NOT HEAR THEM. 9 I AM THE DOOR; IF ANYONE
ENTERS THROUGH ME, HE WILL BE SAVED, AND
WILL GO IN AND OUT AND FIND PASTURE.
(JOHN 10:7-9)
B. SMALL GATE

AND THERE IS SALVATION IN NO ONE ELSE;

FOR THERE IS NO OTHER NAME UNDER
HEAVEN THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN AMONG
MEN BY WHICH WE MUST BE SAVED."
(ACTS 4:12)
C. NARROW WAY

 The way is narrow because your life now is all

about Jesus and for His glory.

 It is narrow because it demands holiness,

transformation, fruits of repentance and taking up
your cross daily.
C. NARROW WAY

AND HE WAS SAYING TO THEM ALL, "IF

ANYONE WISHES TO COME AFTER ME, HE
MUST DENY HIMSELF, AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS
DAILY AND FOLLOW ME. (LUKE 9:23, NASB)
C. NARROW WAY

"STRIVE TO ENTER THROUGH THE NARROW

DOOR; FOR MANY, I TELL YOU, WILL SEEK
TO ENTER AND WILL NOT BE ABLE. (LUKE
13:24)
C. NARROW WAY

WHEN YOU WALK A CHRISTIAN WALK,

YOU WILL STRIVE OR MAKE A GREAT
EFFORT TO WALK AS A CHRISTIAN.
C. NARROW WAY

JESUS SAID TO HIM, I AM THE WAY, AND THE

TRUTH AND THE LIFE; NO ONE COMES TO
THE FATHER BUT THROUGH ME (JOHN 14:6)
D. LIFE

THE THEIF COMES ONLY TO STEAL AND KILL

AND DESTROY; I CAME THAT THEY MAY HAVE
LIFE AND HAVE IT ABUNDANTLY (JOHN 10:10)
D. LIFE

THE THEIF COMES ONLY TO STEAL AND KILL

AND DESTROY; I CAME THAT THEY MAY HAVE
LIFE AND HAVE IT ABUNDANTLY (JOHN 10:10)
D. LIFE

24 FOR WHOEVER WISHES TO SAVE HIS LIFE

WILL LOSE IT, BUT WHOEVER LOSES HIS LIFE
FOR MY SAKE, HE IS THE ONE WHO WILL SAVE
IT. 25 FOR WHAT IS A MAN PROFITED IF HE
GAINS THE WHOLE WORLD, AND LOSES OR
FORFEITS HIMSELF? (LUKE 9:24-25)
E. FEW

Why few?

Because true Christianity is a hard sell.

E. FEW

It is not a crowd experience. Where you gather up a

crowd, making an altar call, and repeat a prayer.
Not even one of the apostles or disciples does that.
E. FEW

Because it is not a crowd pull. It is not because you

wanted to be identified with the crowd.
E. FEW

Kaya ngayon usong uso yung mga social media

influencers. Because of the crowd. Because the crowd
affirms them. Thinking they're leading people to Jesus
but are not.
E. FEW
Jesus tells us here. "Only few who finds it".

Kokonti lang daw ang maghahanap.

Few people who will seek truth and be biblical.

Only few who wants to suffer for Christ sake.

CONCLUSION:
 We should remember that Jesus commanded us to enter into
the small gate and narrow way that leads to life.

 People who doesn't want to enter through it is disobeying

God.

 And i hope we are the few people who finds the small gate
and narrow way that leads to life.