Sermon by Clayton Nel 6 December 2015

1. Two Roads, One Choice

2. Choices…

3. Choices…

4. Choices…

5. Choices…

6. MATTHEW 7:13-14
“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.”

7. Entering the Narrow Gate
• Choose
REVELATION 3:15-17

8. Entering the Narrow Gate
“I know you inside and out, and find little to my
liking. You’re not cold, you’re not hot – far better to
either be cold or hot! You’re stale. You’re stagnant.
You make me want to vomit. You brag, “I’m rich,
I’ve got it made, I need nothing from anyone,”
oblivious that in fact you’re a pitiful blind beggar,
threadbare and homeless.”
REVELATION 3:15-17

9. Entering the Narrow Gate
• Choose
• Live

10. - D.A. Carson
“Nothing would be more calamitous than to
meditate long and hard on Matthew 5 to 7 and
then resolve to improve just a little. The
discipleship which Jesus requires is absolute
and radical. A person either enters the
kingdom or he does not. There is no third
alternative. Nothing, nothing at all, could have
more crucial significance than following
Jesus.”

11. Entering the Narrow Gate
• Choose
• Live
• Endure

12. Entering the Narrow Gate
And after they preached the gospel to that
city and had made many disciples, they
returned […] strengthening the souls of the
disciples, encouraging them to continue in
the faith, and saying, “Through many
tribulations we must enter the Kingdom of
God.”
ACTS 14:21-22

13. Entering the Narrow Gate
• Choose
• Live
• Endure
• Think Ahead

14. Two Roads, One Choice

15. - Robert Frost
“I took the road less travelled, and that has
made all the difference.”