This document is a sermon from First Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi on the topic of the two paths in life - the narrow path that leads to life or the broad path that leads to destruction. It discusses biblical passages around sin, repentance, salvation through Jesus, and being born again by the spirit. It encourages examining one's own path and considering turning to the narrow one that leads to eternal life through confessing with one's mouth and believing in one's heart that God raised Jesus from the dead.

1. Matthew 7:13-14
Two Paths Story
May 12, 2019
First Baptist Church
Jackson, Mississippi
USA
What’s the number one thing?
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The Glory of God!
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1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV
31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
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2. May Memory Verse
Exodus 20:12 NIV
12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the
Lord your God is giving you.”
Two Paths Story
Matthew 7:13-14
Two Paths, Destruction or Life?
Matthew 7:13-14 NKJV
The Narrow Way
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 narrow is the gate
and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”
The Path to Destruction.
We have all sinned.
Psalm 51:5 NKJV
5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me.
Romans 3:23 NKJV
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Galatians 5:19-21Psalms 51:5
Romans 3:23
Destruction
Mark 1:15
I Corinthians 15:1-8
Romans 10:9-13
Galatians 5:22-23
John 3:1-7Life
Where are you?
Where do you want to be?

3. The Path to Destruction.
The works of the flesh.
Galatians 5:19-21 NKJV
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication,
uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies,
outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders,
drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also
told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the
kingdom of God.
To the Path to Life.
“Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
Mark 1:14-15 NKJV
14 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel
of the kingdom of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of
God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
The Risen Christ, Faith’s Reality.
1 Corinthians 15:1-8 NKJV
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you,
which also you received and in which you stand, 2 by which also you are saved,
if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for
our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose
again the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that He was seen by
Cephas, then by the twelve. 6 After that He was seen by over five hundred
brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some
have fallen asleep. 7 After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles.
8 Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
“whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
Romans 10:9-13 NKJV
9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that
God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one
believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to
shame.” 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord
over all is rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For “whoever calls on the name of the
Lord shall be saved.”

4. The Path to Life.
The New Birth.
John 3:1-7 NKJV
1 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This
man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a
teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God
is with him.”
3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is
born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
4 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter
a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”
5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and
the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is
flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you,
‘You must be born again.’”
The fruit of the Spirit.
Galatians 5:22-23 NKJV
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
What about you?
Where are you?
Where do you want to be?
The Plan of Hope & Salvation:
John 3:16-17 NKJV
16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not
send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him
might be saved.”
John 14:6 NKJV
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the
Father except through Me.”
Romans 3:23 NKJV
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

5. The Plan of Hope & Salvation:
Romans 6:23a NKJV
23a For the wages of sin is death,
• Death in this life (the first death) is 100%.
• Even Jesus, the only one who doesn’t deserve death, died in this life to
pay the penalty for our sin.
• The death referred to in Romans 6:23a is the “second death” explained in
Revelation 21:8.
Revelation 21:8 NKJV
8 “But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral,
sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with
fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
• Anyone who’s lifestyle is one or more of the sins listed in Revelation 21:8,
will experience the “second death” if they do not repent.
• To Repent means to turn around, to go in the opposite direction, to turn
away from sin and to come to Jesus.
Romans 5:8 NKJV
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.
Romans 6:23b NKJV
23b but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Revelation 21:7 NKJV
7 “He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be
My son.”
• Romans 10:9-10 explains to us how to be overcomers.
Romans 10:9-10 NKJV
9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that
God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one
believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation.
Romans 10:13 NKJV
13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
Do you have questions?
Would you like to know more?
Please, contact First Baptist Church Jackson at 601-949-1900 or
http://firstbaptistjackson.org/contact/