Peter Barnes | Matthew 7:13, 14
SERMON NOTES
The Narrow Gate and the Narrow Way
Deut.30:11-20; Matt.7 13-14, 21-29
– two ways in Deut.30:19; Ps.1:6; Jer.21:8
1. There are two gates.
– ‘strait’ means ‘narrow’; the text says nothing about ‘the straight and narrow’
– John 10:7, 9; Matt.16:24; wide entrance e.g. 1 Sam.16:14, 23
2. There are two ways.
– John 14:6; may be troublesome (Acts 14:21-22)
– Ex.23:2; Rom.12:2; 1 Pet.4:3-5
3. There are two kinds of companions.
– Matt.22:14, but many overall e.g. Matt.8:11; Rev.7:9-10
– Robert Steel’s plaque to John Geddie: ‘When he landed in 1848 there were no Christians here, and when he left in 1872 there were no heathens.’
4. There are two destinies.
– Matt.25:34, 41 (Stott: ‘the suicide road’)
– Luke 12:32