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Why should we go through the narrow gate?
Matthew 7:13-14
May God fill you with His precious grace.
As we go through life, numerous problems and incidents arise.
Some people approach the same situation positively, while others approach it negatively.
This choice is yours and mine.
It is up to you to make your own choices and decisions.
A daughter received a phone call from her father.
I called as usual.
The phone call that day was an urgent one.
Dad, I told you I had good news and bad news.
My father was busy at work, so he told me to just tell him good news and then hang up.
The good news is that the car's airbags deployed successfully.
And then it broke, but the bad news is that there was a big enough accident that the airbags deployed.
Anyone who has served in the military knows that it is difficult to stay together in the military.
How you approach it will determine what you receive.
Some things bring us joy, others bring us sadness.
It can also cause anxiety.
There are many big, practical problems.
I hope that through today’s message, everything can be changed into gratitude and peace.
When we receive grace through the Word, it tells us what choices and judgments we should make.
I hope you receive the greatest grace through the word.
If we look at Genesis chapter 3, we see that we are always creating anxiety.
But we are the ones who got out of the Genesis 3 problem.
No matter what big problems or incidents come my way, I am not a being who lives negatively.
Because we are the saved children of God who came out of Genesis 3.
Only through Christ can we look to God.
I hope you live in eternal happiness.
Every problem and event is an opportunity to experience Christ.
This is an opportunity to experience all the knowledge and treasures hidden in Christ.
Today's word tells us why this word is given to us on today's schedule, which you all know well.
If you think it's the same word every time, you're missing the word.
The word of the gospel must be felt as new strength.
Citizens of heaven must live a life of faith and confidence.
The people of heaven must live by faith.
We must live a life of confidence given by God.
The text for today says that this life is like entering through a narrow gate.
There are two ways: going through the wide gate to the broad way, and going through the narrow gate to the narrow way.
However, Jesus firmly told us to enter through the narrow gate.
I hope that you will realize the spiritual reason why Jesus must enter through the narrow gate and grow into an absolute disciple of Christ who will save 237 nations.
First, there is life that goes the wide road through the wide road.
It is a door that many people seek, and a life that many people live.
Many people think they are comfortable and happy
Many people seem to enjoy many things, but they do not have true peace and rest.
Why do people use drugs and become addicted?
Because it is lacking and empty.
Because something is empty.
You try various things, and although it may be fun for a while, in the end you feel empty.
Through the problem of Genesis 3, all mankind heads towards destruction.
We are slaves to Satan, wandering in spiritual problems, falling into curses, crimes, and sins, destined to die forever.
So many people go to great lengths to choose either a religion or an idol.
But all this life is a life without God.
Even though they say they are saved, they end up living a life that only seeks food, clothing, and shelter and does not know the gospel.
It seemed like it would be peaceful, happy, and restful if you chose the broad road, but for all who chose the broad road, it was destruction, a curse, and the end.
In Luke 13:22, a question was asked to Jesus, asking if only a few people would be saved.
The answer to this question is today’s word.
Many people opened the wrong door.
There are many people who cannot meet Christ and receive salvation.
Many people cannot walk on the narrow path because there is no one to tell them the gospel of Jesus Christ.
You have to wave your hand at the narrow door.
People do not know what happens behind the wide road and what awaits them.
If I were to take the narrow path and be thankful, but if I were to take the broad path and know what is at the end of that path, would I take it?
Does taking the narrow path mean that you have to endure only pain? No, it doesn't.
The narrow way is just like a wilderness.
Some people say that believing in Jesus is a loss.
But there is a gospel ahead of that road.
We must be confident that we are evangelists with a reason.
Secondly, it is the narrow gate that leads to life.
The important reason Jesus tells us to go through the narrow gate is because it is the gate to life.
The wide door is chosen by many people because its length is wide.
All humans, no matter how much they suffer, are sinners with original sin.
So He opened the way for us to salvation.
Only through the path of resurrection can we advance to the path of eternal life.
John 10:9, “All things are saved through me.”
He said, 'No one comes to the Father except through me.'
He said that He has never given us any other name under heaven.
Many missionaries came to our country.
At that time, missionaries did a lot of medical work.
A man with a boil went to see a Western missionary.
I met this missionary and asked him for some medicine.
For the purpose of spreading the gospel, the medicine was given away free of charge.
The gentleman gave me this medicine and thought to himself:
If it was a medicine that could really cure you, you wouldn't give it away for free, you would sell it for money. But you thought it wouldn't be very effective, so you threw it away and suffered a lot.
Salvation is given for free, regardless of any human effort, action, or cost.
Is salvation your work? Salvation is not achieved by our works.
The pain of the cross is upon those who are perishing, but upon us who are saved it is the power of God.
Those who put reason and common sense first when it comes to salvation do not understand this.
Please remember that the door that leads to life is not found by many.
How did you end up choosing this narrow path and walking along it?
It is the grace of God.
How did we get saved?
How grateful are you?
When we preach the gospel, we must know that there is no one else but Jesus Christ.
You must know that the history of life comes through you.
You must know that the only way is Jesus Christ.
Even though the path we know is narrow and rough, we must know that the path we know is the path of life.
May you live the life of an evangelist through the greatest grace.
If you've passed through a narrow path, how good would it be if a wide path appeared?
You must know that the narrow way is the true way of Jesus Christ.
The narrow meaning of 'narrow way' in Hilah means tribulation and persecution.
The Greek word for persecution and tribulation is the same as this narrow.
If you take this narrow path, you will face persecution, persecution, and tribulation.
People who come this way are shaken as they look at the problem.
Faith is, after all, a relationship between God and me.
If there are no problems in this relationship, then it doesn't matter.
If God's word is still being fulfilled, it doesn't matter.
We are Christians.
We are God's people.
We don't care.
If we were only going to listen to people, why did we come here to listen to them?
We are the ones who listen to and live by the word of God as an absolute standard.
If you receive grace through the word, you can do anything.
We focus too much on the idea that going through the narrow gate and onto the narrow path is the path to tribulation.
We focus too much on the idea that going through the narrow gate and down the narrow path is the path to tribulation.
There may be times when we have to go through a tunnel of suffering, but the essential thing is to go beyond the difficulties and follow the path of the gospel.
It is to enter into the uniqueness of Jesus Christ and use that work to expand the work of the kingdom of God.
It means that I must take on every mission that God gives me.
It means that I must carry out the mission given to me with faith and gratitude until the end.
When our spiritual perspective and thinking change, we move from the life of introduction to the life of main body. So we can move towards the life of conclusion.
God gives us spiritual thoughts and spiritual time so that He can continue to help us grow spiritually.
You can receive God's power for 237 countries and 5,000 ethnic groups.
It can be a tough journey at times, but it can also be an enjoyable one.
Are you having fun?
I am so happy to be on this path.
Although there are hardships and difficulties for a while, the difficulties of non-believers and believers are on a different level.
Your life is the most wonderful life.
There will be a lot of things like this.
You must cross a great river and a great wilderness.
But don't be fooled by people's words.
I regret taking the wide road.
Please don't get caught up in emotions.
I think it is difficult, hard, and painful, but only by taking the narrow path can we receive all of God's prepared answers.
Only those who understand can understand.
Those who do not understand will continue to be kept in secrecy.
In fact, if you look at the Bible, those who truly won chose the narrow path.
Look at Noah.
Others ignored God's command to build the ark on the top of the mountain.
They built the ark believing in God's word that there would be judgment.
All those who walked the wide road were swept away by the flood, but Noah, who walked the narrow road, stayed in the ark.
Noah survived in the ark.
Although they criticized Abraham for following the words of God whom they had never met, Abraham eventually became the father of faith.
Please make choices worthy of the gospel.
That's the narrow way to go.
In conclusion.
Only Jesus is the way to confess through faith.
Jesus alone is the solution to all problems.
The greatest value in my life is Jesus Christ.
To enjoy the fullness of the Holy Spirit on this earth and to live only confessing this, that is the narrow path.
Please tell the person next to you, 'Have a happy journey.'
This week, I hope you will confirm that this path is the most valuable path and a wonderful life, and live the life of an evangelist.
Thank you, God, for telling us parables.
I thank You for allowing me to enter through the narrow gate and live the life of an evangelist, while there are many people who take the wide road rather than the narrow road.
Thank you for allowing me to live this beautiful life without any fall behind.
In the name of the living Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen.
