The Sermon on The Mount - Teaching 23
Speaker Notes The Narrow and Wide Gates
Matthew 7:13-14 (NIV)
13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
Three simple/stark contrasts:
1 - the Narrow Gate versus the wide and broad Road
2 - The way that leads to Life is hard, as opposed to The Easy Way that leads to destruction
3 - Few find The Hard Way, versus people just enter The Easy Way
Nathan is the Senior Theologian & Associate Directorof The Octet Collaborative at M.I.T.