Embrace Jesus' Narrow Path - Beware of False Prophets

6. Matthew 7:13-14 Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by it. For the gate is small, and the way is narrow that leads to life, and few are those who find it.

7. Matthew 7:15-16 Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?

8. Matthew 7:17-19 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit; but the bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

9. Matthew 7:20-21 So then, you will know them by their fruits. Not everyone who says to Me, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.

10. Matthew 7:22 Many will say to Me on that day, “Lord, did we not prophecy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?”

11. Matthew 7:23-24 And then I will declare to them, “I never knew you, depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.” Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts upon them, may be compared to a wise man, who built his house

12. Matthew 7:24-25 upon the rock. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and burst against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock. And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and

13. Matthew 7:26-27 does not act upon them, will be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and burst against that house; and it fell, and great was its fall.

14. Back to Basics • Fully Embrace Jesus! • Beware of Wolves! • Inspect the Fruit! • Build on The Rock by Obeying His Word.

15. Let’s start by fully embracing Jesus as the only gate for us!

17. Matthew 7:13-14 Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by it. For the gate is small, and the way is narrow that leads to life, and few are those who find it.

19. Narrow: less than standard or usual width; limited in size or scope; minutely precise and meticulous.

24. G2346θλίβωthlibō / thlee'-boTo crowd (literally or figuratively): - afflict, narrow, throng, suffer tribulation, trouble.

25. John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me.”

26. John 10:9 I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

27. The narrow way leads to life!

29. John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

32. G2222ζωήzōē / dzo-ay'From G2198; life (literally or figuratively): - life (-time).

34. But what about that other path?

35. Matthew 7:13-14 Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by it. For the gate is small, and the way is narrow that leads to life, and few are those who find it.

39. Aren’t there other ways to experience salvation and get to heaven?

46. Matthew 7:13-14 Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by it. For the gate is small, and the way is narrow that leads to life, and few are those who find it.

50. G684ἀπώλειαapōleia / ap-o'-li-aRuin or loss (physical, spiritual or eternal): damnable (-nation), destruction, die, perdition, perish, pernicious ways, waste.