THE WORLD IN TWO: THE TWO GATES
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. The World In Two
a) The two parables, namely The Two Gates and The Sheep and the Goats, show that Jesus had a simple world view when it came to putting human beings into categories. There are only two categories, the righteous and the wicked, and only two eternal destinies, life and destruction.
To Jesus people are divided into "the sheep" and "the goats", people who walk in the "narrow way" to eternal life, and people who walk in the "broad way" to destruction.
The parables of The Two Gates and The Sheep and the Goats show how we must choose now which of the two multitudes we will be among in eternity.
These parables highlight the Great Mistakes that people make in life, when they fail to hear and obey God’s word properly so as to be ready for the judgment day (Matthew 7, Matthew 25, John 10).
2. The Two Gates
Matthew 7:13-14
13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14 For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
a) This parable begins with a command. "Enter through the narrow gate" (Matthew 7:13). There is a gate through which the soul must pass to reach everlasting life and joy. The soul who enters by another gate is headed for destruction.
b) These are the only two alternatives. We either obey or disobey the Lord’s command. There is no third alternative. If we refuse to enter by the narrow gate, then we must pass through the wide gate. We cannot enter both, and we cannot enter neither. We must choose which of the two gates we will enter.
c) Who is the narrow gate? Jesus said, "I am the gate for the sheep... I am the gate, whoever enters by me will be saved" (John 10:7-10). Likewise Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). Many reject Jesus and do not enter through him but enter by the gate of the Liar. How many make this mistake!
d) How does one enter by the narrow gate? The answer to this is in the six steps of hearing Jesus, believing in Jesus, confessing Jesus, baptism into Jesus, and dedicated living for Jesus. The seventh step is the one you will take into heaven at the last day. The six steps are presented in the chart below.
e) Why is the gate said to be narrow? It is "the narrow gate" in the sense that there is only one truth yet there are thousands of lies. There is only one true Savior yet thousands of false prophets. So the gate of the lies is very wide, whilst the gate of the True one (1 John 5:19-20) is narrow.
The End ...
1. The World In Twoa) The two parables, namely The Two Gates and The Sheep and the Goats, show that Jesus had a simple world view when it came to putting human beings into categories. There are only two categories, the righteous and the wicked, and only two eternal destinies, life and destruction.
To Jesus people are divided into "the sheep" and "the goats", people who walk in the "narrow way" to eternal life, and people who walk in the "broad way" to destruction.
The parables of The Two Gates and The Sheep and the Goats show how we must choose now which of the two multitudes we will be among in eternity.
These parables highlight the Great Mistakes that people make in life, when they fail to hear and obey God’s word properly so as to be ready for the judgment day (Matthew 7, Matthew 25, John 10).
2. The Two Gates
Matthew 7:13-14
13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14 For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
a) This parable begins with a command. "Enter through the narrow gate" (Matthew 7:13). There is a gate through which the soul must pass to reach everlasting life and joy. The soul who enters by another gate is headed for destruction.
b) These are the only two alternatives. We either obey or disobey the Lord’s command. There is no third alternative. If we refuse to enter by the narrow gate, then we must pass through the wide gate. We cannot enter both, and we cannot enter neither. We must choose which of the two gates we will enter.
c) Who is the narrow gate? Jesus said, "I am the gate for the sheep... I am the gate, whoever enters by me will be saved" (John 10:7-10). Likewise Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). Many reject Jesus and do not enter through him but enter by the gate of the Liar. How many make this mistake!
d) How does one enter by the narrow gate? The answer to this is in the six steps of hearing Jesus, believing in Jesus, confessing Jesus, baptism into Jesus, and dedicated living for Jesus. The seventh step is the one you will take into heaven at the last day. The six steps are presented in the chart below.
e) Why is the gate said to be narrow? It is "the narrow gate" in the sense that there is only one truth yet there are thousands of lies. There is only one true Savior yet thousands of false prophets. So the gate of the lies is very wide, whilst the gate of the True one (1 John 5:19-20) is narrow.
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