Two Roads

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Matthew 7  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.

It is a tragedy that few people find the road that leads to life.

Perhaps it’s because most people don’t read or won’t believe the road signs.

        I.  Two Roads

                A. Narrow Road

                B. Broad Road

        II. The Greatest Tragedy

                A. To spend an eternity in hell

                B. Another Tragedy

                        1. To spend this life in hell

                        2. Walking the wrong road

                        3. Blaming everything & everyone else

                        4. Or worse yet, unaware of what you are missing

        III. Life’s Tragedies

                A. To have the sails of your ship set to catch a wind which will never blow.  (Delusion)

                B. To never know contentment.  (Unhappy)

                C. To not recognize what is causing your failure. (Deception)

                D. To be kept from the one thing you truly love. (To be Unfulfilled)

                E. To be bound to a relationship in which you give much more than you get back.  (Taken Advantage Of)

                F. To waste your life climbing a ladder only to find out when you get to the top that it was leaning against the wrong building. (Wasted)

                G. To be the most important person in your world. (Self Centered – Ego Centric)

                H. To never have led a person to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.  (Unfruitful)

        IV. The Road To Recovery

                A. Road Signs

                        1. Right Road

Note: Even on the right road there is trouble and difficulty. In this world you will have tribulation but be of good cheer … overcome!

Psalms 119:105  Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

                        2. Wrong Road

Note: There are limited and temporary successes even on the wrong road. Ask Emperor Nero, Adolph Hitler or even Bernie Madoff for that matter.

                        3. Road to Recovery

                B. Road To Recovery

                        1. Take Responsibility

                                (a) Acknowledge the truth

                                (b) Quit making excuses

                                (c) Own the problem

                        2. Take Inventory

                                (a) Be critical

                                (b) Don’t over analyze

                                (c) Evaluate don’t diagnose (be objective)

                                (d) Stay on top and out of depression

                        3. Take Steps

                                (a) Counsel

                                (b) Covering

                                (c) Correction

John 14:6  “I am the way …”

Every day in each situation with any decision, choose to walk by the light of the Word. When you see a sign on the road which says, “Wrong Road”, you have a decision to make.