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The
Narrow
Way

narrow way vs broad way
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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. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
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Matthew 7:13-14

"Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.'"       John 14:6

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life."
John 3:16

"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."  Romans 5:8

"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast."  Ephesians 2:8-9


"These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life."  1 John 5:13

"And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand. I and My Father are one."  John 10:28-30

"He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."  John 3:17-18

It may seem unusual to see this page on a financial firm's website. But it goes to the very heart of why this firm exists. We may or may not know it, but we all have a need that's greater than anything else--yes, even greater than a financial plan or investment advice. That need is for salvation for our souls.

 

​The Bible is very clear that there are two (and only two) options for us--the broad way that leads to eternal destruction, and the narrow way that leads to eternal life. It's narrow because there's only one way to eternal life, and that singular way is only through Jesus Christ.

 

It's important to understand why the eternal destruction option even exists. It starts with the character of God. He's loving, perfect, pure, and holy, so His abode (heaven) must necessarily also be perfect and pure. We, however, are not. If we ask ourselves if we've ever lied, if we ever disrespected our parents, or if we ever coveted, or wanted something that someone else had, etc., it doesn't take long to see our imperfection--our sinfulness. "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" Romans 3:23. And 'all' means all; we're all guilty before a pure, holy God. He cannot have sin in His presence, so in our natural sinful state, we are separate from Him. "Your iniquities [sins] have separated you from your God" Isaiah 59:2. And what are the consequences? "For the wages [what we earn] of sin is death" Romans 6:23. Here, death refers to eternal separation from God, eternal destruction. This of course is the bad news, but please keep reading--it gets much better!

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God knows our impossible natural predicament, and because He's also loving and gracious, He provided a solution. God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, from heaven to earth, as deity in the flesh so that He could pay the wages of our sin for us. He died as our substitute

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person of Jesus Christ--fully man, fully deity

work of Jesus Christ--His death and resurrection

only response is faith solely in Jesus, not ourselves or our works

result is guaranteed eternal life that we can never lose

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