The Narrow Gate
by Pastor Roy Esposito
- Matthew 7:13-14
- Ephesians 5:15-17
- Matthew 4:17(NLT)
The Kingdom of Heaven on Earth:
The community of prayerful love where what the “Law and the Prophets” really said is fulfilled. -Matthew 7:12
The “Cloak of the Pharisees”: Where rules, codes, doctrines, traditions, religious habits, and false perceptions are substituted for progressive spiritual transformation.
Matthew 23:27-28
Revelation 3:14-18 – “Buy from Me” – there’s always a cost!
Gold refined in the fire – Spiritual authority that come through purified hearts and motives
White Garments – holiness to cover the nakedness of shameful behavior
Eye Salve – to see clearly and discern the way.
Colossians 2:10 – “complete in Christ”
Judges 6:15 – Gideon’s view of himself.
Judges 6:12 – God’s view of Gideon
Midian – Strife and contention
Judges 6:16 – God’s solution: “Surely, I will be with you –”
- Philippians 2:13(NLT)
- Luke 12:23(AMP)
- Psalm 42:11b
- Mark 7:7-8
- Exodus 33:11
- Luke 18:18-22
- Revelation 4:1
- Matthew 7:7-8
“Ask for Grace to see; Seek truth, so when you Knock it will be God who opens the door and the gate won’t seem so narrow” – PR
- Matthew 25:23(NLT)