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“One Way or the Other" (Matthew 7:13-29)

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  1. Aleppo, Haley and happy Lord's Day to everyone.

  2. And for this morning or for for today, we will be hearing a

  3. sermon delivery that was originally preached and written

  4. by Pastor Keith Davis. Hit the bull.

  5. I've been reached the vessel United Reformed Church in

  6. Calgary, AB and this was originally preached last July

  7. 2021. And we are allowed to present it

  8. to you and to contextualise it and translate it into Filipino.

  9. Some of it barraport sating needs capital.

  10. As we start. I think on everyday of our

  11. lives, we make series of choices.

  12. Bubba it's it's an arrow Palam or and I think choices or

  13. decisions now you know, or penile for example, an uncool

  14. lane and dammit. And I think you should sorting a

  15. young Lord's Day looking forward to Adornato or Colonial and

  16. among some training just to make sure that as we celebrate the

  17. Lord's Day, we are filled and sanded and just the emails

  18. Sankey Nima traffic and make sure 99 matraffic that's all

  19. unsafe at some of the decisions scenario, for example, similar

  20. decisions then Mabuti choices, Naito I baggy lemon.

  21. These are choices now in the United motoring apparent life

  22. changing decisions. Not necessarily Marlene and the

  23. midnight and going to suit 19 not necessarily in apparent life

  24. make life changing decision. Cilla Parramatta naman satin

  25. Malibu choices or decisions were in Maryhill masma begat

  26. continent and compared like for example annoying corso and

  27. honing Coca-Cola here. Those are serious decisions that

  28. we make annoying career path that people in goes opportunity

  29. in America. Yeah, Senatobia Billingham bai

  30. Ling and property or for good Malaga considerations now Mahal

  31. Hindi basta basta the guy go out.

  32. I bust up that definitely consignment church.

  33. It's a serious decision for each and everyone of us.

  34. We consider this as more significant choices that we make

  35. at Maryhill Pedina. Think my eczema some serious

  36. decisions in life parodying Dada answer is some crossroads or so

  37. the Galaxy Samsung opportunities decisions and paths Nakailang

  38. nothing that I NE Daniela contact laying back up Rachael

  39. Bennett goes up and young aspect of making choices young aspect

  40. of choosing their path and I want us to think about this

  41. passage from Matthew 7 in that perspective in prima Halligan at

  42. midnight in Sebagai NATO combat scripture reading nothing arena

  43. in which elder Charlie have has read for us.

  44. Jesus describes 2 roads that we had two very different paths to

  45. take, two very different directions and leading to two

  46. very different destinations such andito, the one passage small,

  47. it is narrow and it is called difficult.

  48. That's the one pass and there's another path that was provided

  49. and that is a path that is broad, that is wide and that is

  50. easy. In Panasonic and Kanina at Napa

  51. Chalegana Mahita natin dito nahin they described them Hindi

  52. language in explained classic. This are two different choices

  53. and very important choices. Constantina Tower really sad is

  54. sad. We are to make a choice.

  55. We are to acknowledge that this is a decision.

  56. And Christ wants you and me to envision ourselves standing at

  57. that crossroads. And we must choose.

  58. That's what we are to see here. And we must walk one path or the

  59. other. And which one will we take?

  60. That's why the Tory tale of our sermon this morning is one way

  61. or the other in batting title. And in this passage, Jesus calls

  62. his people to choose the narrow path.

  63. Indiana just now. It depends on how you could

  64. choose anything in that's good. But no, he encouraged us and he

  65. commands us to choose the narrow path.

  66. And we have two points for the ceremony.

  67. The first point is the choice that Jesus presents.

  68. And secondly, the pathways that Jesus describes in promoting the

  69. long headings for this morning. And before we proceed, they

  70. encourage everyone to to bow down their heads and let us pray

  71. before our God. Heavenly Father, we submit

  72. ourselves to you and to Your very word.

  73. We have read, we have heard, and we desire, ohh Lord, to learn

  74. from Your very word. We acknowledge that we can't

  75. understand it on our own. We need your God.

  76. We need Your Holy Spirit to enlighten us, to open our hearts

  77. and allow your words to grant power in our lives and to mold

  78. us to be more like your Son. Guide us today, ohh Lord, and

  79. lead us more to Christ and this we pray in Jesus name, Amen.

  80. Amen. And for the first point that we

  81. have that choice that Jesus presents.

  82. I think first heading and as we begin with this point Malaguena

  83. Babalikan 18 or context scripture that vaccinating and

  84. as we know this is part of the sermon series that we have

  85. pertaining to the sermon series of Christ in the Sermon on the

  86. Mount simulator Samathu 5 Matthew chapter 5 don't think

    Matthew 5 chapter mention

  87. series, but don't close the ceremony of the mount at night,

  88. but details of Chapter 7 and he's already drawing the sermon

  89. to a close. He's already leading us towards

  90. the conclusion. I don't know, I don't want to

  91. act in the section at all. That is the section at all.

  92. And adding unknown sermon and just we might expect from the

  93. greatest evangelical minister on earth, he calls his listener to

  94. make a decision. The 19 Nakita Nakita 19 Sermon

  95. of the Mountain Ito in Compania de Nella Young ceremony to mine

  96. you should be in Mullah situation where in his preaching

  97. and his teaching to those who are just merely like passively

  98. listening to him passively listening to whatever it is that

  99. he's teaching. Starting from Matthew 5 young

  100. people might Jesus he does a Chapter 7 Papunta NASA direction

  101. in which he's already guiding them towards this active

  102. response. The servant that he has.

  103. He's not anymore just allowing them to just listen, but he

  104. wants them to see this reality that they and even us today

  105. should make a choice. Panchina think combination again

  106. engaged the crowd and it's not just anymore just telling them

  107. those things but commanding and allowing them to be engaged with

  108. the preaching that is telling here.

  109. Did the benefit Tanya Young belong?

  110. And each one of them must choose which way to go.

  111. I think the fact that we that there are only two paths three

  112. years we could see here is very significant for us to

  113. understand. The fact that there are only two

  114. choices here is very significant and very important for us to

  115. point here. It follows that same framework,

  116. the same kind of comparisons and contrast between two sides.

  117. And I think as we have read our our matches 7 earlier, we could

  118. notice that there are there is this framework of choices upon

  119. choices and upon comparisons from one aspect or one object to

  120. another. For example, so verse 15 and 16

  121. Mahita Nathan of how Jesus speaks about a false prophet,

  122. you know good profit company Malalaman Concino Ontoto at

  123. Concino and Bulang Profeta and Jesus says by their fruit the

  124. rest by their fruit that you should know them.

  125. And even in verse 17 to 20, Ganon din Emmanuel parallelism

  126. dito now made the long puno down Makabayan Bunga 1 is a good tree

  127. that produces good fruit and one is and the other is a bad tree

  128. that produces bad food. And then in verses 21 to 23,

  129. Jesus mentions two kinds of people.

  130. Those who claim that they know God they believe in and they

  131. proclaim that they believe in Jesus, but in reality they

  132. don't. In addition, I think and then

  133. there are those who really do know God because they do the

  134. will of the Father in heaven. And finally, in the last section

  135. of Chapter 7, Jesus describes 2 houses built on 2 very different

  136. foundations. Youngster, I go ASA Bohan and I

  137. think it's a I go out sabato adito banging on satin go.

  138. I know, Mangyari said. The long Bai, NATO and the Lube

  139. or Baggio? How are you?

  140. Sheena Punda son indole akait dimanum Whelan at Baguio at

  141. kahit baa baa Indian problem NATO.

  142. Yeah, Mahina opened the Sonnet alumna, then topic The Thing and

  143. then Baggio me and then I've been eating and preaching this

  144. passage in this section Ganito Yun framework or back at

  145. janitorial again consistent examples and set up the

  146. Ginuwine. So Chapter 7 And in showing us

  147. this side by side comparison, Jesus is emphasising the fact in

  148. this life that there are only two directions.

  149. Thank you Janet and detain Guinto in emphasised that there

  150. are only two directions in this life.

  151. There are only two paths, there are only two options and there

  152. are only two destinations that we are to acknowledge and to be

  153. reminded of. Sarong ito wala pong, middle

  154. ground. So choice is NATO.

  155. Well, I'm well, I'm well. I'm third option time Mariquita.

  156. There is no or there are no other pathway to choose, but

  157. rather choose one or the other. On that very point, author John

  158. Stott points out that what Jesus says here is not very popular in

  159. the day of age and an age that we have right now.

  160. Okay, Amanda, just preaching at Jesus Jumper.

  161. I've been up when Patton calls Samana Reading syncretism and I

  162. know how being syncretism, but I know be in or I know you know

  163. syncretism is and Oregon paniniwala concern Cilla I Hindi

  164. sila in Hindi lamang yes and syncretism marami radios

  165. naniwala and marami Rd. Religions that depending on

  166. people at Constance, Maniniwala, even the Philippines period.

  167. The distinct aspect of syncretism is this.

  168. Now Kahitna IBA IBA and Paniniwala Napili 2.1 Dina mando

  169. itos is One Direction Lama the Google app, Skype or Google Maps

  170. scanner directions assurance don't even pass.

  171. And Billy IMO is some direction long though at.

  172. And I hope and pray that we would be reminded that this is

  173. not true and this is not right and this is not what the

  174. Scripture says about this matter.

  175. So what Jesus says here would be considered highly insensitive

  176. and offensive to many people today if we would be hearing

  177. this preaching or throughout this world.

  178. Indeed politically correct but and Kenyan Prince and acceptable

  179. Buchanan indeed saying Totoro pero play safe Lang just to make

  180. sure now while his preaching is while I'm off in the heightened

  181. sino. That's not how we see it here.

  182. Here's only concerned. His only concern is the state of

  183. man's soul. That's it.

  184. And that is why he is preaching is so direct and deliberate.

  185. Well, I'm Gray area. Well, I'm play safe and straight

  186. to the point of what is important for us to understand.

  187. Ama papansinin dito. Also is that Whelan making

  188. provision and acting on Paris? She Sai well religion antinoro

  189. on that perspective as well. Cause you've been apparel

  190. against someone for me feeling and specifically religion sub 8

  191. Parasol and Dion annually Religion or discussion.

  192. Vito will passage passage about that don't okay Jesus silane

  193. Manhattan Hindi naniniwala my language.

  194. In other words, what we could learn here is that not choosing

  195. a path, as we know that there are two paths to take.

  196. Not choosing a path is not an option.

  197. You either you are either for Jesus here or you are against

  198. Jesus. And this aspect, it picks up.

  199. Hello Chemo Papakinggan Catalani sus while Toro my lung it at my

  200. infierno. It is basically the same thing

  201. as rejecting Jesus himself and unwillingness to believe

  202. anything is still a choice and it leads directly towards the

  203. pathway of hell. You may choose or not.

  204. If you may say. It depends on what I believe in,

  205. if you may say. But still not making a choice.

  206. It's still a direct path towards destruction and health as John

    John 14:6

  207. 14 verse 6 says and as Jesus declared.

  208. Jesus said to him, I am the way and the truth and the life.

  209. No one comes to the Father except through me.

  210. That is what Jesus is continuously teaching us right

  211. now. And that is essentially the same

  212. message, the same gospel that Jesus is preaching here in the

  213. verses that we have here in Matthew 7.

  214. Apple Mango and this aspect of us being reminded of what Christ

  215. is truly and perfectly portraying here.

  216. Like anything Bandana my booting Balita and acting Epping a bad

  217. time minor matanda patuli na pina pina payag Josh it did not

  218. booting balita in another wagon salahat namani wala at

  219. magtiwala. Jesus, paras thing, what's going

  220. on? And I'm dapat satin simula

  221. palamang but rather unclick. Doesn't Supermama Geet and

  222. Lamang Kamatayan at Mulling Bristol?

  223. That's a very gospel of God. And just as Jesus presented the

  224. gospel to the people in his day, so he presents it continuously

  225. to us right now here. Mayaro Patuli parents Tayo

  226. Nothing really new company Wagon and Solitaire and Natalya

  227. Maniwala at Motivala Summer booting Balita at the bar to put

  228. our faith and trust in the name of Jesus Christ.

  229. Okay, you win and Dylan come back doing Binabasa the night

  230. and nothing Pastor Young preparatory form during Lord's

  231. table. No Marine igniting next next

  232. Lord's Day from Union. In addition, parking on Taylor

  233. malapit mismo in Jesus we are coming to eat and drink of the

  234. gracious provision that He has made to us and for us through

  235. His body and blood. And that gospel demands a

  236. choice. The gospel demands a verdict.

  237. Tai patulin tinatawag para pumili Sahara hai.

  238. Participant in on Julie Lamont Nama Bubu hai para Sajil

  239. Naganathan Let us always practice the discipline of

  240. continuous self examination. My friends, we need to pray to

  241. the Lord to reveal us our sin, the deep sorrow that we have,

  242. and to be mindful of how sinful we are and to show us all the

  243. ways in which we are to be commended.

  244. To follow Him, for us to be led towards that path that pleases

  245. God, to turn away from our sin and to submit ourselves to

  246. Christ as sums 139. Verse 23 to 24 says Search me

  247. ohh God and know my heart, try me and know my thoughts and see

  248. if there would be any grievous way in me and lead me in the way

  249. everlasting. That's our first point, the

  250. story and the message of our sport.

  251. Our first point is always this. It's always a choice.

  252. There is no neutral ground in this life.

  253. It is Christ, it is Him. It's all or nothing happened.

  254. What happened? Even the so it's either you

  255. choose Him, it's either we submit to Him or we accept that

  256. reality that if we reject Him, we are doomed towards that

  257. everlasting wrath of God towards us.

  258. Mean by that would lead us to the second point now in the 1919

  259. that there's only two points that there are there's only two

  260. paths for us to consider. Second point we are to discuss

  261. the pathways that Jesus describes here.

  262. So I Lili Patna dunsany understanding a Maryland Dalung

  263. decisions adding buhai my own importance or young situations

  264. and within those two directions that we are talking about here,

  265. Ama papansin attended to in the Long Diana.

  266. Nothing in Hindi has Hindi shows same path.

  267. Jesus says here that there is a narrow and small path, and there

  268. is also a broad and wide path to take.

  269. At least Chapada Ankonde, Pathiyum Gate, Nandanam missus,

  270. Young gate events have been a toy.

  271. I'm starting point, no direction.

  272. I'm starting point now pass have been open, for example, goes up

  273. and attended to you young wide gate that we are talking about

  274. here. This is described as the easy

  275. way of life. That's the path that is being

  276. described here. It is described as the easy way.

  277. It is the road that many find and many choose to travel in and

  278. out. Simply Lambo now explanation of

  279. Jesus me to come back at the top easy pass and the path that many

  280. choose and it is because it is the path that we are born to

  281. take as fallen sinners. It's as simple as that.

  282. The reason why it is easy. The reason why is it is broad

  283. and easy and many take it. It is because we are born to

  284. take that path because of our sin.

  285. The Bible teaches us that we are conceived and born of sin.

  286. It makes have been sobrang at home ties at the island natural

  287. pussy into diets A sinful nature in American tayo the anatomy

  288. pattern sobran familiarisation ahead then I think maybe hai

  289. aduma andito sadanand item. This is where we by nature

  290. desire to walk. This is where we by nature love

  291. to walk. The parents arena Senate and

  292. demanded I think Bahai Cristiano all of us here are proclaiming

  293. and professing that we are Christians and I'm nothing to

  294. tell you don't aspect of broad path Natal.

  295. We feel this in within our hearts and within our our flesh

  296. that we know this path is indeed easy to take.

  297. Now must modelling bombing guy at some and the Lebanon among

  298. kasalanan meron tayo. Indulging our lustful desires

  299. always seem to be easier and not just easier.

  300. Indulging our lustful desires and sinful desires seems more

  301. pleasurable than doing what is right before our God.

  302. That's the reality that we are seeing here.

  303. Because of our sin, it is not just easier but also pleasurable

  304. in our sinful flesh to go against the path that Christ

  305. points us to go. Okay, Makita da patinating

  306. alalahanin patum calls direction ito namala waggot malaking Dan

  307. pero alumna Tina Hindi maganda is he pinpointed entire?

  308. For example, even mature back at Bago Pattaya exposed on Monday

  309. to someone. Do I know how much Madeley at

  310. must mobilise to go in Nagaland at impact?

  311. For example, I think kapatid rating Kalaro or Pinson.

  312. I mean I go against us in a Sir or Canary.

  313. I think I know on natural tendency in America by nature by

  314. natural tendency and gusto nating goen as gusto nating

  315. automatically in the Bumawi Nathan Kate Babawiin at Insula

  316. when you're in Hampstead going at 10 and gusto naten Bavarian

  317. but not insulated at India was natangap 19 Gunde marshmallow

  318. Hasna Hampas Anguston going 19 compared to Nottingham pass

  319. because we want to take revenge and that's the problem.

  320. And that's the natural tendency that we had because that's the

  321. easy way to do it, because that's the sinful and natural

  322. tendency that we have to do with the broadcast that Jesus is

  323. talking about in our lives. Backup time my exposure.

  324. This is natural to us. This is the natural direction

  325. that we were having and we were taking had the broad path is a

  326. pathway of least resistance was muddling my iron someone doing

  327. American Pie on my own. Yeah.

  328. Squandermania Dito. It is the pathway of human

  329. indulgences. Okay, how are you?

  330. My businesses thrive. Trigger sin and they will

  331. succeed. Eat all you can and it will

  332. trigger gluttony. Nearby people wants great beauty

  333. and outside beauty and they will invest on that desire.

  334. People once lost people with desire and have those sexual

  335. tendencies. That's why everything is tinted

  336. or hinted with that kind of images, to seduce and to attract

  337. the natural tendencies of men. This is the pathway of human

  338. indulgences, a pathway of no loss, no rules, and no restrain.

  339. Hello Nathan. Applicable Lam Batasan manga?

  340. Ohh no applicable to person eBay.

  341. They getaway with it. That's a problem in this world.

  342. It is a pathway of sinful pride, the pathway of selfishness, of

  343. decadence and self satisfaction That it's all about being

  344. satisfied in this life. I told Dana I love this and

  345. earthly pleasures, earthly riches.

  346. It's all about self fulfillment, of achieving something for

  347. myself, for myself, because of myself, seeking for happiness

  348. and satisfaction, even if it's whether it's right or wrong.

  349. He creates that this idea, this ideal world, this perfect world

  350. that it is setting, in which the direct basis of all our goals

  351. and all our ambitions is towards self.

  352. That's the problem of this world.

  353. Meaning all desires should primarily cater to self and no

  354. one else. That's the reality that we have

  355. in this world. But in the reality of this, in

  356. the light of the Scriptures and the truths that we're seeing

  357. right now, the broadcast, the wide pass that we see here is

  358. the pathway of the foolish and self deceived.

  359. It is the first three of those who think they're doing what is

  360. right, but in reality they're doing something that is against

  361. the design and the will of God for us.

  362. It is the pathway of the spiritually blind.

  363. It is the pathway where Satan himself is leading everyone who

  364. will follow him right to the very peak of hell and the wrath

  365. of God. This is our world, my friends.

  366. This is the darkness and the reality of this wide path that

  367. God is explaining in the Scriptures.

  368. Panama, Panamanian Tinuturo, now I think Duos, the narrow paths.

  369. Jesus says that there is also this narrow path, the small gate

  370. that few would find and few would take.

  371. I think barking at Maryland really to come back at me about

  372. Ganon and description again. Dan Patton and to and

  373. description nagging, laminating duos.

  374. To have it narrow, to have it, to have it set in a very small

  375. gate, and to being as being described that only few people

  376. will find it. And to answer that we have to

  377. remember that Jesus is comparing these two paths requirement as

  378. you go back to the Broadgate medical requirement Paramacharya

  379. and Magadan Tayo Mahal abroad path 19 scriptures meron bataya

  380. matandaan requirement Paramakudi Andy just easy pass.

  381. Actually we know and we could read in scriptures now what will

  382. happen requirement Parramatta and doing some locking gate

  383. number Madali Malapad. There is no requirement at all

  384. and all we have to do actually, it's to remain who we are and we

  385. are there already. There's no requirement because

  386. you just have to be who you are to be true with yourself, to

  387. live this life the way we want to live and to do the things the

  388. way we want to do without any laws, without following any

  389. instruction, seeking to find autonomy and everything that we

  390. have in life. Isabella so small gate and

  391. narrow pass the path that leads to salvation.

  392. What is the requirement? What is God's requirement for

  393. this? It requires change.

  394. It requires transformation. It requires regeneration.

  395. Protect a pattern. Is there parking 97 paraguana

  396. mangano requirement? I don't want to annoy Indians of

  397. passage then in the tournament message specifically said

  398. Matthew 7 but the whole of the Bible says it so koala lanahan

  399. punati nasina been Cristo Nicodemus John chapter 3.

    John 3 chapter mention

  400. It says here unless a man is born again, he cannot see, or

  401. rather he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.

  402. And that's the very point. Unless we are born again, my

  403. friends. Combat Balikan attended quote

  404. Kayhan at Indiana thankya such as really not nothing.

  405. Nabuhay Namuli to be born again. We can't be born again but with

  406. ourselves or by ourselves. Being born again is something

  407. that God must do for us, not us for our own sake.

  408. Do you not think I improves as a really not annihilating it on

  409. our own? It means that God must do it in

  410. our hearts and in our souls by the working of His Holy Spirit.

  411. So in order to walk the narrow path, one must first of all turn

  412. to the one true God, who alone can put our feet on the narrow

  413. pathway. This setting for us.

  414. That means, as we said earlier, that we must come to Christ and

  415. believe in Him, saving any Peterson Acts chapter 4.

    Acts 4 chapter mention

  416. And there is salvation and no one else.

  417. Again, there is no salvation. There is salvation and no one

  418. else. For there is no other name under

  419. heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

  420. And we know what that name is. That name is Jesus Christ and no

  421. one else. That name is His name alone and

  422. nothing else. Dipoto Sepang Island in Mama

  423. Mary, Dipoto said they put away Buddha Nipo Zapalenie, Mohammed

  424. Hindi sa Pangalan Nikki Boloi. He needs a concina montao had

  425. indeed in possessory Lang natin kondisa pangala mang Jesus at

  426. walang IBA sania lambo is nothing to maintain or do or

  427. Mahan. Nothing.

  428. I said sad, and I think I mean in the tie you I Masalan and at

  429. Mutangana is Sang Kahi Bagan and Mabuhay.

  430. It is foolishness and folly to think that we are to live for

  431. ourselves and for our own desires alone.

  432. For we are to be reminded that we are here not for our own

  433. sake, but for the glory of God who created us and has given us

  434. this life. It is to have that desire to

  435. belong to Christ and to live our lives for His glory and for His

  436. purposes. It is to die unto ourselves and

  437. to live and to Him. That's the first reason.

  438. But also there's a second reason why Jesus is explaining it like

  439. this. A second reason why Jesus

  440. described the gate as small and a pathway so narrow for us to

  441. take. And it is because it is an

  442. accurate description of the Kingdom of God as seen to the

  443. eyes of men. I think Patulin Pinapaalala sat

  444. in And this is the description of the Kingdom of God, that

  445. there is this smallness in it, that there is this hidden

  446. quality in the Kingdom of God. In a man's eyes, the Kingdom of

  447. God seems small and seems undetectable.

  448. That's why only few would find it.

  449. For example, Mapapansin. Well, it's.

  450. Yeah. As we recall, some of the

  451. parables of Christ Jesus describes his Kingdom as being

  452. as tiny as a mustard seed, or even as a hidden treasure that

  453. is buried in the field. That's what we could see here.

  454. Marita Dinah and 2nd paranoid about donating and I think on

  455. someone in the smallness of the reality of it, the meekness and

  456. the humility of God when he came to this world, coming in a human

  457. flesh, coming in a very tiny infant being born of a virgin.

  458. I could consider the 19 and it should and even his presence,

  459. his outward appearance. Will I tell you my Papa and

  460. Sinner, my Papa song anything remarkable about his physical

  461. appearance at all in this smallness and humility that he

  462. has something as Isaiah 53 verse 2 for he grew up before him like

    Isaiah 53:2

  463. a young plant and like a root out of a dry ground.

  464. He had no form or majesty that we should look at him and know

  465. beauty that we should desire for him.

  466. If it's a pain management Sabbe Parkside domain Sahara Pasta

  467. since I've been alive Ganondorf is he being my name Common Nandi

  468. muna Papan Singh most common Padoan Sai.

  469. There is no beauty, no form or majesty that we could see in his

  470. physical appearance. But also description at the

  471. images in Africa bro, similar pictures, similar movies about

  472. him, Young Guapo Magandang Mata Mata along now perfect not

  473. perfect you symmetry at Mugabe. This is not the biblical

  474. description of who Christ is, my friends and even some of my

  475. disciples there. If we could still see that

  476. smallness and humility. Initially, people manga pantas

  477. intending scholars during their time, but rather he chose those

  478. people who are simple. The highs?

  479. Most of them are indeed Nakatapos barrel.

  480. Most of them are fishermen's. Focus on their craft.

  481. Not well learned, not well thought in terms of thinking and

  482. intelligence and philosophy or anything during their time.

  483. And even in his ministry, Jesus identified himself among tax

  484. collectors and sinners. And it was this Jesus who came

  485. to save his people in a most unusual, in a very scandalous

  486. way of saving them, by becoming sin for his people, by bearing

  487. the curse of sin for our sake, by suffering and dying a

  488. shameful and a cursed death at the cross.

  489. Never was there a man so badly shamed and humiliated as Jesus

  490. was, someone who claimed to be the Son of God being crucified,

  491. naked and beaten. Shameful and scandalous.

  492. Okay, I see Natalie close who would put their faith in a man

  493. like this who claimed to be the Saviour and King if he is in the

  494. state of humiliation. For this reason, Jesus was a

  495. stumbling block to the Jews who sought or who looks for more

  496. glorious Messiah, who looks for that great King image like the

  497. one in King and the King David and Jesus.

  498. Jesus was foolishness to the creeks, to the Greeks who sought

  499. a higher wisdom. But the reality is, it's just

  500. that they don't see Christ the way people should see him

  501. because there is this smallness that there is this hidden image

  502. that can only be seen by the people who are made to see Him

  503. and His glory and beauty and majesty.

  504. It's just that they don't see it that that's why they consider it

  505. foolishness that they could. That's why they consider Christ

  506. as a stumbling block for those people.

  507. But As for Apostle point, as as Apostle point, Paul pointed out

  508. that those whom God has called Christ is both the power and the

  509. wisdom of God. Akmali ban saree sonam.

  510. And there's also a third reason, and this is the last reason.

  511. This pathway is called narrow and the path as difficult and it

  512. is because the way of Christ is the pathway of suffering.

  513. It is a pathway of sacrifice. It is a pathway of self denial.

  514. While following Jesus will ultimately lead us to great gain

  515. in heaven and and indeed we would gain everything if we

  516. follow Him, it will it will almost assuredly cost us

  517. something here on earth. And not just something, but

  518. everything in order for us to truly follow Him.

  519. Sacrificial pinagusapan attend dito a Hindi basta basta at

  520. kahit na umama nagsasabi na silaha Cristiano she learning

  521. missmalini wasson nappanee wala and it's a pathway of suffering,

  522. pathway of selflessness, selflessness and self denial.

  523. Then Angustown Ibang proclaiming Christians is you would still

  524. demand prosperity. We would want prosperity in this

  525. religion that we have Mama town self-proclaimed Christians, but

  526. their primarily primary purpose of their living is still about

  527. health, still about wealth, and it's still about prosperity.

  528. There's no aspect of really giving up everything for Christ.

  529. There's no aspect of willing to accept challenges and sacrifices

  530. for the sake of really following him.

  531. In Matthew 19, Jesus speaks of those who made great sacrifices

  532. to follow Christ, who gave of things in this life,

  533. relationships, even in this world, all for the sake of

  534. believing on Jesus and following him.

  535. Sabi said Matthew 19, verse 29. And everyone who has left houses

    Matthew 19:29

  536. or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands

  537. meaning properties, for my sake, for Christ's sake, will receive

  538. a hundredfold and will inherit it turned a life.

  539. It picks up in Martin Dee Matt Indian sacrificial Ditto.

  540. And as we look at the scriptures, Martin didn't him

  541. sacrifices Nabigay Discipulo, Parachristo, Marami Sakanila

  542. Kenya Hangang, Sakanila Kamatayan.

  543. They were marketed martyred for their faith and that goes as

  544. well to all who follow Christ. Jesus calls us to take up our

  545. cross and follow Him, to be willing to suffer loss, to

  546. suffer suffer shame and dignity, position and the status in this

  547. life, all for the sake of being counted as His disciples.

  548. And in our day-to-day lives, there are choices, my friends,

  549. that we make that will show the world and that will show others,

  550. that will show our friends, that will show our families and even

  551. our neighbors. Pinapakita nietos.

  552. Machoism, marantao, concino, concini, nothing.

  553. So I think, Bohai, are we following Christ or following

  554. our own selves at all? Jesus calls us to put Him first

  555. and no one else. To follow His ways as we

  556. proceed, then, as we hold on to our marriages, to follow His

  557. words and our friendships in our workplaces and in times of

  558. temptations, to still follow and obey Him when we are tempted to

  559. indulge in our sinful desires. And to think of it this way, the

  560. question is not really what we will choose or what path we will

  561. take, but the reality is who we will choose in this life.

  562. We're not talking about path anymore, but we're talking about

  563. him, whether we choose him or not.

  564. People in Barnard and Missus or people in Athens, Patula,

  565. Sarili. People in Banati, Sudan and

  566. Kenya. The Anakana Young 1802 Satin and

  567. also need some mondo na patuli namula mala had sadan Napa

  568. zacapa Hama Khan and make no mistake about it, walking the

  569. narrow path is difficult. It's hard and it's unpopular.

  570. Has he said that Kaito Marionette, 15.

  571. As we acknowledge ourselves to have that desire to walk on this

  572. path, there will always be times that we can or we might look at

  573. what's happening in this world. Papatingin ties some Mundo at

  574. patinating my easy. Did you get a granola?

  575. Paramus Modelling Magloko. Paramus Modelling Magazine.

  576. The Paramus Modelling Magnakaw Magsugal, the Casa Comitan and

  577. Tama Committed and Sapata Padma. Is it not in a bucket?

  578. Part of my most exciting Dan must Messiah Paramus may thrill

  579. Sabila, and that's the reality that we could see outside.

  580. That means inserting Kahina and Petty Panathinaikos in the

  581. bucket. Pattern must be blessed among a

  582. Nasaa Bilang side. But pattern was stable by

  583. imbuing Mamma Samantha Hao too high comfortable Mayaman

  584. magandang buhay come someone that entire eto naghihirap

  585. natitiis means Maggie keep it or means in Nowlan park attendant

  586. in London. I'm at Pangani B had made and at

  587. maritime padding Mahajan the fact that the island now

  588. actually I'll make Dylan come back the path no matter entire

  589. when we are stubborn when we go back and desire for the things

  590. of this world and all of us have stumbled, my friends and fallen

  591. and even wandered from the pathway at one time or another.

  592. But this is the comfort that we have.

  593. In this reality, God is faithful.

  594. God is faithful. Our faithful Shepherd has come

  595. after us and he finds us and he brings us back to the pathway of

  596. righteousness. It is not us who can do it on

  597. our own. It is not based on our

  598. faithfulness, but primarily based on the faithfulness of God

  599. and not us. Temple.

  600. I know people in Athens ghetto. Which path will you choose in

  601. this life Today? The Gospel calls you.

  602. It calls all of us to choose the narrow path that leads to life.

  603. And I want to close with a word of encouragement and challenge

  604. from Hebrews 12 verse one to three.

  605. Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud

  606. of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and sin which

  607. cling so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is

  608. set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfector of our

  609. faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the

  610. cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of

  611. the throne of God. Consider him who endured from

  612. from sinners such hostility against Himself, so that you may

  613. not grow weary, are faint hearted, and then.