Dogfish – Linton Hall

Oct 25

LH- Brett

Quit lookin’ for an easy life!

Matthew 7:13-14, “Enter through the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who go through it.¹⁴ How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.

Why would anyone choose a path that leads to destruction?

         Easy Sells!

Genesis 3:5, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

You can be like God. No one tells you what to do!

Genesis 3:6, The woman saw that the tree was good… delightful to look at… desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it…

2 Peter 2:19, They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for “people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.”

We Know Better– Examine The Evidence

·      The Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:2, I said about laughter, “It is madness,” and about pleasure, “What does this accomplish?”

Ecclesiastes 2:9-11, So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem… ¹⁰ All that my eyes desired, I did not deny them. I did not refuse myself any pleasure… This was my reward for all my struggles. ¹¹ … I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.

·      Experience

·      Heroes

Matthew 7:13, Jesus says, …narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.

How Does the Difficult Road Leads to Life?

 Matthew 10:39, Anyone who finds his life will lose it, and anyone who loses his life because of me will find it.

·      Nothing teaches like the difficult road

James 1:2-4, Consider it a great joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you experience various trials, ³ because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. ⁴ And let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

·      Nothing draws you closer to God than enduring suffering

James 1:3-4, the testing of your faith produces endurance. ⁴ And let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

John 16:33, (NASB) In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”