Key Verse: Verse 13 – “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:”
Key Words: broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction
There are not many ways to heaven; there is only one way: through Jesus Christ. John 14:6 Jesus said, “I am the way.” Acts 4:12, “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
When the Persians were preparing to fight against the Babylonians they knew they had to lure them out into the broad field. You see, the Persian army outnumbered the Babylonians two to one. If they could lure them out into open terrain they could defeat them because of the massive number of soldiers they had. The broad way would allow them to win, and the Babylonians fell for the trap and went into the broad way…and they were defeated.
When the Greeks fought against the Persians they as well were outnumbered, but they realized the only way they could be victorious was to lure the Persians into a narrow path in the mountains. In the narrow way, it doesn’t matter how many soldiers you have, the only soldiers who can fight are the ones at the passage way of the narrow path. So the great army put their greatest fighters at this point of the battle and won easily although the Persians outnumbered them three to one.
The narrow way is the way to victory for the believer. Jesus is at the point of the passageway. The only way for the enemy to win is to defeat Jesus – not possible! Through Jesus we have victory. To God be the glory for His narrow way is our source of victory!
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞Make sure you are in the narrow way. All other roads lead to sorrow.
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