Peter Roselle: Choosing to Enter the Narrow Gate That Leads to Life (Mattew 7:14)
Channel: King of Kings Worship Center
Date: 2023-08-05

Peter Roselle: Choosing to Enter the Narrow Gate That Leads to Life (Mattew 7:14)
Peter speaks at King of Kings on Sunday, 7/30/2023. Mattew 7:13-14 in the Voice version says, “There are two paths before you; you may take only one path. One doorway is narrow. And one door is wide. Go through the narrow door. For the wide door leads to a wide, broad path that is easy; it has many, many people on it. But the wide, broad, easy, crowded path leads to death. The narrow door leads to a narrow road that in turn leads to life. It is hard to find that road. Not many people manage it.”

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Matthew 6:33 “Seek first the Kingdom of God”
Proactive Choice: Pray every morning for God’s guidance. 
Reactive Choice: How should I respond to this email?
Worldview: What do I believe is true? Which gate should I enter?
2 Corinthians 10:5 “…casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the
knowledge of God, into captivity to the obedience of Christ…

Matthew 16 
26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

Hebrews 5:12-14 (MSG)
By this time, you ought to be teachers yourselves, yet here I find you need someone to sit down with you and go over the basics on God again… milk, when you should have been on solid food. Milk is for beginners, inexperienced in God’s ways; solid food is for the mature, who have some practice in telling right from wrong.

Mark 9 – Mount of Transfiguration
2 Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up on a high mountain apart by themselves; and He was transfigured before them. 
3-4 His clothes became shining, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten. And Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.  

Commentary – Why Moses & Elijah?
Moses and Elijah served God as extraordinary leaders, but both ministries ended prematurely.
God told Moses to speak to a rock so it would yield water. In his anger, Moses struck the rock twice. Because Moses did not obey, God told Moses and Aaron they would not enter the Promised Land. Joshua assumed leadership over God’s people.

Elijah condemned the worship of Baal, called down fire from heaven and killed Baal’s prophets (1 Ki 18). Jezebel was furious, vowing to kill Elijah (1 Ki 19:2). Elijah fled to the wilderness in fear for his life. He prayed to God to take his life (1 Kings 19:4). In 2 Kings 2, Elisha received a double portion of Elijah’s mantle.

Moses and Elijah had unique departures from earth. Moses died and was buried by God in an unknown place (Deuteronomy 34:5-6). Elijah was taken to heaven in a whirlwind (2 Kings 2). Their reappearance foretells Jesus as fulfillment of the law (Moses) & prophets (Elijah) the coming resurrection and finished work of Christ.

Luke 1
28 “…the angel said to [Mary], “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!”
30-32 “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son and shall call His name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.
34 Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?”
38 Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.”

Luke 1
13 …the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. 
18 And Zacharias said to the angel, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”

Psalm 145
8 The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.
9 The Lord is good to all; He has compassion on all He has made.

Psalm 103
12 …as far as the east is from the west, [is how] far He has removed our transgressions from us.

Acts 2
21 “…whoever calls on the name of the Lord Shall be saved.’
32-33 This Jesus God has raised up [from the dead], of which we are all witnesses. Therefore, being exalted to the right hand of God and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear.
38 Repent and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 
39-40 For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God …