Two Ways

Matthew 7:13-14…13 "You can enter God's Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell (Greek The road that leads to destruction.) is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way.14 But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.

…It is sobering to realize that the multitudes who believe that all people are “going to the same place” actually are all going to the same place, for they are all traveling the broad way to destruction. …It was God Himself, through Jesus Christ, who said that few (few!) ever find the way to eternal life. That narrow way to life is only through Christ, who said,…John 14:6…6 Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.…The word for “way” in both Old and New Testaments means a road, or journey. Figuratively, it is often used for a lifestyle. The Bible makes it plain, again and again, that there are two ways and two destinies: …Psalm 1:6…6 For the Lord watches over the path of the godly, but the path of the wicked leads to destruction.

…The first “way” mentioned in Scripture is“the way to the tree of life,” guarded by mighty cherubim and a flaming sword after Adam and Eve had rejected the authority of their Creator. …Genesis 3:24…24 After sending them out, the Lord God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.……The second “way” mentioned is when “all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth” and God had to decree “the end of all flesh”(KJV)…Genesis 6:12-13…12 God observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on earth was corrupt.13 So God said to Noah, "I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe them all out along with the earth! (NLT)…The great tragedy is that while there are relatively few who do his commandments:…Revelation 22:14…14 Blessed are those who wash their robes. They will be permitted to enter through the gates of the city and eat the fruit from the tree of life.“…they may have right to the tree of life”, the way is freely open, through Christ, to all who will come to Him.

Therefore, each sincere soul should pray, …Psalm 139:23-24…23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.…24 Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.