Church Of The Lost Sheep

The Narrow Gate " Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it." -Jesus of Nazareth, 1st century Matthew 7:13-14 in the Berean Study Bible Version [This is the  14t h  lesson of this  series ] Jesus preached the most famous sermon ever. The excerpt above is part of that broad teaching. We discuss portions of this sermon in a separate series -- Sermon On The Mount . Throughout the ages, we can loosely divide teachers into those who preach love, grace and mercy, and the other extreme, into those who preach obedience, laws and dos and don'ts. There are those who make it a point not to offend, and on the other end those whose only intent is to offend. [And there those who teach prosperity and those who teach poverty] We are not saying one is better than the other, because they are all preaching in s...

"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23 NLT Chapters 5 and 6 of the Letter of Paul to the Romans talk about the topics: Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ and Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ. Here Paul is telling the church in Rome that death came through Adam and life came back through Jesus Christ. In our Men's Group discussion last night, this verse was one of the things we've talked about. It is one of the most fundamental and is the most basic truth that every believer should be taught. And it is timely as well, as it will be Holy Week next week. Basics    In case it is still unclear, 'death' we earned by missing the mark (by sinning), either by doing things we ought not to do, or not doing something we ought to. 'Eternal life' on the other hand is not earned. No one can work for it. It is not a paycheck we receive for a service or work that we r...