The Narrow Path: Truth, Sin, and Salvation

1) "The path that Jesus walks on is telling us to repent, is telling us to confess, is telling us how much we should love him, is telling us to be obedient to his word, is telling us to be obedient to him when times are tough. this path is a different path. I really like the sound of that, though, that all paths lead to God, because it's comforting. It makes me comfortable. I can do whatever I want. God still loves me. It's friction. No, you can't do whatever you want. There's consequences to everything that you do. Not only in this life are there consequences, but also in the eternal life. Are you with me?" [03:45] (44 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2) "To believe a cliche is dangerous, church. The culture today is trying to get us to believe these lies, to believe these cliches, because they're comfortable, they feel good, they make a little bit of sense, therefore it must be true. But that is not the point of our lives. The point of our lives is to really think about sin in our lives. See, I'm here to tell you there's something to be said about a God who wants to hear us, who wants to hear us, who wants to serve us, who wants to fix us, who wants to suffer for us, then die for us, then live in us. Jesus is the only one to create this path to salvation. No other religion or ideology takes this path. There is no God willing to live inside of you. There is no God willing to die for you, to serve you, to fix you, and to suffer for you. We serve an amazing God." [03:45] (57 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3) "The problem is we're walking down a path and we're thinking we're walking down a path, but we're not. Unfortunately, the path has been buried. Culture has decided to begin to lay different layers on the path that God has called us to walk. And these are the lies that we believe, that this path has been covered. This path is no longer available, that this path can no longer be seen. But the word of God tells us that this path can be seen and be followed. But the culture wants to give you a different path. The culture wants to give you a different direction. I believe that culture is being manipulated by a common enemy known as Satan. And what he's gonna do is he's gonna try to bury Jesus' path because it doesn't work to what he wants for your life. The enemy has a purpose for your life just as much as God has a purpose for your life. And if you can't recognize that, then you're gonna start to go down a path that the enemy has already layered on top of the Lord's." [07:56] (68 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4) "One lie that we believe is being a good person doesn't mean you're on God's path. This is a, people are gonna tell you, well, you're a good person, so therefore you're gonna go to heaven. That's not true. I'm not here to preach to you a soft sermon today. I'm here to be real with you. And if you don't like it, that's okay. We can go our separate ways. My life's good without you. I'm just kidding. I serve a God that meets all my needs. Let me tell you something that I want to tell you about. I want you to be able to identify sin in your life when you look in the mirror. Because I think when we look in the mirror, we're looking at different things. Ladies. You're looking at different things. Men, we're looking at different things in the mirror. We're not thinking about our spiritual life in the mirror. And so this is what I want you to do. this is the path that we have to look. But see, being a good person doesn't mean you're on God's path." [10:36] (59 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5) "Your spiritual endurance is important to your life. What is it going to take for you to stop serving God? Ask yourself that question. Is it something simple? Does it exist? Or are you going to say, I'll never stop serving God? Those of you that say, I'll never stop walking down this path, everyone, I'm going to make a golden calf out of the things I own. I'm going to make a golden calf and serving Jesus. Be careful with that attitude because Christianity is all about you getting back on your knees, putting aside the pride and say, God, I'm not good enough for you. It's resetting yourself. And this is what the Israelites failed to do." [17:03] (33 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


6) "The consequences to worshiping other things other than God is death. Simple as that. It leads to death. See, we like to pretend our relationship and path is correct, but it's no more crooked than the American politics you're putting your faith into. The God of Israel did this. He found a way to save us. He found a way to save us. He freed them from slavery, performed miracles. He crushed their enemies. He gave them a moral law, which is the 10 commandments. He provided everything for them when they were starving, when they were thirsty. God continues to provide, but what do they end up doing? Making a golden calf to worship him and then giving it credit. You see, the path you need to follow is the one you must endure. It's a hard path. It's not an easy path. It's not a path that's built around cliches from other religions or from this world. It's a path that is built around truth that is found in the word of God. If you want to be on God's path, then you have to follow his word and his promises." [19:30] (67 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


7) "It's the same thing with God's promises in your life. I'm a walker. This path. And when the enemy's trying to throw another path in front of it or on top of it, I'm going to continue. I'm going to continue down the path that, because I understand when I'm walking down this path and a circumstance hits me, I'm going to rely on God's promises and stay on this path. I know when, when, when, when the enemy's trying to distract me, tempt me and get me to fall, I'm going to walk on this path because I know God's promises are going to keep me on this path. Cause you know, there's victory. You know, that God is going to save you. You know, that God is going to save you. You know, there's victory. You know, that there's no circumstance that God cannot move through when you're on the path and you believe in the promises. That's what I love about the Old Testament. The Old Testament is filled with promises, and every single one of those promises lead to Jesus. They don't lead to Muhammad. They don't lead to anything else. Jesus is directly linked from Genesis all the way to Revelations. That's past even to the future." [22:07] (62 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


8) "Some of you sample God's word. You take the parts you like. Oh, I really like that Jesus died for everyone, including me. Okay, did you know you have to remain obedient in order to receive that salvation? Did you know you have to remain obedient in order to receive that salvation? it's called here's the theology behind it if you if you don't believe me you're first justified by jesus which is the past you're justified for all your sins of the past the present is sanctification that means you're remaining to be holy it's not only called out in the old testament but also the new testament jesus talks about remaining holy that's why we repent that's why we pray that's why we have church because we have a place where we repent your work's not going to give you that your job's not going to give you that some of you could barely do that in your own home because you're so busy so when you come to church you come ready to be sanctified remain in his presence remaining holy that's why moses went on that mountain to pray that's why moses when he was leading the israelites through the desert he would set up and begin to pray and intercede for the people that weren't because it's remaining holy then you get the glory that's called glorification in theology you get the glory the glory is that you're with him in heaven worshiping with him you've received the victory you're not in hell the sin did not take over your life you're now glorifying him amongst his kingdom and people this is from the old to the new" [28:26] (92 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


9) "The other thing is you conflate worldly success with that god's blessing look i like to work hard i love working hard because it makes the day go by fast but it's also benefited me in my career and i've reaped the benefits of working hard but let me tell you something church some of you conflate success in your life with walking in the correct path you've put your career before god you've done things you've been walking a path that that is not central to what god has wanted for your life there was a young man that asked jesus one time what do i need to do to stay on the path to salvation and he said i'm going to work hard i'm going to work hard i'm going to work hard i'm this is what jesus said he said a young man said to him all these i've i've kept what do i still lack jesus said to him if you would be perfect go sell your possessions give to the poor and you will have the treasure in heaven and come and follow me see some of you don't like that verse that's okay your savior said it not me when the young man heard this he went sorrowful for he had great possessions. And Jesus said to his disciples, truly, I say to you, only the difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. Again, I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of heaven. Now, some people mistake you that verse saying, see, you can't be rich. That is not true. There are plenty of rich people that don't serve God that remain rich and God continues to bless their lives. There are people that are rich that serve God wholeheartedly and they reap the benefits not only of this world, but of Jesus himself. But Jesus is saying, wealth can marinate your pride. This is an interesting one. Because wealth can do that. Those of us that work hard, you know that money comes, money goes. There are months where you have money in the bank, months where you don't. And so you, when you have money in the bank, guys, your chest is pumped out a little bit more. You got a little, you got a little, hop to your step. Yeah, I'm on the right path. Look at this. I can do whatever I want this weekend. Right? I got all the money. I got everything, man. I got a nice big check in the mail the other day. Ladies, your purse is swinging a little. Your purse is like this, is swinging real sassy. You got it going on, right? Because you got money in the bank. See, that's what it does. But let me tell you something about pride. It's the farthest path from God. It's the farthest path. You know what pride is? Oh, I don't need Jesus. Oh, you know what pride is? Oh, all the paths lead to God. You know what pride is? It's you. Less of you, more of him, the Bible says. Put it down. Put it to sleep. Right? So again, it's pride." [32:42] (60 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


10) "Our God wants to have a relationship with us. He's the only God that says, I want to dwell within you. I not only will die with you, I will walk with you. I will be with you. I want to hear, put all your concerns to me, child. He's the only God that does that. Every other God is expecting pride. Come worship me. Come be with me. Come put money at my feet. None of that ever takes place with our God, Yahweh. I'm here to tell you the enemy is winning when you don't think that church matters. The enemy wins when you don't think you need to serve Jesus. The enemy wins when you don't think the Bible is true. The enemy wins when you think you got it all together. When you think you got time to repent, you don't have time to repent, the time is now. When you think there is no sin in your life, that's when the enemy wins. When you don't think you need a savior, the enemy has already won. See, when you die and you're in the midst of judgment because you didn't want anybody to judge you here, when you die and you're in the midst of judgment and God looks at you, Jesus looks at you, and he's gonna tell you two questions, he's gonna ask you two questions. He said, what did you do with my son Jesus? And what did you do with the life and the gifts and the blessings I gave you? And you're gonna have to answer to that. So what path are you on? The only way to walk on the path of the one true living God is to invite him to be the Lord of your life. Some of you need to stop having an allergy to Christianity, Jesus, and prayer. Like if you mention the church like it's a cuss word. I'm here to remind you that there's something to be said about a God who wants to hear us, who wants to serve us, who wants to fix us, who wants to suffer for us, die for us, and then live in us. No other God claims to do such. No other religion takes this path." [45:08] (60 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)