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The parable of the Narrow Door - Coggle Diagram

- - - - The narrow door (path)contradicted the broad door that leads to destruction
      - The message:
        
        There is only one door; the narrow one
        
        The door is now open, however will one day close
        
        It is our duty to enter that door
      - doors
        
        Wide = Easy = Leads to destruction
        
        Narrow = Hard = Leads to life
- - - - The Truth is in Christ - salvation is by Faith in the Lord, Jesus.
      - Jesus said, "I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved” (John 10:7–9). Again, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6).
    - - Two lessons in that parable:
        
        only one door
        
        anyone may enter the door
      - There's a time the door will be closed and locked. Although time for repentance is limited, there's still time now, while the door is open, right now, anyone can enter and be saved
      - The goal is the door
      - You have to lose weight to enter a narrow door, so it won't be easy and we must try hard
      - The call of God
        
        We come to God only because he draws us. God doesn't have a favourite, not matter where a person is from, or anything similar
        
        There is no reason you shouldn't be amongst the people whom God draws to Jesus, because you can follow the calling in many ways
      - Must enter by the door. To enter it is not hard
        
        Jesus said it is not a scary or hard path to enter
        
        It must be entered, no other way
  - - - The Greek word agōnizomai means to “strive” or to “make every effort” (NIV). By this word Jesus tells us that there is something for us to do, we must make every effort to enter
        
        “to fight to struggle”
      - There's only one door for salvation and to the kingdom of God, impossible to go through it by accident
        
        it requires humility
      - God doesn't come to the world to meet the high and important, hHe came to meet the outcast, dirty, broken and poor
    - - He followed God through his life and when he was executed for it, He was laughing because he was happy he died for God and followed the narrow and suffering road to life
- - - - The denial of ourselves
      - Mortification of our flesh (the death of our flesh)
      - Meditation on the heavenly life
    - - There is none righteous
      - There is none that understands
      - There is none who seeks after God
      - They have all gone out of the way
      - They have together become unprofitable
      - There is none who does good