2 Roads!

[damo1]

from damo1

speaking for my self i would take the narrow road as many take short cuts and most Will avoid this narrow road that is pointed out in this scripture passage in Matthew i am a type of person that believes in straight talking if you are going to correct me and throw AL sorts of scriptures with out hearing what i am saying i will not listen i like those that preach the truth instead of watered down sermons this just is wasting my time if you are going to preach a watered down sermon to me

i have several close friends who are strong pastors and these men do not beat around the bush they preach as if it was god speaking to them and when you hear gods word being preached like this you dare not Winne or complaine

as i have had many try to tell me things that just did not match with gods word some even new the bible well but it was not matching to what it said in gods word or how Jesus would expect us to behave

the reason i feel most do this is fear of loosing those that have committed to the church so many will just not preach the truth of gods word as i have been told several are too scared to do this and speaking for my self i feel that this is wrong to do its just miss leading

living the Christian life is not as simple as some say it is as living this life comes struggles and also hardships and this is what i feel that this passage to me is saying god wants me as a person to stay on the path he has me on with out looking to the left or looking to the right as i grow challanges will come as i mature temptations will come as i seek out god things will become hard for me as i move forward those close to me will leave me even my own family members and this has happend already no one on my mothers side wants to know me the more i grow the more its going to get hard but i want you to stay on this path and grab hold of me

in the church i am in now my pastor speaks nothing but the truth and he says it bluntly if you do not like hearing the truth of gods word being preached like this go some wear else wear you will be happy don't come hear pointing or complaining as i Will not lead gods people astray like so many have been by those who preach a watered down sermon

straight talking or being honest and open is the best way and i have told new christians that i have led to god do not expect this life to be so simple be prepared to do the hard yarns be ready to face thing head on by me doing it this way at least i am telling them openly i dont see how this will hurt a new christian and you can lead them to gods word and tell them god wiil give you the strength you need to endure the hardships that come your way

thanks for this

[Rubedo]

Well, you have to realize we're thinking of this as if we already knew the answer. But what if we didn't? What if we didn't even known what was at the end of either road?

In a real life situation, if you got lost in the middle of nowhere and were trying to find your way back to the main road, would you take the large smooth road, or the thin and craggled one? Logically, smooth roads become smoother, and would take you to where you wanted to go. A particularly pessimistic person with a good imagination might even speculate that the small road takes you to a proverbial haunted mansion. What's the difference here?

It's not a trick question.

[WayneB]

...but we do have the answer. Traveller made a great point here.

The road analogy makes me think of a car trip. Some will go out, invest in a road map, study the path and then pack the car. Others will pick up a map along the way, checking the direction at leisure. Still others will simply get in the car and go, with no direction. I've done that before. We ended up lost, ran out of gas stations, limped into small desolate towns with no motels, and eventually had to turn for home, out plans totally spoiled.

Our Father left us a roadmap to follow, written by the saints, with exact instructions. When we study His word, we're better prepared for the trip. It's not enough to say to take the narrow road, unless we know what that road is.