Swimming Upstream, 12/27/15
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Transcript of Swimming Upstream, 12/27/15
“Enterbythenarrowgate.Forthegateiswideandthewayiseasythatleadstodestruc7on,andthosewhoenterbyitaremany.Forthegateisnarrowandthewayishardthatleadstolife,andthosewhofinditarefew.”
Ma#hew7:13-14(ESV)
3CONTRASTS:
1. Broadandnarrowway,2. Badandgoodfruit,3. DoingandfailingtodothewillofGod.
“Thedifferencebetweenariverandaswampisthattheriverhasbordersandtheswamphasnone.”
BishopFultonSheen
WHERE’STHENARROWWAY?
“It’snotoverattheedge,separatedbydistancefromthewideway,butit’srightsmackinthemiddleofthewideway,justheadedintheotherdirec7on.”
HowardSkinner
SWIMMINGUPSTREAM
1. CHOOSEStoswimagainsttheflow&headsupstream.
2. CHOOSEStodowhateverittakesnomaQerwhattheriskorobstacle.
3. CHOOSESlifeandlaysdownhislifetoGIVELIFEtothenextgenera7on.
