The Early Parables Of Jesus 6

INTRO: In our last message we considered the parable of the broad and narrow road and we interpreted its meaning like this. The gates are the gates of the city of destruction, or what the NT calls the world. This is where all are born. And in life a few find the narrow gate which opens up to a pathway that leads out of this city. Its destination is life, eternal life. The broad road is false Christianity. Those who encourage others to enter here are false prophets and they use the Bible and promise eternal life.

So those on the broad road are such as Catholics and Mormons and a host of other isms. My wife and I lived not far from a Mormon couple many years ago. And they invited us in for a meal. They spoke of their family devotions. They had another couple there from the church and they spoke of the moving of the Holy Spirit in church that week.

Another time a friend and I went to meet a man whose wife had left him. My friend worked with him and said this man was becoming a Mormon and we should go visit him. His wife had left him and he was there with his children. Well, we had a number of interesting evenings there. He usually invited some higher up Mormon elders as well. And we would not pray with them when they prayed and we told them why. They were greatly agitated about this.