There is a broad way

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL
WHERE WILL YOU END UP PT3

TOPIC: There Is A Broad Way -

The word broad means "spacious." Jesus says that there is a spacious road upon which a person can walk. What does He mean by this "broad road"? The idea that Jesus is trying to convey is that the broad way is wide open. In other words, anything goes on the broad way.
You can do anything you like, you can carry all the baggage of your sins, you can live like you want to live, you can call all the shot and make all the rules! You can be king of the road on the broad way. When you walk the broad way, you can be your own person and not have to answer to anyone. You can live life to the fullest.
Go where you will, do what you will and be what you will. It is your life and you call the shots. It is an easy way to live, because there is no one to please but yourself! That is what the broad way is all about!

There is a sinister side to the dark way that the open-minded, pleasure seekers fail to mention to those who travel this road. There are a couple of things you need to know before you decide to live out the rest of your life traveling the broad way.

1. You aren't really in control -
Eph. 2:1-3 (You are nothing more than a pawn of the devil, Ill. John 8:44)

2. Sin brings with it pain and sorrow -
Gal. 6:7; Pro. 13:15 (Il. The Jukes family - There has been careful research in to the history of one criminal family known as Jukes, and it is conspicuous for a long line of pauperism, waste, imbecility, insanity, prostitution and drunkenness. A total of 1,200 decedents have been traced from this prolific family tree. Some 400 were physically self-wrecked, 310 were professional paupers, 130 were convicted criminals, 60 were perpetual thieves and pick pockets, and 7 were murders. Out of the 1,200, only 20 ever learned a trade and 10 of these learned it while in prison! Sin carries a high price tag!)

3. God offers a better alternative -
God has a plan whereby those who follow Him enjoy the fullest of God's rich blessings day by day. Things like peace, John 14:27; Phil. 4:6; joy, 1 Pet. 1:8; assurance of salvation, 1 John 5:13. There are multitudes of other things which the Lord gives to us, and you'll never find a single on of the while traveling the broad road!)

. . . Continue tomorrow

LET US PRAY,
IN JESUS NAME, MERCIFUL GOD, RETURN US BACK TO THE RIGHT ROAD TO THE KINGDOM, AND LEAD US THROUGH IN JESUS NAME.

GOOD MORNING BRETHREN