Dr. Jeff Williams, Senior Pastor
October 4, 2015 #FirstDenton
Dr. Jeff Williams, Senior Pastor
Explore God “Is Christianity Too Narrow?”
October 4, 2015 #FirstDenton
Explore God “Is Christianity Too Narrow?”
Matthew 7:13–14 13 Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
Matthew 7:13–14 13 Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
John 14:6 I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
John 14:6 I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Matthew 11:28–30 Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.
Matthew 11:28–30 Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.
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2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
Matthew 22:37–39 And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Matthew 22:37–39 37 And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Proverbs 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
Proverbs 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
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Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God. 1. Salvation is God’s ____________ “By grace you have been saved.” Ephesians 1:4 Even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him. In love. 2. Salvation is God’s Work in God’s ____________ “Through faith...not of yourselves...the gift of God” Ephesians 2:9 Not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God. 1. Salvation is God’s ____________ “By grace you have been saved.” Ephesians 1:4 Even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him. In love. 2. Salvation is God’s Work in God’s ____________ “Through faith...not of yourselves...the gift of God” Ephesians 2:9 Not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
3. Salvation is God’s Work in God’s Way, According to God’s ____________
3. Salvation is God’s Work in God’s Way, According to God’s ____________
Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
Romans 10:9 Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
Romans 10:9 Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.