Welcome to the in touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Friday August 23rd.

Jesus identified himself as the only way to God and Matthew Chapter 7 says the way to heaven is narrow. Let's evaluate the choices

we are making as we listen to today's podcast. What motivates you today when you make

choices in life? You understand that the choices you and I make today

are the choices we live with, tomorrow, the next week, the next month, the next year, so that

so often we make choices without thinking, without

considering not only what the facts are today but what are the consequences

of those decisions, those choices we make in life.

Well, that's what I want to talk about in this message and I want you to turn, if you will, to Matthew and the seventh chapter and two verses in the seventh chapter.

Jesus has been talking to his heroes about choices,

all kinds of choices that they're to make in their life and in specific areas of their life.

Then he comes down to this 13th and 14th verses in the 7th chapter as to say to them,

it all ends up being two lifestyles in life. You either have

one lifestyle or the other and so he pictures that in this way when he says in verse 13

enter through the narrow gate for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction

and there are many who enter through it.

For the gate is small, and the way is narrow that leads to life.

And he says there are few people who find it.

Now let's think about it for a moment. He says it's narrow. Well let me ask you a question.

How narrow can you be and still be happy? Joyful, peaceful, contented, full of life, full of energy, excited about life every day.

You say, when you Christians can't be there, because look what you're missing in life.

Let's look at it this way.

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