Narrow is the way

[Scott Hutchinson]

See I have two daughters who are as different as night and day,there are my offspring,but I love them the same they both are my children.

In the family of God,all of God's children are not the same are they ?
If everybody in the body of Christ was the same,how boring would the church be ?

[Carpenter]

Originally Posted by Thinking

The question is: What is the narrow way? How do we know when we're there? How do we know when we stray? How can we help direct others to the narrow way?

I think the same question in a different perspective is how do we know we are Christians, how do we know when we are able to apply that title to our life? How do we know when we stray? How do we know when we do not live up to it, how can we direct others to be Christians?

[*AQuietPlace*]

Originally Posted by Thinking

A powerful scripture that I think of often is Paul's words to the church at Philippi: "...work out your own salvation with fear and trembling." Perhaps if we truly do this...with fear and trembling...we will be less likely to stray from the narrow.

I still wonder though: Could your path be more narrow than mine, and yet be God's path? Else what is there to work out? Maybe, as you suggested, Scott, it is such small things as sleeve length, what constitutes jewelry, and which kinds of screens are holy.

You're absolutely right, fear and trembling. We have to be honest before God and truly seek to please Him. Not just assume our way is His way, and go about our business.

I think definitely one person's path can be more 'strict' than another's, and still be in God's will. Because each of us reacts to certain things in different ways, and different things affect us. This is why we have God's spirit to lead us.

Where we have a train wreck is when we start expecting others to follow what God has placed upon our hearts.

I know someone who felt that they should stop going to amusement parks because they were having a bad affect on them. But, unfortunately, they then thought that everyone should not go, and were sinning if they did. THIS is where we go off the rails.

[Falla39]

Originally Posted by Scott Hutchinson

See I have two daughters who are as different as night and day,there are my offspring,but I love them the same they both are my children.

In the family of God,all of God's children are not the same are they ?
If everybody in the body of Christ was the same,how boring would the church be ?

You, your wife and two daughters are one family. God's family is
made up of many families. But God loves us all. HE SO-LOVED
the world that HE gave His only begotten Son that anyone who would
believe in Him would not perish but have life everlasting.

Blessings,

Falla39