In week 11 of The God You Thought You Knew...

Matthew 7:13-14, John 10:7-10, 14:6 Acts 4:8, Mark 10:29-30, Psalm 1, Romans 6:23  

“This is not a matter of more or less successful attempts to follow the lifestyle of the kingdom of heaven, but being either in or out—saved or lost.” —R.T. France

“No one can follow Christ who has not first denied himself.” —John Stott

“Christ’s hard and narrow way is also to be welcomed as his ‘easy yoke’ and ‘light burden.’” —Chrysostom 

“What is immediately striking about these verses is the absolute nature of the choice between us. We would prefer to be given more choices, or better still to fuse them all into a conglomerate religion, thus eliminating the need for any choice. But Jesus cuts across our easy-going syncretism. He will not allow us the comfortable solutions we propose. Instead, he insists that ultimately there is only two possibilities to choose from.” —John Stott