narrow gate, false prophets & wise as serpents

00:01 Praise Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Brothers and sisters, today the power of Christ Daily 2 March 2016 Narrow gate, false prophets and wise as serpents. Narrow gate, false prophets and wise as serpents. Brothers and sisters, in Matthew 7, 13, 14
reading from Amplified.

00:21 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad and easy to travel is the path that leads the way to destruction and eternal loss. And there are many who enter through it.

00:33 But small is the gate, and narrow and difficult travel is a path that leads the way to everlasting life. And there are few who find it. I’ll read again.

00:44 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate, and broad and easy to travel is the path that leads the way to destruction and eternal loss. And there are many who enter through it.

00:57 But small is the gate and narrow and difficult to travel is the path that leads the way to everlasting life. And there are few who find it. Brothers and sisters, this used to bother me, you know why? Jesus Christ said, I am the way, the truth and
life.

01:10 I am the way, the truth and life. So now they are saying people, there are two gates and people are entering and. And there are two ways.

01:22 There are two ways. There are of course a whole lot of people who are not entering any gate. They’re just going about their life as it is.

01:29 They’re just moving along. They’re not bothered to enter any gate. They’re still thinking of, I’m going, any gate, this gate, which gate am I entering? No, they’re not bothered at all because they are confused.

01:40 They are lost, they are captives, as I was a captive myself of the devil. But when people come to Christ, they think they are entering some gate. And Jesus said, I am the way.

01:53 So they supposed to have come to the way. But there are billions of people. Billions.

01:59 Literally no, billions. Billions. There are about almost 2 billion people who say they are Christians.

02:08 There is a large number, but actually their lives are in a mess. They are doing things that are not in the precept of Christ. So I used to wonder about this.

02:19 So what is this? Suppose I’ve entered this gate because I used to think the narrow gate is the gate of Jesus Christ. So they’re supposed to enter this gate and difficulties away and all. But the 2 billion are going about like easiest away, like
nothing.

02:36 So actually the understanding is everybody who comes to Christ in Christ there are also the real Christ, the true Christ is narrow gate and difficult is the way, but leads to everlasting life. But there is also people, they’re thinking they’re
entering the gate, entering the gate of Christ. But they still entering the wild gate, the broad and easy way.

03:07 So they think they are in Christ because they sent a sinner’s prayer and then told Jesus to come into their heart. And then they begin to do whatever they want. Because that’s how false teachers are teaching them.

03:18 Or they like it even because they do not want to carry the cross. Deny yourself, crucify your flesh. Deny yourself, pick up the cross daily, daily.

03:33 That means anything that is not right in Christ. We don’t want to do, but our heart and mind and our flesh should love it. But we don’t want to do that because we already know what Jesus Christ wants us to do.

03:45 And to know that we have to search the scriptures or listen to the scriptures. There are so many ways. Just download the words of Christ or download the scriptures Bible from the various Internet platforms.

03:59 Download and keep listening to the words of Jesus Christ. Just the gospels. You keep listening, your life will change because the word of God, who is Jesus Christ, will change you from inside.

04:08 That’s what happened to me and happened to others. Will happen to you, those who are still struggling. But you must make a purpose in your heart that you do not want to go and do the easy thing.

04:19 Just anything they say, easy, easy. You know, there’s a wide gate, there’s a wide road, easy to travel. Everything can.

04:27 No penalties, nothing. But actually what you sow, you will reap. So now, narrow and difficult is the way.

04:35 That means you’re following Jesus. The road will be narrow and difficult. Small is the gate and narrow and difficult is the path.

04:44 That means the path in Jesus is narrow and difficult. Jesus Christ saying this, why is it difficult? Because it is against our flesh, against our heart and against our mind. Unconverted mind, unconverted heart and the flesh.

05:01 Our minds are foreign nature minds. They think the way the world thinks. Because I was trained by the world.

05:07 In the world we do not know, we think we are training ourselves. But no, the devil has been speaking to our hearts. The devil goes about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour, steal, kill and destroy.

05:20 Is speaking to my heart and my heart and resonating with the thoughts that’s put by the devil there, thinking, talking, talking. And the world is drawing, drawing, drawing. And the heart was following and thinking that I’m right.

05:33 But actually when come to Christ and look at his precepts very clear. Deny ourselves, pick up the cross. Love God with all our heart, mind, soul and strength.

05:43 Love one another as I have loved you. That he gave his life for us. We are supposed to give our lives to one another, for one another, were Christians.

05:53 And who are Christians? The disciples were first called Christians in the city of Antioch. So you have to be a disciple to be actually called a Christian. If we can label ourselves as Christians or Christians or whatever, any which way, anytime we
wish.

06:09 But that doesn’t make us a Christian. We have to be a disciple actually, in the eyes of Christ, to be a Christian. And then we have to follow the narrow road, the difficult way.

06:22 And the difficult way will become easy when you use the power of Jesus Christ. The difficult way is, first of all, you deny your flesh. Pick up the cross.

06:34 You deny whatever your flesh was talking about. Your heart wants your fallen nature. Heart wants.

06:39 So that’s why our heart will have desires that are Antichrist. Desires which are going to destroy us. That’s why we must be careful.

06:47 So speak to your heart in the still of the night, in the bed. Jesus says in Psalm 4. 4.

06:54 Some translation is very clear about this. Some will say, meditate in the bed. But meditate what? Meditate what you are doing, what I’m doing against the word of God.

07:05 And then say, I want to do what the word of God says. I want to do what Jesus Christ, the husband of my soul says. So then you command.

07:15 In the name of Jesus Christ, I command my heart and mind to love Jesus Christ, to crave for Jesus Christ. In the name of Jesus Christ, I command my heart and mind to crave for Jesus Christ, to love Jesus Christ. In the name of Jesus Christ, I
command my heart and mind to.

07:31 To do whatever my husband or my soul says. You will do it hard. You will not do your own way.

07:38 Lord Jesus, in the name of Jesus Christ, I ask the Holy Spirit to put his desires into my heart. Please put your desires, Lord Jesus, into my heart so I will follow your desires. In the name of Jesus Christ, I ask the Holy Spirit to make me.

07:54 Make me follow righteousness, peace and joy. Make me follow the commands of Christ. So I love him.

08:01 If you love me, keep my commandments. You know, some people say, I repeat this. Yes, Jesus repeats, I say and say again.

08:09 Many people who think, oh, this repetition. You look at their life in a mess, why they hurt once and forget about it. Hey, you have to repeat and repeat.

08:19 Because every day the world is repeating itself into our hearts. Every day. Every day, you know, literally for 24 hours.

08:28 Because when you are sleeping also you have some music playing or the devil talking or whatever. Literally for 24 hours at the very least, it’s 16 hours. It’s talking to us.

08:38 The world is talking to us. Our mind is picking up things in the world and talking to us. And then this devil is talking to us.

08:45 And then we are being tempted left, right and center. Even when we don’t hear the sound, they can send frequencies. Subliminal messages.

08:53 Subliminal messages means you cannot see or hear the word, but the words are coming through the radio waves subliminally. That means you’re virtually going to see it. But actually they’re passing by the words.

09:06 Whether you’re watching TV or what. They put subliminal messages. You see that? You search.

09:11 What is subliminal messages? You will know. Brothers and sisters, this is bombardment that’s going on, on and on and on. That is why whenever I say that, let’s say we got a choice to make.

09:25 One, take root A or route B in our decision. Maybe a career decision, maybe a family decision. And then you find option A. You choose option B.

09:36 You choose both. Looks good. I always suggest to people, take the harder route.

09:42 Take the harder route. Why? That is to teach our heart and mind, our flesh, that you’ll obey me. Take the harder route.

09:51 Because the narrow is the way. Difficult travel is the path that leads to eternal life. You’re overcoming, you’re overcoming.

09:59 Don’t take the easy route. Whatever. Easy decision.

10:02 Two decisions. You think in the same situation, you make either one decision. Make the decision that seems harder to your flesh.

10:10 Harder to what? Your flesh? Whatever is harder to your flesh. Take the root. You’ll be blessed because you get stronger in the spirit.

10:18 For example, let us say one way, let’s say your impression. Your spirit is minister to a person. And then you find that you’ve got time to go and all that.

10:33 But you also can say, okay, I pick up the phone hand. Just talk. Why you don’t want to go? Because your flesh is trying to say it’s convenient.

10:43 After all, the phone is there, you can minister and all that. Of course it’s true. You can say all the words that you want to say over the phone.

10:50 But if you’re able to go and you still don’t go, better go. Why you don’t go? You’re fleshed now mind on the phone. We can do.

10:59 Now mind we can go on the phone. What is that? The Ministry. Face to face.

11:03 Ministry has a great impact on the soul as opposed to just talking on the phone. But of course, if there’s no way you can go, then the phone is the option and leave it Be and let it be with Jesus Christ who decides the following thing what he wants
to do. Because that’s the best you can do.

11:20 But if you have capacity to go and yet you are telling yourself, never mind. I just speak on the phone. What is that? That is actually taking the wide road, easy route.

11:31 Just do whatever you want, make you better take the narrow and difficult road. Because there’s a price to pay. There’s a price to pay in anything.

11:39 For instance, those days I prayed my heart. Because my heart used to be so wicked. It just wants to work.

11:45 When I become born again. Of course the heart wants. But I will command in Jesus name.

11:49 Blood of Jesus. Blood of Jesus. Whenever they think.

11:52 But early stages. I didn’t know the blood of Jesus. For the first two weeks I didn’t know the blood of Jesus.

11:57 Only then later I knew the blood of Jesus. Sting how powerful. Because what happened? It burned demons.

12:06 This happened when I was ministering. One woman came. The past has gone off to the back.

12:11 And this woman comes crawling to me. I want blood. I want blood.

12:14 Because she demonized this deliverance ministry. I want blood. I want blood.

12:18 She’s crawling to me. So I keep walking back. Finally I have no more wall.

12:21 There’s a wall block me. I can’t walk back anymore. She is crying.

12:24 I want blood. I want blood. I want blood.

12:26 And she’s crawling. I cannot move anymore. And then my spirit in my heart I just felt spirit.

12:32 No, there’s the Holy Spirit speaking to me. I didn’t know at the time. Give her the blood of Jesus.

12:36 So I sprinkled like my hand. Make a gesture. Take the blood of Jesus.

12:39 Take the blood of Jesus. Take the blood of Jesus. She is rolling, burning, burning, burning.

12:44 She’s rolling, rolling and delivered. Can you imagine? I didn’t even say anything. It’s the blood of Jesus.

12:50 Then I started using the blood of Jesus again and again. Now suppose I go to a place and that place I have not been for two, three months. And let’s say there is a particular noodles that was so good.

13:02 There are places in KL that I like to eat some noodles. They are so good. And then I will tell my heart no, I will eat something else that I have not eaten there.

13:11 Not this noodles. Although I know I may not come back here. Three months.

13:15 I don’t know months I may not come back. But I will eat this. No doubt because deny yourself.

13:20 I’m going to deny my flesh and teach my flesh, teach my heart, teach my mind that I am the spirit man and I Have control over you. I will control you in the name of Jesus Christ. Because I must take control of my heart and mind.

13:33 Because my heart and mind have caused me so much of damage. Brothers and sisters, this is a narrow and difficult way to travel. Now, if you don’t travel the narrow and difficult way, there’s no eternal life.

13:46 Deny yourself. Pick up the cross, your narrow, difficult one. No.

13:49 To overcome your flesh and your heart and mind and renew your mind in the spirit of the mind. Be renewed in the spirit of your mind. We have to renew the spirit of your mind.

13:58 You have to do this. But you see, and then if you do not do this, you will not know the truth. Because in the easy way you’re doing, haha.

14:07 Anyway you go, no controlling, no self control, no self control, no self control. The biggest damage it causes to us, lack of self control. That is why even the fruit of spirit finally will talk about starting with love will go into self control.

14:24 Self control. End result is self control. Brothers and sisters, self control is the key to walking a Christian life.

14:32 Christian life. You are following Christ and then only you know the truth. Then you become disciple.

14:37 And as disciples indeed. What you do as a disciple, and then only you become a disciple and the disciples and then only know the truth. Because the verse says, if you obey my commandments, you walk in my commandments and my disciples indeed.

14:53 And you know the truth and the truth will set you free. So what is the key here? You must walk in his commandments. To be disciples in deed indeed means you are doing the deed indeed.

15:04 Not just disciples, you are disciples indeed. In the deeds you do, then only you know the truth. And the truth will set you free.

15:11 Many people think they know the truth. No, you must be disciples indeed. And to do that, you must overcome the flesh.

15:18 You must overcome the flesh. That is the narrow and difficult path to travel. Denying yourself.

15:24 Pick up the cross. Now what is also happening is false prophets have come along. They tell you a scripture that there’s no sacrificial life here.

15:34 Everything will be provided by Jesus Christ. Whatever your heart desires, Jesus will give you. Just pray and believe, pray and believe.

15:42 And then it will be all money rooted, money rooted, brothers and sisters. It will all be money, money, money. And then people are being the broad way, they’re going a broad way.

15:52 Jesus said, if you seek me, you will find me, right? In addition, he says, seek the kingdom of God and righteousness first. And all these things will be added. Whatever your needs, whatever you see, all the gentiles, all unbelievers, need all
things.

16:06 Your Father knows all this that you know that you need this he knows. And all these things will be added to you, will be added to you brothers and sisters. These false prophets will feed your flesh, feed your flesh.

16:19 These Apollos will come and tell you some easy scriptures or whatever and convert it this way, that way and you will feel good for your flesh, not feel peace in your soul and it leads to destruction. So always remember this. It’s a denying life,
it’s a sacrificial life that is in Christ.

16:36 You’re not looking at pleasing your flesh but pleasing Jesus Christ of Nazareth and all your needs will be settled. That’s a guarantee. Needs brothers, not wants.

16:46 Needs. The false prophets will start telling you you can get your wants. We’ll continue hoping to talk tomorrow about these things.

16:52 But today remember, deny yourself, pick up the cross. That is the narrow and difficult way to travel. In Jesus name I pray Amen.