Zac Poonen - The Narrow Way Alone Leads to Life

Zac PoonenMarch 31, 202554mWatch on YouTube

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Speaker: Zac Poonen Title: The Narrow Way Alone Leads to Life Date: 03/30/2025 Our Goal as Christians is this: To be an exact reflection of Jesus, the Son of God (Romans 8:29) We do this individually by growing in purity in our personal lives (1 John 3:2-3) We do this corporately by becoming fully functioning members of a local Church (Ephesians 4:11-16)

Summary

Zac Poonen teaches on Matthew 24, emphasizing that enduring faithfully to the end is essential for salvation, not merely accepting Christ once. He warns against two key dangers in the end times: deception and fear, stressing that regular Bible reading and study are marks of genuine spiritual rebirth, as believers should naturally hunger for God's Word like newborn babies cry for milk.

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Two essential warnings for the last daysJesus warned His disciples in the last days not to be deceived and not to be frightened by wars, rumors of wars, and other global turmoil.

Why lack of daily Bible reading leads to deceptionIf you have an English Bible and do not read it regularly, you deserve to be deceived because you prioritize earthly jobs above Jesus Christ.

Longing for the word like newborn babiesJust as a newborn baby naturally cries out for milk, a truly born-again Christian will instinctively long for the pure milk of God's word to grow in salvation.1 Peter 2:2

The gate, the way, and false prophetsJesus taught that both a small gate and a narrow way lead to life, but false prophets deceive people by preaching only a gate without the narrow way.Matthew 7:14

Holding fast our assurance until the endScripture warns believers against an evil, unbelieving heart and states that we only become partakers of Christ if we hold our initial assurance firm to the end.Hebrews 3:12

The shift toward ear-tickling teachers in the last daysIn the last days, people will reject healthy sound doctrine and accumulate teachers who cater to their desires for comfort, ease, and no persecution.

How preachers must proclaim the wordPreachers must be ready to preach the word in season and out of season, reproving, rebuking, and exhorting with complete patience.2 Timothy 4:2

How Christendom drifted into a corporate systemUnlike the New Testament pattern, modern churches often select pastors like corporate CEOs through interviews and salary negotiations.

The true commission of making disciplesThe Great Commission requires going into all the world to make disciples, baptizing them, and teaching them to obey everything Jesus commanded.

Loving Jesus more than family and selfThe first condition of discipleship is that anyone who does not love Jesus more than father, mother, wife, children, siblings, and their own life cannot be His disciple.

Taking up the cross and dying to self dailyThe second condition of discipleship is taking up your cross daily, meaning you must die to your own opinions, gettable offenses, and the honor of men.Luke 14:27

Sharing in the reproach of ChristIf people called the head of the house Beelzebub or ruler of demons, His true disciples must expect to be called similar names.

Giving up all possessionsThe third condition of discipleship is giving up all your possessions, keeping everything in an open palm rather than clinging tightly to earthly things.Luke 14:33

Receiving the Holy Spirit to escape spiritual orphanhoodGod has given believers the Holy Spirit as another helper so they are no longer spiritual orphans living in fear and insecurity.John 14:16–18

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