TEXT: Matt.7:13-14 “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth
destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way whick leadeth
unto life, and few there be that find it.

KEY VERSE:
Luke 13:23-24 "Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

They attend their religious gatherings where they do all manner of services, yet God does not know them because of
their partial obedience.

Ezekiel 33:31 says "And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my
people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart
goeth after their covetousness."

And in Matt. 15:8 Jesus says "This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and
honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me."

Isaiah 48:1" Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters
of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in
righteousness."

And their leaders could not tell them the whole truth that will save them to the uttermost because of the benefits they
think they are going to lose while some of them are operating with the only half truth they know.

Micah
3:11 says "The
heads thereof judge for reward,and the priests thereof teach for hire,and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean
upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.

The Lord Jesus Christ condemned the attitude of people dressing to look sexy with all types of worldly clothing that partially or
wholly reveals the sensitive parts of the human body: cloths like short skirts, short gowns, short or sexy tops, clothing
revealing the breast, sexy bra, transparent clothing, show body, body hugs, tight skirts, gowns and blouses that sticks to
the body like glue revealing the body contour or shape, sleeveless gowns and blouses, split or slit skirts or gowns, and
every other indecent or sexy or seductive clothing.
Matt.5:28 Jesus says "But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh
on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."

Zephenia 1:8 says "And it shall
come to pass in the day of the LORD'S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such
as are clothed with strange apparel."

Proverbs 7:10 says "And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an
harlot, and subtil of heart.

Some of them could repent from fornication and adultery but not from the use of attachment and weavon that deface the
glory of God, they could forsake stealing and murder but not the use of make-ups and bleaching creams that pollute the
dwelling place of the Holy Spirit.

Some could abhor ldolatry and fighting but not artificial eyelash, eyebrow and finger
fixing that defiles the temple of God.

Pleasant as it may seem to the flesh and popular as it may seem to the masses, it
all ends in unalterable doom.

1Cor.3:16-17 says" Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of
God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which ye
are "

While others could turn away from drunkenness and smoking but not from jerry curling and perming of hair that
stains the image of God.

Some have given-up malice and quarreling but not Jewries and ornaments that is abominable
to God.

I Thessalonians 5:23 says "And the very God of peace sanctity you wholly, and I pray God your whole spirit
and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."

Luke 6:46 says, "And why call ye
me. Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

Matthew 7:21-23 says "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord,
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me
in that dav, Lord Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name
done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work
iniquity."

So many are already in hellfire crying for one more chance to come back to the earth to amend their ways but
there is no more opportunity for them.

Titus 1:16" They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and
unto every good work reprobate"

There is need for God's power to bring about a definite and drastic change in your life before you can have fellowship
with God.

You have to be truly born-again and be converted in your communication, dressing and wardrobe, in your
character, in your friendship both with the world and to the things of the world.

To come to Christ means that you must tum your back on the world and forsake all cherished sins and turn to Christ.

Anyone who cones to Christ for salvation must forsake all sintul pleasures and woridly companions and receive Jesus
Christ as Savior and Lord.

Acts 17:30 says "And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men
everywhere to repent: