Enter through the narrow gate for the gate is wide and
the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. There is a
narrow gate.  (NOTE: Matthew 7:13)


And you know, historically––one of the reasons I’m a Southern Baptist is that the Southern
Baptists have always been quick––when other denominations have failed to realize this––the
Southern Baptists have always been quick to realize that there is one gate; there is one God; there
is one mediator between God and man; and His name is Jesus Christ. It’s not multiple choice.
Not every road leads to Rome. As a denomination, we have always told people what Jesus told
people: I am the way, the truth, and the life, and no one comes to the Father except through me.
So, I praise God for that, that the only way any human being on this earth will ever be saved is
through Jesus Christ, and that is all. Because you need to realize the Bible says, For all have
sinned and come short of the glory of God, and you have no idea what that means, that we were
born radically depraved and God hating, that we would have never sought God, never come to
God. We have rebelled against God, broken every law. It’s not just an issue that you have
sinned. The issue is you’ve never done anything but sinned. The Bible says in the prophets that
even our greatest works are like filthy rags before God. And because of that, you know what we
deserve? The wrath of God. The holy hatred of God.

You say, “Now, wait a minute. God doesn’t hate anybody. God is love.” No, my friend. You
need to understand something. Jesus Christ taught, the prophets taught, the apostles taught this
—that apart from the grace of God revealed in Jesus Christ our Lord, the only thing left for you
is the wrath, the fierce anger of God because of your rebellion and your sin.