1. Crossroads of Life
Title Slide: Crossroads of Life.Yogi Berra once said: “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” All of us come to “crossroads” as we journey here on earth. The roads we choose to follow can have life-changing effects on our lives.

2. Crossroads of Life “Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your
paths. Lead me in Your
truth and teach me, for
You are the God of my
salvation; on You I wait
all the day.”
(Psalm 25:4-5)
Psalm 25:4,5: God’s way should always be the way we desire more than any other. Do we wait on God to lead us, or do we force the issue and choose the path we want, instead of the one God directs through His word?

3. Which Road Will You Choose?
Matthew 7:13-14
Joshua 24:15
1 Kings 18:21
Which Road will you choose? Choices:
Joshua 24:15—Joshua gave the children of Israel a choice.
1 Kings 18:21—Elijah told them to stop halting between God and Baal.
Matthew 7:13,14—the Lord said there were two paths—broad-and-wide and straight-and-narrow.
Jeremiah 6:16—Jeremiah asked them to stand in the old paths where the good ways were (they refused to do so)
Jeremiah 7:23,24—God asked them to obey His voice and walk in His ways—but they followed the counsel of their evil hearts.
Jeremiah 6:16
7:23-24
Which Road Will You Choose?

4. Crossroads of Life “Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your
ways be established. Do
not turn to the right or
the left; remove your
foot from evil.”
(Proverbs 4:26-27)
We are the product of our decisions. They shape and mold us.
Choices of service;
who/what we will follow;
values;
goals.
We need to remember that these same choices have eternal consequences!
Prov.4:26,27– We need to give serious heed to the paths where our feet trod. Avoid evil and seek to choose the honorable way.

5. Isaiah 35:8 1 Peter 1:15,16 A Highway of Holiness Paths Before Us
Paths set before us: (Jeremiah 6:16; 42:3)
There is a highway of holiness (Isa.35:8). Those who travel on it live according to the commands of a Holy God (1 Pet.1:15,16).
It is a difficult way (Matt.7:14), not always easy or convenient, but it is the most profitable spiritually!
Paths Before Us
(Jeremiah 6:16; 42:3)

6. Psalm 16:11 “You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”
Psalm 23:3 “He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.”
Psalm 25:10 “All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth, to such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.”
A Highway of Holiness
A Highway of Holiness:
Paths of Life--Psa.16:11;
Paths of Righteousness—Psalm 23:3;
Paths of the Lord—Psa.25:10.

7. Psalm 119:35 “Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, for I delight in it.”
Proverbs 2:8-9 “He guards the paths of justice and preserves the way of His saints. Then you will understand righteousness… justice, equity and every good path.”
Proverbs 2:20 “So you may walk in the way of goodness and keep to the paths of righteousness.”
A Highway of Holiness
Highway of Holiness:
Psalm 119:35—path of your commandments.
Proverbs 2:8,9—paths of justice; good paths.
Proverbs 2:20—the way of goodness.

8. Proverbs 4:11 “I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths.”
Isaiah 2:3 “Many people shall come and say, ‘Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, and we shall walk in His paths.’ For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.”
Highway of Holiness:
Proverbs 4:11—I have taught you the ways of wisdom and led you in the right paths.
Isaiah 2:3—He will teach us His ways, and we shall walk in His paths…

9. Isaiah 26:7 “The way of the just is uprightness; O Most Upright, You weigh the path of the just.”
Isaiah 59:8-9 “The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their ways; they have made themselves crooked paths; whoever takes that way shall not know peace.”
Highway of Holiness:
Isaiah 26:7—The way of the just is uprightness.
Isaiah 59:8,9—They have not known the way of peace. They have made and followed “crooked paths.”

10. A Highway of Holiness CHOICE:
Hebrews 12:13 “And make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.”
Choice: Make straight paths for your feet (Heb.12:13) We must choose where our feet will lead us down life’s winding road…

11. Matthew 7:13 Way of Destruction Paths Before Us (Jeremiah 6:16; 42:3)
Paths Before Us—There is also a broad way that leads to destruction (Matt.7:13).
Jeremiah 6:16—They had been given a chance to return to the right path, but they were rebellious and refused! (Jere. 42:3)
Paths Before Us
(Jeremiah 6:16; 42:3)

12. Psalm 1:1 “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful;”
Proverbs 2:15 “Whose ways are crooked, and who are devious in their paths;”
Proverbs 12:15 “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who heeds counsel is wise.”
Way of Destruction
Way of Destruction: The Broad way.
Psalm 1:1—the path of sinners.
Proverbs 2:15—devious paths for the purpose of misleading.
Proverbs 12:15—the way of the fool—following human wisdom.

13. Proverbs 13:15 “Good understanding gains favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard.”
Proverbs 14:12 “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.”
Proverbs 15:9 “The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but He loves him who follows righteousness.”
Way of Destruction:
Proverbs 13:15—the way of the transgressor is hard.
Proverbs 14:12—There is a way that seems right, but it leads to death (Rom.6:23);
Proverbs 15:9—The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord.

14. CHOICE:
Ephesians 4:17 “This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds…”
Way of Destruction:
Ephesians 4:17—We should no longer walk as we did when we were in the world!

15. Obey the gospel and become a Christian? Reject the gospel and be lost?
Acts 2:36-38, 41; 4:4; 8:35-39
Acts 13:45; 17:32
Obey the gospel and become a Christian?
Reject the gospel and be lost?
Some Crossroads of Life:
Obey the Gospel and become a Christian? (2 Cor.6:2; Acts 2:36-38, 41; 4:4; 8:35-39)
Reject the Gospel and be lost? (Acts 13:45; 17:32;24:25).
Which path will you choose take?
Crossroads of Life

16. 1 Peter 4:1-4 James 4:4 2 Peter 2:9-10 1 Peter 2:9-12
Ephesians 2:1-2 Romans 6:1-2, 4-6
Live in sin?
Live above sin?
Will we Live in Sin or Above Sin?
Eph.2:1,2; Rom.6:1,2, 4-6—Stay dead in trespasses and sin and continue in sin?
1 Pet.4:1-4--Or live above sin.
A moral crossroad.
Jam.4:4—Will we befriend the world or God?
2 Pet.2:9,10; 1 Pet.2:9-12—will we live under punishment or in eternal life?
Crossroads of Life

17. Ezra 10:1-4 2 Corinthians 2:9; 7:9-11 Luke 14:25-33 Luke 9:23
Pay the price or turn away?
Turn away?
(family…favor… promotion… pleasure…leisure)
Will we pay the price it costs to be a disciple of Jesus? (Luke 14:25-33; 9:23) It means choosing the truth of the gospel before:
Loved ones?
Personal advantage?
Promotion at work?
Pleasure?
Leisure?
Favor of others?
Self-Denial at personal sacrifice—Ezra 10:1-4 (put away foreign wives)
Repent of every sin? (Corinthian church was at a crossroad when they received Paul’s first letter—1 Corinthians)
2 Cor.2:9; 7:9-11—We must choose which stand we will take!
Crossroads of Life

18. 1 Corinthians 15:33-34; 1 Timothy 4:12 Remember God while young?
Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:1
Remember God while young?
Forget God until later?
Will you remember God while you are young, or will you forget God Until you are older? (Eccl.11:9-12:1):
Your clothing,
entertainment.
Respect for your parents and your elders?
Choosing your career: Will you be a faithful Christian and promote righteousness?
What about the person you date and marry? 1 Cor.15:33,34; 1 Tim.4:12; Matthew 19:6.
Crossroads of Life

19. Matthew 10:22; Hebrews 10:36; 2 Timothy 4:7-8
2 Cor. 4:16 Psalm 71:16 Titus 2:2-3
Don’t stop doing what you can do?
Be faithful to the end?
Will I Endure to the End?
Matt.10:22;
Heb.10:36 (12:1);
2 Tim.4:6-8.
Will I Stop Doing What I Can? Don’t rest on past accomplishments to ensure your present and future spiritual state.
When I grow feeble of mind and body, will I still seek to do what I can?
2 Cor.4:16-18;
Psa.71:16;
Titus 2:2,3
Crossroads of Life

20. Crossroads of Life
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my anxieties; and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” (Psalm 139:23-24)
Psalm 139:23,24—Read and discuss. Do I understand that God can do this every hour of my life? What does God see in our hearty when He searches us?

21. Which road will you take?
John 14:6 John 8:12
Jesus is the Way to life
Summary—Conclusion—Invitation. Jno.14:6; 8:12—Jesus is the only way—Acts 4:12.
Which road will you take?
Crossroads of Life