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  IT IS BETTER TO GO TO HEAVEN ALONE
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: It is better to go to heaven alone than to risk eternal
damnation by following the multitude.

Topics: "The Cost of Discipleship", "Choosing the Right Path"
Scripture References: Matthew 7:13

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Thomas Brooks emphasizes the peril of following the crowd, warning that
those who walk and live like the majority will ultimately face
destruction. He contrasts the broad path leading to hell with the narrow
gate that leads to eternal life, urging listeners to choose the
difficult but rewarding path to heaven, even if it means walking alone.
Brooks illustrates the folly of risking one's soul for worldly gain by
following the masses into spiritual ruin.

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Those who walk with the many--shall perish with the many.

Those who do as the many, shall before long suffer with the many.

Those who live as the many, must die with the many,

and go to hell with the many.

The way to hell is broad and well beaten.

The way to be undone forever is to do as the most do.

"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate

and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and

many enter through it. But small is the gate and

narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few

find it." Matthew 7:13-14

Surely, it is better to go to heaven alone--than

to hell with company!

What wise man would fetch gold out of a fiery crucible;

that is, hazard his immortal soul, to gain the world, by

following a multitude in those steps that led to the

chambers of death and darkness?

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/thomas-brooks/it-is-better-to-go-to-heaven-alone/
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