MY FRIENDS, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT NARROW GATE?

March 28, 2017

MY FRIENDS, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT NARROW GATE?

“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.” Matt. 7:13-14 (NKJV) My friends, we cannot negotiate with Christ about our salvation, because “God is not human, that He should lie, [and He is] not a human being, that He should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act?  Does he promise and not fulfill? Numbers 23:19 (NIV)

No and No! Therefore, we cannot be afraid to “call sin by it’s right name,” which is any and all abominations against God. The problem is, man along with the help of the principalities, and powers, and the rulers of the darkness of this world, determines what constitutes as an abomination to God.

So with Satan’s help we then begin to call evil good, and good evil; [as his strategic plans for our destruction shows us how to] substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;….. Is. 5:20 (AMP) My friends there is no grey areas that determines our entrance into the kingdom of God, only a total commitment and God’s love grace and mercy.

Today, we must accept the principles of God as the only road on this journey that takes us to life eternal. And to deviate from that, only takes us through that wide gate that leads to destruction. So if we have a passion to serve and give it all to Christ, “the place to begin” is through that door. And Christ tells us in John 10:9-10 (NKJV) I am the door.

If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.” For the thief [which represents Satan, only comes] to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. [But Jesus Christ our redeemer] comes that [you and I] may have life, and that [we] may have it more abundantly.”

But, we must understand the dimensions of that door is strait, and narrow, and the road is narrow because “through it may pass only that which is essential to the journey along the way. (SDA Bible Commentary) Essential meaning only our character which has died “in Christ, [and now we are] a new creature; the old things [in our life have] passed away; [and] behold, all things have become new” 2 cor. 5:17 (KJV)

And few find it because very few are willing to seek that narrow path with a passion, because we “desire heaven, and yet we turn away because of the conditions laid down” and the passion it takes to continue, which is to die daily and live our life through Christ. So in spite of all that God has done and is willing to continue to do for us, many are just not willing to make a full commitment and give Him our all.

“It will be a tragedy to get to that day we have waited for” all our life, and realize all we have accumulated and accomplished along with Satan’s “promises of  “all this I will give you, if you will bow down and worship me.” Matt. 4:9 (NIV) “could not compare to life eternal and that place “eye have not seen nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love Him.” 1 Cor. 2:9 (NASB)