Today’s red letter post features the verse that inspired the name of this blog site.
The wide gate is easy to find; the narrow gate isn’t. The wide gate is easy to navigate; the narrow gate isn’t. The wide gate is deceptive. It “appears” to lead to a nice place…but once people get there, they experience regret for ignoring the warnings, because there’s no escaping it. Satan’s promises are empty. Why wouldn’t they be? He is the father of lies. The path to destruction is wide because the people on it think they’re headed to a huge party where there are no rules. Sadly, those people won’t realize they’ve been deceived until it’s too late.
To pass through the narrow gate, we’re required to leave everything “worldly” behind - including our “old” selves. There’s simply no room for it. John MacArthur, in one of his sermons, compared it to a turnstile, like the ones we see in train stations. Only one person at a time can pass through, without the baggage they’re carrying. The journey is too difficult to carry anything “extra” because our focus is on following Jesus. We don’t want or need our worldly things because greater rewards await us in the Father’s kingdom. There’s no deception. The Lord keeps His promises. For believers, eternity in the presence of Jesus is the ultimate reward. It becomes our focus as soon as we attain salvation. We don’t mind the difficult journey because of what Jesus endured during His ministry, and in the days leading up to His crucifixion. He endured those things for us so that we could live. The Lord is absolute truth, and that’s all we need to know to place our trust in Him. He tells us that we must deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him…and that He is the only way to the Father. That’s what we need to do and what we need to believe to pass through the narrow gate.
So which path are you on? Narrow or wide? You only have until your last breath to be humble, open your ears to hear, have faith, repent, and obey.
May the Lord bless you and keep you always! ✝️🤍🙏🏻
“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.” - Matthew 7:13-14
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