The Narrow Gate

“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. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.”  (Matthew 7:13-14,NASB)

The passage above is from the Apostle Matthew’s account from the Sermon on the Mount.  Jesus tells His disciples (and us!) to “Enter through the narrow gate.”  In another gospel account, Jesus uses the term “door,” and identifies Himself as the door.  He’s speaking of THE way to get to heaven, and that’s through Him!  But why enter through the narrow gate?  Because “the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.”

narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life - Matthew 7:13-14- Bible Verse of the Day
Matthew 7:13-14 image.  Found at Catholic Daily Readings, https://catholicreadings.org/narrow-the-gate-and-road-leads-to-life/

Jesus is telling us that the only way to get to heaven is by Him.  He elaborates further:  “For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.”  To me, this means again, that there is but one way to heaven, and that’s through Jesus.  We can’t just go through this life doing what we want (the broad way), because “that leads to destruction.”  Jesus tells us that “there are many” who take the broad way.  It leads straight to hell.  

If we want eternal life, and fellowship with God forever, we must choose the narrow path and gate:  Jesus!  Few of us will choose this gate.  The rest will choose the wide gate, and “destruction.”  The choice:  Life or death.  Which gate do you choose? 

Worship:  “Enter In By the Gate,” by Crystal Lewis

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