“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.
For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few."
This is often the way of Christ, as His way is always exactly the opposite of the World's way even in Salvation. Jesus tells us Going to Hell is easy - everyone can do it, most will do it. But Salvation is hard and its limited (as only a few will even find the path that leads to Salvation, let alone take the path, or suffer the hardship of the path). But Americans demand equality - God you must create us all the same, even, equal! - We demand to be born on the path to Salvation! And Christ says no; most wont ever even notice it, it was far back along the road you came from, there were not large, green exits signs like on the Interstate, you simply never even saw it.
Beloved sinner - the reason Most miss the path to Christ is focus; Man is curved, by sin, back into himself - imagine a large at symbol "@"Man cannot look outside of himself for help as he his curled up like a snake into himself, he is his own god as he is all he is concerned with...what I want, what I need, what I desire, what I deserve. Man must look outside of himself for Salvation as the requirement for Salvation is absolute moral perfection - and sinner I'm not perfect and you're not perfect so we would be without hope on our own. Yet God wanting to save Men - Men who did not want to be saved, Men who hated and despise Him - He made for them a way for Salvation. He sent a portion of Himself (His own Son) to be this perfection for us - that He would live the life we should and do not, acting how we should and do not, honoring God (the Father) first in all things, as we should and do not - that we may believe in Him and be saved.
Sinner meditate on this truth today - how unworthy you are, how hopeless with out assistance, imprisoned in Sin, desperate and call out today to the One who can and will help:
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.
For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few."
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