The narrow gate of God's kingdom

 Matthew 7:13

“You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way.

Ultimately, we live to die; something that is true, that we don't want to constantly think about. God already said earth is not our permanent home, and through what happened in the garden of Eden, sin entered the world and resulted to death. However, the good news is that when we die, we do not have to die again, where the bible describes going to hell, but we can enter the kingdom of God as a result of the price that was paid through the blood of Jesus. Now, how we live our lives on earth, determines the which gate we will enter, whether the narrow gate that leads to the kingdom of God or the wide gate that leads to hell. God gave us free will, an opportunity to choose for ourselves (described in the book of Deuteronomy). In this case, should we choose the narrow gate, that means we HAVE to make sure that we accept Jesus into our hearts and believe in our hearts that He is the Son of God. We need to confess with our mouths and believe in our hearts. Romans 10:9 emphasizes this: "If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." This is key!

This will then be coupled with how we live our lives, where we recognize the grace that was shown to us and basically follow Jesus in our conduct and continuously building our relationship with Him. What makes the kingdom of God narrow, is the lifestyle basically; which some people would rather not be part of by taking the easy way out. This could be as simple as praying, worshipping, reading the word. Also about following Jesus' footsteps, as our model. Where Jesus was about serving others, sacrificing for others, being compassionate, kind...This could be seen as a narrow gate where the second option could be more attractive. I pray the Lord keep you in His kingdom and give you His grace to follow Jesus.




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