Here is one of those verses that really religious people try to abuse.
Matthew 7:13,14
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in therein"
Lets look at it :
First....
Narrow is the way....... narrow is .....the way.............>Narrow......is................>THE< WAY.
So, who is THE WAY, Saint? John 14:6 "I am THE WAY, The Truth, and The Life".. and here is why this Truth is NARROW......."no man (NO ONE) comes to the Father unless they come to ME" "but BY ME"...THROUGH ME... = one Way.
The idea here is Grace Thru Faith. God saves you thru your faith. You become One with God THRU The Blood of Jesus.. You take Jesus, and God takes You. Full Stop.!
And why is this "NARROW"? Its because the world, the devil, and his people, worldwide and universe deep... teach that there ARE MANY WAYS TO GOD... Many Paths to God... All religion leads to the same place in the end.... and all THAT.....is how the verse is describing "BROAD is the way to destruction"..
See that?
So, the way to DESTRUCTION, is saying: > the way to HELL<...the way to miss HEAVEN...is all the other ways that are out there taught as Religion, that tell you that they offer many ways or paths to GOD., Or even to teach that there is NO God.
Jesus totally contradicts all that, and says plainly and truthfully, = I'm THE ONLY WAY TO GOD....= I'm the NARROW Gate. ONE WAY ONLY. "BUT BY ME" "Through Me", "One MEDIATOR between God and Man". Thats "narrow".
Now lets look at more of the verse....."which leadeth unto LIFE".......So the narrow WAY, who is JESUS, is the ONLY WAY TO ETERNAL LIFE. = "which leadeth to LIFE".... Jesus is LIFE....so, its only thru JESUS that you are led to possess Eternal life, or "life more abundant". Jesus said "I am the resurrection and THE LIFE"
Now the rest of the verse.. "few be that find it"..... means, that find the TRUTH, or the Narrow WAY. (Gate).
The "few" is in relation to the rest of the unbelievers in the world at any given time who never put their trust in Christ and died for the last 2000 yrs. So, in contrast to all others who will die and go to hell, you have the born again, as the idea of the "few" who Trust in Christ and are born again.
That verse in Matthew says that few find it...and why is that Saint? What causes them not to find it? Its 2 reasons.. One is because they "love darkness rather then Light".. = They love their SIN. They love their SINNING.... And its also because they are "ever learning and never able to come to the Knowledge of the TRUTH"...... = That is, they are always looking everywhere except in the direction of the ONE who Himself IS The TRUTH. See, unbelievers don't want to face that Cross because that Cross forces you to admit that you are no good, that in GOD's EYES you are a sinful awful thing. And most people will not face this fact about themselves so they shun the Cross and look for that BROAD WAY.. that says...."you're not so bad, you're as good everybody else", and that is True.....But when you compare yourself to JESUS THE CHRIST..>How Good are you? A.) You're no good..... so that is why God had to come down here and die and give you "the righteousness of Christ". "The GIFT of Righteousness"... God had to give us His very righteousness because WE don't have any of our own and that is why we have to be born again as a New Creation.."In Christ" .. which means that the very Righteousness of Christ is given to us as an ETERNAL Gift that God gave us when became Born Again.
See, that Cross makes you admit you are a SINNER, and the self righteousness in people makes them avoid this fact. Those who will come to the Cross and kneel, are the "few", in that verse.
To come to the knowledge of the Truth, is to come to the understanding that Jesus is the Savior and you need one More people do not come to this knowledge, will not. willfully will not then will ever fall on their knees before the Cross and say....."Cleans me O LORD, Forgive me Lord, i am SO LOST". And to do that IS to have come to the knowledge of Jesus as The Truth, that He IS the Messiah, He is the Son of God, and He is the ONLY WAY (Narrow) To Heaven.
Matthew 7:13,14
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in therein"
Lets look at it :
First....
Narrow is the way....... narrow is .....the way.............>Narrow......is................>THE< WAY.
So, who is THE WAY, Saint? John 14:6 "I am THE WAY, The Truth, and The Life".. and here is why this Truth is NARROW......."no man (NO ONE) comes to the Father unless they come to ME" "but BY ME"...THROUGH ME... = one Way.
The idea here is Grace Thru Faith. God saves you thru your faith. You become One with God THRU The Blood of Jesus.. You take Jesus, and God takes You. Full Stop.!
And why is this "NARROW"? Its because the world, the devil, and his people, worldwide and universe deep... teach that there ARE MANY WAYS TO GOD... Many Paths to God... All religion leads to the same place in the end.... and all THAT.....is how the verse is describing "BROAD is the way to destruction"..
See that?
So, the way to DESTRUCTION, is saying: > the way to HELL<...the way to miss HEAVEN...is all the other ways that are out there taught as Religion, that tell you that they offer many ways or paths to GOD., Or even to teach that there is NO God.
Jesus totally contradicts all that, and says plainly and truthfully, = I'm THE ONLY WAY TO GOD....= I'm the NARROW Gate. ONE WAY ONLY. "BUT BY ME" "Through Me", "One MEDIATOR between God and Man". Thats "narrow".
Now lets look at more of the verse....."which leadeth unto LIFE".......So the narrow WAY, who is JESUS, is the ONLY WAY TO ETERNAL LIFE. = "which leadeth to LIFE".... Jesus is LIFE....so, its only thru JESUS that you are led to possess Eternal life, or "life more abundant". Jesus said "I am the resurrection and THE LIFE"
Now the rest of the verse.. "few be that find it"..... means, that find the TRUTH, or the Narrow WAY. (Gate).
The "few" is in relation to the rest of the unbelievers in the world at any given time who never put their trust in Christ and died for the last 2000 yrs. So, in contrast to all others who will die and go to hell, you have the born again, as the idea of the "few" who Trust in Christ and are born again.
That verse in Matthew says that few find it...and why is that Saint? What causes them not to find it? Its 2 reasons.. One is because they "love darkness rather then Light".. = They love their SIN. They love their SINNING.... And its also because they are "ever learning and never able to come to the Knowledge of the TRUTH"...... = That is, they are always looking everywhere except in the direction of the ONE who Himself IS The TRUTH. See, unbelievers don't want to face that Cross because that Cross forces you to admit that you are no good, that in GOD's EYES you are a sinful awful thing. And most people will not face this fact about themselves so they shun the Cross and look for that BROAD WAY.. that says...."you're not so bad, you're as good everybody else", and that is True.....But when you compare yourself to JESUS THE CHRIST..>How Good are you? A.) You're no good..... so that is why God had to come down here and die and give you "the righteousness of Christ". "The GIFT of Righteousness"... God had to give us His very righteousness because WE don't have any of our own and that is why we have to be born again as a New Creation.."In Christ" .. which means that the very Righteousness of Christ is given to us as an ETERNAL Gift that God gave us when became Born Again.
See, that Cross makes you admit you are a SINNER, and the self righteousness in people makes them avoid this fact. Those who will come to the Cross and kneel, are the "few", in that verse.
To come to the knowledge of the Truth, is to come to the understanding that Jesus is the Savior and you need one More people do not come to this knowledge, will not. willfully will not then will ever fall on their knees before the Cross and say....."Cleans me O LORD, Forgive me Lord, i am SO LOST". And to do that IS to have come to the knowledge of Jesus as The Truth, that He IS the Messiah, He is the Son of God, and He is the ONLY WAY (Narrow) To Heaven.
