“Narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to Life.” -MATTHEW 7:14
The
Narrow Gate refers to salvation. We know that a gate is an opening, or a
door that one passes through. It is an entrance into something. Jesus
said, “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved” (John
10:9). Here, Jesus connects the Door, or the Gate, to entering in
through Him to be saved. This is the Narrow Gate. Why is it narrow?
The
Bible says of Jesus, “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is
no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved”
(Acts 4:12). To insist that there is no salvation apart from One Man is,
in the eyes of the world, rather narrow-minded. But we insist upon it
because it is true. Jesus says the Gate is narrow. We must go in through
Him. God requires all men to enter in through Christ in order to be
saved. There is no way to appropriate the Victory of the Cross without
entering in by the One Who was crucified for us.
Source:“Embrace the Cross” by Chip Brogden
http://www.chipbrogden.com/books/embrace-the-cross
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