Hi, everyone! It has been some time since we posted new communications on our English blog, and it is time we update our pictures as well. So we will introduce you to our new surroundings, and then we well be talking to you about what the Scriptures have to say about the "two kinds of doors or ways"!!
In Matthew 7:13,14, the Lord speaks about a wide door and a narrow door. The wide door according Jesus is the door that leads to a spacious road to destruction, whereas the narrow door leads to life. What is more the Lord emphaticallyt expresses that MANY people enter the wide door, wheres FEW enter the small door. Why is that? Take time to read Matthew 7:123,14 and also Luke 13: 22-30. Read these portions calmly and slowly - think about that you are reading.
According to these Scriptures, Jesus is giving this warning as well as this invitation, and thereby answering the question of a certain person. The questions was: "Lord, are only a few people going to heaven?" To this Jesus answered them, that is all who were present at this occasion. We can also assume that the Lord is anwering those very same questions that we have in our hearts today.
Please give full attention to the words of Jesus that "only a few will entre the small gate (door) that leads to life. Whereas in the portion in Luke, He says, "many 'I tell you' will try to enter through the narrow door and will not be able to."
Friends, Christ died, and rose again for us, that is why it is SO important for us to listen to what God says in His word to us, instead of following the teachings of mortal man that often contradict what the Word of God says. For example: the Bible tells and here I can say God HIMSELF says, " it is not we who sought God, but He sought us IN CHRIST. If we follow the teachings of man without checking out if that is what the SCRIPTURES say is as described as blind men leading the blind. And the result is that both will fall into pit. Luke 19:10 says, "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."
Turn with me to Romans 3:11-18 and let us read together: "... there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit. The poisen of vipers is on their lips. Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood; ruin and misery mark their ways, and the way of pece they do not know. There is no fear of God before their eyes." (Do we believe this?!)
Now please give careful attention to what I am about to say here. It does NOT say here that pagans only live this kind of life style, nor that it refers to the Jews; what is written here INCLUDES US ALL. Be it you are a person well educated, or ignorant, big or small, rich or poor.
Romans 3:9,10 says this: "What shall we conclude then? Are we any better? Nota at all! We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin. As it is written: There is no one righteous, not even one."
It is possible for someone to come with this question: If this is how it is, who then can be saved?
Let us look at verse 19 in Romans chapter 3 and see what continues here: "Nos we know that whatever the law says, it says to those that are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather through the law we become conscience of sin.
Let us try and understand something about the wide door and the narrow door that we read about in Matthew 7:13,14. Give all attention to the word MANY enter that day. It does not say that many are seeking the wide door and the wide road (way). Our Lord says that the small door and the narrow way only a FEW find it. It is similar with other Scriptures - it is important that we compare Scripture with Scripture that teach or talk about the same topic or subject. We already mentioned the Scripture portion in Romans 3:11-18 at the beginning of this blog. We saw so clearly that there is no one human being that is good in the sight of God, not even one! There are other Scriptures that confirm this truth. Since we have all been born in sin (with the sinful nature) we are quite ready and naturally continue on the wide road that leads to perdition . Even though children were born to parents who believed the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and in God's mercy taught their children in the Way, and saw their parents' example, etc., they, as they grew, realized that even though they had such parents, and such example, they still NEVERTHELESS had the sin nature within themselves , and that they needed to repent and obey the Gospel individually for themselves. Each one of us, individually, must seek to enter the small door that leads to life, eternal life.
Belove blogger friends that are reading this message. On which road are you actually at this moment? Maybe some of you are thinking: "Which is the right way that leads to eternal life? " "Which is the narrow way?" Jesus Himself answers this clearly and absolutely! He says this: "I am the way, the truth and the life; no man comes to the Father but by Me. (John 14"6
How can we find that way? The answer is that THAT WAY TO ETERNAL LIFE came to us and is here today. JESUS came into this world to save sinncers like you and I. Remember? There is no one good, no not even one! We must all come to Him. The Bible is so clear in saying it is not we who seek God, but it is He Who loved the world and sent His only begotten SON that whosoever believeth in His Son shall have eternal life. Jesus came to seek and save that which was lost. (1 John 4:10). This means that the sinless son of God, His death on the cross, and His resurrection from the dead and being lifted up and seated at the right hand of God, the Father, was that we, you and I, might be reconciled with God through faith in Christ. "The one who believes in the Son of God has eternal life, but the one who does not believe will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him." (John 3:36)
To enter in through the small door and be on the narrow road, friends, means that we, you and I, must repent of our sins and put our faith in Jesus.
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