The Strait Gate not a Shut Gate
Matthew 7:13-14
Enter you in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction…


I. THE FAITHFULNESS OF A HOLY GOD. God has told us the way is difficult. It is against nature.

II. THE TENDERNESS OF A MERCIFUL FATHER.

1. There is a gate.

2. The gate leadeth unto life. If the pleasures of sin must be left behind, the pleasures of holiness await.

3. Those who enter neither make nor open the gate; they only find it. Men cannot make ways of peace for themselves; they cannot force, but find the way.

4. He who made the way, and keeps it open now, is glad when many "go in thereat."

(W. Arnot.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: 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 thereat:

WEB: "Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.




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