"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: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."
In my opinion, this lesson is taken from yet another one of the most misapplied passages to be found in the New Testament.
There are those who promote the idea that this passage demands that in order to enter into the kingdom, one must live a perfect, sin free existence. That is just simply wrong.
With only a minimal study of God's word, it becomes very obvious that NO man/woman can live a life in the flesh worthy of admission into God's kingdom. Therefore, this passage cannot be meant to imply that we are to be physically perfect. Matthew 10:18,"And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God."
It does, however, demand that we be spiritually perfect! The only way we can achieve total spiritual perfection before God is to have the perfection of Jesus imputed into us by the grace of almighty God through absolute faith in the testament of His Son, Jesus.
We must totally remove our own vain and evil thoughts from the equation, we CANNOT EVER be physically perfect. And, so long as we, in even the minutest part, believe our physical actions have any influence on our salvation, one way or the other, we have chosen the path most commonly traveled, the "wide" gate, the gate that Jesus said, leads to destruction.
Those of us who believe in our Lord Jesus Christ, and whom have placed ALL our faith in Him, have become the children of God, and a part of the "FEW" who will enter in at the "straight" gate.~
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