Strait is the gate and narrow is the way
\n\u201cEnter ye in at the strait gate\u2026Strait is the gate and narrow is the way
\nwhich leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.\u201d \u201cStrive to
\nenter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to
\nenter in, and shall not be able\u201d (Matthew 7:13; Luke 13:24<\/p>\n
The words above were spoken by the Lord Jesus Christ. And He said in
\nanother place, \u201cI am the way, and the truth, and the life\u201d (John 14:6).
\nSince then, HE is the \u201cStrait gate,\u201d \u201cthe narrow way,\u201d and the \u201clife:\u201d
\nand since HE is received through simple faith and trust (Acts 10:43;
\n16:30,31; Rom. 10:1-17; John 3:14-16, 36), WHY is the entrance and way
\nof life described as being so strait, so narrow, so compressed, so
\ndifficult?<\/p>\n
Is it because men are so sinful and their sins so numerous that, with
\nsuch a load, they cannot squeeze into the kingdom of God? No, that is
\nnot the difficulty. The most wicked and vile sinner who ever lived may
\nenter the \u201cstrait gate\u201d with ease and walk comfortable and joyfully in
\nthe \u201cnarrow way\u201d . . . all the way to glory.<\/p>\n
It is not because men cannot enter with their SINS, but because they
\ncannot enter with their RIGHTEOUSNESS! It is man\u2019s supposed
\nrighteousness \u2013 his self-righteousness \u2013 which will bar his entrance
\ninto God\u2019s kingdom. He must lay aside every fig leaf of
\nself-righteousness in order to be clothed of God and enter God\u2019s
\nkingdom. Empty, bankrupt sinners are met and welcomed, and led through
\nthe \u201cStrait gate,\u201d by FREE GRACE!
\nMaurice Montgomery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Strait is the gate and narrow is the way \u201cEnter ye in at the strait gate\u2026Strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.\u201d \u201cStrive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,18,30,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-maurice-montgomery","category-grace","category-righteousness","category-salvation-deliverance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4584"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4586,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4584\/revisions\/4586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}