The meaning behind the wide gate and the narrow gate. Important.

I post this because I see many posts here that advocate religion, what you need to do, etc.

Follow Jesus Christ and Him alone. Don't follow any man. Read the Bible for discernment, pray for guidance from the Holy Spirit.

Jesus warned at the end, do not be deceived. This was His first warning. Follow Him, no man.

100% truth

JESUS THE NARROW GATE THE DOOR DREW ALL MEN TO HIMSELF ON THE CROSS,TAKING AWAY ALL SINS ATONED FOR.

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OP, thank you for the insightful post.

Agree, use discernment to embrace the pure divine teachings of God and discard the teachings that have been tainted with human bias.

The pure teachings of God will always be caring, uplifting, encouraging, inspiring, and non-judgmental.

Many divine messengers throughout the ages had used metaphors similar to the wide and narrow gate. One is that many will know of the teachings but few will truly understand the meaning.

All divine messengers consistently taught a way of living that helps us to uncover and become our purposely hidden divine nature which is kindness, benevolence, unconditional love, compassion, and joy. A way of living that sheds the false nature projected by the ego mind that embraces selfishness, envy, greed, retaliation, and superiority, as designed.

We are made in God's image, the image of kindness, benevolence, unconditional love, compassion, and joy.

We are magnificent beings with far greater abilities than what we have been told or conditioned to believe.

The temple of God is within each of us. Take a closer look at the trillions of DNA in each of our body. There is much more than just biology and instruction set as some scientists are beginning to discover.

We are not born sinners or born to suffer.

We are the aware, willingly with passion to be here in a human body interface and being temporary unaware on purpose. Then through a very long multi-lifetime process to explore all, we learn and gain greater wisdom and mature to discover our true nature and begin to understand who we truly are and why we are here.

And in that process of growing up from spiritual immaturity to maturity, we help to bring love and light to an infancy world that has little or none of both yet.

The grand process of light expansion not only affects this world but other worlds and beyond as well through entanglement.

The dark plays an important role in our early spiritual evolution. We are mostly stubborn creatures dwelling comfortably in our old traditional ways even though those ways are not the best for us. Sometimes we need to be pushed to the brink and hurt for awhile before we will drum up the incentive and courage to change for the better with absolute certainty and unwavering conviction. Only by going through these extreme times will we vow never ever to go back to the old immature and harmful ways again.

What an adventure we signed up for. A fun but very challenging journey to find ourselves on this side of the Veil of Forgetfulness at our own personal and comfortable pace.

And if we are further ahead on that journey, do not mock or look down on those who are behind, and instead have greater understanding and compassion for them because we too were once at that point of being less aware and not knowing any better.

We have been blessed with free will to explore, take responsibility, and learn on our own. To have some higher power come and save us every time we run into adversity impedes our learning and spiritual growth.

There will always be divine intervention and guidance, but they are more like nudges rather than a complete take over, which will defeat the purpose of blessing us with free will.

All the best!

Strong's Number H3045 - known.
Learn what it means 'to know'.

Compare Ezekiel 20:5-9. He made Himself "known" to the house of Jacob, in the land of Egypt.

That Heb. word - yada', means way more than the Gr. - ginosko(to perceive) & gnosis(knowledge). This isn't just something in your head.

Yada' was what happened when Adam and Eve came to "know" good and evil.

Yada' is what happened when Adam "knew" his wife.

Hosea 2:19-20 states: "And I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, in loving kindness and in compassion, And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. Then you will know (yada’) the Lord” (NASB).

Here one sees that knowing the Lord is a result of experiencing his righteousness, justice, loving kindness, compassion, and faithfulness.

You have to know Him.
It will change you!
Maybe for the first time in your life, you will experience LOVE, real love. Or maybe you have forgotten what that's like! We become so jaundiced and jaded in the desert of our own idolatry, it's as if we lose all hope of ever finding water. You are perishing friend, and you need LIVING WATER!

This is you and this is me.
Don't go silently - cry out for that water! You have been both the victim and the abuser and its messed you up! You have come to know SIN and it's killing you! Confess it! Tell the truth! Don't lie to yourself or God. Cry about it. Be broken about it.

Observe your face - observe the disfigurement. Observe the perversion of what you are, of what might have been and what you are completely powerless to change! Surrender to the naked truth of what you are. You need something impossible, something new.. you need a Saviour!

Poor sinner, dejected with fear,
unbosom thy mind to the Lamb;
no wrath on His brow He does wear, nor will He poor mourners condemn;
His arm of omnipotent grace
is able and willing to save;
a sweet and a permanent peace
He'll freely and faithfully give.

Come just as thou art, with thy woe, fall down at the feet of the Lamb; He will not, He cannot say, "Go", but surely will take out thy stain.
A fountain is opened for sin,
and thousands its virtues have proved. He'll take thee, and plunge thee therein, and wash thee from filth in His blood.

The soul that on Jesus relies,
He'll never, no never deceive;
He freely and faithfully gives
more blessings than we can conceive;
Yea, down to old age He will keep, nor will He forsake us at last; He knows and is known by His sheep; They're His, and He will hold them fast.

Alchemy talks about the same thing, the narrow gate. Same with Kabbalah. There’s something to it, surely.

This ^ 100%^

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It is IMPORTANT to do what Jesus said. Jesus does not change and His gospel did not change. He called us to be disciples - followers. Doing what He did. Disciples learn from The Master.
(in other words, not called to be simply "believers")

Jesus preached about His Kingdom. He is KING of His Kingdom. We are invited to enter and live there.

Seek 1st the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you.
Jesus' Kingdom is spiritual and you may enter when you become Born Again.

Jesus' words are LIFE.
Reading and doing what The King says is more important than listening to youtube Bible teachers.

Do you want to LIVE in His Kingdom?
You'll have to do what The King tells you.

Jesus is The KING.
He has a Kingdom and after becoming Born Again you can LIVE in His Kingdom.
SEEK HIS KINGDOM. Find it! The benefits are experienced here and now in this life.

It takes diligence. To Repent of sin.
Sinners will not inherit the Kingdom.

Many are unable to stop/turn away from sin. They hear an easier way - an easy grace gospel that allows for sin. But that 'gospel' is not The Gospel that Jesus taught; To Deny yourself, carry your cross and FOLLOW Him.
You must obey THE KING to enter and live in his Kingdom.
It is hard to give up your old life.
Many find "another way" - the Wide Way.

FEW will enter the Narrow WAY.
Few love TRUTH. Few obey Jesus' words.

The Straight and Narrow WAY is following Jesus, hearing His voice and DOING WHAT HE TELLS YOU. The Holy Spirit will be your teacher and guide.

Only one person at a time may enter through The Narrow Gate - Jesus must KNOW YOU and you must KNOW Him. The Good Shepherd knows each individual sheep in His 'little flock'.
You must be Born Again. For real. Jesus must KNOW you.

"Depart from Me, I do not know you." is what Jesus says to those who do not obey what He instructed to do.
The door will be closed. They cannot live in The Kingdom.

FEW seek or find the Narrow WAY that leads to everlasting LIFE.

It is not enough to "believe" and say an abc prayer. Not enough to "accept in your heart" and then turn to follow
pastors, religious teachers and anyone with a Bible who tells you what it says.

False gospels, prophets and great deception is what Jesus warned you about many times. The Good Shepherd warns and tells you - "Follow Me". Sending messengers to lost sheep - those who are led astray.
Jesus warned about 'hired shepherds' who would abandon the sheep and wolves. Wolves who preach in pulpits preaching lies so that MANY would be led astray. Most believe in religious lies. The majority.

YOU MUST HEAR HIS VOICE and be led by the HOLY SPIRIT.
Jesus said, "My sheep hear My voice - I know them - and they follow Me."

Jesus "little flock" follow and obey ONLY Jesus.
They do not listen to other voices. They do not believe doctrines of men that seduce and beguile the majority of the other sheep.

The majority of sheep (on the Wide way) DON'T follow or even KNOW Jesus or obey His words.
They can't see anymore because they have been led into captivity. Rejecting Truth has consequences.
God will give them up. To what they want; lies.

Led by false shepherds and manmade doctrines & rapture stories. They love being told they are 'saved no matter what they do' & believing they do not have to do works or do anything at all... just 'believe'.
A LIE.

This huge flock of delusional 'sheep' walk on the Wide way that leads to destruction. They do not know Jesus, or hear His voice or follow Him. They want the Easy Way.

They leave The Kingdom and turn away from The KING. They met The King but didn't like what He commanded. So, they exchanged Jesus with an "image". An easier gospel message to suit them. They rejected The King for fraudulent image.
They follow a fake. A fraud gospel.
Exchanging The TRUTH for a lie.
Becoming captive to the lie because they refused The King (many rejections lead to this captivity).

They do not love Jesus because they do not obey Him. They refuse to do what He commanded.

Jesus said, "If you love Me, then obey My words."

Jesus IS The KING. He knows who loves Him, He knows who doesn't. Those who do not love Him - do not get to live in His Kingdom.
The Kingdom is for those who love Him and obey His words.
Few enter. Few seek TRUTH. Few love TRUTH.

Few are walking on the Narrow WAY that leads to LIFE.

Jesus is the WAY TRUTH & LIFE. You must KNOW Him.
Be Born Again. Make sure.
Seek first HIS Kingdom and walk in the narrow path of Jesus. Die to yourself. Forsake this world.
Come out of deception and confusion. Come out of Babylon.
Depart from the religious lies. The world is passing away.

The KING loves you and wants you to enter into His Kingdom. Do what THE KING says! Obey Jesus' words!

Find Jesus! Hear His voice and follow Him.

Last Edited by Truth/Freedom on 08/03/2021 05:04 PM

The Narrow Gate is easy!

Just try to follow an extreme diet and see how you fare?
Did you avoid tempting foods, drinks?

Of course you didn't!

Being right with God is the easiest thing you can do! Except when it requires you stop doing all the stuff you do!

Which you cant...

So you have to realize that HE and HE alone can do this for you!

I agree with what youre saying.. but i think your are very, very mistaken to think that “many people who say they believe are working their waytoheaven”
You judge.

I know lotsof Christians that are led to do what they do because of a huge lack of ego replaced by the love of Jesus Christ. Its a pay-it-forward kind of thing. To treat others as youd like to be, even if they treatyou badly.

Good message though. I think anyone that walks with Jesus finds out very fast that its not popular, and you will be subject to some of the same treatment thatJesus received. They hatedhim first.

Great message OP

Very good :)