Week 37 Matthew 7
About halfway through chapter seven the Lord makes a short parable-like comment: ‘enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it’
So there are four main things to be thinking about in this ‘traveller’s advisory’:
1. There are two different gates. One is big & wide and is pretty easily accessible. The other is narrow. It’s kind of restrictive & harder to find & maybe less accessible.
2. These two different portals lead to two different roads. One is a wide multi-lane thoroughfare that I access once I’m through the big gate. By contrast once I get through the small gate what I have is more like a secondary road.
3. The two roads got to different destinations. The Big Gate & Big Road eventually lead me to Destruction. The Small Gate & Small Road lead to Life.
4. Finally there’s a general report about traffic & road usage. Many people go through the Big Gate & travel the Big Road. But only a few even find the Small Gate & Small Road. So there’s quite a bit less traffic on it.
So two gates & two roads & two destinations. And the popular choice of the majority is for one and not the other.
Note: quote from Matthew 7:13-14 (NIV)