Narrow-minded

North Captiva Island

Jesus said, "You can enter God's Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it."  (Matthew 7:13-14)

In His sermon on the mount, Jesus proclaimed that the way to God's Kingdom is narrow and difficult. In John 14:6, He told His disciples, "I am the [only] way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through Me."

The world points a broad finger and shouts, "Narrow-minded!"

Does narrow, however, make something less true? 

The law of gravity is extremely narrow—what goes up will come down—but, nevertheless, its 100% true.

Physical birth of a baby always begins with the union of an egg and a sperm. Always. No other way. Narrow process but absolutely true.

God's word through the Apostle Paul proclaims that Jesus is the only way to the Father. "There is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved." (Acts 4:12) The Bible clearly teaches that spiritual birth is as limited as physical birth—always and only through the door of Jesus Christ, God's Son.

Narrow, yes, yet all-inclusive: 

"For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same LORD is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him; for whoever will call on the name of the LORD will be saved." (Romans 10:12-13)

Father God extends a broad invitation to the whole, dead-in-sin world. Tragically, only a few will believe, call on the name of Jesus, and made alive in Christ.

"And you were dead in your trespassed and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world...But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even though we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ...For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast." (Ephesians 2:1-9)

Beloved, do you believe? Do you have faith in God's narrow way: Jesus Christ?