The Narrow Door

 Luke 13:25 

When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, 

and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, 

Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and 

say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: 

   The kingdom of heaven works unseen. We do not see the works of Heaven working but all the time it is fulfilling its function. The kingdom is on the way. Anyone who knows a little history will be bound to see that. The kingdom of heaven works from inside. We will never change men from the outside. New houses, new conditions, better material things change only the surface. It is the task of Christianity to make new men; and once the new men are created a new world will surely follow. That is why the church is the most important institution in the world; it is the factory where men are produced. The power of the kingdom comes from outside. We have tried and failed to change life, we need a power outside and beyond us. We need The Master of Life, and He is forever waiting to give us the secret of victorious living. 

  He declared that entry to the kingdom can never be automatic, but is the result and the reward of a struggle. "Keep on striving to enter," he said. The word for striving is the word from which the English word agony is derived. The struggle to enter in must be so intense that it can be described as an agony of soul and spirit. 

  It is easy to think that, once we have made a commitment of ourselves to Jesus Christ, we have reached the end of the road and can sit back as if we had achieved our goal. There should be no  going backwards in the Christian life.  A man must ever be going forward or necessarily he will before he realizes he has fallen from Grace.

  My Friends, The Christian way is like a climb up a mountain pathway towards a peak which will never be reached in this world. "It's like Climbing that Peak." For the Christian, life is ever an upward and an onward way. 

Amen!

Reading: Luke 13:22-30

Ref: HGSB

May God Bless You

 And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry