The Narrow Gate

“The Gospel writers underline the fact that Christ did not come to the Garden of Eden, but to a fallen, broken world to be a Saviour and Example for his disciples. Although he was the Second Man and the Last Adam (1 Corinthians 15:45, 47) he came to be tempted not in a garden but a desert. He was tested when he was hungry. He was not surrounded by a tame creation, but by wild beasts (Luke 4:1-2; Mark 1:12-13). Jesus had to hack his way through the jungle which our sin had created in order to grow...

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"Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.

"Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. Mt 7:13-14

Presenting a rosy picture of the Christian life and minimizing that it is filled with trouble does not follow the lead of our Lord.
It may be that the "false prophets" of v.15 are especially those who...

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