7:13, 14 Both the narrow gate and the wide gate are assumed to provide the entrance to God’s kingdom. Two ways are offered to people. The narrow gate is by faith, only through Christ, constricted and precise. It represents true salvation in God’s way that leads to life eternal. The wide gate includes all religions of works and self-righteousness, with no single way (cf. Ac 4:12), but it leads to hell, not heaven. † 7:14 way is narrow. Christ continually emphasized the difficulty of following Him (10:38; 16:24, 25; Jn 15:18, 19; 16:1–3; cf. Ac 14:22). Salvation is by grace alone, but is not easy. It calls for knowledge of the truth, repentance, submission to Christ as Lord, and a willingness to obey His will and Word. See notes on 19:16–28. † 7:15 false prophets. These deceive not by disguising themselves as sheep, but by impersonating true shepherds. They promote the wide gate and the wide way. sheep’s clothing. This may refer to the woolen attire that was the characteristic garb of a shepherd. † 7:16 You will know them by their fruits. See note on 3:8. False doctrine cannot restrain the flesh, so false prophets manifest wickedness. Cf. 2Pe 2:12–22. † 7:21 Not everyone who says … but he who does. The barrenness of this sort of faith demonstrates its real character (cf. v. 20)—the faith that says but does not do is really unbelief. Jesus was not suggesting that works are meritorious for salvation, but that true faith will not fail to produce the fruit of good works. This is precisely the point of Jas 1:22–25; 2:26.
““Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat.
Come, buy wine and milk Without money and without cost. Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And delight yourself in abundance. Incline your ear and come to Me.
Listen, that you may live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, According to the faithful mercies shown to David.
Behold, I have made him a witness to the peoples, A leader and commander for the peoples.
Behold, you will call a nation you do not know, And a nation which knows you not will run to you, Because of the Lord your God, even the Holy One of Israel; For He has glorified you.”
Seek the Lord while He may be found;
Call upon Him while He is near.
Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.
For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth And making it bear and sprout, And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater; So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.
For you will go out with joy And be led forth with peace; The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, And all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
Instead of the thorn bush the cypress will come up, And instead of the nettle the myrtle will come up, And it will be a memorial to the Lord, For an everlasting sign which will not be cut off.””
Isaiah 55:1-13 (NASB1995 YouVersion Bible App)
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Jesus Christ is the Son of God, equal with God, and with authority
from the Father
“Then they all said, ‘Are You then the Son of God?’ So He said to them,
‘You rightly say that I am’” (Luke 22:70).
“For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister
and mother” (Matthew 12:50).
“Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me
in heaven and on earth’” (Matthew 28:18).
“Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only
broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself
equal with God” (John 5:17-22).
Bear in mind that while a man claiming to be God is a radical thought, Jesus
is the only leader of a world religion to have made the claim – not to
mention backed it up. How? Keep reading…
Jesus Christ lived a sinless life
“Can any one of you convict me of a single misleading word, a single sinful
act? But if I’m telling the truth, why don’t you believe me?” (John 8:46, The
Message).
Jesus had the ability to sin; if He weren’t able to sin, He could not have. been tempted genuinely and would be unable to be our sympathetic High
Priest (Hebrews 4:15).
When He was tempted, He always rebuked the
thought with scripture (Luke 4:1-13).
Because He didn’t sin, God was able to accept His sacrifice. 1 Peter 3:18
says, “Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the
Spirit.”
Jesus Christ said He is the one and only way to God
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but by
me” (John 14:6).
It’s also interesting to note that Jesus did not call himself the destination,
but the way, indicating that while salvation is immediate for the confessed
and forgiven sinner, our Christian walk is a journey.
Jesus Christ had the power to forgive sins and provide everlasting life
“Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me
will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will
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never die” (John 11:25).
“When Jesus saw their faith, He said, ‘Friend, your sins are forgiven.’ The
Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, ‘Who is
this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God
alone?’” (Luke 5:20-21).
“For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in
Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day” (John
6:40).
“I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life.” (John 6:47).
Jesus Christ predicted his own death and resurrection
“Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, ‘We are going up into
Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of
Man will be fulfilled. He will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will
mock him, insult him, spit on him, flog him and kill him. On the third day
he will rise again’” (Luke 18:31-33).
Jesus Christ said He would come back
Matthew 24:27-30 “So as the lightening comes from the east and flashes to
the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man… At that time the sign of
the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will
mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with
power and great glory.”
Mark 14:61-62 “Again the high priest asked him, ‘Are you the Christ, the
Son of the Blessed One?’ ‘I am,’ said Jesus. ‘And you will see the Son of
Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds
of heaven.'”
Jesus clearly knew He was the Lamb of God, the Messiah spoken of in the
Old Testament. He knew He had to live a life without sin, no matter what.
When He returns, He will judge the sins of the world… except for those
who have already acknowledged conviction, entered a plea of guilty, and
sought His mercy by believing on Christ.
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