Song # 1432.1 from Our Gospel In Song Collection by Col Johnston. The Book of Luke tells us in chapter 13 that not all will enter the narrow door to heaven, while in Matthew 7:13 we read of the 'narrow gate' and in John 10:7 Jesus is the Good Shepherd, and He is the gate for His sheep.
Jesus went through towns and villages, teaching as He made His way to Jerusalem (Luke 13:22). Someone asked Jesus “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?” Jesus said to them (Luke 13:23), “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to” (Luke 13:24). “Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ But He will answer ‘I don’t know you or where you come from’” (Luke 13:25). “Then you will say ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets’” (Luke 13:26). “But He will reply ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’” (Luke 13:27). “There will be weeping, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out” (Luke 13:28). “People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God” (Luke 13:29). “Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last” (Luke 13:30).
Thought for today: Jesus knows the way to heaven, so follow Him for eternity.
Thought for the future: God’s Spirit in our heart is our lifetime guarantee. Where will you spend your eternity?