Enter Through The Narrow Gate…… What’s It Like 14

Enter Through The Narrow Gate;
for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction,
and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road
is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it.”‘
Matthew 7:13-14

 “Do not think I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” Matthew 5:17 NIV

The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. John 1:17

 “I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the ;least stroke of a pen ,will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.” Matthew 5:18 NIV 

“Under the laws of Moses the rule was, “If you murder, you must die.’ But I have added to that rule, and tell you that if you are only angry ,even in your own home, you are in danger of judgment!” Matthew 5:21 LB

“Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.” Matthew 6:28-29

“Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. You fools! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? So gives alms those things that are within; and see, everything will be clean for you.” Luke 11:39-41

Teach me your way, O Lord; lead me in a straight path. Psalms 27:11 NIV

 “If you call your friend an idiot, you are in danger of being brought before the court. And if you curse him, you are in danger of the fires of hell.” Matthew 5:22 LB

“If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go to hell, where the fire never goes out.” Mark 9:43 NIV

“So when you are offering your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift.” Matthew 5:23-24 

“And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the Kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell.” Mark 9:47 NIV

“Don’t resist violence! If you are slapped on one cheek, turn the other too. If your are ordered to court, and your shirt is taken from you, give your coat too. If the military demand that you carry their gear for a mile, carry it two. Give to those who ask, and don’t turn away from those who want to borrow.” Matthew 5:39-42 LB

“Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Matthew 5:44

 “He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.” Matthew 5:45 NIV

“Be perfect ,therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Matthew 5:48

“When you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, that your charitable deed may be secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.” Matthew 6:3-4 NKJV

“Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:20 -21 NIV

“You cannot serve both God and Money.” Matthew 6:24 NIV

“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” Matthew 6:33 NKJV

“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” Matthew 6:26 NIV

“In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the Law and the prophets.” Matthew 7:12

“No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit; for each tree is known by its own fruit. Figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush.” Luke 6:43-44

Now a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do, to get eternal life?”….Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect ,go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me. “When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth. Matthew 19:16,21-22 NIV