STRIVE TO ENTER IN AT THE STRAIT GATE
BY
LUCKY EYIS AMIWERO
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LUKE 13:23-24
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23)Then said one unto him,
LORD are there few that be
saved? And he said unto
them
24)Strive to enter in at the
strait gate; for many, I say
unto you will seek to enter
in, and shall not be able
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ARE THEY FEW WHO WILL BE
SAVED
The general tone was as a
result of the kingdom of
GOD message, which
someone alone the way,
asked him LORD, are they
only few people that are
going to be saved?
*JESUS taught that
nationality and ritual had
nothing to do with salvation,
birth and ritual are not
enough to save a person, not
even if ritual is circumcision
for (JEW) or Baptism for (For
Christian) Baptism no more
save a person born with
Christian circles
*Many are curious, but not
curious enough to really seek
after the LORD for personal
salvation, they are ready and
willing to discuss religious
subjects but unwilling to
deny themselves and to
diligently seek after GOD
STRIVE TO ENTER THE
NARROW GATE
The save must struggle to
enter in the the strait gate ,
the way to salvation is only
one way, there is only one
way to be saved.3
The way to salvation is strait
it is not crooked in direction
or purpose, it is straight way
to be saved, a person has to
struggle, make every effort to
be saved
That is to struggle, exert to
the fullest, labor fervently,
whole-hearted dedicated and
effort are required so you
have to work out your
salvation .
The person must believe
totally on the believe of GOD,
that GOD do exist and focus
his heart set upon GOD
Many will seek to enter the
straight gate, but will not
able to, if not struggle, make
effort to pay the price of self
denial because it cost much
to give up the world
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JOHN 3:18
RELATED CHAPTERS
MATHEW 15:14
JOHN 3:36
JOHN 8:24
ROMANS 13:12
1 THESSALONICA 5:4-
7
1 JOHN 1:6
PROVERBS 4:19
ZEP. 1:17
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18)He that believeth on him
is not condemned already,
because he hath not believed
in the name of the only
begotten SON of GOD
19)And this is the
condemnation, that light is
come into the world, and
men loved darkness rather
than light, because their
deeds were evil
20)For every one that doeth
evil hateth the light, neither
cometh to the light, lest his
deeds should be reproved
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HE THAT BELIEVETH ON HIM
IS NOT CONDEMNED
JESUS- STRAIGHT GATE
He that believeth- He that
had confidence in JESUS and
his merit of his Salvation.
The believer is not
condemned, the person who
believe on JESUS CHRIST and
diligently seeking CHRIST,
GOD will save any man who
will believe and seek and
honor his SON
The believer is released from
condemnation because he
believes on CHRIST
The believer believes that
CHRIST died for his sin, in his
place, as a substitute, paying
the penalty for his sin (Which
was Death)
CONDEMNATION4
The unbeliever judgment is
sure, he is already
condemned, nothing can
change the Judgment coming
upon the unbeliever
The unbeliever is already
under the present curse of
sin, he is:
*Separated from
CHRIST
*Excluded from
citizenship with the
people of GOD
*He is without hope
*He is without GOD
in the
world(EPH.2:12
The unbeliever already
stands guilty of all the sins he
has ever committed; he is
already condemned, the
judgment is already
pronounced, because he
believes not in the doctrine
of JESUS CHRIST and receive
Him as savior.
The unbeliever must pay the
penalty for every
transgression of GOD’s Law,
he is already under the curse,
the full of the law
The unbeliever is condemned
because Light has come into
the world, to give light to
men, to enable men to walk
out of darkness of a sinful
and perishing world
The light (JESUS) came to
show men the way the truth,
and the life, that is teachings,
doctrine, instruction that
which GOD give us by
revelation:5
Ø The light shows man
the way GOD intends
for him to live
Ø The light shows man
the truth of life, that
is, the truth of GOD
and of man and of the
world that surrounds
man
Ø The light shows man
the life, that is, how
to save his life and
avoid the things that
cause him to stumble
and lose his life
Ø The truth any man
who does not turn
and walk in the light is
naturally in the dark,
he is condemned to
darkness and all to
those that walk in
darkness
MEN LOVE DARKNESS
The unbeliever is
condemned because he loves
darkness, because his deeds
are evil, and to turn and walk
in the light would expose his
evil deeds for what they are:
immoral, unrighteousness,
and disobedient to GOD
The unbeliever loves his sin ,
if he turns to light we will
give up sin:
- He loves the feeling
of sin
- He loves stimulation
of sin
- He loves the comfort
of sin
- He loves the
recognition, fame , 6
pride, power, the
possession
- The things which sin
brings, he loves them
not to give it up, he is
enslaved in the
bondage of sin and
lost in darkness.
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JOHN 4:14
RELATED CHAPTERS
JOHN 7:38-39
REV. 22:17
JEREMIAH 2:13
ISAIAH 12:3
ISAIAH 58:11
ZEC.13:1
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14) But whosoever drinketh
of this water shall I shall give
him shall never thirst; but the
water that I shall give him
shall be him a well of water
springing up into everlasting
life
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LIVING WATER-JESUS CHRIST
The living water comes from
JESUS CHRIST, he and him
alone is the source
The living water keeps a man
from ever thirsting again, His
inner thirst is gone forever.
The living water is a “Spring
of water” placed in the man,
the living water springs up
and continue to spring up to
eternal life, it will never end
To partake on this living
water, one must drink
repeatedly, , which requires
regular communication with
the source of the
living/spring water JESUS
CHRIST
THE STAGNANT WATER OF
THE FLESH: WORLDLY
The stagnant water of the
flesh is sinful nature are such
things as:
- Immorality
- Drunkenness
- Love of money
- Pride
- Cars,
- Houses
- Land, Clothes
- Extravagant living
- Position and power
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JOHN 5:24
RELATED CHAPTERS
JOHN 3:16
JOHN 3:36
ROMANS 5:8
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24) Verily, verily, I say unto
you, he that heareth my
word, and believeth on him
that sent me, hath
everlasting life, and shall not
come into condemnation;
but is passed from death
unto life
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THE THROUGH GATE OF
SALVATION
Men are saved by hearing
the word of JESUS CHRIST
not just external hearing but
internal to understand it
spiritually, committed and
obedience to the doctrine/
gospel, it, in order to be
saved, by doing exactly what
he says.
They are saved by believing
that GOD has sent HIS SON
JESUS CHRIST to save them
The result of being saved, is
man passes from the state of
death into the state of life ,
from the state of
condemnation into a state of
justification.
When a man is truly saved,
he is never condemned to
die; he is declared righteous
and given eternal life.
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JOHN 5:28-29
RELATED CHAPTERS
MATHEW 16:27
JOHN 5:25
JOHN 6:40
JOHN 11:25
JOHN 5:28-29
ROMANS 2:6
1 COR.15:22
2 COR.4:14
2 COR. 5:10
1 THESSIONI. 4:16-17
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28)Marvel not at this; for the
hour is coming, in the which
all that are in the graves shall
hear his voice
29)And shall come forth;
they that have done good,
unto the resurrection of life;
and they that have done evil,
into the resurrection of
damnation
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RESURRECTION AND
JUDGMENT
The time is approaching or
will be, all that are in the
graves- all the dead, of every
age and nation, he will
restore them to life, and
command them to appear.
29) men who have done
good ”will rise to live” how
man lives matters. The man
who professes and lives for
GOD will take part in the
resurrection of life, but they
who have done evil will “rise
to be condemned the
resurrection of damnation8
JUDGMENT, condemnation,
how a person has lived, , has
he lived righteously and
godly in this present world
believing on JESUS CHRIST
and serving him, believing on
JESUS CHRIST means that a
person has committed his life
to follow CHRIST, to obey and
serve him
There is to be resurrection of
all who have believed and
obeyed the LORD JESUS
CHRIST
The voice- the word , the
power of JESUS- that shall
resurrect all who are in their
graves, those who has done
good
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JOHN 5:40
RELATED CHAPTERS
JOHN 1:4
JOHN 5: 24-26
JOHN 10:10
JOHN 11:25
ACTS 28:27
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40)And ye will not come to
me, that ye might have life
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MAN REJECT JESUS CHRIST
Man reject JESUS claim to be
equal to GOD:
- Men refuse to JESUS
CHRIST
- Men do not love GOD
- Men Accept false
doctrine and man
made doctrine
- Men seek approval
and honor of men
- Men do not believe
the true messiah
- Men receives life by
coming to JESUS
CHRIST, they keep
from dying by coming
to JESUS CHRIST
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JOHN 6:35
RELATED CHAPTERS
MATHEW 5:6
JOHN 4:14
JOHN 6:35
JOHN 6:47-48
JOHN 7:37
REV.22:17
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35)And JESUS said unto
them, I am the bread of life;
he that cometh to me shall
never hunger and he that
believeth on me shall never
thirst
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JESUS CHRIST THE BREAD OF
LIFE:
JESUS CHRIST is the bread
of life, if a man comes to
JESUS CHRIST, the bread of
life, he will never hunger,
man has a starving craving
need for life, man crave a
life that:
• Is full and satisfying
• Is nourishing and
sustaining
• Is energizing and has
his desire fulfilled
JESUS CHRIST say:
The true Bread
The Bread of GOD
The bread of life
If a man believes, he will
never thirst:
o By coming to JESUS
CHRIST
o By believing in JESUS
CHRIST
When a person comes to
JESUS CHRIST and believe
continuous action, continue
to believe, every need of his
life, and to give eternal life to
as many as the FATHER hath
given him
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JOHN 6:40
RELATED CHAPTERS
JOHN 3:16
JOHN 5:24-29
JOHN 11:25
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40)And this is the will of him
that sent me, that every one
which seeth the SON, and
believeth on him, may have
everlasting life and I will raise
him up at the last day
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THIS IS THE WILL OF HIM
THAT SENT ME
The verse also concerns
GOD’S will, for the believer:
A person must” look to(
behold, grasp and believe
JESUS CHRIST
That GOD sent him to
spiritually feed and nourish
to save and give life
That he is “ the SON, the
savior of the world.
GOD will that a person who
looks to JESUS and believing
JESUS is being raised up from
the dead, JESUS said very
emphatically, I will raise him
up at the last day:10
- The believer is
assured of eternal
life,
- The believer is
assured of victory
over death
The believer is
assured of the
resurrection
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JOHN 6:45-48
RELATED CHAPTER
MATHEW 11:28
JOHN 7:3
JOHN 7:37
JOHN 8:31-32
JOHN
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45)It is written in the
prophets, any they shall be
all taught of GOD, every man
there that hath heard, and
hath learned of the FATHER,
cometh unto me
46)Not that any man hath
seen the FATHER, save he
which is of GOD, he hath
seen the FATHER
47)Verily, verily, I say unto
you, he that believeth on me
hath everlasting life
48)I am that bread of life
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EVERY MAN THAT HATH
LEARNED OF THE FATHER,
COMETH UNTO ME:
And they shall be all taught
of GOD; by his Spirit
themselves, and JESUS
CHRIST, that is, all that are
ordained to eternal life.
Man must hear the voice of
GOD when GOD draws, the
pull, tug, or movement of
GOD’S Spirit, man must learn
of GOD, he must learn of
GOD through JESUS CHRIST.
If a man wishes to learn of
GOD, he has to come to
JESUS CHRIST, the Holy Spirit
stirs a man to respond by
coming to CHRIST
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OHN 6:54-57
RELATED CHAPTER
JOHN 14:20
JOHN 15:4-5
GAL. 2:20
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53)The JESUS said unto
them, verily, verily, I say unto
you, Except ye eat the flesh
of the son of man, and drink
is blood, ye have no life in
you
54)Whoso eateth my flesh,
and drinketh my blood, hath
eternal life; and I will raise
him up at the last day
55)For my flesh is meat
indeed, and my blood is drink
indeed
56)He that eateth my flesh
and drinketh my blood,
dwelleth in me, and I in him
57)As the living father hath
sent me, and I live by the
FATHER so he that eateth
me, even he shall live by me
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WHOSOEVER EAT MY FLESH
AND DRINK MY BLOOD
HATH ETERNAL LIFE
Unless a man receives (eat
and drinks) JESUS CHRIST he
has no life in within him, he
is a dead man Spiritually and
eternally , he walk around as
a dead man: Physically he is
in the process of aging and
dying, and living in the ream
of death
True satisfaction comes from
receiving JESUS CHRIST into
one’s life, and it comes only
through JESUS CHRIST, just as
the real life on earth comes
from eating and drinking
food, so also real real and
abundant life comes from
eating and drinking JESUS
CHRIST:
A believer must receive
JESUS CHRIST in most
intimate and nourishing
sense, in order to have
through life, life that is
abundance and full of:
Love, Compression, mercy,
gentleness, peace, courage,
faith, joy, goodness, strength,
meekness, self-denial.
That is believer who
partakes of JESUS CHRIST
continually, day by day, the
man will eat , upon JESUS
CHRIST, it is the man that is
promised of eternal life,
which includes:
Ø Abundant and
eternal life
Ø The defeat of death
Ø The resurrection
It means to abide, continue,
being of the person dwell,
rest in or upon JESUS CHRIST,
the person receives JESUS
CHRIST into his being, and
CHRIST enter the person’s life
and remains within him
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JOHN 7:37-39
RELATED CHAPTERS
MATHEW 5:6
JOHN 6:35
JOHN 10:10
JOHN 4:14
GAL.5:22-23
EPH. 5:9
REV. 7:16
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37)In the last day, that great
day of the feast, JESUS stood
and cried, saying, if any man
thirst, let him come unto me,
and drink
38) He that believeth on me,
as the scripture hath said,
out of his belly shall flow
rivers of living water
39)But this spake he of the
Spirit, which they that
believe on him should
receive; for the Holy Ghost
was not yet given; because
that JESUS was not yet
glorified
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IF A MAN THIRST LET HIM
COME UNTO ME
JESUS CHRIST is the source
of abundant life, an
abundant life can flow out
from a person that is rivers of
living water.
JESUS CHRIST is of the HOLY
Spirit, rivers of living water
refer to the Holy Spirit, JESUS
spoke of giving ‘LIVING
WATER’, he meant he would
give the Holy Spirit to a
person, the presence of the
Holy Spirit out of our heart
flows: joy, knowledge,
spiritual gifts or grace, of
course, meant the
experience of abundant and
external life,
Living water comes only
through believing in JESUS
CHRIST, the death of JESUS
CHRIST is the source of the
living water, out of the death,
he was able to rise, and by
arising he was able to
conquer sin and death and to
bring eternal life in all
abundance.
JESUS CHRIST as a living
water purifies, cleanse; it
refreshes and it revitalizes or
energizes.
The holy spirit was present in
in his fullness after the death
and the glorification of JESUS
CHRIST:
- In the lives of
believers all the time
- In its fullness
- In equipping believers
with permanent
spiritual gift
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