Enter through the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who go through it. How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.
Matthew 7:13-14 (CSB)
Jesus is finishing His famous sermon. He ends with a choice.
Jesus describes two gates. One is wide, with a broad road behind it. Lots of people are on that road. It’s easy to find. But Jesus says it leads to destruction, to being lost forever.
The other gate is narrow. The road behind it is hard. Not many people are on it. But that road leads to life, to eternal life with God.
The wide road doesn’t have a sign saying “Danger.” It can seem safe, because so many people are on it. People say, “All roads lead to God.” Or, “I’m a good person, so I’m fine.” But a big crowd is not a safe guide.
The narrow road is hard sometimes. Following Jesus may cost us friends, or comfort, or our own way of doing things.
So we should follow Jesus, not the crowd. And when following Him gets hard, we should keep going.
The narrow gate is not a rule we have to keep. The gate is Jesus Himself. He said, “I am the gate. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved” (John 10:9). There’s only one way in, and it’s through Him. Anyone who comes to Jesus can come in.