Distinct and Separate Ways
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the
way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it. Matt. 7:13, 14.
These roads are distinct, separate, extending in opposite directions.
One leads to eternal death, the other to eternal life. One is broad and
smooth, the other narrow and rugged. So the parties that travel them are
opposite in character, in life, in dress, and in conversation. Those who
travel in the narrow way are talking of the happiness they will have at the
end of the journey. . . . They do not dress like the company in the broad
road, nor talk like them, nor act like them. A pattern has been given them.
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief opened that road for them and
traveled it Himself. His followers see His footprints and are comforted and
cheered. He went through safely; so can they, if they follow in His steps.
In the broad road all are occupied with their persons, their dress, and
the pleasures in the way. They indulge freely in mirth and revelry, and
think not of their journey's end, of the certain ruin at the termination of
the path. Every day they approach nearer their destruction, yet they madly
rush on faster and faster. . . . When it is too late they see that they have
gained nothing substantial. They have grasped at shadows and lost eternal
life. . . .
A form of godliness will not save any. All must have a deep and living
experience. This alone will save them in the time of trouble before us. Then
their work will be tried, of what sort it is. If it is gold, silver, and
precious stones, they will be hid as in the secret of the Lord's pavilion.
But if their work is wood, hay, stubble, nothing can shield them from the
fierceness of Jehovah's wrath. . . .
Those who are willing to make any and every sacrifice for eternal life
will have it, and it will be worth suffering for, worth crucifying self for,
and sacrificing every idol for. The far more exceeding and eternal weight of
glory outweighs every earthly treasure and eclipses every earthly
attraction.
>From That I May Know Him - Page 303
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