Sharing insight into Bible passages

Jim Fowler,

Christ in You Ministries says:

“In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus contrasts the life that He came to bring in Himself with what religion offers.

“He contrasts two gates, two trees, two claims and two houses (Matt. 7:13-27).

“Jesus Himself is the ‘narrow gate,’ the singular and exclusive way to life (cf. Jn. 14:6), and few indeed are saved (Lk. 13:22-30) by entering ‘into Christ.’

“The ‘wide gate’ and the ‘broad way’ represent the popular and expedient invitation to religious involvement accepted by the multitudes and the masses.

“Such a religious way ‘seems right to man, but the en...