Enter ye in at the strait gate . . because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way. . . Matthew 7:13-14
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f we are going to live as disciples of Jesus, we have to remember that all noble things are difficult. The Christian life is gloriously difficult, but the difficulty of it does not make us faint and cave in, it rouses us up to overcome. Do we so appreciate the marvellous salvation of Jesus Christ that we are our utmost for His highest?
everal years ago during the Year 2000 ("y2k"), I was driving a truck for a local food distributor. During July that year, my boss asked me to drop off coffee mugs to all of our customers. The mugs were pretty nice metal mugs - not the usual cheap plastic ones you see in all of the Truck Stops - they had our logo on them, along with our name, address, phone numbers and website.
he man of God may labor on in complete trust and in full expectation of success, provided he is aware of a few basic truths. One is that however different people may be in externals, they are all alike fundamentally. That in us to which the Christian message is directed is the same in every human being. Before the cross of Jesus we are not old or young, educated or ignorant, cultured or uncouth, dull or brilliant; we are just people-human beings lost and ruined deep inside where incidental differences do not matter, where indeed they are not even known.
