Meditations

Open Line, moody radio, hour 2 on December 10, 2022

Listener:

If possible, can you explain Matthew chapter 7 verses 13 and 14, please? Thank you so much!

Dr Michael Rydelnik:

7, 13 and 14 says enter through the narrow gate for that gate is wide and the road is 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. I believe what the Lord Jesus had done in the sermon of the mount is he has compared what true faith in the Messianic king is versus the faith as being taught by the Jewish leaders of that time. And that’s why in Matthew 5 he keeps, I think a lot of English version don’t get this but he is actually saying you have heard it said to the ancients, to the old ones, the elders, really, to the Jewish leaders, you have heard said , not to them but by the elders, we don’t usually get that, this is their interpretation but now I say to you, and he gives his interpretation and he is basically saying to Jewish people, you can choose to follow the crowd or you can choose to follow the king but it is only through the king that we can find life. That’s what he is saying … Today, what a great choice we have to offer people today, the crowd is saying go all this different directions but we need to follow the king, the way that leads to life …

Matthew 7

¹³ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. ¹⁴ Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. -nkjv

¹³ 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:

¹⁴ Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. -kjv

¹³ “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. ¹⁴ For the gate is narrow and the way is constricted that leads to life, and there are few who find it. -nasb

¹³ “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. ¹⁴ But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. -niv