Comments on: 2008 — The Year of the Gate http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/08/2008-the-year-of-the-gate/ Michael Pink Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:10:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kern http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/08/2008-the-year-of-the-gate/#comment-15771 Kern Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:20:12 +0000 http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/08/2008-the-year-of-the-gate/#comment-15771 People; The narrow gate Jesus is talking about has to do with salvation, not making money. Here is an exposition by A. W. Pink Here is "Enter ye in at the strait gate." It is not enough to listen to preaching about this "gate," nor to study its structure or admire the wisdom of its appointment: it must be entered. Sermons on repentance and faith in Christ avail us nothing unless they move our hearts to comply therewith. The Greek word here rendered "strait" signifies restrained, cramped, or better "narrow" as it is rendered in the R.V. And what is meant by this strait or narrow gate? A "gate" serves two purposes: it lets in and shuts out. This gate is the only avenue of admittance to that "way" which leads unto life, and all who enter not by it are eternally barred from the presence of God and the realm of ineffable bliss. The second use of this "gate" is solemnly illustrated at the close of the parable of the virgins. The foolish ones lacked the necessary "oil" (the work of the Spirit in the heart), and when they sought to obtain it the Bridegroom came and "the door was shut" (Matthew 25:10), and though they besought Him to open it unto them, He answered "I know you not." People;

The narrow gate Jesus is talking about has to do with salvation, not making money.

Here is an exposition by A. W. Pink

Here is “Enter ye in at the strait gate.” It is not enough to listen to preaching about this “gate,” nor to study its structure or admire the wisdom of its appointment: it must be entered. Sermons on repentance and faith in Christ avail us nothing unless they move our hearts to comply therewith. The Greek word here rendered “strait” signifies restrained, cramped, or better “narrow” as it is rendered in the R.V. And what is meant by this strait or narrow gate? A “gate” serves two purposes: it lets in and shuts out. This gate is the only avenue of admittance to that “way” which leads unto life, and all who enter not by it are eternally barred from the presence of God and the realm of ineffable bliss. The second use of this “gate” is solemnly illustrated at the close of the parable of the virgins. The foolish ones lacked the necessary “oil” (the work of the Spirit in the heart), and when they sought to obtain it the Bridegroom came and “the door was shut” (Matthew 25:10), and though they besought Him to open it unto them, He answered “I know you not.”

]]> By: Betty http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/08/2008-the-year-of-the-gate/#comment-15769 Betty Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:57:48 +0000 http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/08/2008-the-year-of-the-gate/#comment-15769 I believe you are right....something in my spirit stirred when I read your words....It would be good to offer a study to those of us who want to pass through the narrow gate....some of us desire the ways of the Lord, but don't know how to see the sign posts leading to the narrow gate.... It would also be good to offer a study to those who may not catch this wave of the spirit, the tribulation saints....something left behind, telling them how to proceed through the dark days....God has put this on my heart strongly....there will be many who will need this information.... I believe you are right….something in my spirit stirred when I read your words….It would be good to offer a study to those of us who want to pass through the narrow gate….some of us desire the ways of the Lord, but don’t know how to see the sign posts leading to the narrow gate….
It would also be good to offer a study to those who may not catch this wave of the spirit, the tribulation saints….something left behind, telling them how to proceed through the dark days….God has put this on my heart strongly….there will be many who will need this information….

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/08/2008-the-year-of-the-gate/#comment-15359 Elizabeth Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:31:31 +0000 http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/08/2008-the-year-of-the-gate/#comment-15359 This is confirmation! New Beginnings and the gate! Thanks. This is confirmation! New Beginnings and the gate! Thanks.

]]> By: Kern http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/08/2008-the-year-of-the-gate/#comment-15357 Kern Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:19:41 +0000 http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/08/2008-the-year-of-the-gate/#comment-15357 Currently, people are dying in Kenya. People are living in fear. The situation threatens to spiral out of control, but in the midst of this chaos, you can help. Please pray, give and engage today: * Pray: for church leaders and congregations to be strong and not take place in the violence going on; for churches to be sanctuaries and for attacks like those on the church in Eldoret to not take place again; for our World Relief staff on the ground that they would continue to remain safe and be able to encourage the local church as prayer rallies are formed and care is given to those in need; * Give: Our disaster response ministries in Kenya could use a vital boost financially as we minister in this time of turmoil. Please prayerfully consider giving to our response to the violence in Kenya. Ih Him, Kern * Engage: Download a map of Kenya so that you can be informed of where cities in Kenya are and pray for them specifically as you hear about them in the news. Currently, people are dying in Kenya. People are living in fear. The situation threatens to spiral out of control, but in the midst of this chaos, you can help. Please pray, give and engage today:

* Pray: for church leaders and congregations to be strong and not take place in the violence going on; for churches to be sanctuaries and for attacks like those on the church in Eldoret to not take place again; for our World Relief staff on the ground that they would continue to remain safe and be able to encourage the local church as prayer rallies are formed and care is given to those in need;

* Give: Our disaster response ministries in Kenya could use a vital boost financially as we minister in this time of turmoil. Please prayerfully consider giving to our response to the violence in Kenya.

Ih Him,

Kern

* Engage: Download a map of Kenya so that you can be informed of where cities in Kenya are and pray for them specifically as you hear about them in the news.

]]> By: Kern http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/08/2008-the-year-of-the-gate/#comment-15356 Kern Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:17:15 +0000 http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/08/2008-the-year-of-the-gate/#comment-15356 How narrow is the gate? I hope the letter below reminds us how narrow the gate is. Kern Urgent prayer request from World Relief regarding Kenya Dear brothers and sisters, Greetings to you and Happy New Year. It seems ironic to wish you a New Year's greeting when so many in Kenya are suffering right now. Tragedy is not something we often plan for and the situation in Kenya is a reminder of this. In describing the scene of violence in Kenya's western city of Eldoret, a Red Cross official said "It was one of the worst scenes in my life. Seeing women and children who have sought safety in the house of God getting killed is just as bad as it gets." You have probably heard about the situation in Kenya by now (If you haven't, you'll want to visit BBC News' story here. Hundreds have died and tens of thousands have been displaced by violence following the December 30 election results. Mwai Kibaki, the current president, was declared to have won another term after a controversial three-day vote count. After the opposition declared the voting rigged, violent gangs took to the streets in protest. Burning churches, homes, businesses and cars, the raging mobs are leaving incredible destruction in their wake. In the Rift Valley region alone, more than 70,000 have already fled their homes. Hundreds have crossed into neighboring Uganda seeking safe haven. Churches across the country have opened their doors to provide a safe haven to those fleeing violence. One church in Eldoret, Western Kenya, was burned to the ground by rioters, killing at least 35 of those seeking haven inside. Raila Odinga, the opposition leader, has called for a peaceful rally to take place on Thursday. Many fear this will lead to violence and further destabilize the situation. Pauline Nasenya, a young woman in Nairobi says, "We are living in fear. All we hope for, all we pray for is peace. Please join with us and the people in Kenya as we pray for peace in Kenya. How narrow is the gate? I hope the letter below reminds us how narrow the gate is.

Kern

Urgent prayer request from World Relief regarding Kenya

Dear brothers and sisters,

Greetings to you and Happy New Year. It seems ironic to wish you a New Year’s greeting when so many in Kenya are suffering right now. Tragedy is not something we often plan for and the situation in Kenya is a reminder of this. In describing the scene of violence in Kenya’s western city of Eldoret, a Red Cross official said “It was one of the worst scenes in my life. Seeing women and children who have sought safety in the house of God getting killed is just as bad as it gets.”

You have probably heard about the situation in Kenya by now (If you haven’t, you’ll want to visit BBC News’ story here. Hundreds have died and tens of thousands have been displaced by violence following the December 30 election results. Mwai Kibaki, the current president, was declared to have won another term after a controversial three-day vote count.

After the opposition declared the voting rigged, violent gangs took to the streets in protest. Burning churches, homes, businesses and cars, the raging mobs are leaving incredible destruction in their wake. In the Rift Valley region alone, more than 70,000 have already fled their homes. Hundreds have crossed into neighboring Uganda seeking safe haven.

Churches across the country have opened their doors to provide a safe haven to those fleeing violence. One church in Eldoret, Western Kenya, was burned to the ground by rioters, killing at least 35 of those seeking haven inside.

Raila Odinga, the opposition leader, has called for a peaceful rally to take place on Thursday. Many fear this will lead to violence and further destabilize the situation.

Pauline Nasenya, a young woman in Nairobi says, “We are living in fear. All we hope for, all we pray for is peace. Please join with us and the people in Kenya as we pray for peace in Kenya.

]]> By: Randolph Y. Aquino http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/08/2008-the-year-of-the-gate/#comment-15341 Randolph Y. Aquino Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:01:34 +0000 http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/08/2008-the-year-of-the-gate/#comment-15341 Michael, I pray that His grace abound that we may be able to enter that unfamiliar gate(Narrow Gate) with zeal and might of His Spirit! We shall prevail by God's grace and mercy for we are more than conquerors! We can't afford to take the path of compromise in that wide gate. God bless us. Michael,

I pray that His grace abound that we may be able to enter that unfamiliar gate(Narrow Gate) with zeal and might of His Spirit! We shall prevail by God’s grace and mercy for we are more than conquerors! We can’t afford to take the path of compromise in that wide gate. God bless us.

]]> By: Morini Kudan http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/08/2008-the-year-of-the-gate/#comment-15338 Morini Kudan Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:59:58 +0000 http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/08/2008-the-year-of-the-gate/#comment-15338 If I am the only one who pray over my food in a busy Restaurant, If I am the only who pray in tears, If I am the only one who talk about Jesus, If I am the only one who intercede for the lost while others are not, Don't you think I am entering through the narrow gate? Think of the cross that I have to carry too. Morini If I am the only one who pray over my food in a busy Restaurant,
If I am the only who pray in tears,
If I am the only one who talk about Jesus,
If I am the only one who intercede for the lost while others are not,
Don’t you think I am entering through the narrow gate?
Think of the cross that I have to carry too.

Morini

]]> By: Jim Watson http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/08/2008-the-year-of-the-gate/#comment-15327 Jim Watson Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:56:18 +0000 http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/08/2008-the-year-of-the-gate/#comment-15327 Hello Micheal, I truly believe what you are saying is true, and I certainly sense the seriousness of the hour and day we live. Please let me know more concerning this, especially how Christians can be better prepared for and make certain the narrow gate. Jim Hello Micheal,

I truly believe what you are saying is true, and I certainly sense the seriousness of the hour and day we live. Please let me know more concerning this, especially how Christians can be better prepared for and make certain the narrow gate.

Jim

]]> By: JOE SCHIMNOWSKI http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/08/2008-the-year-of-the-gate/#comment-15326 JOE SCHIMNOWSKI Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:11:24 +0000 http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/08/2008-the-year-of-the-gate/#comment-15326 TO PASS THROUGH THE NARROW GATE REQUIRES THAT WE LET GO OF THE SIN THAT SO EASILY BESETS ,HINDERS AND ENTANGLES US AND PRESS INTO THE GLORY THAT IS BEING REVEALED IN US AS SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF YOD HEY VAV HEY ( OUR FATHER,S PERSONAL NAME)LET US REFUSE TO FEAR BECAUSE FEAR HAS TORMENT AND HE IS PERFECT LOVE AND PERFECTED LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR.FLUSH OUT THE FEAR !!( THE LITERAL GREEK MEANING OF " TO CAST OUT FEAR".THE GREATER ONE LIVES IN US ! LET,S PRAY THROUGH TO OUR BREAKTHROUGH AND LAUGH,REJOICE AND RUN INTO THE LIMITLESS BLESSINGS THAT FATHER HAS PROVIDED FOR HIS BELOVED CHILDREN BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.LET,S RUN IN HIS GARDEN AS LITTLE CHILDREN ! FATHER IS A FAMILY MAN WHO SIMPLY WANTS HIS CHILDREN TO COME HOME AND ENJOY ALL THAT HE HAS FOR US.BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES HOME TO THE FATHER,S HOUSE TO MEET ABBA ,FATHER.HE WILL IN NO WAY REJECT YOU.THE WHOLE EARTH GROANS IN ANTICIPATION FOR THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD TO BE REVEALED IN HIS GLORY FOR SCRIPTURES SAYS HE HAS CROWNED US WITH HIS GLORY AND HONOR JUST AS ADAM AND EVE WERE CROWNED WITH THE SHEKINAH GLORY AT THEIR CREATION.FATHER SPOKE LIFE AND THE BLESSING INTO ADAM JESUS BEING THE SECOND AND FINAL ADAM HAS RESTORED THE BLESSING BACK TO US:) SHALOM, JOE SCHIMNOWSKI TO PASS THROUGH THE NARROW GATE REQUIRES THAT WE LET GO OF THE SIN THAT SO EASILY BESETS ,HINDERS AND ENTANGLES US AND PRESS INTO THE GLORY THAT IS BEING REVEALED IN US AS SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF YOD HEY VAV HEY ( OUR FATHER,S PERSONAL NAME)LET US REFUSE TO FEAR BECAUSE FEAR HAS TORMENT AND HE IS PERFECT LOVE AND PERFECTED LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR.FLUSH OUT THE FEAR !!( THE LITERAL GREEK MEANING OF ” TO CAST OUT FEAR”.THE GREATER ONE LIVES IN US ! LET,S PRAY THROUGH TO OUR BREAKTHROUGH AND LAUGH,REJOICE AND RUN INTO THE LIMITLESS BLESSINGS THAT FATHER HAS PROVIDED FOR HIS BELOVED CHILDREN BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.LET,S RUN IN HIS GARDEN AS LITTLE CHILDREN ! FATHER IS A FAMILY MAN WHO SIMPLY WANTS HIS CHILDREN TO COME HOME AND ENJOY ALL THAT HE HAS FOR US.BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES HOME TO THE FATHER,S HOUSE TO MEET ABBA ,FATHER.HE WILL IN NO WAY REJECT YOU.THE WHOLE EARTH GROANS IN ANTICIPATION FOR THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD TO BE REVEALED IN HIS GLORY FOR SCRIPTURES SAYS HE HAS CROWNED US WITH HIS GLORY AND HONOR JUST AS ADAM AND EVE WERE CROWNED WITH THE SHEKINAH GLORY AT THEIR CREATION.FATHER SPOKE LIFE AND THE BLESSING INTO ADAM JESUS BEING THE SECOND AND FINAL ADAM HAS RESTORED THE BLESSING BACK TO US:)

SHALOM,

JOE SCHIMNOWSKI

]]> By: DONNA GOSSET http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/08/2008-the-year-of-the-gate/#comment-15323 DONNA GOSSET Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:40:26 +0000 http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/08/2008-the-year-of-the-gate/#comment-15323 YES! THIS IS THE YEAR OF NEW BEGINNINGS. THE LORD HAS BEEN SPEAKING TO ME ABOUT MY WALK WITH HIM. MY HUSBAND AND I FIND OURSEVES HAVING TO MAKE CHANGES IN OUR WALK, OUR WORK AND HOW WE REPRESENT OUR LORD. CHOSE NOW WHO YOU WILL SERVE. YES! THIS IS THE YEAR OF NEW BEGINNINGS. THE LORD HAS BEEN SPEAKING TO ME ABOUT MY WALK WITH HIM. MY HUSBAND AND I FIND OURSEVES HAVING TO MAKE CHANGES IN OUR WALK, OUR WORK AND HOW WE REPRESENT OUR LORD. CHOSE NOW WHO YOU WILL SERVE.

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