The door to the Kingdom is open and anyone may enter. But it will not be open forever. There will come a time when the doors will shut and many will be shut out. They will only be shut out, though, because they didn’t want to come in. We need to always be very clear about whose Kingdom we are a part of. Are we building our own little kingdom or are we building God’s Kingdom? They are two completely different kinds of life. Most people take it for granted that it is up to them to build their own lives. In fact, there is nothing so antagonistic to the fundamental laws of existence than this. It denies God his claim on us. To live without God is to consign ourselves to an eternal void of alienation and darkness. We need to take this very seriously. Many people live apart from God but the doors are still open. They walk past the open doors and the outstretched arms of God who longs to gather them to himself. God has done everything he can to make a way for them. He could not have paid a higher price for that door to be opened than he did in Jesus Christ. But many will not come in, and when the door shuts they will be shut out forever. With all my imagination I cannot conceive how bad it would be to be shut off from God forever. To be consigned to “outer darkness”; alienated and tormented by guilt and regret for what could have been but what was refused. Make sure Jesus has you.
Give your life to Jesus.
Read Luke 13:22-35
