STRIVE TO ENTER IN

Luke 13:24??????????STRIVE TO ENTER IN

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Strive, (make great effort), to enter into the, (narrow), strait gate: for many, I say unto you will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.?Luke 13:24

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?All that will be saved must ?enter in at the strait gate,?must undergo a change of the whole man, such as amounts to no less than being born again, and must submit to a strict discipline.

Those that would enter in at the strait gate must?strive to enter.?It is a hard matter to get to heaven, and a point that will not be gained without a great deal of care and pains, of difficulty and diligence.?We must strive with God in prayer, wrestle as Jacob, and strive against sin and Satan.?We must strive in every duty of religion; strive with our own hearts,?agoμnizesthe -"Be in an agony;?strive as those that run for a prize; excite and exert ourselves to the utmost".?The reason why many come short of grace and glory is because they rest in lazy seeking?of that which will not be attained without a?laborious striving.?They have a?good mind to happiness,?and a?good opinion of holiness,?and take some?good steps?towards both.?But their convictions are weak.?They do not consider what they know and believe, and, consequently, their desires are cold, and their endeavours feeble, and there is no strength or steadiness in their resolutions; and thus they?come short,?and lose the prize, because they do not press forward. ?( Mathew Henry )