Page 53 - The Gate and the Way

Isaiah 42:19-20
Who is blind but My servant, or so deaf as My messenger whom I send? Who is so
blind as he that is at peace with Me, or so blind as the servant of Yahweh? You have
seen many things, but you do not observe them; Your ears are open, but none hears.

How can millions of Christians go to their churches week after week and listen to the
Scriptures read, while remaining oblivious to this pattern that Yahweh has established?
How can they believe teachers of myths and fables who assure them that they can walk a
broad path of prosperity, ease, and comfort now, and be assured all the glories of heaven
in the ages to come? Are they not willingly deceived, for such falsehood appeals greatly to
the soul of man?
Christ has done a marvelous thing. He has made a way for mankind to pass out of
death and to obtain to the divine life He shares with His Father. He did not provide an easy
path, but He said it would be worth it to follow in His steps. None who ever submit to follow
Christ by taking up their cross will ever declare at the end of the road that the way was too
hard, or too difficult. Instead, the testimony of the saints will be, “Is that all I had to suffer?
Is there no more? The reward is far too great, and I am unworthy.” Then the saints will cast
their crowns at the feet of Christ, for He alone is worthy to obtain all glory, power and
honor. What tremendous grace is manifested that Yahshua would share these things with
us!
Yet, Christ asks one thing. If you would be a sharer in His glory, He would ask you to
first share with Him in His suffering. He invites you and I to take up our cross and follow
Him.

Romans 8:16-17
The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, and if
children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer
with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

Is this too much for Christ to ask? He would invite us to partake of momentary, light
afflictions that we might be brought to maturity spiritually, becoming fit to share in His
power and authority for the ages to come.

II Timothy 2:12
If we endure, we will also reign with Him...

If you have spent much time in the Christian religious system of this day, no doubt you
have not heard a message such as this. Is it not surprising how very many Scriptures there
are that proclaim this message, yet they are unobserved by the church today?
Yahweh has a plan for your life. He has a path He would invite you to walk, even as
He had one for His firstborn Son. He has revealed that it is an afflicted path, but He
promises to walk with you the entire way. He declares that nothing will ever separate you
from His love, not even death. It is up to you and I to choose whether we will accept the
script Yahweh has written for our lives, or whether we will refuse it and write our own.
Christ has said that there are few who find the path to life, while vast hordes are on
the broad path that leads to destruction. Which way will you choose? The end of the path
through this present life will be arrived at very quickly for each of us. Then we will see