Difficult is the Way Which Leads to Life

Throughout the past several years I have seen strong Christians who were raised in the Church come and go, I have seen powerful out pourings of God's spirit and conviction on the lost who confessed turned and left again to their old ways and I have seen people humbly turn from their sin and serve God faithfully. Through all of these events and many more coming and goings I have learned one thing that couldn't be said any better then God himself

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.

Being a Christian is hard, I now tell people that if I have a chance to witness to them. Recently I told someone it isn't going to be easy you have to give up a lot of things, sacrifice and learn self control but as stated by Paul

2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.

So these things we must give up are so small compared to the benefit of our sacrifice.

As I read my bible tonight God revealed something neat to me and I want to share it with whoever would like to read

Matthew 13:3 Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: "Behold a sower went out to sow.
:4 And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.
:5 Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth.
:6 But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away.
:7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them.
:8 But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
:9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

I saw that when people receive the world of God either one of these things could happen; it could be as if you had never said anything to them, they could receive and immediately spring up but because of no depth wither away or they could be set on good ground and yield a hundredfold themselves. This is the very reason we should not be discouraged when our seed falls on bad ground. Keep spreading the seed and eventually it will fall on good ground.

Treating All as Christ

Recently I had an experience with someone who had needs, this person had no money, no job and it was partly their own fault. The decisions you make in life will effect everything you do even your ability to be employed. This person had trouble with the law and was living in ways they should not have been. This is the kind of person you would say to yourself they have done this to their self, I'm not doing anything for them because it is their own fault; but then I remembered this passage

³⁵For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, ³⁶I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

³⁷"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? ³⁸When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? ³⁹When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'

⁴⁰"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'

This passage really touched me and Jesus knew that normal people wouldn't want to help "The Least of These." but Jesus said if you did it until them you did it unto me. When I stand before the throne of God I want him to say these words and not I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty but you gave me nothing to drink...