Matt 7:13 (KJV) Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: {strait: or, narrow} 14 Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. {Because: or, How}
Hebr 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims> ["exiles"-RSV] on the earth. {in faith: Gr. according to faith} 1Pet 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers ["aliens"-RSV] and pilgrims ["exiles"-RSV], abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Through all the ages since He walked this earth, generation after generation, wherever He has been made known to men, this testimony has been borne to Him, "He is Altogether Lovely!" He is the Ideal. As a Child, as a Man, as a Teacher, as a Prophet, as an Example, as a Sacrifice, --- He is perfect! He is without blemish. "In Him is no sin" but "He was manifested to take away our sins". How we wish that ever person in the world could know Him and worship Him in the beauty of holiness.
Dear Lord, Thou Altogether Lovely One, help us to do our best to make Thee known to a lost world. Amen.
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