JESUS said, I am the Door: by ME if any man enter in, he shall be saved. JESUS was Rich, yet for my sake He became Poor, that I through His poverty might be Rich. JESUS is The Poor Door, through whom you must enter into Eternal Life and the Kingdom of God. Jesus said, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, again, he cannot ENTER the Kingdom of God. JESUS is the Door; you can only enter into Eternity safely through HIM; He is the strait gate which leadeth unto Life. The POOR DOOR was covered with Precious Blood on the CROSS for you. You must humble yourself and enter through The Poor Door. Only the poor in spirit can enter there. The rich, that is, self-righteous sinners, cannot gain entry.
Through the help and grace of the Holy Spirit, you must first be brought to the very end of your Self, and truly realize your sinfulness, guiltiness, inability, hopelessness, utter filthiness, altogether emptiness, bankruptcy, imminent danger, and lack of real Righteousness. Be not deceived; Be not highminded; Be not puffed with worldly wisdom, honor and advantage; Be not wise in your own conceits, that is, high thoughts of yourself and vainglory. The deeper sense you have of your unworthiness and sinfulness the better. You must enter in at the POOR DOOR a naked and poor pauper, and you cannot bring any of your self-righteousness through the Poor Door. Just like at the airport, before boarding an aircraft, you must be screened closely for possibly concealed items as you pass through the TSA security checkpoint X-ray machine, and walk-through metal detector. Likewise, The Holy Spirit will thoroughly scan and search you for any self-righteousness and bring you Very Low prior to you passing through the Poor Door.
JESUS gladly stops and rescues broken-down sinners on the side of Life's road. When you sense your very emptiness, poverty and thirstiness inwardly, only then will you sincerely seek Christ's Water of Life, Fullness, and Riches. Your Self-conceit will deceitfully lead you to deception, disillusionment, confusion, disappointment, despair, despondency, doom, and ultimately to the horrible brink of damnation. You must first really feel the bonds of your iniquities (drunkenness, despair, licentiousness, cardiac filthiness, covetousness, despondency, mental madness, worldliness) and the gall of your sin's bitterness, and then you will seek Freedom and Sweetness from Christ Jesus Himself. Your Soul must first come to its senses and be emptied of self-righteousness, before your Soul can be freely given the Righteousness of Jesus Christ.
The LORD said, To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at MY word. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. The Spirit of the Lord is upon ME, because He hath anointed ME to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent ME to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised. Jesus saith unto him, I am the WAY, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Gentle Reminder: The POOR DOOR is open wide now, but only to helpless, bankrupt sinners. The Bleeding, Dying, Pardoning Love of JESUS and the free Grace of God still saves the hell-deserving sinner; The undeserved mercy of God saves utterly poor, lost sinners through faith in the Precious Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world. No sinner could ever possibly deserve to be made Righteous and Accepted in God's sight, but God still forgives and saves sinners for JESUS' sake.
