The Kingdom is at the end of a narrow road, and sometimes you will need to pass people to get there; and passing people on that narrow road is tricky. It takes a sly foot to pass on that road. It takes cleverness. You may even see some people crawling along that road when they could just as easily walk, and they may even tell you that the only way to get to the Kingdom is to crawl. Ignore them. Your feet are healthy; use them.
The Kingdom of God does not have two entrances. In the old days a home would have two entrances - one for the guests and one for the servants. But the Kingdom of God has only one entrance, and it is a servant's entrance.
The door to the Kingdom is not easy to open; oftentimes it is nearly jammed shut. You will need to press your shoulder against it with some force to get it to open. Other times it is bolted to and you will have to pick the lock. Did you know that you would perhaps have to break in to the Kingdom of God? It's true. You will find men and women forcing their way in, and you may even attempt to follow them in when they breach the door, but you will not be able to. The door of the Kingdom does not admit a flood of violent people all at once. It admits one violent man, one violent woman, at a time.
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