Mark 10:17-23.
Wherefore, he that will enter in at the gate of heaven, of which
this gate into the temple was a type, must go in by himself, and not
with his bundles of trash on his back; and if he will go in thus, he
need not fear but there is room. "The righteous nation that keepeth
the truth, they shall enter in."
They that enter in at the gate of the inner court must be clothed in
fine linen; how then shall they go into the temple that carry the
clogs of the dirt of this world at their heels? Thus saith the Lord,
"No stranger uncircumcised in heart, or uncircumcised in flesh,
shall enter into my sanctuary."
The wideness, therefore, of this gate, is for this cause here made
mention of, namely, to encourage them that would gladly enter
thereat according to the mind of God, and not to flatter them that
are not for leaving off all for God.
Wherefore let such as would go in remember that here is room, even a
gate to enter at, six cubits wide. We have been all this while but
on the outside of the temple, even in the courts of the house of the
Lord, to see the beauty and glory that is there. The beauty hereof
made men cry out and say, "How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord
of hosts; my soul longeth, yea, fainteth for the courts of the
Lord;" and to say, "A day in thy courts is better than a thousand.
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