Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Matthew 7:13-14
What many think of as “life” is not life at all. Jesus said He was the way, the truth, and the life, and no one came to the Father but by Him (John 14:6). Jesus is The Life, and there is no other.
When we consider the many things in this world, from the eyes of Christ, we must conclude that since it is not contained within Him, it is not life at all. This is, in fact the truth, because without Christ, all are dead in their trespasses and sin. Theologically, we may even agree with this fact, but the truth remains that it is as true as salvation itself. What walks around before us are literally tombs filled with dead men’s bones.
Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
John 12:23-26