Thoughts on 'Through the Wicket Gate' by C.H. Spurgeon

 C.H. Spurgeon, the 'Prince of Preachers', from the 19th Century, wrote 'Through the Wicket Gate' for those who are in the most dangerous state: almost saved. It's not enough to be almost saved. Almost saved isn't saved.

Spurgeon mentions how people are often more concerned about their pets than their souls. It's all too easy to drift through life with little or no consideration of our destinies. We need to ponder the way of salvation.

It's not enough to ponder the way of salvation. We have to go 'Through the Wicket Gate' as it were. There's no room for excess baggage on the highway of holiness. It's harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.

Sadly, there are many examples even in Scripture of people who may have come close to the way of salvation, but never embarked on the pilgrimage of eternal life. I think of the rich young ruler, king Agrippa, and the teacher of the law who Jesus said was not far from the kingdom of heaven. It's not enough to know the theory, we must walk the walk.

The rich young ruler was moral, but he wasn't prepared to part with his cash to follow Jesus. King Agrippa knew the Scriptures, but he wasn't prepared to become a Christian. The teacher of the law knew the importance of love, but as far as we know, he never trusted in Christ's love.

How ironic that my own writings come under the umbrella of 'Watching Daily at Wisdom's Gates'! It's not enough for me to 'watch daily at wisdom's gates. We must pass through the wicket gate to be saved. May God have mercy upon me!