Few enter the gate that leads to life.

Matthew 7:14 KJV

[14] Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

This does not say they stand before the gate and decide not to enter it. They do not even know where the gate is. Why do they not ever find it?

“ORLANDO, Fla. – A new location of the Iconic Orlando gay bar Parliament House will open in downtown Orlando in the near future, according to a social media post from the nightclub.”

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/07/30/new-location-of-parliament-house-to-open-in-downtown-orlando/

Most people never find the Parliament House. Why not?

Also, most people never even heard of Pulse nightclub (homosexual bar) before the massacre in 2016. Much less know where it was. Why not?

Of course, these homosexual bars are not hard to find. So why do people not find them? Because they have absolutely no interest in homosexual bars. In fact, most people find them repulsive.

The same with the narrow gate that leads to a life of following Jesus. Most people have no interest in this life. In fact, they find it repulsive. They never find the narrow gate, because they never look for it, and refuse any information about it.

Some may look for the narrow gate, but only half-heartedly. That may not work.

Jeremiah 29:11-14A KJV

[13] And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

[14] And I will be found of you, saith the Lord :

However, many do seek to enter the narrow gate.

Luke 13:24 KJV

[24] Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

They are not able to enter, because they do not follow the Bible’s instructions on how to enter. They enthusiastically follow others’ instructions, but do not go to the Bible to get God’s instructions.

I have seen this time and time again at churches, missionary organizations and so on. People carry out these institutions’ teachings without verifying they are biblical. Typically, these teachings are a polluted mess of Bible truths and other doctrines.