GOSPEL READING: LUKE 13:22-30
Through this parable Jesus is trying to tell the listeners that salvation being with the master. Being with the master within the house is salvation. Eating and drinking and being in the company of the master and listening to him while he is out in the world are all good and to be appreciated. But they do not guarantee salvation.
Being with the master in the house and being in his presence and in his closeness is all that matters. For this in this passage the message is to enter through the narrow gate. Entering through the narrow gate implies that only the person enters. All his luggage and all the other possessions cannot be carried through. The person has to shed all the belongings. There is place only for the person in the master’s house.
இன்றைய நற்செய்தியில் மீட்பு என்பது தலைவரோடு இனைந்த வாழ்க்கை. அந்த வாழ்க்கைக்கு பொருள்கள் தேவையில்லை. நபர் மட்டும் போதும். இடுக்கமான வாயில் வழியாக நுழைய வருந்தி முயலுங்கள் என்று சொல்லுவதன் பொருள் அதுவே.
