But He opened the way for us to the kingdom of heaven. And we should constantly have before our minds our calling to serve God, not man, to walk in His way, and not in the way of our sinful flesh. September 3 Entering the Gates of Righteousness Psalm 118 is often called a Psalm of David, and it certainly is a psalm of one whose outcry was of being greatly tormented by enemies. The psalmist speaks of distress, of nations compassing him about like bees and with fire and thorns. This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter.
Gates are movable sections of a wall which allow entrance into a city.
Here the psalmist is referring to the new Jerusalem. Entrance into that city is through the gate of righteousness. Actually that gate is Christ. It is through Him that all the believing children of God enter into the kingdom of heaven. So this can be our prayer as well as the psalmist's.