[MHGinTN]

If it were possible for you or any other human to enter by striving, what would Jesus on the Cross be for? The Mormons say it is so God can reward you after all that you can do to be worthy of Grace. But Paul says it is no more Grace if you strive to obtain it.

[LearsFool]

If it were possible for you or any other human to enter by striving, what would Jesus on the Cross be for?

It's His kingdom, and He is the King, so He sets the terms of entrance, He decides the requirements. If He says we have to strive to enter in, we better just do what He says and quit trying to figure out whether it's really really necessary.

Some people's idea of the kingdom is: Well, Jesus got the door open for us, so now we can just wander in as we please. But Jesus says different:

"When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are; then shall ye begin to say, We did eat and drink in thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets; and he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves cast forth without."

These "workers of iniquity" are those who wouldn't obey His command to "strive to enter in". Yes, He got the door open, but He ain't lettin' them in.