"Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it" (Mt.7:13,14). These are words of Jesus. But the way the Gospel is being preached, it gives people the impression that most people are going to be saved. According to common misunderstanding, all one needs to be saved is to believe that Jesus died on the cross for the sins of the world and rose again on the third day. But even demons believe that, because it is true, but they are not saved! At the end of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus clarified that it is not enough to hear (and believe) the truth, but also to act according to it and reorder our life (turn from sin) (vv.24,26). But preachers don't mention about doing anything, but only believing! The sad result is that a large percentage of people who assume they are Christians on the way to heaven are deceiving themselves. They have not come to salvation. It is the responsibility of everyone who loves the truth and who love people to warn others and show them how they ought to be saved.
There is a small gate to enter in, and a narrow path to walk the rest of our life on. The gate is where we have to confess our sins and trust in Jesus for forgiveness, and also make the choice to leave our life of sin behind and follow Jesus. The narrow path is the rest of our life where we deny ourselves whenever we are tempted to please ourselves, and choose to follow Jesus by doing His will in every part of our life (Lk.9:23). Many who think they are Christians are not keen on doing the will of God but only on having a good life here on earth. But those who know that God has shown them grace and given them a chance to be saved from their sinful way of life will be very keen to find out what the will of God is in the different situations of life and to do it. The one sure test to see if we have been born again and become a child of God is to examine if our attitude to sin has changed. Earlier we used to like sin for the pleasures it offered us, and only wanted to avoid getting caught, but now we ourselves do not want to sin and grieve our Father in any way (1Jn.3:8,9).The sad thing we can notice is that many 'Christians' like to keep up some level of activity going on in their life, like Bible reading, prayer, church programmes, etc., and this makes them believe that God must be pleased with them. But they are not serious about obeying God in every detail of life. They tell lies, pretend, pilfer from the workplace, entertain lustful looks and flirting, cheat on taxes, gossip, spread scandals, do not keep their words, will not forgive others, etc. They keep their spiritual and ordinary parts of their life separate and do not see anything wrong about it.
We who know the truth ought to tell them to repent. Let us not become compromisers.
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