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Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?”
Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?”
He
said to them, “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door,
because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand
outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’
“But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’
“Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’
“But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’
“There
will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you
yourselves thrown out. People will come from east and west and north and
south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.
Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.”
What
I find interesting about this passage is that whoever asked the
question, wouldn't have expected the answer Jesus gave him. He had asked
to gratify his curiosity, wanted to know the statistics, but Jesus
simply warns Him to stay on track - going through the narrow gate!
Statistics
does not matter. Let us not get deviated from our focus. Let us
concentrate on our walk of faith making every effort to enter through
the narrow door. Amen!
Small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. Matthew 7:14
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