“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.” Luke 13:24
Someone had just asked how many people will be saved. Jesus answered with this verse today. He directly tells the people who many will try to enter into heaven, but only a few will actually make it.
At first glance, this may look like He is being very harsh and unfair. If a person is trying to get into heaven, why won’t God allow him in? Why would God want to shut someone out.
It has to do with how the person is trying to get in.
When a person goes to the movie theater, he cannot just walk up to any door and enter. If he goes to the back door and tries to enter, the authorities will kick him out. In order to enter, he must go to the front door and purchase a ticket, then he will be allowed to enter.
The same concept goes for someone entering your house. If a person tries to enter through your window, you would call the police. No friend or proper person will enter that way, they will come to the front door.
Many people in the world try to get into heaven in many different ways. The most common is by doing good things. Some will even say that everyone will get into heaven.
There is only one door and one way to get into heaven. That one door is Jesus. That one way is belief in Jesus.
Just like the home and the theater, you must enter heaven through the front door. You must go through Jesus.
There is a price to get into heaven. There is no sin allowed in heaven. Prior to getting in, all sin must be removed from your life. The only price to get rid of sin, is death. Jesus paid that price of death to remove your sin. He is the only one able to do so. Belief in Jesus is your ticket into heaven.
You must believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus to have your sins removed. Once you are clean and standing in the righteousness of Jesus, you are allowed to go through the door into heaven. It is not by anything you did, it is by the grace of Jesus.
Be willing to go through the only door into heaven. Don’t try any other doors.
I pray today that you will know Jesus as your Lord and Savior; that you will trust in the death and resurrection of Jesus; that you will believe Jesus took away your sins; and that some day you will enter the gates of heaven for eternity.
YOU WILL DIE IN YOUR SINS BY STEVE FINNELL
Many, who profess to be Christians, claim the Jesus is just one of many ways to heaven. If men would simply believe that the Bible is the only inerrant source for truth they could not reach that conclusion.
John 8:24 “Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”(NKJV)
If you do not believe that Jesus is the Christ you will die in your sins. No man-made creed book can change that fact. To reject Jesus as the Messiah is the clear path to dying without forgiveness from sins.
John 4:25-26 The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). When He comes, He will tell us all things.” 26 Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”(NKJV)
It does not matter how many Bible commentators or self-proclaimed Bible scholars believe Jesus is one of many ways to heaven, Jesus is the only Messiah.
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. (NKJV)
One way Jesus.
Acts 4:10-12…..name of Jesus Christ….12 “Nor is salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”(NKJV)
Pope Francis says atheists who do good works can go to heaven. Billy Graham proclaims that you do not even have to know the name of Jesus to be part of the body of Christ. Joel Osteen say he does not know if unbelievers will be lost or saved because he cannot judge. These professing Christians are not alone in their views. How sad is that?
PEW FORUM OF RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE: 57% of the evangelical church believes there are many religions that lead to eternal life.
IF YOU TRUST THE BIBLE AND THE BIBLE ALONE FOR THE TRUTH, YOU WILL BELIEVE THE WORDS OF JESUS. “IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THAT I AM HE YOU WILL DIE IN YOUR SINS.”
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