If Jesus did not say "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."
Then who did say this?
2006-12-16 17:48:15 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesus totally said it. And yes, it does teach that only a few people will go to heaven.
2006-12-16 19:01:49 · answer #1 · answered by Annmaree 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
few do find the way to Him. As you haven't. But you obviously spend a lot of time thinking about Him trying to either prove He doesn't exist or that He is not God. This is actually bringing you closer to Him. I hope you enter through that narrow gate. It is narrow because only through Jesus can it be entered, and there are few who find it {Him} and that is thier choice.
I beleive in multiple second chances, though, as I've had more than my share.
And the gate to heaven is not narrow because God is mean. It is narrow because he wants honest beleivers, not robot followers, which is why we have free will. It is our personal choice to follow. I do not follow Him for the reward of heaven. I follow Him because of love. Because that beautiful sacrifice was for all of us, and my life is all that I can give that is close enough to being a worthy thank you.
2006-12-17 01:58:59 · answer #2 · answered by latenightdrives 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
first you forgot the first part of the Chapter
1"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
3"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
secondly were in that verse it talking about life and death?
it sounds like advice in life. That many people follow the crowd when it is a bad thing. Rather a person should do what is right.
People read too much into these things. Never in the gospels did Jesus or anyone else threaten punishment for those that do not believe. He was teaching a way to live. If they did not like it then it was their loss.
no where did he say that they would be punished in the afterlife for it.
2006-12-17 01:58:23 · answer #3 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
the bible was only first written down a few HUNDRED years after jesus died. before that, the stories were told from mouth to mouth, and theres no way those stories all stayed the same along the way. if i tell you a story, and you tell 2 ppl, and they tell 2 ppl.... eventually theres 100 different versions of the same story out there. beyond that, the codices that made up the first unified copy of the bible arent the same way we read them today. to give an example, the story where jesus says "let him who is without sin cast the first stone", didnt have that quote in it in the earliest versions, but a few hundred years later, it had been added in.
and if you think everything in the bible is completely true, then how come the stories in the gospels from the last supper arent the same?? these are supposedly written by jesus' friends, but they dont give the same account of basic things. one story says jesus tells them he'd be betrayed, another says he tells them one of them will do it, and yet another says he points out judas.
so, if 2 of the books that were written by jesus's friends (poor men who didnt even know how to write) dont agree..... how are we supposed to believe everything else is word for word correct?
now, having said that, i think the bible is a great basis to live a moral life, and has a lot of good examples to give ppl guidance, and i'm a christian myself, but that doesnt mean i believe everything in that book is completely historically accurate.
so did jesus say any of that stuff?? i have no idea... but he still seems like he was a pretty good dude.
2006-12-17 01:56:36 · answer #4 · answered by hellion210 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Did it ever occur to you that he may have been speaking only about the people of that time? I seriously doubt that Jesus was saying for all people, for all time, only a few were going to Heaven. I suggest you study the universal law of karma and reincarnation, for this provides for ALL to go to Heaven, just not in the same time. It's the only fair, loving and JUST solution. God is all love and he makes provisions for all of his children.
2006-12-17 01:58:46 · answer #5 · answered by Socrates 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jesus did say that not everyone would enter into Heaven.. May God Bless
2006-12-17 01:53:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The person who wrote the story said it. One may as well ask whether Gandalf 'really' battled the Balrog of Moria.
2006-12-17 01:51:54 · answer #7 · answered by dukefenton 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes those in Christ will go to heaven. Those not....well they made their choice. Everyone on earth is given a chance. Lord I pray that more are brought into Your Kingdom.
2006-12-17 01:57:47 · answer #8 · answered by sheepinarowboat 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It really depends on how you interpret that passage.....It doesn't exactly say that only a few people will go to heaven...
2006-12-17 01:54:20 · answer #9 · answered by jeromy1998 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
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Wake up you have been asleep long enough, seek God and seek Life. God Bless. Love. Amen.
2006-12-17 01:50:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋