Do you believe in God? Many hands raised.
Do you believe in Jesus Christ? Less hands raised.
Do you believe in the necessity and sufficiency of the shed blood of Jesus? Even less hands raise.
Do you believe that salvation comes through Jesus alone and we can connect to Him by faith alone? Even fewer hands raised.
Do you believe the Holy Spirit regenerates a believer who believes on Jesus? Even less hands than last time.
Do you believe you must repent and believe on Jesus or face judgment and hell? Even a smaller number of hands raised.
Do you believe it's important for believers to live out their faith in pursuit of Kingdom building and Savior obeying? Almost every hand is down.
We could go on and on...
If we talk about God in general terms, there is a vast crowd. If we keep pushing into the Gospel, the crowd thins.
"Lord, I want to be in that number when the saints go marching in!"
In Matthew 7:13-14, Jesus said, "Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few." (ESV)
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