My, friends, the world population is estimated around 6.6 billions people. Catholic is around 1.3 billion people, Christian 800 million, Islam is 1.5 billion, Budha around 400 million, Hindu around 900 million, and atheist around 1.1 billion, and the rest are traditional religions.
http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html.
You won't think that those 2.1 billions Catholic/Christian, all of them are genuine born again Christian, right? And I believe that you will agree with me that other religions can't be in heaven because Jesus is the only way to God the Father. In other word, all religions mean no salvation. What count is, are we acknowledged by God or not. So, can you imagine how many people will be saved?
The same question raised by Jesus' disciples 'Lord, are there few that be saved?' And He said to them, 'Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able' (Luke 13:23-24).
Many will seek but not be able to enter. Why?
I don't know how to answer that. Jesus said, I am the gate. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture (John 10:9). We just need to enter that Gate, my friends. Why it is so difficult? Why do you believe in religions that force you to do this and not do that. Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch! Or celebrate this day, that day. These are all destined to perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teaching (Colossians 2:21-22).
You just need Jesus to be saved, as simple as that. Tell Him that you can't help yourself. You need Him, you need His Spirit inside you, to cleanse all your sins, etc. And He will come into your life. He will change your nature, you will be a new creature. You will struggle no more with your sins since you have Spirit of God inside you. The spirit is indeed willing, but the flesh is weak (Matthew 26:41). Your Spirit is greater than your flesh. You will be able to overcome all the temptation, and when you fall into temptation, you have your advocate with the Father, who speaks to Him for us. You are His Child, He will never forsake you.
But don't interprete wrong, if you still can't stop sinning, you still under your sinful nature, you are not Children of God yet, because those who are still continue sinning is children of darkness. If you are Children of God, please, make sure that there is regeneration in your life, your lifesyle change to the righteousness, and you are able to stop sinning.
Living Christian life is enjoyable. You don't need to worry about anything, you can depend all your lifetime to God only, He will help you, you just need to follow Him and obey what He command you. You will find that His ways are the best ways you can ever experience. Living with God is the best thing in the world. I love God, I love Jesus more than anything.
But, don't be surpised if you are persecuted and nobody can understand you. It happened because we are already called out of the world, If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. But because you do not belong to the world and God has chosen you out of it, the world hates you.
I really wonder, how can the people reject this great Gift from God? It is free of charge. And to those who reject Him, what should I tell you? I have told you about God's Judgment, I have told you about God's Love, but still, you reject Him. Why your heart is so hard? To those who still have hard heart, please use this moment wisely.
My friends, God is Love, and because He so loved the world, He gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. But He is also Just. He must stand in His Word that He already spoken since the beginning of times. He honor His Word more than His name. Even if only 8 people saved and other perished like in Noah's time, or less than 10 people saved and other perished like in Sodom and Gomorrah's sulfur rain, or only 7000 people saved when Israel was destroyed by Babylon, He will still send His Judgment to the wicked. He didn't spare angels when they sinned, He didn't spare Israel, the natural branches, He even didn't spare his own Son but gave Him up for all of us.
Romans 8:32
The one who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for all of us—surely he will give us all things along with him, won't he?
Romans 11:21
For if God did not spare the natural branches, he certainly will not spare you either.
2 Peter 2:4-7
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but threw them into hell and committed them to chains of deepest darkness to be kept for judgment; and if he did not spare the ancient world but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others when he brought the flood on the world of ungodly people; and if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and destroyed them by burning them to ashes, making them an example to ungodly people of what is going to happen to them; and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man who was greatly distressed by the immoral conduct of lawless people
Can you imagine that number? So small compared to the total population at that time. And in the last days only 144000 from the Jews are chosen, but Israel has now more than 6 million as population. How about us the Gentiles? My friends, today is still our times, the Gentiles, we need to take part in this salvation. Because the time for the Gentiles almost up. God make us His Children to make Israelites envy and come back to Him. When you see that many Israel have begun to worship Jesus, you should know that their hardening time will end soon, which mean the times for the Gentiles will also end up soon.
Romans 11:25
For I do not want you to be ignorant of this secret, brothers, so that you will not claim to be wiser than you are. A partial hardening has come on Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
You know what? Because God is Love but He is also Just and His Word must stand. God himself died for His Word. He sacrified Himself to save us, His own creations. Who are we, my friends, compare to angels, to sun, planets, stars, moons, etc. We are so tiny, but He sees us, He care about us. That is God's love. You will never understand how much God love you. If you really understand His love, you will never make Him sad any longer, and you will be willing to be used by Him to tell other people about His love, about His Gospel of Peace. You will never ashame of Him.
Paul said, 'Woe to me, if I preach not the Gospel! (1 Corinthians 9:16). Charles Finney said, 'If I wasn't kicked out of the town, I must haven't preached.' John Knox said, 'Give me Scotland or I die.' They felt God's Love and God's Judgment is real. God loves people, but He don't have anybody who are willing to preach the Gospel. He is looking for people to be His vessel. He needs somebody to tell people about Him, so that they will not experience His Judgment but His Love.
Isaiah 6:8
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
There are so many harvest around us. God's Love is so wonderful. He said, For whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. As simple as that, just need a simple mind, humble heart, and God will show Himself to you, you will be His child. You don't need to fast for the whole month, pray more than 3 times a day, worship God in vain, go to the Holy City, etc. This is the Gospel of Peace, why are you ashamed of it?
Many people don't know about it. Do you want to go to heaven alone? Don't you want to make your God more exalted? If you can bring one soul for Him, the host of heavens will hold a party, think about if you can bring thousands of souls, real genuine born again. If you are genuine born again, you will not flock to the church because you want miracles, want healing, want deliverance, you go to church because you love God, you want to have fellowship with Him and other believers, you want to listen to His Word. We love Him because He first love us (1 John 4:19). God loves us so much, we should be in hell because of our sins, but we are justified by faith. But, you need to show you faith to people around you with your works. Works alone can't save you, faith alone without deeds is dead. Faith showed by works = salvation.
James 2:18
Yes, a man may say, You have faith, and I have works: show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
You need to live a God-pleasing life if you want to be known by God. Because not everyone who keeps saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will get into the kingdom of heaven, but only the person who keeps doing the will of my Father in heaven (Matthew 7:21). Please, my friends, awake from your imaginary heaven, come to Jesus and totally surrender unto Him, He will save you, because you are loved by God.
God love those who are humble and simple minded, like those children. Who believe and strongly depend on Him. Can you do that? Don't you know that God first loved you. Can you love Him as He loved you?
1 John 4:19
We love him, because he first loved us.
And if you have received peace of God in you, please share it with other people since freely get, freely give. You don't want to go to heaven alone, right? See people around you, many of them even don't know anything about Jesus, they need somebody come and preach to them. This is the Gospel of Peace, that you need not to be ashamed of.
Romans 10:14-17
How, then, can people call on someone they have not believed? And how can they believe in someone they have not heard about? And how can they hear without someone preaching? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written,“How beautiful are the feet of those who bring the good news!” But not everyone has obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah asks, 'Lord, who has believed our message?” Consequently, faith comes from listening, and listening comes through the word of Christ.
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