READ: LUKE
13:23-30
“For many are called,
but few are chosen.” (Matthew 22:14). The call for salvation goes to everyone on earth (John
3:16) but how many have responded and accepted it in your family, community,
place of work, state, nation or the world at large? Only a few. Among the few
(all those who claim to be born again) how many do you think will make it to
heaven? Again – only a few! In Genesis 6:1-8, when angels began to mate with
women and give birth to giants, and the earth was being taken over by
wickedness to a point that God regretted making man, he decided to destroy
them. How many were saved? Only eight. The rest were destroyed in the flood.
What of those nations that are not born again; are they going to hell? How about the several millions who are actively involved in other religions of the world? What is their fate? God is the Creator of the heavens and earth. He made the nations and caused the men he created to inhabit them. Psalm 22:28 calls him the Governor of the nations. Psalm 72:11 says that all kings and nations will worship him. But if whole nations feel too big to worship or serve God, what happens? Psalm 9:17 says: “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all nations that forget God.”
In our reading, someone asked Jesus, ‘Lord, are just a few people going to be saved?” From his reply, many will not go to heaven because they refuse to enter in at the door. Jesus is the door. Also, many refuse to meet with God’s requirement and drop their excess luggage. Rather, they want God to modify his requirements to suit them. But that is not possible. Some who claim to know Jesus will not enter heaven if they become wicked, such as maltreating those God puts in their care. The same fate awaits believers who fail to do God’s will or who begin to compromise with sin or become re-entangled with worldly things. Only a few will make it. I will surely be there. Are you prepared to be among the few? Can you pay the price?
What of those nations that are not born again; are they going to hell? How about the several millions who are actively involved in other religions of the world? What is their fate? God is the Creator of the heavens and earth. He made the nations and caused the men he created to inhabit them. Psalm 22:28 calls him the Governor of the nations. Psalm 72:11 says that all kings and nations will worship him. But if whole nations feel too big to worship or serve God, what happens? Psalm 9:17 says: “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all nations that forget God.”
In our reading, someone asked Jesus, ‘Lord, are just a few people going to be saved?” From his reply, many will not go to heaven because they refuse to enter in at the door. Jesus is the door. Also, many refuse to meet with God’s requirement and drop their excess luggage. Rather, they want God to modify his requirements to suit them. But that is not possible. Some who claim to know Jesus will not enter heaven if they become wicked, such as maltreating those God puts in their care. The same fate awaits believers who fail to do God’s will or who begin to compromise with sin or become re-entangled with worldly things. Only a few will make it. I will surely be there. Are you prepared to be among the few? Can you pay the price?
MEMORIZE:
MATTHEW 22:14 –For many are called, but few are chosen.
