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NASB | Matthew 7:13 ¶ "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. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 7:13 ¶ "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad and easy to travel is the path that leads the way to destruction and eternal loss, and there are many who enter through it. |
Bible Question:
Are all humans born on the way to destruction? If this is so should not a person know which way they are travelling? If we have entered in at the "staight (narrow) gate" should we know when this change occurred? Jesus said "Strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life and few there be that find it" Matt. 7:14 |
Bible Answer: Yes, all humans have sinned and are on the way to destruction (Romans 3 and 6). Unfortunately many people vascillate for some time in the way they are going. I know I did. As to a specific point in time... some have it some don't. I don't. God bumped me at several critical times, and I move a little more in Hids direction each time. Like a shepherd tending a wayward sheep, He didn't strngle me in the process of saving me... He slowly herded me in. I can assure you I am wholly His, but I can't give you a precise moment when that happened. Being a bit of a Calvinist, I am sure I was His long before I knew it! Let me spin the table... can you tell from the Gospel accounts when the disciples became Christians? If you tell me that it happened when they left their jobs and followed Christ, I will ask you "what about Judas?" Clearly, the others did not fully understand who Jesus or what was going on, even in the garden of Gethsemane... late in the ministry of Jesus. Food for thought Curt |