The Straight And Narrow Way

Q. I know the Bible says that any man that calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. But why does Jesus say in Matt 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Is it pertaining to faith?

A. While it is true that anyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved, relatively few will when compared to the 12 billion people who have lived since Adam.

In addition to those who reject the Gospel outright, many will be distracted and misled onto the wrong road by false religions, false teachers and false doctrine that change the simple but narrow intent of Scripture.

For example, just within Christianity, some of these doctrines teach that Jesus is not the only way to salvation, or that Jesus wasn’t really God in the flesh, or that you don’t really need to be born again, or that his death didn’t cover all of your sins so you have to work to finish the job yourself. The list of things man has done to distort the Gospel message is nearly endless.

The straight and narrow way is clearly laid out in John 6:29. “The work of God is this. Believe in the one He has sent.”