Do All Religions Lead To God? Series

This passage reminds us that there are two crowds, the many and the few. Most of the people are on the broad road. The broad road encompasses all religions, the narrow only those who trust Christ.

Matthew 22:14, "Many are called but few chosen." There's just a few. Verse 22. "Many are those who are on the broad way," says verse 13. Then verse 22, "Many, will say to me on that day.” Here are the many who show up at the great white thrown judgment. Many. And they're gonna say, "Wait a minute. We call you Lord. We did preaching in your name and casting out demons in your name and miracles in your name." Here are the many.

The many and the few are characterized by two behaviors, look at verse 21. "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord', will enter the kingdom of heaven. But he who does the will of my father who's in heaven," it's the difference between the sayers and the doers.

The sayers speak empty words spoken out of empty hearts. They represent no true repentance, no true faith, no true love for the Lord, no interest in obedience. But it sounds good, "Lord, Lord." They say it twice for effect, expressing a measure of zeal. "Lord," in the sense that it's polite, respectful.

Three times in verse 22, "In your name," and emphasis on the word your, "In your name," We, we're in your group, to which he says, "I never knew you. Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness."

See, it's not what you say, it's what you do. If you do the will of the Father as revealed in the Word, if you practice righteousness, then you give evidence of belonging to him and knowing him.

So everybody's eternal destiny is gonna be based on not what they say, but what they do - not on what you claim, but on whether or not your claim is supported by a life of obedience and love toward God and Christ. "

Jeff O'Hara, wrote this. "Why call me, Lord, Lord and do not the things I say? You call me the way and walk in me not? You call me the life and live me not? You call me master and obey me not? You call me truth and believe me not? You call me Lord and serve me not? If I condemn you, blame me not."

So, maybe you‘re thinking, "I'm not sure where I am. I'm not sure." Can I take you back to verse 7? You've shown me the narrow door. What do I do to get through? Verse 7, Jesus said this, "Ask and it shall be given to you. Seek and you shall find. Knock and it shall be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. And he who seeks, finds. And to him who knocks, it shall be opened."

That's it. Ask, seek, knock. “God, be merciful to me, a sinner. Give me the repentance, the regeneration, the conversion, the spiritual power to come through that narrow gate and enter the true and only path to heaven.”

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