Hey great vids it took me a while to get to this understanding of salvation and I have to say when I got it I cant unsee God's overwhelming Grace honestly pushed more into sharing the gospel than I ever had before and the peace of God became so real, I was asked one time if this were true wouldn't the road be wide and not narrow how would you tackle that objection?
@@tyadams7507 good question but it’s a actually not a great objection haha it’s one of the best arguments for Free Grace and salvation completely apart from works. It’s weird, people just don’t accept it because they are self righteous. It’s crazy how salvation is a free gift yet we see people in the Bible rejecting it time and time again, or look at 1 cor 1:18-23, how they consider the preaching of the cross, that Christ died for ALL of your sins as foolish. So careful to confuse narrow with difficult. The path is very very easy, it’s FREE (rom 5:16-18), but few find it. Modern versions twist Matt 7 and make it say “difficult”, not narrow. Difficult things can be narrow, but not necessarily, and that’s not the point being conveyed in the verse, it’s the fact that few people find the way to eternal life, not that it takes a lot of effort and lifestyle reform. The way is simple, believe (John 3:16, 4:10-15). Look at the 1000s of other world religions out there (including Christian sects), and you’ll find they are all merit based. That is the wide way to destruction, rejecting Christ as your savior for your own self righteousness (rom 10:3-5). I also think this uniqueness is good proof Christianity is true probabilistically, but that’s a bit more complex of an argument. You can take a look at the free link in the description for the “things not seen” book and skip to the Christian soteriology chapters to see what I mean. In short, If salvation were of works the path would actually be impossible since we all sin, the wide path is people TRYING to go to heaven by their works, and the narrow path is simply Christ purely unadulterated, without mixing anything into his saviorship. Look at Matt 7:22 when it says many will say to me lord lord and appeal to their works. That boastful appeal is the wide way.
@@tyadams7507 also sorry, even in the text of Matt 7:13-14 itself, notice the narrow way-most people don’t even go IN the narrow WAY. If the narrowness is in reference to people not obeying Christ and living a good lifestyle, repenting of their sins, then they still went down the path but they failed to endure it’s difficult road. It’s not as if they didn’t even go in, they did. However, it makes sense why they didn’t even go in the true path to salvation, because they never actually believed in Christ apart from their own works. Notice v14, they HAVENT EVEN FOUND THE PATH. So again, it’s not like the path is describing a troubling road you must endure to go to heaven-- in that case, everyone found the path, they just didn’t endure it. But it makes sense why people don’t even find the path and enter it. 99% of people don’t even understand the free gift Christianity offers through Christ, they still think it’s works based like every other religion. Hope that helps, make any notes you please on that if the objection is brought up. I may make a vid on it, it’s a good topic. Matthew 7:14 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Hey great vids it took me a while to get to this understanding of salvation and I have to say when I got it I cant unsee God's overwhelming Grace honestly pushed more into sharing the gospel than I ever had before and the peace of God became so real, I was asked one time if this were true wouldn't the road be wide and not narrow how would you tackle that objection?
@@tyadams7507 good question but it’s a actually not a great objection haha it’s one of the best arguments for Free Grace and salvation completely apart from works. It’s weird, people just don’t accept it because they are self righteous. It’s crazy how salvation is a free gift yet we see people in the Bible rejecting it time and time again, or look at 1 cor 1:18-23, how they consider the preaching of the cross, that Christ died for ALL of your sins as foolish. So careful to confuse narrow with difficult. The path is very very easy, it’s FREE (rom 5:16-18), but few find it. Modern versions twist Matt 7 and make it say “difficult”, not narrow. Difficult things can be narrow, but not necessarily, and that’s not the point being conveyed in the verse, it’s the fact that few people find the way to eternal life, not that it takes a lot of effort and lifestyle reform. The way is simple, believe (John 3:16, 4:10-15).
Look at the 1000s of other world religions out there (including Christian sects), and you’ll find they are all merit based. That is the wide way to destruction, rejecting Christ as your savior for your own self righteousness (rom 10:3-5). I also think this uniqueness is good proof Christianity is true probabilistically, but that’s a bit more complex of an argument. You can take a look at the free link in the description for the “things not seen” book and skip to the Christian soteriology chapters to see what I mean. In short, If salvation were of works the path would actually be impossible since we all sin, the wide path is people TRYING to go to heaven by their works, and the narrow path is simply Christ purely unadulterated, without mixing anything into his saviorship.
Look at Matt 7:22 when it says many will say to me lord lord and appeal to their works. That boastful appeal is the wide way.
@@tyadams7507 also sorry, even in the text of Matt 7:13-14 itself, notice the narrow way-most people don’t even go IN the narrow WAY. If the narrowness is in reference to people not obeying Christ and living a good lifestyle, repenting of their sins, then they still went down the path but they failed to endure it’s difficult road. It’s not as if they didn’t even go in, they did. However, it makes sense why they didn’t even go in the true path to salvation, because they never actually believed in Christ apart from their own works. Notice v14, they HAVENT EVEN FOUND THE PATH. So again, it’s not like the path is describing a troubling road you must endure to go to heaven-- in that case, everyone found the path, they just didn’t endure it. But it makes sense why people don’t even find the path and enter it. 99% of people don’t even understand the free gift Christianity offers through Christ, they still think it’s works based like every other religion. Hope that helps, make any notes you please on that if the objection is brought up. I may make a vid on it, it’s a good topic.
Matthew 7:14
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.