G'day there Tony, After guest preaching on Baptism in a Baptist Church one time,(the real meaning....I live dangerously), an elderly lady did in fact declare to me that she was good enough to go to heaven, and I was never going to get her to be baptised...............sad!
Not tooo sure I can agree with you on the last point.
Are you saying that the majority of professing Christians are not going to pass muster?
Are you saying that the majority of mankind will not pass muster?
Blessings,
calvin
Narrow is the gate, and few find it.
Most of humanity have either:
1. Rejected Jesus and they hated the love of the truth and wont be saved, read 2 Thess 2:10.
2. Are in Babylon, which is a reference to those in legalism, trying to seek salvation by being good and through works and human effort. Paul said this about those:
"You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard? Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort?" - Galatians 3:1-3
Many will be shocked that they were lost and will even try to debate with Jesus, but saying Lord Lord is not enough, a person must do Gods will and that is to completely trust in Jesus with humility to save us.
So this dangerous and false gospel that still exists today is salvation by faith PLUS works. Unfortunately, this means then in reality that many Christians have 2 Saviours... Part Jesus, and part themselves!
Any message about faith in Jesus’ death and life of righteousness for salvation, that adds human efforts into the equation, according to Paul “is really no gospel at all” Gal 1:7.
3. The coming wedding banquet, many christians will try to enter, but refused entry, cause they were not wearing Jesus' free robe of righteousness.