Few Find It

Few Find It

You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.

Matthew 7:13-14

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.”

John 14:6

There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.

Acts 4:12

Most of us like to be in step with the crowd. We want to dress the way people around us dress, talk the way they talk, and even think the way they think about different topics. We don’t like to feel out of step at every turn with everyone around us. But Jesus says that if we want to be connected to him in a saving, eternal way, we have to be willing to go against the crowd—willing to be in the minority rather than the majority.

But being in the majority is usually more comfortable than being in the minority, isn’t it? Along with the seeming safety of the majority come strength in numbers and a sense of “rightness.” Jesus’ statement that only a few will find their way into the Kingdom of God challenges our assumptions about the rightness of the majority. It shows us that huge numbers of people in our world are wrong about how to have a life-giving relationship with God and about what makes life worth living.

Some people suggest it is arrogant to believe that only a small number of people have a grasp on truth and the gift of eternal life. But actually it takes great humility to recognize our complete unworthiness and inability to earn a place in God’s family. It requires humility to admit that we are desperately in need of a Savior.

DISCUSSION STARTERS

Have you ever been in the minority because of your gender, age, cultural background, interests, opinions, or something else? What was that like?

How would you respond to the criticism that Christianity is exclusive, or limited to certain people?

Why do you think Jesus said only a few will find life?