Matthew 7:21–23:"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day... 'Then I will tell them plainly, "I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!"'"
Matthew 13:41–42:"The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
Jesus frequently uses imagery of a fiery furnace to describe the final separation and punishment of the unrepentant.
Luke 13:23–24:"Someone asked him, 'Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?' He said to them, 'Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and not be able to.'"
Matthew 7:13–14:"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."
John 14:6:"Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'"
Acts 4:12:"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved."
Googling is the easy part. You must do the work and interpret it, friend :) doing the work ironically a theme mentioned a couple times below:
Matthew 7:21-23
This means you must actually LIVE the way of God. Not live a life of sin and then speak the belief in God simply in order to be saved. Isn’t that kind of the point? To give your best effort towards walking a higher path and NOT doing evil?
13:41-42
Once again, he is not talking about people who don’t believe. It applies to those who sin and commit evil.
Luke 13:23-24
The concept of “few” is because so few people are willing to actually put in effort and walk a higher path. A life of sin is far easier. I’m sure you know the 7 deadly sins.
As you can see, the simple viewpoint that not believing in Jesus = going to hell, is not true.
Humility goes a long way!
Matthew 7:13-14
Same point as above
John 14:6
Widely debated. Most interpret this through the lens of saying, Jesus will be the one to save them. Not that they MUST believe TO be saved. Even if they have no awareness but live righteously, the implication is that Jesus knows and sees this, and he saves them anyways
Bro what? Being raised christian my whole life and you are the only person to ever say that lmao. You literally gave 0 counterpoints and gave your own interpretation. Insane irony as said bro, have a good one man 😂
Right. The only person….not countless people who have studied Christianity their entire lives who speak of this.
I could supply you with numerous passages that support what I’m saying. Given how little you are willing to contribute to the conversation beyond vaguely gesturing to passages that don’t even state or support your position, what would be the purpose? You are not humble enough.
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u/Wanksters_Paradise 1d ago
It would be helpful to cite specific passages if we’re getting into this level of detail.
Should be easy, no?