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ARE THERE MANY SAVED?

"Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and FEW there be that find it." Matthew 7:14

Only one who is untaught by the Holy Spirit and the Word of God could think that there are many saved. Only one who is untaught by the Holy Spirit and the Word of God could think that all but a FEW will be sharing everlasting life with Jesus Christ in his glory and not rather think that the vast, vast majority of the human race will be spending eternity in everlasting damnation.

Those of us who are born of the Spirit know better. Those of you who don't know better, or who don't know that it is FEW that shall be saved, are as deluded as deluded can be. If you want to live, read and follow closely. If you want to live, turn or burn, repent or perish, and your time is shorter than you can possibly believe. Fair warning...

"In nature excellent things are few. The world hath not many suns or moons; it is but a little of the earth that is gold or silver; princes and nobles are but a small part of the sons of men. And it is no great number that are learned, judicious, or wise, here in this world. And therefore if the gate being strait, and the way narrow, there be but FEW that find salvation, yet God will have his glory and pleasure in those FEW... IT HATH BEEN THE ASTONISHING WONDER OF MANY A MAN, AS WELL AS ME, TO READ IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURE, HOW FEW WILL BE SAVED, AND THAT THE GREATEST PART OF EVEN OF THOSE THAT ARE CALLED WILL BE EVERLASTINGLY SHUT OUT OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, AND TORMENTED WITH THE DEVILS IN ETERNAL FIRE." Richard Baxter, A Call To The Unconverted

"WHEN MEN HAVE PUT IN ALL THE CLAIM THEY CAN FOR HEAVEN, BUT FEW WILL HAVE IT FOR THEIR INHERITANCE. FOR MANY, I SAY UNTO YOU, WILL SEEK TO ENTER IN, AND SHALL NOT BE ABLE. Great, therefore, will be the disappointment that many will meet with at the day of judgment: FOR MANY WILL SEEK TO ENTER IN, AND SHALL NOT BE ABLE. Going to heaven, therefore, will be no trivial business; salvation is not got by a dream; they that would then have that kingdom must now strive lawfully to enter: FOR MANY, I SAY UNTO YOU, WILL SEEK TO ENTER IN, AND SHALL NOT BE ABLE." John Bunyan, The Strait Gate

"Christ has told us that strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and FEW there be that find it. There have been but FEW in all ages of the world. Many seek; and many hope that they shall obtain. There are but FEW that intend to be damned; while many hope that they shall some way or other find means to escape eternal misery. BUT AFTER ALL, THERE ARE BUT FEW SAVED." Jonathan Edwards, The Wisdom Of God

"Although the greater part of people do foolishly fancy that they have closed with God in Christ Jesus sincerely and heartily; or, at least, they do, without any ground or warrant, promise a new heart to themselves before they depart this life; yet there be but very FEW who do really and cordially close with God in Christ Jesus as He is offered in the gospel; AND SO THERE BE BUT VERY FEW SAVED -- Strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life, and FEW there be who find it -- If people would believe this, it might help to alarm them." William Guthrie, The Christian's Great Interest - Part II

"Duty obliges us, and the holy Scriptures warrant us, TO ASSURE YOU THAT THERE ARE VERY FEW WHO SHALL BE SAVED; that the whole world lieth in wickedness; and that IT IS A LITTLE FLOCK TO WHOM THE FATHER WILL GIVE THE KINGDOM." Henry Scougal, There Are But A Small Number Saved

"There are only a FEW privileged who are translated into the kingdom of God's dear son." William Gurnall, The Christian In Complete Armour, Vol I, Part Second, Direction II - Second General Part

"Those who pretend a great difficulty at present, in reconciling the ETERNAL PERISHING OF THE GREATEST PART OF MANKIND with those notions we have of the divine goodness, seem not to have sufficiently considered what was contained in our original apostasy from God, nor the righteousness of God in dealing with the angels that sinned... Wherefore, as we ought always to admire sovereign grace in the FEW that shall be saved, so we have no ground to reflect on divine goodness IN THE MULTITUDE THAT PERISH, especially considering that they all voluntarily continue in their sin and apostasy." John Owen, Christologia

Eight people out of an entire world population were saved in the days of Noah. EIGHT people out of an entire world. TWO males out of six hundred thousand were able to enter the promised land. TWO out of six hundred thousand. The very first recorded sermon that Jesus ever preached in his own home town of Nazareth was on the subject of how FEW shall be saved. Out of all the subjects that Jesus could have chosen, he chose to preach on how FEW would enter into glory, for it was Jesus himself who emphasized that ONE widow in all the land of Israel was relieved by God in the days of Elijah, and ONE leper in all the region was likewise cleansed during the days of Elisha. ONE widow, ONE leper in all the land. This was the first recorded sermon that Jesus ever preached in his own home town of Nazareth , and it was on the subject of how FEW shall be saved. Go and learn what that meaneth! [2 Peter 2:5; Number 14:1-11; Hebrews 3:16-19; Luke 4:25-27]

Only Lot and his immediate family were saved in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah, and one of them - Lot's wife - had no oil in her lamp - I say, she had NO OIL IN HER LAMP, for after having been BROUGHT FORTH, she would have rejoiced - if she had OIL IN HER LAMP - in the glory of Jesus Christ, just as Abraham rejoiced in the glory of Jesus Christ (though Jesus was not yet fifty years old), for when there is OIL IN THE LAMP and the LAMP TRIMMED (and ONLY then) is the path ahead lightened so that the glory of Jesus Christ is revealed, and once a person fixes on the glory of Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit, there is no power in heaven or earth or hell that can unfix it - and thus, Lot's wife also perished, for had her gaze been fixed on the glory of Jesus Christ it would have been as impossible for her to look back as it was impossible for Noah to open the door of the Ark after the LORD HAD SHUT HIM IN. Thus, THREE citizens - Lot and his two daughters - out of the entire populace of that vast metropolis escaped the judgment of damnation. [John 8:56-68; Hebrews 6:4-8; Genesis 7:16, 19:24-30; Matthew 25:1-13]

Yea, further, TWO people in all the land of Israel - neither of the two religious leaders - were awakened so as to be able to greet the Messiah in the Temple on his eighth day. TWO people, neither of whom were in positions of religious leadership. [Luke 2:21-38]

In sum, EIGHT people out of an entire world; TWO males out of six hundred thousand; ONE widow and ONE leper in all the land of Israel; THREE citizens; TWO worshippers - these, and these ONLY, were accounted worthy of salvation.

He who believes that these numbers have no correspondence to the kingdom of heaven is thoroughly deluding himself. In fact, these percentages are not only SPECIFICALLY given by the Holy Ghost as a PERFECT representation of how Jesus Christ has made up his jewels and reserved them for glory - and Jesus Christ couldn't have been plainer about how FEW will be saved - but these percentages are in fact HIGH compared to this generation, which Jesus forewarned of. [Luke 18:8]

Accordingly, I ask - were you ever quickened from a dead state by the power of the Spirit of Christ? Do you remember that? Do you remember when Jesus Christ PERSONALLY INTRODUCED HIMSELF to you in the UNMISTAKABLE SUPERNATURAL MIRACLE of the NEW BIRTH? Only a foolish and ignorant soul would think these words are metaphor, for they are not. Not even REMOTELY.

So I ask again, were you ever quickened -- SUPERNATURALLY QUICKENED -- from a dead state IN A MOMENT OF TIME by the VERY RESURRECTION POWER of Jesus Christ?

All -- not many, not most, not some -- but ALL who are born of the Spirit of Jesus Christ can remember the MOMENT they were made alive by the SUPERNATURAL RESURRECTION POWER of Jesus Christ. There are NO exceptions. Can you so remember? If not, you are utterly deluded if you think you belong to Jesus Christ, if you think you're saved, if you think you're heaven bound, for it will never be. Wait and see.

"A sinner saved by grace will always refer in his TESTIMONY to the MOMENT at which he EXPERIENCED new birth... You must be invaded by the Spirit of God by means of SUPERNATURAL recreation... BEWARE OF THE TENDENCY TO WATER DOWN THE SUPERNATURAL IN RELIGION."  Oswald Chambers, Bringing Sons Unto Glory & Approved Unto God

"Never leave off watching, reading, praying, striving, till you experimentally find Christ Jesus formed within you... Be frequent in self-examination morning and evening. Pray earnestly from your heart. WRESTLE WITH GOD, BEG HIM TO HASTEN THE NEW BIRTH." George Whitefield, Letters, XI

Would you be born again? GENUINELY born again?

Then take wise counsel -- pick up a Bible based on the Traditional Text -- in English, the ONLY VALID Bible based on the Traditional Text is the King James Bible -- and then read with SOLEMNITY, beginning in the Gospels preferably, and beg Jesus Christ to reveal himself to you, and give him no rest until he does, for if you read the TRUE written Word of God, you will find the Lord of Glory, even Jesus Christ, moving upon the face of the waters in its pages, just as he moved upon the face of the waters when he walked across the Sea of Galilee, and if you follow the advice just given, and if you persist, Jesus Christ HIMSELF will verily MANIFEST HIMSELF to you (for he HIMSELF promises to do this for those who truly heed this advice), just as he MANIFESTED HIMSELF to his disciples when he moved upon the face of the waters as he walked across the stormy sea some two thousand years ago, and just as he did with ME not too many years ago, and just as he has done with a FEW others from day to day since that time, in this very generation, and just as he will do for YOU if -- IF -- you heed my advice, and if -- IF -- you persist therein, for he who promised is FAITHFUL. John 14:21, Matthew 14:25-27

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