Narrow Gate Quotes

“Christ want to point this out and to warn His followers that in the world everyone should live as though he were alone and should consider His Word and preaching as the very greatest thing on earth, thinking this way to himself: “I see my neighbor and the whole city, and yes the whole world, living differently. All those who are great or noble or rich, the princes and the lords, are allied with it. Nevertheless I have an ally who is greater than all of them, namely, Christ and His Word. When I am all alone, therefore, I am still not alone. Because I have the Word of God, I have Christ with me, together with all the dear angels and all the saints since the beginning of the world. Actually there is a bigger crowd and a more glorious procession surrounding me than there could be in the whole world now. Only I cannot see it with my eyes, and I have to watch and bear the offense of having so many people forsake me or live and act in opposition to me.”
― Martin Luther, Sermon on the Mount and the Magnificat

“There are believers and nonbelievers that claim that God loves everyone unconditionally without requiring change, that He will never punish anyone eternally, that He overrides His justice, and that everyone will be saved eventually. Nonbelievers use this idea to have a strawman figure that they could easily argue, a god who tolerates everything and judges nothing, a god who poses no threat to their self-referential standard. On the other hand, believers who follow their unbiblical preachers also claim this because they have been taught that love cannot include judgment, that patience means permanent acceptance, and that the narrow gate is not actually narrow.”
― E. Ravago, 10 Commandments: Opposing Unbiblical Claims