decided heaven is the default. That everyone gets there eventually. That as long as you're basically good and mean well – the gates will swing wide open. It's the most popular theology in America. It's also one Jesus never taught. We've taken the mercy of God and have turned it into a blank check. We've assumed grace means He overlooks whatever we refuse to deal with. That because He's good, His hard words don't really apply to us. That's not Jesus. That's a god we invented to make ourselves comfortable. The Jesus who wept over Jerusalem and ate with sinners is the same Jesus who said “broad is the road that leads to destruction.” Same mouth. Same love. You don't get to keep the tenderness and discard the warning. The wide road is wide for a reason – it accommodates everything we refuse to let go of. It doesn't feel like destruction. The cost doesn't come until the end. The narrow road is narrow because you can't bring your pride through it. Your self-righteousness. Your carefully negotiated arrangement where you stay mostly in charge. You come through it like Paul did in the dust of Damascus – empty-handed, on your knees, trusting in Him alone.
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