Brentwood Church of Christ

II Peter 3:9 tells us that God is not willing that any should perish but that all would come to repentance. Certainly the Lord would like everyone to be saved. He made us so that we would live with Him eternally. However, Christ is the “author of eternal salvation to all them that obey Him” (Hebrews 5:9). In Luke 13:23 Jesus was asked, “Are there few who are saved?” His reply was that one needed to “strive” to enter the narrow gate because many would “seek” to enter and not be able. In Matthew 7:13-14 Jesus stated plainly that “many” go in the broad gate and are lost while “few” find the strait and narrow gate and are saved. God does not want anyone to be lost, but He will not compromise His standards of righteousness and save people in spite of their disobedience to Him.