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People that stick to the scriptures are always a “fringe” group!
Following the word is never popular; that’s why stuff like pre-trib-ism and easy-believe-ism are so popular these days.
Thus Matthew chapter 7 had to be written.
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Does this mean you do not wish to indicate what kind of group you are associated with...?
I’m not even sure it’s a Christian group.
Wow....just wow.
Read MT 7:13-29 in context. Pay special attention to v23. It is the key verse.
Look up the word lawlessness in the Greek along with practice. You will see these are people who want nothing to do with God or His Law.
Then read MT 11:25-30.....key focus on 28-30:
Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29“Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. 30“For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
What was the yoke the people were toiling under?
The Law and the interpretation of the Law by the Pharisees with all of their rules to keep people from breaking the Law.
Imagine the burden the people were under wondering if they'd perhaps broken the Law in some way.
Jesus came to free people from that burden.
Does it require faith in Him? Yes.
Do we produce fruit as a result? Yes
What get us into Heaven? The faith....or the fruit?
Now if you say both, what if you have fruit but no faith?
There are lots of "good" people who do lots of "good" things but have no faith.
Are those people saved?