Those are estimates based on my short time here and how people act, react, and basically live life.
The Lord does say over and over again “small is the gate” (Matt 7:14), “enter through the narrow door” (Luke 13:24).
The basic fact that this thread is as long as it is due to disagreements over John 6:29, Romans 10:9-10, Acts 16:31, and John 14:6 shows exactly what you & I are talking about.
If it’s not about Christ and His finished work, then it’s about PRIDE.
We’re admonished to not to boast (Ephesians 2:9) because we cannot do this on our own, but I’m preaching to the choir as you know.
Very sobering thoughts.
Which is exactly why we contribute nothing to attaining or maintaining our salvation.
If we did, we'd get some glory for it and could brag about how we did.
*I* went to the right church.
*I* took communion at the right church.
*I* was baptized in the right way.
*I* did the right good deeds.
But it being completely the work of Christ on the cross, it removes ANY self from the equation.
Yep. These threads get too long, and we are still trying to figure out what the meaning of the word “is” is. I have no problem understanding the verses you mentioned. I didn’t understand when I was a Catholic, because I had no spiritual discernment at all.
The preaching of the cross, really WAS foolishness to me. When I was born from above, and left the Catholic Church in 1970, then, the blinders were removed, and I began to grasp the true Gospel, and abandoned the false Gospel that I had been involved in.
I was at Mountain Home at the time. Some guys accused me of “getting religion” cuz I was shipping out for Vietnam. The truth was, I got mercifully saved, before I got orders for Vietnam. I managed to survive that. 👍😁😇 and I escaped this. 🔥 Others say we use “religion” as a crutch. If one wants to consider saving faith in Christ as a crutch, have at it. 👍