Christians enjoy what they call "rightly dividing the Word." God told Jeremiah "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations." Christians take the first part to mean that God knows each of us before we are born. They do not believe God appointed them a prophet to the nations.
If you ask a group of Christians to summarize the message of Christianity you will probably hear "God loves me" or "God loves me so much he sent his Son to die for me." If the message of Christianity is "God loves me" then who is Jesus?
If the object of Christianity is "me" then when we look for a congregation we look for music that fits me, programs that cater to me, and my family. When I am making plans for my life and my career it is all about what is best for me and my family. When I decide where I will live, the car I will drive, the clothes I will wear, the way I will live, it is all what is best for me.
This is not the Christianity we find in the bible.
Jesus said:
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?'"
Most Christians will find they are among the many Jesus was thinking of when he said:
"Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few."
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