Getting to heaven

Getting to heaven

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.  
But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” 
                                                                                            Matthew 7 :13,14.
There are many today who reject the teachings of Jesus. Who say he is not the Messiah of the Jews.
Many who would have you believe there many ways to heaven. This is not what the New Testament says,
Flavius Josephus, a Jewish historian, became a Pharisee at 19, later commander, of the Jewish forces in Galilee. Captured by Romans and attached to their headquarters.  Born: 34AD
“Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man if it be lawful to call him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was the Christ, and when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men among us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first, did not forsake him; for he appeared to them alive again the third day; as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him. And the tribe of Christians so named from him are not extinct at this day.”
Julian the Apostate, Roman Emperor from 361-363 A.D. and one of the most gifted ancient adversaries to Christianity. In his work against Christianity wrote,
“Jesus…has now been celebrated about three hundred years having done nothing in his lifetime worthy of fame, unless anyone thinks it is a very great work to heal lame and blind people and exorcise demoniacs in the villages of Bethsaida and Bethany.”
But at the end of his life was forced to say: “Thou has conquered, O Galilean!”
If these independent witnesses to the truth of Jesus are correct then I believe the teachings of Jesus are correct.
“Therefore the words of Jesus when he said,
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” 
                   John 14:6.
I know such a teaching is hard to comprehend. After all why would God not make many avenues to heaven.
The only answer I have is that he wanted to make it as simple for every man woman and childe to reach heaven as possible.
Paul writing to the Ephesians wrote,
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—  not by works, so that no one can boast.” 
                                                                  Ephesians 2:8,9.
We don’t have to work our way to heaven we only have to believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that he died for our sins. That he rose again and ascended into heaven.
This perhaps for many is too hard to understand. Perhaps that is why Jesus said,
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.  
But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” 
                                                                                            Matthew 7 :13,14.
Think about it.