By Jonathan Edwards
(Summarized into modern English)
Why only few will find it? Because the popular view is that there are many roads to heaven, this is wrong.
John 14:6 – “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
Acts 4:12 – “There is salvation in no one else.”
Isaiah 35:8 – “A highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness.”
Matthew 7:13–14 – “The gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”
1 Timothy 2:5 – “There is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”
John 10:9 – “I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved.”
Luke 13:23–24 – “Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many… will seek to enter and will not be able.”
Romans 9:27 – “Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant will be saved.”
Matthew 7:21–23 – “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven.”
Proverbs 14:12 – “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.”
Matthew 25:11–12 – “Lord, lord, open to us… Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.”
2 Timothy 3:5 – “Having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power.”
Isaiah 29:13 – “This people draw near with their mouth… while their hearts are far from me.”
Matthew 13:20–21 – “He has no root in himself… when tribulation arises, he falls away.”
Galatians 1:10 – “If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.”
Matthew 6:1 – “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them.”
1 John 4:18 – “There is no fear in love… fear has to do with punishment.”
Luke 18:9–14 – “Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled.”
Romans 10:3 – “Seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.”
Isaiah 64:6 – “All our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.”
Jeremiah 17:9 – “The heart is deceitful above all things.”
John 3:19–20 – “People loved the darkness rather than the light.”
Romans 8:7 – “The mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God.”
Luke 9:23 – “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily.”
Romans 12:1–2 – “Do not be conformed to this world.”
Galatians 5:24 – “Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh.”
2 Corinthians 4:4 – “The god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers.”
1 Peter 5:8 – “Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion.”
Revelation 12:9 – “The deceiver of the whole world.”
1 John 2:15–16 – “Do not love the world or the things in the world.”
Matthew 13:22 – “The cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word.”
Luke 12:15 – “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness.”
Psalm 1:1 – “Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked.”
1 Corinthians 15:33 – “Bad company ruins good morals.”
Proverbs 13:20 – “The companion of fools will suffer harm.”
Psalm 119:105 – “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”
Romans 10:14–15 – “How are they to hear without someone preaching?”
Ephesians 4:11–12 – “To equip the saints for the work of ministry.”
John 15:5 – “Apart from me you can do nothing.”
Psalm 127:1 – “Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.”
Zechariah 4:6 – “Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit.”
Matthew 7:7 – “Ask, and it will be given to you.”
Luke 18:1 – “They ought always to pray and not lose heart.”
2 Corinthians 13:5 – “Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith.”
Ecclesiastes 12:1 – “Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth.”
Isaiah 55:6 – “Seek the Lord while he may be found.”
Hebrews 12:1 – “Run with endurance the race that is set before us.”
Matthew 24:13 – “The one who endures to the end will be saved.”
John 17:17 – “Your word is truth.”
James 1:22 – “Be doers of the word, and not hearers only.”
“Strive to enter through the narrow door.” (Luke 13:24)