Featured Reformed Speculation VS Jesus Christ

Charles Haddon Spurgeon December 28, 1856, Revelation 14:1-3, New Park Street Pulpit Volume 3

“I do abhor from my heart that continual whining of some men about their own little church as the "remnant"—the "few that are to be saved." They are always dwelling upon strait gates and narrow ways, and upon what they conceive to be a truth, that but few shall enter heaven. Why, my friends, I believe there will be more in heaven than in hell. If you ask me why I think so, I answer, because Christ, in everything, is to "have the pre-eminence," and I cannot conceive how he could have the pre-eminence if there are to be more in the dominions of Satan than in paradise. Moreover, it is said there is to be a multitude that no man can number in heaven; I have never read that there is to be a multitude that no man can number in hell. But I rejoice to know that the souls of all infants, as soon as they die, speed their way to paradise. Think what a multitude there is of them! And then there are the just, and the redeemed of all nations and kindreds up till now; and there are better times coming, when the religion of Christ shall be universal”

Spurgeon's remarks on infants who die are very interesting, and do agree with what the Bible teaches on this, "But I rejoice to know that the souls of all infants, as soon as they die, speed their way to paradise". ALL infants, not just the "elect infants" that some twist the Bible to teach!

Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield, Are There Few That Be Saved?

“It does not fall within the scope of this discussion to adduce the positive evidence that the number of the saved shall in the end be not small but large, and not merely absolutely but comparatively large; that, to speak plainly, it shall embrace the immensely greater part of the human race”

Loraine Boettner, Studies in Theology, Page 316

“But apparently wiser designs and higher purposes are not to be served by allowing some to continue in their self-chosen ways of sin and thus exhibit eternally before men and angels what an awful thing is opposition and rebellion against God. We believe, however, the merciful and benevolent nature of God implies, and that the Scripture clearly teaches, that in the final analysis the great majority of the human race will be found among the saved”

Jesus Christ, THE Final Authority on ALL Matters

Matthew 7:13-14

“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”

Luke 13:23-24

“Then one said to Him, “Lord, are there few who are saved?” And He said to them, “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able”

Here we have human theology, and the Infallible Word of Almighty God, and the Word of The Lord Jesus Christ Himself. As we can see from the “Reformed” perspective, they speculate, with NO Biblical evidence, that at the end time, the “great majority of the human race”, will be saved, with means that the “greater minority”, will be lost in heaven! As is very clear from what Jesus Himself says, it is the complete opposite to these theologians say, that the “majority” of the human race will be lost and sadly end up in hell.

In Luke’s Gospel Jesus says, “many…will not be able to”, enter through the “Narrow Gate”, that leads to eternal life. The Greek here is “οτι πολλοι”, in the plural number, and with the article, which denotes “the greater number”, and never used for “the fewer”. See the question asked of Jesus, “Lord, are there few (ὀλίγος, small in number) who are saved?”. To which Jesus very clearly replies. The comparison is clear here, “few…majority”. The same is in Matthew’s Gospel, where we see that the “greater number” will not be among the saved.

Again, the Reformed misrepresent what the Bible actually does Teach, as they do also on other Doctrines, like “election” and the “extent of Jesus’ Death”!

 

how do you arrive at this? I am a non Cal, and like the Lord, "desire that NONE should be lost"!

However, they are wrong when Jesus clearly says that the greater number of the human race will not be in heaven. Why would anyone try to contradict the Lord Himself? This is exactly what the Reformed do with the extent of Jesus' Death.

 

so you think that Jesus Christ got it wrong?

 

well, instead of your continued dumb comments, why not just prove what I have said wrong?

 

typical response from the reformed camp, especially when they cannot deal with Bible facts! why don't you correct my understanding?

 

you bang on about the same old unreformed nonsense, but the OP has nothing to do with what you say. The OP shows that the so-called "reformed" theory that the "majority" of the human race will be in heaven, is simply not true, as Jesus Himself very cleary says!

 

so Jesus saying "few" is an error?. He clearly is contrasting "many" with "few", and says that the latter are those who will get to heaven. It is very simple