This will be short and sweet. The LORD placed us here to come into a relationship with His only begotten Son Jesus Christ. When Jesus said “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” in John 14:6 – He (Jesus) was stating a narrow path of exclusivity.
There is no other way to Heaven. There is no other way to have a relationship with your Creator. There is no other way to live forever / have eternal life. No other way.
Jesus speaks of a “narrow way” in Matthew 7:13-14 ” Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” Jesus also says that they way to destruction is broad and many go there. I know from my own personal experience that many people want to follow the crowd, do what everyone else is doing. I can recall being asked as a child, if all your friends were jumping from a bridge, does that mean you should do it? This hyperbole was intended to promote individual thinking followed by courageous action to do the correct thing even if it is unpopular.
Which brings me forward. Being convicted in conscience to be obedient to what God has told you do to has a cost. Most often, the cost is high and will mean change. In Acts 26 we see the Apostle Paul in front of King Agrippa and read the dialogue. Paul testifies of his persecution of the early Church, and his subsequent conversion – where he was told by Jesus to preach the Gospel. In Acts 26:19, Paul states to Agrippa ” Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision”. At the outset of the events of 2020 and 2021, the world had become divided over philosophy. You are either a “true believer” in “science” or something else. It is a shame that the current science cannot be questioned. I recall in school that for something to represent science, it had to be observable and repeatable – and that science was not a settled matter. History tells us that Galileo Galilei was imprisoned by the holy see in Rome for saying the Earth revolved around the Sun. More information and more light reveals more truth, and old feelings about what used to be science have changed. The other concern is that science cannot be settled. Science that cannot be questioned is propaganda, and you need look no further than WWII Europe to see that experiments were carried out on innocent people in the name of “science”.
I have another concern with the “science”, that it has become a religion, and it’s orthodoxy cannot be questioned. Masks are the magic talismans, agency heads are the high priests, chemicals put into your body by a needle are communion – and those that are not “part of it” are the “unbelievers” that are constantly proselytized by the media to become “believers”; and that the woes of the planet are to blamed for the “unbelievers”. If you read enough 1939 history, the next thing coming is to wear an emblem on your garment so you can be “recognized” and shunned. We are in a concerning place, and the last century is far enough in the rear view mirror for younger generations that they are on the precipice of repeating mistakes of prior generations.
God spoke to my heart early through His Word in 2020. I needed to avoid some of the popular science then. God gifted me with one body and one chance to keep it pure. The last number of months have been months of introspection and taking a hard look at what I believe. Do I believe God can Heal? Yes. Do I believe that God can protect me? Yes. Do I believe in body integrity? Yes.
Getting back to Acts 26. God spoke that I needed to not follow the “popular” opinions and should be separate from “what everyone else is doing”. Difficult? Absolutely. Does it have a cost? Yes.
I stand with St. Paul – I was not disobedient to my heavenly vision, and yes – the way truly is narrow and few find it. It’s narrower than you think.