Wanted to build on the earlier posts of Paul N.F. re broad/narrow road.  Have been reading a book entitled HOW SAVED ARE WE? by Dr. Michael Brown (founder/president of ICN Ministries).  Excerpts (food for thought) as follows.
 
  The American Church at the end of the 20th century is experiencing a crisis.  For years we have preached a cheap gospel and peddled a soft Savior. We have taught salvation without self-denial and the crown without the cross.  We have catered to the unsaved and compromised with the world. Now we are paying the price. Our "instant salvation" message has dishonored God and deluded men. Our faulty seeds have produced a flaky harvest. What a pitiful crop we are reaping!
 
  As American "believers" we spend hours watching TV but minutes watching in prayer; are hungry for the sports page but have little taste for the Word; spend more money on pet food than on foreign missions; love to feast but hate to fast; welcome God's blessings but are wary of His burdens. Is this what Jesus died for? Is this our "new life" in Him? What kind of "born again" experience have we had if it calls for almost no personal sacrifice, produces virtually no separation from the world, and breeds practically no hatred of sin? How can we claim to be "born from above"? Where is the evidence of our "new nature?"
 
  We say, "Just confess Jesus as Lord and you're in!"
 He says, "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven" (Matt 7:21). 
 
 We say, "Just pray this prayer and it's done!"
 He says, "If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me" (Luke 9:23).
 
  We say, "Just come to the altar. It will only take a minute!"
 He says, "Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to" (Luke 13:24).
 
  WHO DO YOU THINK IS RIGHT?
 
  Yes, salvation is "by grace through faith," and we can add nothing to it. But it is the grace of God that "teaches us to say 'No' to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age" (Titus 2:11-12). And true faith is known by what it does, since "faith without deeds is useless" (James 2:20).
 
  Paul warned the Ephesians not to let anyone deceive them with empty words. "Of this you can be sure," he said. "No immoral, impure or greedy person -- such a man is an idolater -- has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God" (Eph. 5.5). Do we think that God's standard has changed? Do "carnal Christians" go to carnal heaven? NO. "Without holiness no one will see the Lord.... Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.... You are not your own; you were bought with a price (only slaves were bought with a price.) Therefore honor God with your body" (Heb. 12:14; Gal. 5:24, 1 Cor. 6:19-20).  We must come to terms with these words!
 
  Strong words but true!  And I see myself in many places here.  Doesn't the Bible say (1 Cor. 11) that if we judge ourselves rightly, we would not be judged? This is presented not for condemnation, but so that we "may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass and to stand before the Son of Man (Luke 21:36)."
 
  A sinner saved by grace (God's riches at Christ's expense) and wanting to be obedient (Lord, help me) to His Word and His Lordship.  YSIC, Sandra Jean