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“Then said one unto Him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And He said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate” (Luke 13:23-24).
As human beings, it is easy for us to be asking questions about the salvation of others, without perhaps being sure of our own salvation. I knew a man (he is with the Lord now) who began to pray that his brother would be saved. But then the Lord spoke to him by His Spirit, and showed him clearly that he was not saved himself. He knew the gospel, and knew that he needed to be saved, but he had never really accepted Christ as his Savior. Shortly afterward he did accept Christ as his Savior, and then it was appropriate for him to pray for his brother.
Perhaps you have encountered unbelievers who wanted to ask all kinds of questions about people who have never heard the gospel, about the way some Christians do not live good lives, why God does not punish bad people right away, etc. But they do not want to talk about their own salvation.
It is so important to realize our own sinful condition, and to come to Christ ourselves. Only then can we really be concerned about others. It is not enough to know how to be saved; we must accept the Lord Jesus as our Savior.
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