{"product_id":"the-narrow-gate-kristoffer-paulsson-9789198475234","title":"The Narrow Gate","description":"SALVATION - WHAT IS THAT? Have you ever thought about what salvation is? What does it mean to be saved? How do I get saved? Salvation is something that I can not do by myself. In no way can I do anything in my own power. Only by the Grace of God can I be saved! Assured about my salvation, I told the world that I was a Christian. Raised in a Christian home with the belief in Jesus from the beginning of my life. Throughout my childhood and teenage years, I always stood up for The Name. If someone in the church asked me if I was saved, I was embarrassingly surprised; I had been a saved Christian my whole life. Never had I been in the world, danced at the disco, ever tried cigarettes or tasted a beer. I had always been a pattern Christian and me had never been a sinner... except for one small little thing that I for some reason couldn't stop doing. I would be stuck there for many years while it just grew larger and larger. One day I had to realize it: I was hell-bound and a slave to sin, whether I liked it or not. ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED? When I grew up in the church, in a Christian family, I learned the way to talk and behave; I was zealous for God and my faith. With time I started to assume things, I took it for granted. Of course, I was saved, I behaved like a Christian, I talked like a Christian, and there was a distinct difference between the non-saved kids in school and me. I even had to suffer some persecution and bullying for my faith, so I was for sure saved. I confessed Jesus with my mouth; therefore my salvation was secured. I confessed with my mouth that I was saved, and believed in my heart that Jesus has risen from the dead. Every few years, when the family visited some Christian conference, a silent voice within me said: \"you are not saved!\" That scared me, so I shut it down and induced my self salvation-assurance: \"I am saved!\" And so I continued, if I am saved, then I am saved! EASY BELIEVISM - IS IT TRUE? I confessed with my mouth, I believed in my heart, and I stood up for Jesus under pressure. But why couldn't I defeat sin when I became a teenager, why did the sin defeat me. If I am a new being; am I not free then? How come I was a slave to sin? For some reason I couldn't understand why the sin lived its own life in my body, and why couldn't I follow my own will when I desired not to sin. But of course, I was saved, I had always thought that, and I had never heard anyone preach anything else, it couldn't be otherwise. I had learned this thought pattern in the church, and it had never been challenged before, I was saved; I was sure. But I continued to struggle with that little secret sin, until one day I did realize the truth. I was not through The Narrow Gate! Someone asked him, \"Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?\" He said to them, \"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 13:23-24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kristoffer Paulsson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9198475231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789198475234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kristoffer Paulsson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.47d","brand":"Kristoffer Paulsson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442835140863,"sku":"9789198475234","price":10.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_71fe6ba3-9e9c-4357-8495-3b313bce5239.jpg?v=1777200096","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-narrow-gate-kristoffer-paulsson-9789198475234","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}