A deeply troubling and awful thing.

[fuddy]

When Jesus's disciples asked him how many would be saved, he replied, " the path that leads to the kingdom of God is narrow and difficult, and few ever find it."
And so the joy of my own salvation is largely crushed by the knowledge that most of the people I've ever known, including most of my family, will spend eternity screaming in an incomprehensible agony of despair and hopelessness in hell.
It eludes me how I, or anyone else, could go skipping happily off through the daisies with Jesus while just beneath our feet such unbearable tragedy will be constantly playing out. Maybe that's one of the reasons Jesus was a man of sorrows.
It is troubling to say the least - any thoughts?

 

[JustTheFacts]

True, but unbelievers I talk to about Jesus have their mind made up and aren’t interested. Their arrogance and refusal to consider the evidence softens the sadness because, after all it is a choice. There is nothing that anyone can say that will change their minds, so I‘ve learned to follow the words of Jesus to shake the dust off my feet and move on.

 

[Lamb]

We trust that God is good and fair in His judgment, right?

God's word is alive and active, so don't give up hope on your loved ones because seeds planted can grow if that's God's will.

 

[fuddy]

God IS thoroughly good, yes, and if He weren't, He couldn't be trusted. But He is. And that's where all arguments and contention concerning His ultimate judgement about us must stop.

The people I was referring to have already died, and some of them seemed genuinely confused and unsure about the validity of Jesus and His gospel of hope. My mother and brother were among them.

The loss of people like that is what is especially so heartbreaking, and brought me to post this because unless God erases all remembrance of those people, I can't comprehend my joy being "complete", to say the least, in the life to come.

 

[Lamb]

God IS thoroughly good, yes, and if He weren't, He couldn't be trusted. But He is. And that's where all arguments and contention concerning His ultimate judgement about us must stop.

The people I was referring to have already died, and some of them seemed genuinely confused and unsure about the validity of Jesus and His gospel of hope. My mother and brother were among them.

The loss of people like that is what is especially so heartbreaking, and brought me to post this because unless God erases all remembrance of those people, I can't comprehend my joy being "complete", to say the least, in the life to come.

Here's something I cling to in those instances... they have heard the Gospel at some point in their lives, and perhaps, just perhaps, on their deathbeds God turned them to Him in faith You just never know.