I don’t know if you’ve ever heard this, but there’s a story from a Baptist minister who had a vision during a near-death experience where he saw people dying and where they were going in real time. He was taken by angels to the Second Heaven where he was shown the secrets of Satan’s dominion.
And you know what he saw?
Out of all the people who died during that period, 97.5% went to hell. Only 2.5% made it to heaven!
Now I know what you’re thinking: “That can’t be right.” Everybody at funerals are always talking about how the guest of honor is “in a better place,” right?
But if Jesus is to be believed (and He is), then not everyone who says “Lord, Lord” is entering the Kingdom.
Matthew 7 says that. It’s not the ones who look religious or talk spiritual. It’s the ones who do the will of the Father.
That statistic rocked me. But you know what rocked me even more? Jesus said the road is narrow — narrow is the gate that leads to life, but wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction. Few find that narrow way.
There’s no fear of God anymore. No reverence. We’ve made grace cheap. We’ve made Jesus a buddy instead of a Lord. And it’s not working. We live in the age of the Laodicean Church.
People are living however they want, inside the church and outside of it, and thinking it’s all good because they once prayed a prayer. But Jesus said, “Depart from me, I never knew you.”
He didn’t say “I used to know you.” He said “I never knew you.”
And maybe that’s why He’s waking people up with messages like this. Because eternity is real. Heaven is real. Hell is real. And too many people in the church are playing games with both.
Let me tell you: I’m not preaching this to scare you. I’m saying this to sober you up.
Jesus is still standing at the door and knocking. But the door only opens from the inside. You have to open it. You have to do something.
So if you’ve been living on the edge, skating through, hoping nobody notices—now’s the time. Open the door. Let Him in. Get right. Stay right.
Because 97.5% is not just a number. It’s a warning. God is with us!
