What percentage of the world is saved?

[Neostarwcc]

From Adam and Eve until the day Christ returns what percentage of people are actually saved? I know Jesus says in Matthew 7:13-14 that few people find salvation but just how few are they? Christianity has been the number one religion in the world for a long time now. True many "Christians" just write that they're Christian on a piece of paper and don't truly follow Christ. But just how much of the world exactly chose to follow God? 5%? 10%? Also many people in the world believe in Jesus and have accepted his free gift of salvation. So who among those are saved? All of them? If all of them are saved than why did Jesus make multiple statements of "very few will be saved." it just doesn't make sense.

 

[renniks]

From Adam and Eve until the day Christ returns what percentage of people are actually saved? I know Jesus says in Matthew 7:13-14 that few people find salvation but just how few are they? Christianity has been the number one religion in the world for a long time now. True many "Christians" just write that they're Christian on a piece of paper and don't truly follow Christ. But just how much of the world exactly chose to follow God? 5%? 10%? Also many people in the world believe in Jesus and have accepted his free gift of salvation. So who among those are saved? All of them? If all of them are saved than why did Jesus make multiple statements of "very few will be saved." it just doesn't make sense.

Jesus is the narrow gate... The reason few are saved is that much of the world are following false religions.

 

[Dave-W]

One of the leaders of the congregation that Bishop Joseph Garlington (from Promise Keepers) grew up in said that only about 7 or 8 people from all of time and eternity would make it to heaven.

 

[eleos1954]

From Adam and Eve until the day Christ returns what percentage of people are actually saved? I know Jesus says in Matthew 7:13-14 that few people find salvation but just how few are they? Christianity has been the number one religion in the world for a long time now. True many "Christians" just write that they're Christian on a piece of paper and don't truly follow Christ. But just how much of the world exactly chose to follow God? 5%? 10%? Also many people in the world believe in Jesus and have accepted his free gift of salvation. So who among those are saved? All of them? If all of them are saved than why did Jesus make multiple statements of "very few will be saved." it just doesn't make sense.

Luke 13

23“Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?”

Jesus answered, 24“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able. 25After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’

But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’

26Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’

27And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’

 

[Silverback]

From Adam and Eve until the day Christ returns what percentage of people are actually saved? I know Jesus says in Matthew 7:13-14 that few people find salvation but just how few are they? Christianity has been the number one religion in the world for a long time now. True many "Christians" just write that they're Christian on a piece of paper and don't truly follow Christ. But just how much of the world exactly chose to follow God? 5%? 10%? Also many people in the world believe in Jesus and have accepted his free gift of salvation. So who among those are saved? All of them? If all of them are saved than why did Jesus make multiple statements of "very few will be saved." it just doesn't make sense.

Only God knows, because he wrote there names in the book of life before the foundation of the world. But what we do know is that the last will be first, and the first will be last. And the saved will come from every people, tribe, and nation. Beyond that, it's speculation.

 

[Lost4words]

1.3%

 

[Halbhh]

From Adam and Eve until the day Christ returns what percentage of people are actually saved? I know Jesus says in Matthew 7:13-14 that few people find salvation but just how few are they? Christianity has been the number one religion in the world for a long time now. True many "Christians" just write that they're Christian on a piece of paper and don't truly follow Christ. But just how much of the world exactly chose to follow God? 5%? 10%? Also many people in the world believe in Jesus and have accepted his free gift of salvation. So who among those are saved? All of them? If all of them are saved than why did Jesus make multiple statements of "very few will be saved." it just doesn't make sense.

Where you say "Also, many people...believe in Jesus and have accepted his free gift of salvation" -- keep in mind that is identical to the group that "follow Christ", or so is true very shortly soon after their salvation: they have accepted the free gift of salvation, which no one can earn, not one, only if they also follow Christ, doing as He said, since "faith without works is dead" (in other words, if there is no following Him, there isn't actually that faith which is required for the free gift of salvation; but, for any reading this and feeling fright, remember He forgives and cleanses restores any who confess their wrongs -- 1rst John chapter 1 -- so it's never too late to begin to follow until life ends). And in a way this is all the answer to 'how many' in that only few are seeds "in good soil" that grow and yield 30, 50, 100 fold. What is that good soil -- it happens when people humbly listen to Christ, in faith, and then follow Him by doing His commandment(s): to love one another. That's how roots grow deep. That's how we build our house on the rock so that it endures (Matthew 7:24-27). So, Matthew 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen." -- and we need to put on the wedding clothes. Get the oil for our lamps. Build on the rock: hear and do as He says.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

From Adam and Eve until the day Christ returns what percentage of people are actually saved? I know Jesus says in Matthew 7:13-14 that few people find salvation but just how few are they? Christianity has been the number one religion in the world for a long time now. True many "Christians" just write that they're Christian on a piece of paper and don't truly follow Christ. But just how much of the world exactly chose to follow God? 5%? 10%? Also many people in the world believe in Jesus and have accepted his free gift of salvation. So who among those are saved? All of them? If all of them are saved than why did Jesus make multiple statements of "very few will be saved." it just doesn't make sense.

From statistics in the Bible, 3% is a good educated guess, but it might go as high as 5% on a good day ! Or it might be almost ZERO .... Jesus says "WHEN I RETURN, WILL I FIND (any) FAITH on earth" ?

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

23“Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?”

In the same or another chapter, a disciple asked Jesus
how many would be saved in the town they were overlooking from a hill.....

Jesus told him directly "That is not your concern (or none of your business to know or think about or guess)... < no matter how many, if any > YOU GO and DO as YOUR FATHER HAS DIRECTED YOU" (OBEDIENCE must be unaffected by thoughts about results, etc , and obedience includes NOT THINKING about things that are not your concern)

 

[eleos1954]

In the same or another chapter, a disciple asked Jesus
how many would be saved in the town they were overlooking from a hill.....

Jesus told him directly "That is not your concern (or none of your business to know or think about or guess)... < no matter how many, if any > YOU GO and DO as YOUR FATHER HAS DIRECTED YOU" (OBEDIENCE must be unaffected by thoughts about results, etc , and obedience includes NOT THINKING about things that are not your concern)

Yes, and I whole heartily agree, like I said ... we know He will save as many as possible, who and how many? None or our business.

 

[1213]

.... So who among those are saved? All of them? If all of them are saved than why did Jesus make multiple statements of "very few will be saved." it just doesn't make sense.

What do you think saved means? I have understood it means sin is forgiven and so person is saved from the judgment that would come because of sin. But that doesn’t necessary mean that person will get eternal life, because it is promised for righteous. If after forgiveness person continues in sin, the forgiveness was not useful.

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
Mat. 25:46

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23


He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn't love his brother.
1 John 3:7-10

I believe the forgiveness is offered for all people. But not all become righteous. That how many are really righteous I don’t know.

 

[joshua 1 9]

From Adam and Eve until the day Christ returns what percentage of people are actually saved?

You have an old and a new covenant. The New Covenant is better than the old. We are told: Zech 13 "8 And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it. 9 This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold.They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”

We are told that one third will be saved. So if we take this to the few and many that Jesus talks about then yes, few means less then the majority and could mean one third. We are talking about a great multitude that NO ONE can number: Rev 7:9 "After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands."

There is a remnant that will repopulate the earth. This is usually 10%. I tend to think only 10% of the people serve God. Many are called but few are chosen. Salvation is not work based though, so we do not have to serve God in order to be saved.

We are told that Satan took one third of the angels with him. Rev 12:4 "His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, tossing them to the earth." There are people that believe we will replace those angels in serving God in Holiness and Sanctification to bring Him praise, honor and glory.

 

[joshua 1 9]

The Hebrew letter for 10 is YUD. That is the smallest letter and requires a contraction. We see this at the big bang where there was a contraction of the universe was crunched before the Universe began to expand.

 

[PizzaAddict]

One of the leaders of the congregation that Bishop Joseph Garlington (from Promise Keepers) grew up in said that only about 7 or 8 people from all of time and eternity would make it to heaven.

That's one of most stupid things I've ever heared somebody say . If one reads OT you can at least count few dozen of people being saved, at least few in each book so if one call them liers whole Bible becomes a lie.


Back to topic , personally I think it's really thin margin of people , in my country maybe few thousands out of approx 38 000 000.

 

[PizzaAddict]

From statistics in the Bible, 3% is a good educated guess, but it might go as high as 5% on a good day ! Or it might be almost ZERO .... Jesus says "WHEN I RETURN, WILL I FIND (any) FAITH on earth" ?

Ye but he said it when wars happen and there are no believers left around because they were mostly murdered for faith when he returns so that's why he said "will there be faith when I return " ?

There were plenty believers in 1800-2000 ect we now see Atheism on rise and some new age religions and fall of Christianity but it wasn't like that before it grew really fast as a religion .

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

There were plenty believers in 1800-2000 ect we now see Atheism on rise and some new age religions and fall of Christianity but it wasn't like that before it grew really fast as a religion .

No. Sorry.

 

[Dave-W]

That's one of most stupid things I've ever heared somebody say . If one reads OT you can at least count few dozen of people being saved, at least few in each book so if one call them liers whole Bible becomes a lie.

The church I grew up in taught that NO ONE from the OT was saved since it is written:

Acts 4:12
And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”

And since no one from the OT could possibly have known the name Jesus, they absolutely could not be saved.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

they absolutely could not be saved.

Someone actually taught that ?

Did they ever turn to Yahuweh to seek His Kingdom ?

 

[Dave-W]

Yeah they taught it. It was a very legalistic congregation.

 

[Kenny'sID]

Salvation is not work based though, so we do not have to serve God in order to be saved.

You are saying we need not be obedient to God in order to be saved?

Also, do we have to stick with the narrow way Jesus mentioned, or can we now go the wide road instead, and are still saved? Or basically, either way will do because those things have nothing to do with our salvation?