Narrow way of Salvation

A Jehovah witness said this:
`Jesus did not give any indication that his followers would be of the highest numbers, such as is found in Christendom. If that were fact...the road to life would not have been referred to by Jesus as `narrow`. Although a large crowd.....it is not the mass majority of people who will be considered as followers of Jesus, and survive the end of this `system`.....they will still be a minority religiously speaking. AND yes, JW`s have made an impact.`
Can you help me with an response to them?

Answer:
Jesus said in Matt 7:14, "Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who will find it." The statement here is referring to the narrow way of salvation - the only way which is through Jesus Christ. People seeking it through any other way will not find life. The emphasis here is on the narrowness of the way that God has ordained for salvation rather than the number of people getting saved.


Metaphors in the Bible have to be interpreted carefully. There are verses in the Bible which talk about multitudes of people who will be heaven. For instance Rev 7:9 says, "After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands." This gives us an assurance that there will be so many people who will walk in the narrow way that God has ordained!


Having said that, it is true that a number of people are not going to make it to heaven. I don't know whether we need to speculate who will make it to heaven and who will not. Our duty is to proclaim the gospel message faithfully and leave the results to God.


Even if it means only few people make it to heaven according to Jesus that is not going to justify the claims of Jehovahs Witness that they are on the right track. The argument has its fallacy because any group or cult or denomination can justify themselves saying they are minority and therefore they are right. Smallness in number is not a criterion to be used to measure truth.