Jesus, the man chosen by God, is our example that we are challenged to actively follow with our deeds to become like, not a risen, distant "Chrahst" figure as preachers in the South like to call him.
One is human like us, the other is a Magically born, inhuman DemiGod created by men, who isn't at all someone we can become like.
Jesus says we can become morally perfect like God. The Hebrew Bible said we can be Holy like God is, so who's right, man's theologians, or God's chosen Prophets?
All of us initially fail once we start, that's a truism that is often thrown up as a huge failure of our Nautres, but it's not.
The temptation to choose a "wide gate" and easy religion is difficult for many to resist, but not for those who followv the words of Jesus as a guide to both life and eternity.
If we simply decide we can "claim" his righteousness as our own (denying his requirement of us to do Good Works) and "claim" to be instantly "saved" by our mere words of adoration of this Christ - a belief "on him" without following him daily as our God-annointed Master - we deceive ourselves and demean God and Jesus, His chosen one.
But millions do this. Why? Because Jesus isn't their only Master - he's not their final arbiter of Truth, including what Salvation is, and how it is obtained. In truth, Jesus himself says God our Father is our final judge. And our eternal destination is determined by our deeds, tempered by God's vast mercy.
If we doubt it, we doubt Jesus, and it's him we are second guessing. They are changing it into "Another Gospel."
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