Modern Christianity often presents grace as effortless and salvation as instantaneous, requiring little more than a momentary decision. Jesus destroys that notion in Matthew 7:13–14. The narrow gate is not difficult because God is harsh, but because fallen man must be stripped of pride, self-righteousness, and self-rule. This post confronts the myth of easy-believism and exposes the deadly lie that salvation can be added to an unchanged life. Christ does not offer a spiritual