You’ve probably heard the saying that “There is safety in numbers…” It’s Human Nature to follow the crowd, to embrace & adopt the ‘majority view’ especially on controversial topics like religion, politics & ethics. The majority of Americans identify as Christians. The majority of voters are conservative - 37% compared to moderates who come in at 34% and Liberals who comprise only 24%. - according to a 2019 Gallup poll. The majority of people embrace & practice the ethics of their peer group.
But the MAJORITY is NOT always right! After all, the majority of Human Beings believe that it’s more beneficial to be ‘on the receiving side of things,’ than ‘on the giving side of things.’ But the truth is just the opposite as Jesus said: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” (ACTS 20:35) And Studies support this, showing that those who have an outward focus & a service mentality are healthier & happier than those who don’t!
The majority of Human Beings also believe that it’s more fun to be irreverent than reverent, that ‘Holy Joes & Janes’ lead boring, dull lives that are full of restrictions. But your Bible says differently: “Happy is the man who is always reverent…” (PROVERBS 28:14) Why? Because a reverent man finds favor in the sight of both God and Man because he treats everyone with respect & honor.
Mark Twain warned: “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause & reflect.” That’s good advice, because the Majority View needs to be questioned & scrutinized every bit as much as a Minority View needs to be.
The majority of people living in the Pre-Flood world were wicked: “Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of Man was GREAT in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of their heart was only evil continually.” (GENESIS 6:5) But a minority, a thin line of righteousness coexisting with the wicked, was present: “Noah was a just man, perfect (Gk. ‘Blameless’) in his generations. Noah walked with God.” (GENESIS 6:9)
It’s not easy to be in the Minority: There’s persecution, ridicule, sometimes even violence! But Abraham bucked the wicked trend of Mankind, obeying God’s voice, keeping His charge, His commandments, His Statutes & His Laws.” (GENESIS 26:5) Moses could have lived in luxury with the Majority of Egypt, but chose to live among the minority subjugated peoples of Israel.
Your Bible says: “Do not follow the Majority when they do wrong, or when they give testimony that perverts Justice.” (EXODUS 23:2 GNT)
Jesus said: “Enter by the narrow gate; For wide is the gate & broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are MANY who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate & difficult is the way which leads to life and there are FEW who find it.” (MATTHEW 7:13,14)
Israel was in the minority, being the only nation on earth that God was communicating a message to Mankind through. But Moses, Joshua, Caleb & those who did not bend the knee to Baal (7,000 I Kings 19:18) were in the great minority compared to the majority of Israelites who committed idolatry and did not have God’s favor. The Original Christians were in the great minority to the Jewish establishment of their day - who rejected Jesus as the promised Messiah. And we who practice ‘Original Christianity’ today are in the great minority to the majority of Christians who embrace the Catholic view of the ‘Nature of God’ (the Trinity), their Calendar of Holidays, their view on death & the afterlife, and their view on God’s Law.
Jesus said: “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My FATHER in heaven. MANY will say to Me, in that Day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in your name, and done many wonders in your name? Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you, depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.” (MATTHEW 7:21-23)
Judas cast out demons & healed in Jesus name… yet his heart was not right with God and he ended up betraying the Son of God for 30 pieces of silver…
Do you have the faith & courage to buck the trend, to swim against the tide of Pseudo -Christianity and the World? Are you walking the narrow path that leads to God’s Kingdom - or the broad path of the Majority of Human Beings that leads to destruction? Are you following the Pied Piper of False Christian Leaders - or are you walking in the footsteps of Jesus Christ and the Original Church? May God lead you to choose the narrow path!