Where In The Bible Will I Find:

Following The Majority?

The swelling crowds, the lure of popular acclaim, and the thrill of social acceptance have all combined to give credence to the claim: "The majority is doing it, therefore it must be right." But this is deceitfully in error.

In religious matters, the majority is seldom right. How many times have God's people stood as a majority? Jesus said, “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it" (Matt. 7:13-14). Multitudes comprise the throng that moves through the wide gate on the broad way: but they are marching to destruction. But a strait gate and narrow road is for the chosen few who march under the Lord's orders.

The Lord recognized, "...many be called, but few chosen" (Matt. 20:16). He warned, "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven" (Matt. 7:21). Many will expect to be saved because they are of the majority, but Jesus will say, "...I never knew you: depart from me..." (Matt. 7:23) Jesus repeated His warning, "Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able" (Luke 13:24). The choice is yours: you can follow the crowds, join the throng, go with the flow, and ride with the tide, but remember, that way leads to destruction. Or you can choose to follow Jesus Christ, the Saviour.

Denominational error has always been in the majority. The church of Christ in the first century grew faster than any organization then known, or has been known since, but still, it was in the minority, and it has remained in the minority. Multitudes, with zeal of God, have sought for righteousness, "...but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going, about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God" (Rom. 10:1-3). "There is a way which seemed right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death" (Prov. 14:12).

All must confess, "O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps" (Jer. 10:23). We must hear and follow Jesus (Matt. 17:5; Acts 7:37). Jesus said, “…I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me" (John 14:6). His followers are not in the majority, but they are in the right.