Matthew 7:13 Enter you 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 there-at. 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
In obeying God the right way, persons will have to be prepared to go it alone, if needs be, because the opening passage teaches us that true obedience will never become popular or mainstream on the earth. When a person is convicted by The Holy Spirit, that person’s decision to obey or not cannot, and should not be hinged upon whether or not the majority will also believe and obey.
In some rare instances, the majority may, but, in other instances they may not and therefore, when God speaks to us individually, we should take it on the most personal level. Sacred history teaches us that it was hardly ever the popular majority who were in line with God’s will. In the days of Noah, it was the minority, in the days of Lot, it was the minority, with the 12 spies, it was the minority, in the days of Elijah, it was the minority, in the days of Christ, it was the minority.
In the days of David and Goliath, it was the minority, in the days of Samuel, it was a minority, in the days of Daniel and the three Hebrew worthies, it was the minority, and in our day, the remnant people of God are also in the minority, accounting for 0.00275, or 0.275% out of approximately 8 billion people upon the earth. Obeying God, especially in these last days of earth’s history, will call for the type of obedience that will go against the flow, and thus, persons should never wait to see how many folks will believe, before they themselves take up the mantle of obeying God.
1st Kings 18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt you between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. 22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the Lord; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
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