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A few years ago Cheryl & I were going to a big public event, and we were looking for the line to get in. We saw this one big crowded line, so we figured: That must be the one we need. So we got in line and waited — and of course, when we finally got up to the front, we found out that was NOT the right line. That was the line for those who had no tickets, and we already had ours. We should have been in the little short line instead; and if we’d taken it, we’d have been in much earlier!
Maybe you have been in that kind of situation before; and you found out that just “following the crowd” doesn’t necessarily get you to the right place.

Nowhere is this more true than in spiritual things. “Following the crowd” is a foolish policy. Just because “everybody” thinks something is true, does not mean that it is. In fact, you can pretty much count on it: if “everybody” thinks it’s true, it probably ISN’T! Following the crowd will not lead you to heaven.

Now someone may say: “But SURELY what virtually everybody thinks, cannot possibly be wrong!” Yes, it can! In fact that is exactly what Jesus tells us here in Matthew 7:13-14: Continue reading →