Stop Listening to the Majority | Acts 27:1-12 | Gary Hamrick

11/05/2023
There is a lot of cultural pressure today to conform to the latest majority opinion. Groupthink can be intimidating, and the “majority consensus” often causes people to either go silent in order to avoid ridicule, or to conform in order to fit in. But Paul said in Galatians 1:10, “If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.” In other words, we can’t be a God-pleaser and a man-pleaser at the same time. Godly men and women in the Bible have always been willing to stand alone when necessary. Join today’s Bible study as Pastor Gary encourages us to stop listening to the majority and to start honoring God.

00:00 - Stop Listening to the Majority
10:33 - Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect” - Mark Twain
11:50 - Dr. Solomon Ash Study on conformity
16:23 - Galatians 1:10
17:38 - “ A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn’t become good, just because it’s accepted by a majority” - Booker T. Washington
23:40 - Picture illustration of needing to be willing to stand alone when necessary.
24:47 - Religious leaders in Jesus’ day were condemned because: “They loved the praise of men more than the praise of God” (john 12:43)
25:01 - Peter and the other apostles were commended because they said “…We ought to obey God rather than men.” (Acts 5:29)
25:28 - Proverbs 29:25 - “The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe.”

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