The key to a consistent life
When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him."
John 19:6 (ESV)
Mob rule is no rule and should always be ignored. All people are susceptible to propaganda fueled by lies and hatred. Satan, the father of lies, uses whatever circumstances he can to deceive and destroy. A majority opinion will always be just that, a majority opinion. A majority opinion cannot determine truth, establish right and wrong or change reality.
Republics and Democracies have their strengths and are wonderful systems in which to live. However, every strength can be a weakness, and believing that the majority is right is a big problem. The majority can be right in things that have no bearing on absolute truth, but absolute truth can stand on its own and will outlast all majority opposition. Leadership conducts many private discussions behind closed doors that the majority knows nothing about, whereas the crowd often rallies around banners of partial information and ignorance.
The key to a consistent life is to know the truth (Bible) and to hold to it regardless of what leadership or the mob says. We need to be careful about what we put into our minds and how we determine what is right and wrong. In the end, only those who have adjusted their lives to the truth of the Scriptures will be right.
John 19:6 (ESV)
Mob rule is no rule and should always be ignored. All people are susceptible to propaganda fueled by lies and hatred. Satan, the father of lies, uses whatever circumstances he can to deceive and destroy. A majority opinion will always be just that, a majority opinion. A majority opinion cannot determine truth, establish right and wrong or change reality.
Republics and Democracies have their strengths and are wonderful systems in which to live. However, every strength can be a weakness, and believing that the majority is right is a big problem. The majority can be right in things that have no bearing on absolute truth, but absolute truth can stand on its own and will outlast all majority opposition. Leadership conducts many private discussions behind closed doors that the majority knows nothing about, whereas the crowd often rallies around banners of partial information and ignorance.
The key to a consistent life is to know the truth (Bible) and to hold to it regardless of what leadership or the mob says. We need to be careful about what we put into our minds and how we determine what is right and wrong. In the end, only those who have adjusted their lives to the truth of the Scriptures will be right.
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