THE CLOSER YOU GET TO THE CROSS, THE SMALLER THE CROWD GETS

THE CLOSER YOU GET TO THE CROSS, THE SMALLER THE CROWD GETS Jesus fed thousands, and the crowds followed Him everywhere. Then He started saying things they didn’t like. “From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.” John 6:66 KJV That tells you a lot. People loved the miracles. They loved the food. They loved seeing the sick healed and the impossible happen right in front of them. Truth was different. Once following Jesus started costing something, the crowd thinned out. He had twelve apostles, yet only Peter, James, and John went farther with Him into Gethsemane. Then came the cross. Most of the men scattered. John stayed near Him, along with a small group of faithful women. That’s usually how it works. The farther you go with Christ, the less interested the crowd becomes. Obedience costs something. Standing for truth costs something. Following Jesus when it’s unpopular costs something. A big crowd has never been proof that you’re on the right road. Jesus already told us the road would be narrow. “Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” Matthew 7:14 KJV #MoreJoyMinistries