Few Are They Who Find

“. . . Few Are They Who Find It. ” Matthew 7: 13 -14

The Facts The Flood Gen. 7: 13, 21 -23 - “Noah and Noah’s sons. . . and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons. . . ” Gen. 6: 22; 7: 5; 7: 16 - “. . . according to ALL that God commanded him. . . ” 1 Pt. 3: 20 - “Few” = 8 out of ? ? ? (2: 11 ff. . . 4: 15, 16)

The Facts Israel in the Wilderness Num. 1: 45 -46 - “. . . Twenty years old and above. . . able to go to war. . . 603, 550” Num. 13: 30 -33. . . 14: 6 -10 “Joshua. . . and Caleb” Num. 14: 29 -30. . . 26: 64 -65 - 2 right vs. 603, 548 wrong

The Facts Mt. Carmel 1 Ki. 18: 19 - 1 vs. 850 1 Ki. 19: 18/2 Ch. 14: 8 - 7, 000 vs. 580, 000 soldiers (Judah only) + Soldiers in Israel + rest of nation 1 Ki. 19: 10, 14 - Not unusual to be discouraged, but should not give up. . . May be others out there

The Facts Micaiah 1 Ki. 22: 6 - 400 said, “Go!” 1 Ki. 22: 13 - Pressured to agree 1 Ki. 22: 23 - Told the truth

The Facts Apostles & Early Disciples Ac. 1: 15 - 120 before Pentecost. . . How many in Jerusalem? 100, 000? Ac. 2: 41 - 3, 000 sounds like a lot, but again. . . How many in city? Thus, “Few” = “VERY Few”

WHY? ? ? Ignorance, Deception - Mt. 7: 15 -20 Compare Mt. 15: 14; 23: 15 Listen, Study, Learn! Read, Examine, Think! Dead Faith - Mt. 7: 24 -27 Compare Jms. 1: 22; 2: 14, 26 Be a Doer!

WHY? ? ? Difficulty - Mt. 7: 13 -14 Must Work! Overwhelmed by Lawless Majority Mt. 24: 12, 13 Persevere! Look to examples: Noah, Joshua, etc.

Jesus’ Statement Jn. 8: 58 - Aware of and active in the past history Ac. 17: 31 - Judge of the future Would stand alone to die for mankind. . . and knew it! Mt. 26: 31 -32 Remember: “Few” not the standard, but God’s word!

Will you join the few?