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The congregation in the wilderness praised Abraham, but persecuted Moses. Of the treatment of His disciples by the religious masses who walk in the broad way, Jesus said, вЂњIf ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.' - (John 15:19). And Jesus was even stating this to the religious crowd. In a warning to His disciples that their trail may become unpopular, Jesus said 'Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.' - (Matthew 7:14).

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The Messiah Jesus Christ to exemplify His great love for us, allowed Himself to be tortured, ridiculed and then crucified on a wooden cross, alone in full view of the world and eternity. Jeremiah often prophesied and then wept alone. The kings with their kingdoms of his day, in their following of worldly trends, smiled and nodded at the simple shepherd then they were nothings and nobodies at their death. Abraham also wandered and worshipped nearly alone. The scholars of the day mocked his strange doctrines, before they perished in worldly acclaim. Noah built an Ark, and then voyaged nearly alone. Truth has been out of fashion since Cain attempted to start a false way to worship God, and this was after the incident in the Garden of Eden. This was to answer for his personal passion of believing and teaching that which was contrary to the world-views of both the Romans and the Jews, after his conversion. 'No man stood with me, but all men forsook me', wrote the battle scarred Apostle Paul upon describing his first appearance before Caesar. But it is divine to sacrifice both, on the altar of truth, accountability and true virtue.

It is natural to compromise conscience, to follow the social and religious fashion of the day, for the sake of worldly-gain and worldly-pleasure. But it is Christ-like to follow Biblical doctrine and principle to stem that tide. It is of human-nature to follow your flesh, and to drift with the tide.

Where Do You Stand? It is human to stand with the crowd, but it can be respectable to stand-alone.