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So They Say...


    Well you know they say lightning never strikes twice in the same place.  You know what they say Rome was built in a day.  You know they say that all that salt will kill you.   You know they say you can't go home again.  You know they say we are in for a bad winter…
 
     I sure you have a onetime heard something “they” say.  You might have even quoted back something “they” say.  They seem to have a lot to say about a lot of things.  And if they say it, well it must be true right?  So exactly who is “they”?

     “They say” has become a common expression because it lends credibility to a statement by appealing to the majority.  If a group of people are saying it, well it must be true.  This logical fallacy is one that is prevalent in our world.  We survive as a group.  We trust safety in numbers.  So by nature we tend to go along with a group even if that group has no idea where it is going.  Our authority is the majority.

    But Jesus warns us against that very thing in Matthew 7:13-14.
"Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.  "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Just because they are saying this is the way doesn't mean it is. Truth isn't affect by the number of people that believe it or know it. Authority is not created by a majority.  They can say it is or isn’t so but that does make it so.  When we consider truth, all that matter is if it is true.

    Don’t make your the most important journey you will ever take based on what “they” say.  Only one person knows the way to the father (John 14:6).  Even if everyone else tells you can go to heaven a certain way, his way is the only true way.  If you salvation is based on anything other than what Jesus said it won’t get you there.  Don’t take any shortcut, detour or bypass.  His truth will stand forever no matter how many people think something else will work.


    It doesn't matter what “they”, it matters what Jesus said!
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