Acts 14: 18-19
But even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could scarcely restrain the people from sacrificing to them [as Zeus and Hermes]. Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowds to their side. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of town, thinking he was dead.
How fickle are the crowds! How easily they are fooled and swayed! Paul could hardly restrain them from considering him a god to be worshiped, and in the very next verse they stone him! From one extreme to the other, the crowds of people are worked up passionately. O that they would be passionate toward God! Then they would have a more reasonable view of God's servants, and avoid the extremes.
When we pay attention to the crowds, we will almost always be led astray, like these crowds. May we be strong in our knowledge of God's Word, and follow it in our thinking, our attitudes, and our daily lives.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
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