Acts 19:29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre. 32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused: and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
In most cases, where the multitudes of people are headed in one direction, God’s way is usually in the opposite direction. Sacred history has borne this out over and over again, hence the reason why the true Christian must never ever follow the crowd, just for the sake of going with the flow. God’s ways are almost never with the flow, added to which the very nature of true Christianity causes its adherents to be swimming upstream.
Therefore, the premise of going with the flow should always be an absolute non-starter for the Christian. In the instance of the golden calf at Mt Sinai, there were multitudes on the side of evil while very few were on the side of right. Standing up for right would almost always put the true Christian at odds with the general flow, and that’s the reason why we are referred to as a peculiar people.
Just to sidetrack a bit into what we have beseeched you to study carefully in the book of Esther, we will discover in the days of Mordecai and Esther, even the secular folk understood that God’s people were not your average, run of the mill persons.
Esther 3:8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!