1. GOD’S FAITHFUL ARE FEW HEBREWS 11:6 TEXT

2. MYTHS ABOUT NUMBERS NUMBERS SIGNIFY IMPORTANCE –DEUT. 7:6-11 – ISRAEL WAS A SMALL NATION COMPARED TO OTHER NATIONS –MATT. 18:12-14 – WHICH SHEEP IS SIGNIFICANT?

3. MYTHS ABOUT NUMBERS NUMBERS INDICATE SUCCESS –LUKE 19:10 – JESUS SOUGHT THE LOST –JN. 6:66 – JESUS WAS NOT A CROWD PLEASER –REV. 3:15-16 – THE CHURCH IS STRIVING FOR THE SALVATION OF SOULS

4. MYTHS ABOUT NUMBERS NUMBERS SIGNIFY TRUTHFULNESS –MATT. 7:13-14 – FEW ARE ON THE PATHWAY OF TRUTH –ACTS 2:41 – WERE THE 3000 WHO WERE BAPTIZED IN THE MAJORITY?

5. MYTHS ABOUT NUMBERS NUMBERS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SAFETY –NUM. 25:3-9 – ERROR WILL DAMN ONE MILLION AS WELL AS ONE

6. MYTHS ABOUT NUMBERS NUMBERS ARE INDICATIVE OF STRENGTH –MATT. 7:21-23 – POWER IS ONLY GOOD IF IT IS CHANNELED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

7. GOD’S FAITHFUL ARE FEW NOAH AND HIS FAMILY –GEN. 6:5-8, 7:7 – WORLD WAS WICKED BUT NOAH FOUND GRACE –2 PET. 2:5 – SAVED NOAH AND BROUGHT FLOOD ON THE UNGODLY –HEB. 11:7 – NOAH’S FAITH –FLOOD DEMONSTRATES TWO PRINCIPLES OF GOD GOD WILL SAVE THE FAITHFUL FEW GOD WILL CONDEMN THE MASSES

8. GOD’S FAITHFUL ARE FEW LOT AND HIS FAMILY –GEN. 18:23-32 – NOTICE GOD’S ATTITUDE TOWARD 10 FAITHFUL SOULS AND THE FAITHFUL FEW IN SODOM

9. GOD’S FAITHFUL ARE FEW JOSHUA AND CALEB –NUM. 14:6-10 – 2 VS. 10 BUT GOD ALLOWED THE FEW TO ENTER THE LAND OF PROMISE

10. GOD’S FAITHFUL ARE FEW GIDEON –JUDGES 7:2-8 – WAS GOD CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING A LARGE NUMBER WITH GIDEON?

11. GOD’S FAITHFUL ARE FEW ELIJAH –1 KINGS 18:1-4 – ELIJAH HAD SUPPORT –1 KINGS 19:10, 14, 17-18 – THERE ARE STILL A FAITHFUL FEW –REV. 3:4 – WITH THE LORD QUALITY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN QUANTITY

12. CONCLUSION THE FAITHFUL ARE STILL FEW TODAY THE WICKED ARE NEVER SO MANY THAT THE LORD WILL NOT DESTROY THEM REV. 2:10 - THE FAITHFUL ARE NEVER SO FEW THE LORD WILL NOT REWARD THEM