Is the majority usually right when it comes to spiritual matters?
No. When it comes to spiritual matters, the majority is almost always wrong. The majority said there was no flood, while the minority affirmed it. At Elijah's time, only 7,000 had not bowed to Baal. Jesus taught that wide is the gate and many go in, but narrow is the way and few find it.
Les explains that in spiritual matters the majority is almost always wrong and always has been. He illustrates this with the flood: the majority said there was no flood, but the minority said there was. At the time of Elijah and the prophets of Baal, Elijah thought it was down to a minority of one, but God told him there were 7,000 who had not bowed the knee to Baal—still a small minority compared to five or six million. Les also points to Jesus' own analogy: wide is the gate and broad is the way, and many go in thereat; but narrow is the way and narrow is the gate, and few find it. He says never lose sight of that, because the majority is usually not right.