Since “few” are on the road to life....citing a majority would be like pointing to the Jews in Jesus’ day and saying that they were right and that Jesus was a fake Messiah who deserved to die....
History is repeating and the “majority”who identify as “Christian” will be left wondering why they were not corrected. Why didn’t God correct the Jews?
2 Thessalonians 2:7-12 speaks of the “lawlessness” that was already overtaking the Christian Faith, but was restrained by the presence of the apostles. But once that restraint was removed, apostasy would overtake the “wheat”, like “weeds” always do. The lies then became the truth for “the church”.
“For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one who restrains it will continue to do so until he is removed.
Then the lawless one will be revealed, and the Lord Jesus will slay him by the breath of his mouth and destroy him by the splendor of his coming. His coming will be the work of Satan made manifest in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood, and in every wicked deception designed for those who are perishing because they refused to accept the love of the truth and thereby gain salvation. For this reason, God imposes on them a powerful delusion. They believe what is false, so that all who have not believed the truth but instead have taken pleasure in wickedness will be condemned.” (NCB)
What is this “lawlessness” that we keep hearing about? The same one that causes Jesus to reject those who practise it. (Matthew 7:21-23) The things that cause Jesus to say “I NEVER KNEW YOU”.
The apostasy was not something that was to happen way into the future...it was already starting back in the first century.....so gradually did the false teachings creep in, that the ‘majority’ hardly noticed.