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A Remnant

 

ÒExcept the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.Ó (Isaiah 1:9)

 

The Apostle Paul tells us that among the fallen, depraved, lost, condemned ruins of humanity Òthere is a remnant according to the election of graceÓ (Romans 11:5). And he assures us that that Òremnant shall be savedÓ (Romans 9:27).

With men a remnant is something leftover, waste material, material for which there is no plan, purpose, or intended use. With God it is exactly opposite. GodÕs remnant is the kernel; everything else is husk. GodÕs remnant is that for which all things were planned and purposed. Without that elect remnant, everything else would be useless.

It was true in IsaiahÕs time and it is true today, that the Church and people of the living God are a poor, needy remnant, a remnant scattered among the nations, an elect remnant, a redeemed remnant, a protected remnant, but a remnant still. We are GodÕs remnant in ChristÕs hands, under ChristÕs care.  The God of all grace deals with a remnant. He seeks a remnant. He builds his house with a remnant. His treasure is a remnant.

This remnant is ChristÕs seed in the earth that shall serve him, the generation accounted to the Lord to serve him (Psalm 22:30), AbrahamÕs seed and heirs according to the promise. — The remnant is GodÕs elect, all those who must and shall be saved by his grace, the whole Church of God, the whole Israel of God, all who have been, all who are, and all who shall be saved in Christ. — Blessed are they who are included in the number of that remnant!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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