Tuesday, December 3, 2024

A REMNANT SHALL BE SAVED.

 

A remnant shall be saved.
 
Romans 9:27

 
This appears to have been God's purpose in all past times,
  there always have been a remnant, and
  never more than a remnant.
 
  A few out of many, of comparatively small number.
 
Not separated or saved, because they were the best,
  but many of them taken from among the worst.
 
Distinguished by the choice of God,
  who purchased them by the blood of his Son.
 
There is now a remnant according to the election of grace, and
  the whole remnant shall be saved from Satan, sin, and wrath.
 
They shall be saved, 
  for the purposes passed,
  the provision is made,
  the promise is given,
  the Saviour has appeared,
  the Spirit is sent, and
    the good news of salvation is proclaimed.
 
Do we belong to this remnant?
 
If so, Christ is precious to us.
 
We are but strangers and pilgrims upon the earth.
We often think of and speak for God.
We are a praying people.
We mourn over sin, and from sympathy with God.
We are a holy people, and would rather suffer than sin.
We cannot live without fellowship with God, or
  rest in any present attainments.
 
These are some of the characteristics of God's remnant,
  do we possess them?
 
Jesus, to thee we now would fly,
And on thy precious blood rely;
Find, through the conduct of thy grace,
That we’re among the chosen race.
 
James Smith 1849

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