In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.Even so too at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
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Verse 2, God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Even so then, at this present time, there is a remnant. That is key. Make sure you're part of the remnant of the house of God. Make sure that you belong to the Lord Jesus Christ. It doesn't matter if you're a Jew or Gentile. You've got to belong to the family of God, to the Lord Jesus Christ. Remember, Jesus told Nicodemus, a Jew, you're not going to go to heaven unless you're born again. That's true for all of us. And so God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Even so then, at this present time, there is a remnant according to the election of grace. Verse 6, and if by grace, then it is no longer of, what? Works. Otherwise, grace is no longer grace. The great powerful word of God goes on to say, verse 11, chapter 11, I say then have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not they being the Jew but through their fall to provoke them to jealousy salvation has come to those here at Calvary Gentiles all around the world now if their fall was riches for the world and their failure riches for the Gentiles notice how much more their faithfulness all of this Jew and Gentile alike blessing. Church, I want you to have the permission to do this. In light of what I just said, ask God to bless your life so that you're a blessing. So pastor, I'm not going to pray that. …
… but let me give you just a little bit more background and then I'm going to tell you why we have Romans 11 5 here her name is remnant and maybe she'll live into that that God will restore that God will rebuild and that's what she does I don't know we can talk about it the scripture doesn't tell us how she did it well the things that you can say about her as being a woman we know she probably had a whole lot of challenges with a whole lot of men that felt like she didn't have the right to be in a position that she was in but to build a city means that you had to have vision first of all and after vision you had to have some authority and some strategy and had to have some favor for people to listen to you we know she didn't build three cities with her own hands and so we know that she was a leader this is a woman leading men in terms of building cities And these aren't just any kind of cities when you do the research on the cities. …
But they are gathered under a very stringent regulation, for, first of all, according to the parable, the tares—the false wheat—have been taken out and then the angelic reapers gather nothing but the wheat. The seed of the serpent, fathered by Satan, is thus separated from the seed of the Kingdom, owned by Jesus, the promised Deliverer. This is the one distinction and no other is taken into consideration. If the most amiable unconverted persons could stand in the ranks with the saints, the angels would not bear them to Heaven, for the mandate is, "Gather the wheat." Could the most honest man be found standing in the center of the Church, with all the members round about him and with all the ministers entreating that he might be spared, yet if he were not a Believer, he could not be carried into the Divine garner! There is no help for it. The angels have no choice in the matter—the peremptory command is, "Gather the wheat," and they must gather none else! It will be a gathering from very great distances. Some of the wheat ripens in the South Sea Islands, in China, and in Japan. Some flourishes in France, broad acres grow in the United States—there is scarcely a land without a portion of the good grain! Where all God's wheat grows, I cannot tell. There is a remnant, according to the election of Grace, among every nation and people, but the angels will gather all the good grain to the same garner. …
"After this Ibeheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of allnations, tribes, people and tongues stood before the Throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands, and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sits upon the Throne, and unto the Lamb." Revelation 7:9,10. IT seems as though a dash of wonderment thrilled through his soul and a flame of admiration burst from his tongue, when John exclaims, "After this I beheld, and lor He had already seen much. His attention was fixed. His thoughts were strained. All of a sudden, then, a fresh scene breaks on his view and he betrays his surprise. At what, you say? Evidently he was astonished that the vision was not yet complete. Ah, Brothers and Sisters! In order to understand the deep things of God, we need to be patient in our contemplation. Had John turned away his eyes, relaxed his study, or withdrawn his gaze from the marvelous panorama, he would not have seen the better part of his vision! As a Jew, when he had seen the twelve tribes pass before him, he might have been tempted to say, "It is enough! There is a remnant according to the election of Grace in Israel! Lord, Your servant is content! I would now open my eyes again to earth and forget these mysteries." This is what many have done practically when they have been looking at a Gospel Truth. They have not been desirous to see it all, though glad enough to see some part of the Truth of God which seemed to suit their prejudice—they have taken their eyes away from the excellent glory before they have seen the whole of the Truth, as though they were afraid of discovering too much, as though they were always glad not to learn anything beyond, for fear it would not square with what they had learned before! John, however, being patient and taught of God, continued to look—and when the august assembly of the 144,000 had passed before him, he saw a far greater multitude of the Gentile race and he heard from them a louder song than he had heard from the chosen multitude before, as they said, "Salvation to our God who sits upon the Throne and unto the Lamb." Be steadfast, then, you searchers into the Truths of God. Look long! Look earnest! Ask the Lord to let you see as much as you may. Then that petition being granted, comfort yourselves with this reflection, "What you know not now you shall know hereafter." Some things He will not tell you because you cannot bear them now, but let there be nothing hid from you because your interest flags and you do not wish to see it! Be willing to learn and let your eyes be open to see the whole of the Truth which Jesus would reveal. Turning, then, to the vision described in our text, the first thing in it that we ought to meditate upon is— …
Who can doubt that this promise belongs to the Gentile Church, since it has been so richly fulfilled in her history? For many an age the light did not shine upon heathen lands. One spot, alone, upon all the earth received the genial beams of the Sun of Righteousness. Vast continents, thickly populated, full of life, bustle and enterprise, lay spread out as a moral waste, barren and neglected. But little Revelation of God had found its way among the teeming multitudes of the population. To them the dispensation of the Grace of God had not been proclaimed. The mystery of Christ was not as yet made known unto the sons of men. The Israelites had a monopoly of Covenant privileges. But now in these latter days, how wondrously are the tables turned! The branches of the wild olive have been grafted in "that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ by the Gospel." Thus the Lord has taken unto Himself a numerous seed once ignored by Israel, "which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy." Not after the lineage of the flesh, but according to the nobler lineage of faith, the same are the children of Abraham—and with faithful Abraham do they inherit the Covenant mercy of God. This day the barren woman keeps house and is the joyful mother of many children. The Gentile Church has her stones of sapphire—God is in the midst of her to make her glad! …