PM Scripture Reading: Isaiah 10.20-23

Brent T. Willey

The Remnant of God

Introduction:

1. Though Israel suffered various calamities because of their overall disobedience to God, there remained a “remnant.”
2. There are 8 Hebrew words and 2 Greek words that can be translated as “remnant” in the biblical text. The most prolific: Hebrew: sha’ar & she’eriyth; Greek: leimma – Defined: “a remainder, the rest of something, residue, to be left over” (E.g., Gen. 7.23; 1 Kings 19.18; Jer. 42.2; Rom. 9.27).
3. Rom. 11.5: “Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.” Who are they?

THE FEW WHO ARE CHOSEN

1. The Parable of the Wedding Feast (Matt. 22.1-14)
   1. V. 14: “For many are called, but few are chosen.”
   2. Why? Most make wrong choices! (Vs. 3,5,6,11-13)
2. “And there are few who find it” (Matt. 7.13-14).
   1. Not any failure in God’s grace. (Titus 2.11-14)
   2. Not because of availability. (Matt. 28.19; 1 Tim. 2.4)

THE FAITHFULNESS OF THE “REMNANT”

1. Isa. 4.3: “And it shall come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy…”
   1. What happened to rest of Israel? (Jer. 16.10-11)
   2. Idolatry – Immorality – Greed – Injustice – Apathy – Etc.
   3. It can happen today! (1 Cor. 10.1-13)
2. The remnant will remain faithful! (Psa. 11.3)
   1. The remnant “walks by faith, not by sight” (2 Cor. 5.7).
   2. It will not “draw back to perdition” (Heb. 10.39).

Conclusion: Are you a part of the Remnant of God?