A Very Small Remnant

O. T. #1563 "A Very Small Remnant "
Nov. 11, 2019
Isaiah 1-Part 3
Except 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. Isaiah 1:9

LET IT GLOW 

As I think of celebrating Veterans Day, my heart focuses on those men who gave their life in order to keep America free from communism and dictatorship. Had they not be willing, we would not be free to worship God here. When the service people take an oath to protect their country, it is for life. Were they a very small remnant compared to the millions in Nazi  armies? Such mercy God showed us! Judah had those, too. Read on, dear one to find them.

If the Lord God Jehovah had not spared a few of  the Hebrews in Judah, they would have been wiped out like Sodom  and completely destroyed like Gomorrah. You will recall what those two cities were like (Genesis18-19), where homosexuality was rampant. Abraham went there to rescue the cities from destruction and his nephew Lot and family. He asked God to not destroy it if there were 50, all the way down to 10 righteous people there. However, they were not to be found. Fire and brimstone rained down destroying the cities, except for Lot and his two daughters, who escaped.

God had a very small remnant of 3 people who were saved because of Abraham and God's grace and mercy, not their righteousness. Now Judah faced a coming destruction. God gave them a warning by using the prophet Isaiah and other prophets. And so a very small remnant of true believers God saved. They were the ones who later returned to Jerusalem to rebuild it.

Are we feeling that our nation is headed for destruction because of our sins? What about our family?
Take encouragement folks, God has a very small  remnant of believers here. We included in the remnant? Will we continue to worship our Lord of Hosts no matter the persecution?
May we worship Him only, the One True Living God.
When we get saved, we are agreeing to serve God for the rest of our life.

LET IT GROW 

What was wrong with Judah that God would destroy His holy city of Jerusalem and beloved nation of Judah? We find out in this first chapter. They:

• didn't recognize God's care(verse3);
• loaded down with a burden of guilt(verse 4);
• were evil people and rejected the LORD(verse 4);
• despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs in Him(verse4);
• they were rebels(verse 5).

May we not be guilty of such sins! If we are, let us ask forgiveness today. May we be a part of the very small remnant who love, worship, and serve the Savior, Messiah, Jesus Christ. 

LET IT GO

Help me to encourage the remnant. 
God, thank You for loving me, a sinner, enough to die in the cross for me. 
Thank You for a very small remnant of believers You preserve.