Open your Bibles, if you would, to Isaiah chapter one, and we will read one verse, which will be verse nine. A long time ago, I talked to our dear brother Eric, and we were talking about how the Lord has a remnant. And they've traveled, him and Sandy have traveled all over the U.S. to different churches, and they've come to notice that there's very few churches preaching the gospel.

A lot of entertaining going on, I like what he says when he finds a church, he says, we found the remnant. I love that. I love that about my dear brother. He always says that. We found the remnant in the area. And it's so wonderful because it's true. There is a remnant according to the election of grace. And there always has been, and there always will be until the Lord comes back, a remnant where the gospel is being preached. Now, I believe the Lord has gospel churches all over.

We don't know them, we don't see them all, but they're all over. And Eric and Sandy went to different places and found them, and it's wonderful. But they're few and far between, let me tell you that. There's a lot of entertainment going on in the religious world nowadays. A lot of shenanigans. It does not bring glory to God. And then there's a lot of formalism too. There's a lot of do this and do that and whether preaching something you have to do rather than the grace of God in Christ and what he's done. So I'm gonna preach this message today. And I pray it'll be a blessing to you.

Isaiah 1.9, look at this.

Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been a Sodom and we would have been like unto Gomorrah. Now, there are some business owners in this world called remnant purchasers. People who go to maybe large factories where carpets are made, and they will purchase remnants. They will purchase remnants or other things which are made, pieces left over from manufacturing, different products, which are useless to the factories. And they can get these things on pennies on the dollar. pennies on the dollar. And then the purchaser of the remnants will often sell the remnants to others who do not need a lot of material. They might need a few little pieces to accomplish a project at home. They don't need a huge rug, but they could sure use a smaller rug.

And the remnant purchaser, he may have that for them. And if he does, they purchase it off him. And he makes money because he purchased it. He purchased it for pennies on the dollar and then people pay him and lots of people make a living out of that.

With man a remnant is something left over. Something that's useless. Something for which there's no plan or purpose. Often, sometimes to manufacturers, remnants are a nuisance. They have to dispose of them. If someone won't buy them, then they got to dispose of them. And that can cost them money and time and labor. But they must be disposed of.

But to the remnant purchaser, remnants are a treasure. Oh, what a picture we're seeing here. Remnants are a treasure. You know, God is very much like a remnant purchaser. He has a remnant. And he deals with a remnant. And the remnant's his treasure. And he's purchased the remnant. And he's going to take that remnant home, isn't he? Oh my.

Here are five things for us to think about concerning the remnant of God. Number one, there is a remnant according to the election of grace. Romans, if you want to write down these references, Romans 11 5. Scripture declares, even so, then at this present time, that's including today too, there Present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. The election of grace. God has not chosen to save all men and all women, but there is a remnant. There is a remnant chosen from among the rune of Adam's fallen race who must be saved.

Right? and who were purchased out from under the law by the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ 2,000 years ago. And they must be born again, and they will be by the power of God, the Holy Spirit, because they were purchased and because God chose them in eternity in Christ.

And so then God sends the spirit of his Son into their hearts, whereby we now cry, Abba, Father. It's beautiful. Oh my, and who redeemed us? God incarnate in the flesh, the Lord Jesus Christ. Listen to this, in whom we have redemption, through his, through his blood, that's Christ's blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace. Do you know how rich in grace our God is? We have forgiven us of sins according to the riches of God's grace.

That's unending grace. That's unending mercy. You can't bankrupt the grace of God. No one can. All the elect of all the ages can't bankrupt the grace of God. Isn't that amazing? Isn't that amazing? It's glorious. Number two, concerning God's remnant.

Everything God does, he does for his remnant. He does for His people. Now, all men benefit from God's goodness, don't they? The rain falls on the just and the unjust. Oh my. And think of that. That means that all men benefit from God's goodness to His remnant. Isn't that amazing? They receive His benevolence because the rain comes, The crops grow. The sun comes out. The crops grow. My, peace, pestilence, drought, darkness, war all come upon men alike. But they come for and belong to the remnant. Listen to this.

Therefore, let no man glory in men. for all things are yours, Paul's writing to believers here, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come, all are yours. And if ye are Christ's and Christ is God's, mine, and ye are Christ's and Christ's are God's, are God's. My, Christ belongs to God, the Father. In full submission, while he was on this earth, submitting himself, even though he's God, he submitted himself to the Father's will and purpose. Oh, my. And so if we're gods in Christ, my, and Christ is God's, my, what security we have in our great God and King.

The third thing concerning the remnant of God is God is long-suffering with all men for the sake of the remnant. You know what? There's a verse in 2 Peter 3, 9 that people often tear out of context. It's in reference to God's elect, that not any of God's elect shall perish. So think of this. God is long-suffering with all men and women, saved and lost. all for the sake of his remnant. And this verse will bring that out. See, you gotta read verses in proper context, don't you? You can't just tear a verse out and say, well, this, look what this means. No, let's look at this verse, look at this.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise. Who's his promise to? His people and Christ. As some man counts slackness, but as longsuffering, look at this, to us the word. See, people take that word us-ward and they say, well, that means the whole world. No, Peter's writing to believers. To us-ward, what an important word. To us-ward, not to the world. To us-ward, to the born-again, blood-washed people of God. To us-ward, not willing that any should perish. God's not willing that any for whom Christ died would perish, not at all.

Matter of fact, he's gonna get them all. But that all should come to repentance, and they all will. All God's elect will come to repentance. Every single one of them. The us word. The us word. And so, God's long-suffering, he's long-suffering to his people, isn't he? Oh my. He's long-suffering to his people. And he's actually long-suffering. Why hasn't he destroyed the earth yet? Well, because there's still some sheep to be gathered in. Still some sheep. Still some sheep who will not perish, but come to repentance before God. Oh, it's glorious. It's glorious.

Were it not for God's elect remnant, he would have destroyed this world in wrath long ago, like Sodom and Gomorrah. He'd have destroyed us in His wrath, but He hasn't, because there's a remnant according to the election of grace. And God's elect are truly the salt, the preservers of the earth, as God spared Adam for Abel's sake, right? And Sodom for Lot's sake. And God spares the world today for His elect's sake, that they, all the elect, shall be saved. And they will be!

It's glorious. The fourth point concerning the remnant of God is God's remnant in this world is always small and feeble. Always. Isaiah 16 verse 14. But now the Lord has spoken within three years as the years of an hireling in the glory of Moab shall be content with all the great multitude, and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

God's people are a remnant according to the election of grace, very small and feeble according to the number of the people in this world. But in glory, God's elect are a number that no man can number. Now that's glorious, isn't it? That's glorious. But in this world, God's people, God's churches are always a remnant. Always a remnant. The last point, the fifth point, is God will save his elect remnant.

We saw that in 2 Peter 3, 9. We saw that there. But over in Romans 9.27 and over in Romans 11.26, let's read Romans 9.27 first. Isaiah also crieth concerning Israel. Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved. A remnant shall be saved.

And then Romans 11.26. And so all Israel shall be saved. That's God's elect. As it is written, There shall come out of Zion to deliver and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. All Israel will be saved. That remnant will be saved. Oh, yes.

Not one of the great remnant for whom God made rules and disposes of this world shall be lost. Not one of them. Not one of the remnant shall be lost. Not one of God's elect shall be lost. They all shall be saved. And although they're small in number on this earth, they're a great multitude in glory, beloved. Not one of them will be lost.

You know why? Because God the Father loves us with an eternal love, and He manifested that love by sending His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, into this world, the Word of God, the second person of the Trinity, to save us from our sins by the shedding of His precious blood. All through His blood and righteousness, beloved. God the Father has loved them from eternity, God the Son redeemed them at Calvary's cross, and God the Holy Spirit calls them. Oh, by his great grace. And God will preserve his people. Oh, unto life everlasting. Praise be to God. Praise God that he chose to save some. Otherwise, heaven would have none. Amen and amen.