Reformation Hope Church

(Romans 11:1-11, I Kings 19:1-21) Do you ever feel all alone as a Christian? Or that there are just a few people that truly love God and live for Him? In Romans 11 Paul reminds us that God always reserves a remnant. Paul uses Elijah as an example. Elijah believes he is all alone and in danger (Romans 11:3). But God answers Elijah, and Paul reminds the Christians at Rome, that "there is a remnant according to the election of grace" (Romans 11:4-5). Why did Elijah doubt God back in I Kings 19? Because of his circumstances. As God showed Elijah (I Kings 19:15-18), so Paul reminded the brethren in Rome--God uses the circumstances to call forth the remnant. In Paul's case it was the Gentiles (Romans 11:12). Romans 11 reminds us today that God alone gives grace to the remnant. He alone opens eyes and ears. He culls--winnows out--those of the remnant, often using hard circumstances to do so. May we not doubt as E