Romans 11:5 So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace.
You are a remnant of all people, chosen by grace to be God's people.
Lots of times people have tried to figure out how large that remnant is. People read the Bible and look for clues or take passages (frankly out of context) literally and think there are 7,000 people (or 144,000 or some other number) saved throughout all the world.
I don't care much for that kind of attempt at exactness. It's God's business and I'll leave it to God. What I know is that I am part of the remnant of people, chosen by God's grace and not by any merit of my own, washed in baptismal waters. And so are you. We have been chosen to worship, to give thanks, and to show the world what chosen people look like. Thanks be to God!
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
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