THE REMNANT OF ISRAEL
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cised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
“Christ is become of no effect unto you, whoso-
ever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen
from grace.
“For we through the spirit wait for the hope of
righteousness by faith.
| “For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision avail-
eth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which
worketh by love.” Gal. 5:1-6.
It is seen here again that justification by the law
alone is a yoke of bondage. As before stated that
they who try it are bound to do something that is
impossible, namely, to keep the whole law. That can
only be done by faith and the spirit of God: writing
the law in the heart so that the more a man tries in
his own way to obey God the more he fails to per-
form his duty. Now, Paul says circumeision nor un-
circumcision, but faith that worketh by love. Love
is the keeping of the commandments of God and
when undertaken by faith it can be done. Paul says
that “the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled
in us who walk not after the flesh but after the spir-
it.” Rom. 8:4.
“It iz Christ that makes us free, so stand fast in
him,” says Paul, and so we believe. Paul says to the
Romans, “For circumcision verily profiteth if thou
keep the law, but if thou be a breaker of the law,
thy ci.cumcision is made uncircumcision.” Rom. 2:
25. Paul said to the Gallatians, “For in Christ Jesus
neither circumcision availeth ‘anything, nor uncir-
cumcision, but a new creature.” Gal. 5:15. Paul
says further in verse 17, “From henceforth let no
man trouble me for I bear in my body the marks
the Lord Jesus.” Paul had the mark of circum-
cision on his body which was the token of the ever-
lasting covenant made with Abraham which token
was the mark of the Lord Jesus, the one with whom
the covenant was made.
Paul further gives us instructions on circum-
cision as follows:
“God imputeth righteousness without works.
“Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are
orgiven, and whose sins are covered.
“Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not
mpute sin.
“Cometh this blessedness then upon the circum-
cision only, or upon uncircumcision also? for we say
that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteous-
ness.
“How was it then reckoned? when he was in cir-
cumeision, or in uncircumecision? Not in circumecis-
ion, but in uncircumecision.”
(To Be Continued)
The Remnant Compared with
the Children of Israel
I am so glad the Lord has kept His light of truth
burning clear down through the ages by His noble
patriarchs, although it has “been, and always will be,
through great persecution.
From other writers we learned how the Children
of Israel suffered bondage in Egypt and, in a simil-
ar manner, the remnant must suffer all through their
journey. “Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ
Jesus shall suffer persecution;” II Tim. 3:12. “These
are they which came out of great tribulation, and
have washed their robes, and made them white | in
the blood of the Lamb;” Rev. 7:14. CTE
The Lord wanted the Children of Israel 4
through to the Promised Land, but they enterad. ng
because of unbelief (Heb. 4: 6), so now “the Lop
shall set His hand again the second time to regovet
the remnant of His people, which shall be left, from
Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, “a
from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and"
from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.’
Note by the following texts how the Lord pro- |
tects His remnant people “and how they will finally
be gathered: “And He shall set up an ensign for the
nations, and shall assemple the outcasts of Israel,
and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the
four corners of the earth. And there shall be an
highway for the remnant of his pcople, which shall
be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the
day He came up out of the land of Egypt;” Isa. 11:
11-12-16.
“Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the
remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by
me from the belly, which are carried from the
womb;” Isa. 46:3.
“Therefore saith the Lord God of Israel against
the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered
my flock, and driven them away, and have not vis-
ited them: behold I will visit upon you the evil of
your doings, saith the Lord.
“And I will gather the remnant of my flock out
of all countries whither I have driven them, and will
bring them again to their folds; and they shall he
fruitful and increase.
“Yet a small number that escape the sword shall
return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Ju-
dah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into
the land of Egypt to sojourn there shall know whose
words shall stand, mine or theirs;” Jer. 23:2-3; 44:28.
“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.” Isa. 1:9.
“Isaias also crieth concerning Israel. Though
the number of the children of Israel be as the sand
of the sea, a remnant shall be saved.” Rom. 9:27.
“Yet will 1 leave a remnant, that ye may have
some that shall escape the sword among the nations,
when ye shall be scattered through the countries.”
Ezek. 6:8.
It is a great source of comfort, to know that, af-
ter the captivity is over, there is a great reward pre-
pared.
“At that time will I bring you again, even in the
time that I gather you:” “for I will make you a name
and a praise among all people of the earth, when
I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the
Lord.”
“The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gath-
ereth together the outcasts of Israel.” Ps. 147:2.
“And it shall cime to pass in that day, that the
great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come
which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria,
and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall wor-
ship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.” Isa.
27:13.
“For I will restore health unto thee, and I will
heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they
called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom