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September 2017
Christians across the world are facing
persecutions today. It is up to us to support them with
bread, water and our prayers. Let us support the
suffering Christians.
Blessings For The Remnant
If we are faithful and obey the Lord, the
following promises will follow us.
1.God will open highways for the remnant
5.The Remnant Will Lean On The Lord
Isa 10:20,21,22 “In that day the remnant of
Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no
more lean on him who struck them, but will lean on
the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. A remnant
will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
For though your people Israel be as the sand of the
sea, only a remnant of them will return.”
The remnant will look to the Lord and He will
be gracious unto them. He will listen to their prayers.
It is our duty to pray earnestly. Since the remnant is
very small, they do not have any human support.
They lean on the Lord. The only source of support is
their Lord. It is vain to look to humans and their help.
During the times of Solomon, when the first temple
was built, he had money and power. But when the
rebuilding of the temple was carried out, Zerubabel
lacked both money and power. Hence the Lord
encouraged him:
Hag 2:8 “The Silver is mine and the gold is
mine”, declares the Lord Almighty.
The remnant did not have a mighty army like
that of David and Solomon. They relied only on God.
We may not have all the facilities but let us not be
discouraged. Be faithful in what you have. Lean on
God! He is your strength. The phrase, 'The Lord of
hosts' occurs 82 times in the last three books of the
Old Testament i.e. Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi.
The 'remnant Israel' did not possess an army like that
of David and Solomon, but the Lord of Israel
revealed Himself as the Lord of hosts.
Let us not be discouraged of what we do not
have. But let us lean on the Lord. God will be
sufficient for us. And let us look to the Lord always
and seek His face. Let us spend more time in prayer
and God will do great things through His Remnant.
Isa 16:11 - “And there will be a highway from
Assyria for the remnant that remains of his people. as
there was for Israel when they came up from the land
of Egypt.”
2.The remnant shall take root and bear fruit
2Ki 19:30,31 - “And the surviving remnant of
the house of Judah shall again take root downward
and bear fruit upward. For out of Jerusalem shall go
a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of
survivors. The zeal of the Lord will do this.”
3.The Remnant shall come together with one
mind
Mic 2:12 - “I will surely assemble all of you, O
Jacob; I will gather the remnant of Israel; I will set
them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in its
pasture, a noisy multitude of men.”
4.The remnant shall be a blessing
Mic 5:7 - “Then the remnant of Jacob shall be
in the midst of many peoples like dew from the Lord,
like showers on the grass, which delay not for a man
nor wait for the children of man.”
5.The Remnant shall multiply
Zec 8:4-6 - “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Old
men and old women shall again sit in the streets of
Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of great
age. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and
girls playing in its streets. Thus says the Lord of
hosts: If it is marvelous in the sight of the remnant of
this people in those days, should it also be marvelous
in my sight, declares the Lord of hosts?”
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