A Remnant According to the Election of Grace

As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, ‘Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all. And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there. (Isaiah 65:8-9)

1. A blessed remnant: No matter how rotten the cluster, yet because there is a blessing in it, God does not condemn the whole. How important is the word ‘blessing’ or ‘blessed’ to those that the LORD has purposed to save? Our LORD said in Matthew 25:34, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” There is no good inherent in any sinner. All the goodness is in God Who has purposed to bless a select remnant by His Eternal Grace and spare them for Christ’s sake.