Section 4
Elijah's. But I praise the Lord that eventually I discovered that the Lord had reserved a good number to Himself. God has reserved a remnant for His eternal purpose. Do not be disappointed.
Verse 6 says, "But if by grace, it is no longer out of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace." Never forget that we have all been reserved by grace. It is not the result of our work; it is alto gether by His grace. If it were otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
"What then? That which Israel is seeking for he has not obtained, but those who were chosen have obtained it, and the rest were hardened" (v. 7). In principle, the situation today is the same. What have we to boast of? Only the grace of the Lord.
Verse 8 says, "As it is written, God gave them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes to see not and ears to hear not, until this very day." Is this our condi tion? Some people have eyes, but their eyes have lost their sight; some have ears, but their ears have lost their function. This is exactly the situ ation in our own time. In 1937 I was assigned by the work of the Lord to travel throughout north ern China with the purpose of sharing with Christianity all the truths that the Lord had given us. I was assigned to do this by the work under