A Remnant According to Grace

Sermons of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In this sermon on Romans 11:1-6 titled “A Remnant According to Grace,” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones continues his exposition of the apostle Paul's answer to his rhetorical question "Has God rejected His people?" (Rom 10:1). The apostle, after having discussed the first proof that God has not rejected His people - the case of his own conversion - now turns to a second example from history; the case of Elijah. During the reign of wicked King Ahab and Jezebel, Elijah fears he is the only faithful one left in Israel and that all hope for God’s church is lost. Elijah cries out to God in alarm asking why it seems as though God has forsaken him and Israel. God responds by telling him that he has not forsaken him or Israel but that He has saved seven thousand for himself. Another instance Dr. Jones brings out in his sermon is when God brought Lot out of Sodom and Gomorrah before he destroyed it. Some conclusions that Dr. Lloyd-Jones draws from this passage is that “we must learn to face every situation in life in a Scriptural manner.” Secondly, Dr. Jones also brings out the idea that we should never get involved too personally in such matters of the church; we must not sulk under our Juniper tree like Elijah and “let the devil persuade you that the church is yours. The church isn’t yours, but it is God’s.” Lastly, Dr. Lloyd-Jones persuades us to remember that even if the whole world is against us, we must not go along with the crowd, no matter the numbers. Thus, God’s purposes are sure and we must not worry. God will always keep His remnant.

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0:00.0	I am going to read the first six verses in the 11th chapter of Paul's epistle to the Romans.
0:06.0	The first six verses in the 11th chapter of Paul's epistle to the Romans.
0:11.3	I say then, hath God cast away his people, God forbid.
0:17.5	For I also am an Israelite of the seed of Abraham and of the tribe of Benjamin.
0:23.9	God hath not cast away his people, which he foreknew.
0:29.2	What he not what the scripture saith of Elias,
0:32.8	how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, Lord, they have killed thy prophets and
0:41.0	dig down thine altars, and I am left alone, and they seek my life. But what set the answer
0:47.8	of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to the image of Bell.
0:57.4	Even so then at this present time also, there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
1:05.5	And if by grace, then is it no more of works.
1:09.5	Otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, otherwise grace is no more grace.
1:12.2	But if it be of works, then it is no more grace.
1:15.4	Otherwise work is no more work.
1:17.9	Now, we resume, in other words, our study of this first section of this great argument which the mighty apostle opens out in this 11th chapter
1:33.6	of the epistle to the Romans. The first section runs from verse 1 to verse 10, but we have
1:42.0	subdivided that also into three sections.
1:46.7	The first consisting of the first verse and the first half of the second verse.
1:52.0	Then the second running from the second half of verse 2 to the end of verse 6.
2:00.0	And then the third portion of this first section from verse 7 to
2:05.4	verse 10.
2:06.5	In other words, what the apostle is dealing with is this.
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