About the Numbers

I would that the whole world came into a relationship with Jesus. In one sermon, C.H. Spurgeon stated he believed more would believe than would remain lost and condemned. He reasoned that surely Jehovah God would not let Satan have a superior number than the number that Jesus died to save. I am not sure of this for the Bible spoke of God’s people as remnants: Israel, the least of nations in population; Lot and his family in Sodom & Gomorrah; Noah and his family; and Ezekiel and the 7,000 whom God said had not bowed a knee to Baal. (7,000 out of how many of the Jewish people at the time?) Of course, I do not know – no one here knows. Only God in heaven knows the number of His elect.

So, why do I mention it? Though having a desire to share the love of Jesus with believers and non believers alike, why do I feel so alone in earthly fellowship? Even those who profess Christ when they sit in a pew next to me have nothing but the weather to speak of when away. Sobering.