A Numerous “Some”

For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect? – Romans 3:3

“What if some did not believe?” It is implied that some did believe. Glory be to God, there is a numerous “some” who have believed that Jesus is the Christ; and believing in Him, have found life through His name! These have entered into a new life, and now bear a new character, “being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.” Beloved, we do thank God that the preaching of the gospel has not been in vain. Up yonder, more numerous than the stars are they that walk in white robes which they have washed in the blood of the Lamb; and down here, despite our mourning, there is a glorious company, who still follow the Lamb, who is to them, their only hope.

It must be admitted that, sometimes, unbelievers have preponderated even among the hearers of the precious Word. Read the story of Israel through, in the Books of Kings and Chronicles, and you will be saddened to find how again and again they did not believe. The history of Israel, from the moment they became a nation, is a very painful one. It is full of the mercy of God; but it is also full of treachery of the human heart. In the days of the judges, the people served God while a good judge ruled over them; but as soon as he was dead, they went astray after false gods. I almost think that the Christian church is in the period of the judges now. When the Lord raises up, here one and there another, to preach His Word faithfully, the people seem to take heed to it; but when the faithful preachers are gone, many of their hearers turn aside again.

Blessed be to God, we expect the coming of the King soon; and when the King comes, and the period of the judges shall have ended, then we shall enter upon a time of rest and peace. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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