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JESUS, &
RIGHTEOUSNESS
G ro w t h G ro u p x J u s t i f i c a t i o n b y Fa i t h
Many are afraid to talk about
holiness for they are always
trying to base the

J. R. Spangler
“Are you saved?”
“Can we know?”
“Is it safe to say
‘I am saved’?”
Elements of Assurance

[1] the ground of

assurance is justification
by grace alone through
faith alone;
Elements of Assurance

[2] the experience of

assurance is the ongoing
life of the Holy Spirit in
the soul
Elements of Assurance

[3] the outward

evidence of assurance
is fruit bearing in
obedience and loving
service.
 HISTORICAL REMNANT
group of individuals who
survived a life-threatening
experience
3 Ty p e s o f R e m n a n t
FAITHFUL REMNANT END-TIME REMNANT
formed by those who will become clearly visible
under life-threatening at the end-time after the
circumstances remain Lord passes judgement
faithfully committed through cleansing process
to the Lord
HISTORICAL REMNANT
 But God sent me ahead of you to
HISTORICAL REMNANT preserve for you a remnant on
earth and to save your lives by a
great deliverance.

Genesis 45:7, NIV

Nothing is stated in the
context about faith and
commitment to the Lord on
the part of Joseph's brothers.

ON HISTORICAL REMNANT
The preservation of this
remnant was not determined
or based on the goodness of
its members but on God's
gracious love.

ON HISTORICAL REMNANT
 Bible Verses: Amos 5:3; 6:9-10; 9;
HISTORICAL REMNANT Micah 5:7-8; Isaiah 46:3; Jer. 6:9;
8:3; 24:8-10; Eze. 17:13-14; 5:10-
11; 14:22-23; Neh. 1:2-3; Ezra 9:13
FAITHFUL REMNANT
FAITHFUL REMNANT Only Noah was left, and those
with him in the ark.

Genesis 7:23c, NIV

FAITHFUL REMNANT Noah was a righteous man,
blameless among the people of
his time, and he walked faithfully
with God.
Genesis 6:9, NIV
FAITHFUL REMNANT The LORD then said to Noah,
‘Go into the ark, you and your
whole family, because I have found
you righteous in this generation.’
Genesis 7:1, NIV
FAITHFUL REMNANT ‘I have been very zealous for the
LORD God Almighty. The
Israelites have rejected your
covenant, torn down your altars,
1 Kings 19:14, NIV
FAITHFUL REMNANT and put your prophets to death
with the sword. I am the only one
left, and now they are trying to
kill me too.’
1 Kings 19:14, NIV
FAITHFUL REMNANT Yet I reserve seven thousand in
Israel--all whose knees have not
bowed down to Baal and whose
mouths have not kissed him.
1 Kings 19:18, NIV
The prophet did not know
the numerical extent of the
faithful remnant preserved by
the Lord and not by human
power.

ON FAITHFUL REMNANT
END-TIME REMNANT
 In that day the Branch of the Lord
END-TIME REMNANT will be beautiful and glorious, and
the fruit of the land will be the
pride and glory of the survivors in
Israel.
Isaiah 4:2, NIV
 Those who are left in Zion, who
END-TIME REMNANT remain in Jerusalem, will be called
holy, all who are recorded among
the living in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 4:3, NIV

 The Lord will wash away the filth
END-TIME REMNANT of the women of Zion; he will
cleanse the bloodstains from
Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment
and a spirit of fire.
Isaiah 4:4, NIV
 ‘In the whole land,’ declares the
END-TIME REMNANT Lord, ‘two-thirds will be struck
down and perish; yet one-third
will be left in it.
Zechariah 13:8, NIV
 This third I will put into the fire; I
END-TIME REMNANT will refine them like silver and
test them like gold.

Zechariah 13:9, NIV