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"Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life"?
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But what does the divine response say to him? "I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
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Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
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And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
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What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded.