Romans 11:4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.

We do not talk about it very much but perhaps we should. Here God makes reference to men that have bent the knee in subjection to His authority, as God and Lord of their lives. Those others have bent the knee to another god. That god is powerless to save them.

God is the God of all creation and all are His whether they know it or not. This violation of the first commandment, thou shall have no gods before me, is rebellion. The other day I said that a remnant is undefined in size but here God has identified the size of this remnant. Seven thousand is the size of this remnant. This is the remnant of the law.

⁵ Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

Then there is this “other” remnant. It is of grace and not of the law and it is not defined. These are those that have bent the knee in faith. It is a bending of the knee none the less, just for a different reason.

The seven thousand bent the knee because the law was just. The remnant of grace bent the knee because Christ is just. What Christ did in obedience of faith, to die for our sins, put Him at the right hand throne of God. His rule, His reign, His Lordship, His Kingdom and those who accept Jesus Christ by faith have bent the knee.

He is righteous, merciful, gracious, loving and understanding. All admirable traits of our loving Savior.

If you have bent the knee you are not in rebellion any longer.

Now how do you act considering what it means to bend the knee?