To be sure, evangelicals can’t be priding themselves either. They could end up in Rome’s shoes right quickly if they ever forget to look to the grace of God. SOME Christians are going to continue to exist, and they comprise that church which won’t succumb to the gates of hell.
Romans 11:2-6 Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel? “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.” But what is God's reply to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace. But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.