here was a group of true believers in this remnant, and they remained faithful to the Lord. They feared the Lord, which means they held Him in awe and worshipped Him as the Lord Almighty. They met together not to complain but to encourage and edify each other. They spoke about the Lord and they weren’t afraid for Him to hear what they were saying. God was paying attention and keeping a record of their words. Their neighbors may have laughed at them, but God was pleased with them. They weren’t wasting their time because they were investing in eternity. God claimed them as His own, and God promised to spare them in the future judgment when everybody would see that there is a difference between the righteous and the wicked and that this difference is important. One of the sins of the priests was that they failed to make a distinction between the way of holiness and the way of sin. To them, one sacrifice was just as good as another, yet they were supposed to teach the people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean Ezek.44: 23. Many of God’s faithful servants become discouraged because the times are difficult, the crowds are small, and their work seems to be unappreciated. People who aren’t really walking with the Lord seem to be getting more attention than the faithful servants. But the day will come when God will reveal “His jewels” Ex.19: 5; Deut.7: 6; and then the faithful will receive their reward. Every discouraged servant of God needs to read and ponder on 1Cor.4: 1- 5.