THE GRAND APPROPRIATION Isaiah 25:1. O _Lord, Thou art my God_. I. THE CONNECTION BETWEEN GOD AND OURSELVES. 1. The Lord is our God in a necessary and absolute sense. 2. He should be our God by choice (H. E. I., 306, 307, 2381, 2385, 4630–4647, 4970). 3. If He is thus to become our God, it must b... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GOSPEL FEAST Isaiah 25:6. _And in this mountain, &c._ The blessings of the Gospel are, with wise adaptation to our views and feelings, often compared to the objects in which men naturally take most delight; and here, as in other places, they are compared to a costly entertainment bestowed by th... [ Continue Reading ]
ADVENT THOUGHTS AND JOYS Isaiah 25:9. _And it shall be said in that day_, &c. Isaiah is here, as he is so often, the prophet not merely of future events, but of future states of mind and feeling; not merely of God’s dealings with His people, but of the way in which they would or should meet their... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PROTECTING HAND Isaiah 25:10. _For in this mountain shall the hand of the Lord rest_. “Rest!” As a father’s hand on the head of his first-born, blessing and protecting his child. That mountain is impregnable which rests under the shadow of God’s hand. I. OF EVERY ENTERPRISE WE SHOULD ASK, “IS... [ Continue Reading ]