CHRIST A MIGHTY SAVIOUR Isaiah 63:1. _Mighty to save_. Our subject is the all-sufficiency of Christ to save. Four points expressed or implied— I. THE OBSTACLES TO OUR SALVATION WERE VERY GREAT, arising from the nature and dominion of sin. None but an Almighty Redeemer was equal to the task. The e... [ Continue Reading ]
CHRIST’S CONFLICT AND TRIUMPH Isaiah 63:1. _Who is this that cometh from Edom, &c._ I. THE UNDERTAKING OF CHRIST FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF OUR REDEMPTION. We have here three leading features of it— 1. His deep and solitary suffering. 2. The glorious principles on which He suffered to redeem other... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SYMPATHY OF CHRIST Isaiah 63:9. _In all their affliction He was afflicted, &c._ There is no man so great as not to need at some season or other the sympathy of his friend, &c. If human sympathy be so valuable how much more Divine, &c. Christ once suffered for us, He always suffers _with_ us, &... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FRIEND TURNED INTO AN ENEMY Isaiah 63:10. _But they rebelled, and grieved His Holy Spirit, &c._ How sad is the change described in these words. If it were the heathen, unprivileged and unenlightened, of whom this was spoken, it would not be so surprising, but that it should be said of Israel w... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD’S RELATION TO HIS PEOPLE Isaiah 63:16. _Doubtless Thou art our father, though Abraham, &c._ From thanksgiving and confession, the people betake themselves to earnest prayer for deliverance from sin and suffering (Isaiah 63:15). Consider God’s relation to His people in two aspects— I. AS A FAC... [ Continue Reading ]