DISCOURSE: 930 GOD’S CARE FOR HIS PEOPLE Isaiah 43:1. _Now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for 1 have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name: thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 932 THE SAINTS ARE WITNESSES FOR GOD Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God. GOD is a jealous God, and cannot endure that any other should be put in competition with him. Hence he takes frequent occasion to reprove the idolatry into which his people were ever prone to relapse.... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 931 THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE TRUE CHRISTIAN Isaiah 43:4. _Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee._ FEW have any conception how close the analogy is between God’s dealings with his people of old, and his conduct towards his Church and people i... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 933 GOD’S KINDNESS TO HIS PEOPLE Isaiah 43:20. _I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen._ THE mercies of God which are daily, and, as it were, hourly renewed, demand at our hands a constantly increasing tribute of praise and thanks... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 934 THE GREATNESS OF GOD’S MERCY Isaiah 43:22._ Thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt-offering; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an off... [ Continue Reading ]