DISCOURSE: 981 EXHORTATION TO RECEIVE THE BLESSINGS OF THE GOSPEL Isaiah 55:1.—_Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money, come ye, buy and eat; yea, come buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread?... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 982 CHRIST A WITNESS AND COMMANDER Isaiah 55:4.—_Behold, I have given him for a Witness to the people, a Leader and Commander to the people_. AMONGST the various means which God used for the spiritual benefit of his ancient people, one was, to provoke them to jealousy, by declaring, that... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 983 OF SEEKING THE LORD IN TIME Isaiah 55:6. _Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near_ [Note: There is a beautiful plan of a Sermon on this text in Claude’s Essay, page 54 of fifth and improved Edition.]. THERE is scarcely any more striking proof of our... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 984 ENCOURAGEMENT TO TURN TO GOD Isaiah 55:7. _Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon._ WE may discern many of the attributes of the Deity, as... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 985 GOD’S WAYS ABOVE OURS Isaiah 55:8. _My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord: for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts._ MEN are apt to judge of God by themselves, a... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 986 RESEMBLANCE OF THE GOSPEL TO RAIN AND SNOW Isaiah 55:10. _As the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater: so shall my word be that goeth... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 987 THE CHANGE WROUGHT BY THE GOSPEL Isaiah 55:12. _For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, an... [ Continue Reading ]