THE PRESCRIBED METHOD OF WAITING FOR GOD’S SALVATION
Isaiah 56:1. _Thus saith the Lord, keep ye judgment, &c._
[“The doctrine of the passage is simply this, that they who enjoy
extraordinary privileges, or expect extraordinary favours, are under
corresponding obligations to do the will of God; and... [ Continue Reading ]
JOINED TO THE LORD
Isaiah 56:3; Isaiah 56:6. _The sons of the stranger, that join
themselves to the Lord_.
The end of all worship is union with God. To this most glorious issue
all the revelations of Scripture converge. It is the end of all
teaching, and the seal of all perfection. Our Lord’s praye... [ Continue Reading ]
CHARACTERISTICS AND PRIVILEGES OF GOD’S PEOPLE
Isaiah 56:4. _For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep My
Sabbaths, &c._
The pride of ancestry, and boast of ceremonial exclusiveness, and
glorying in the flesh, the Lord, by His prophet, looking forward to
gospel days, now abolishes, and ma... [ Continue Reading ]
OTHERS TO BE GATHERED
Isaiah 56:8. _The Lord God which gathereth the outcasts of Israel,
&c._
God’s work is now that of gathering, &c.
I. ENCOURAGEMENT TO THOSE WHO SEEK THE LORD. Note well the instances
mentioned: instances of gathering by the hand of the Lord. Outcasts
have been gathered, and th... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FLOCK: ITS GUARDIANS AND ITS DEVOURERS
Isaiah 56:9. _All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye
beasts in the forest_.
These words are to be understood as a note of warning, a sound of
alarm. It is not that God wishes His flock to be devoured that He thus
summons the beasts of prey... [ Continue Reading ]
WORTHLESS SHEPHERDS
Isaiah 56:10. _His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, &c._
A very sad description is here given of the “watchmen”—the
spiritual leaders of Isaiah’s time, evincing a state of lamentable
degeneracy and corruption. The language has often been, and still is,
descriptive of... [ Continue Reading ]