Isaiah 64:1 I. This is nothing less than a prayer that God would manifest Himself as a Judge yes, and as a Destroyer. Isaiah craved for a man who should deliver men from the oppressions of the world's tyranny, from the storms which are raised by the passions of peoples and rulers, from the weariness... [ Continue Reading ]
Isaiah 64:6 I. Notice, first, the very pernicious fact of our inaptitude to feel and reflect that our mortal condition is fading. (1) We are very unapt to recognise the common lot and destiny of all human life that it is to fade and is fading. The vast world of the departed is out of our sight even... [ Continue Reading ]
Isaiah 64:8 I. How does the Potter use and convert the clay? (1) It is clear that the clay must be purified. The blood of Jesus Christ passes over it, mingles with it, and it is pure. (2) And so God proceeds to shape and remake it. We are all of the same clay, and we are all made for one purpose, t... [ Continue Reading ]