_AN UNCONSCIOUS INSTRUMENT_ ‘He meaneth not so.’ Isaiah 10:7 I. LITTLE DO BAD MEN WEEN, IN ALL THEIR PRIDE AND POWER, THAT THEY ARE BUT RODS AND INSTRUMENTS IN THE HAND OF GOD, AND THAT HE WILL LAY THEM ASIDE WHEN HE HAS DONE WITH THEM.—‘He meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so.’ So, c... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE WORKER AND HIS TOOLS_ ‘Shall the axe boast itself against him that beweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.’ Isaiah 10:15 The... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE YOKE-DESTROYING ANOINTING_ ‘The yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.’ Isaiah 10:27 I. THE ASSYRIAN YOKE OF OLD WAS NOT SO REAL, SO TANGIBLE, SO CONTINUALLY FELT A YOKE, AS THAT UNDER WHICH MANY A CHILD OF GOD IS WRITHING; yet they are ‘called unto liberty,’ even ‘the glorious l... [ Continue Reading ]