The Biblical Illustrator
Genesis 26:29
Thou art now the blessed of the Lord
The favoured one
I. THE BEING WHO BLESSED ISAAC.
1. It was “the Lord,” the omniscient and omnipresent Jehovah.
2. “The Lord” who blessed Isaac is omnipotent.
3. Isaac’s God is infinite in wisdom.
4. The Being who blessed Isaac is a God of unspeakable goodness and mercy.
5. The God who blessed Isaac is immutable.
II. THE PERSON BLESSED. Isaac.
1. One excellent and early trait in his character was youthful piety.
2. He was an obedient son.
3. He possessed a tranquil and contemplative mind, and lived in the spirit of meditation and prayer.
III. CONSIDER SOME OF THE BLESSINGS OF WHICH ISAAC WAS THE RECIPIENT.
1. Peace.
(1) With God.
(2) With conscience.
(3) With his passions.
(4) With all men.
2. Worldly prosperity.
3. The special presence and protection of God.
4. He was blessed in his death. (Benson Bailey.)
Lessons
1. God maketh evident to the wicked sometimes His presence with His saints, that they confess it.
2. The sight of God’s presence with His people maketh enemies to seek to them.
3. Oaths and covenants are sacred bonds even in the account of natural men without the Church (Genesis 26:28).
4. God makes aliens sometimes desire confederacy with His Church.
5. Enemies sometimes fear evil and desire good from the Church of God whom they have wronged.
6. Saints are the blessed of Jehovah in the confession of the wicked; therefore they seek after them (Genesis 26:29). (G. Hughes, B. D.)
Lessons
1. It is not unbeseeming saints, in the day of peace and good events, to feast and rejoice.
2. Mutual rejoicing among parties reconciled and confederate is but equal and rational (Genesis 26:30).
3. It beseemeth saints to yield all readiness unto a just peace with their enemies.
4. Swearing matters of peace between the Church and its enemies is warrantable.
5. Oaths are prudently and distinctly to be taken on just occasions from man to man.
6. It is but just to send away in peace those who come to seek it (Genesis 26:31). (G. Hughes, B. D)
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