Isaiah 61:1
CONTENTS Another Chapter, full of Christ, in which, under the spirit of prophecy, the Lord Jesus is the preacher. Some precious promises are added, respecting the Church.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONTENTS Another Chapter, full of Christ, in which, under the spirit of prophecy, the Lord Jesus is the preacher. Some precious promises are added, respecting the Church.... [ Continue Reading ]
Had the shadow of a doubt existed as to whom this blessed scripture applies, the Lord Jesus would have fully removed it, when, in his visit to the Jewish synagogue on the sabbath, he read it, and declared its accomplishment. See Luke 4:14. But, over and above this precious testimony, I pray the Read... [ Continue Reading ]
Every office of tenderness distinguished the person of Christ. So gentle, so gracious, and so full of compassion, was he to be, that even the bruised reed he should not break, nor quench the smoking flax. Hence all noticed the meekness of the Lamb of God, and every feature witnessed who he was.... [ Continue Reading ]
As the Lord Jesus was so well known to his people, by the tenderness of his Person and Character; so his Church had her features from her connection with her Lord, by which she was to be known also.... [ Continue Reading ]
This verse seems to have no immediate connection with what went before, nor with what follows. I find, in an old Bible, the translation rendered somewhat different; For I the Lord, which love right, and hate robbery (though it were offered me) shall make their work, of faithfulness and make an everl... [ Continue Reading ]
This is a blessed promise, and hath a sure fulfillment in the gracious will and pleasure of our covenant God!... [ Continue Reading ]
I see no reason to limit this Song of joy and exultation to the Church. We shall have very blessed views of the Church's Lord and Saviour, if we accept the words as first spoken by Christ, and next as adopted by the Church, from her conscious union with Christ, and an interest in all that belongs to... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS BLESSED Lord Jesus! while I read this Chapter, methinks I would beg for grace and faith to be in lively exercise, that I might figure to myself, my God and Saviour, thus speaking to my soul, and to the souls of his people, in the same gracious words, as thou didst in the Jewish synagogue... [ Continue Reading ]