INSIGHTS & NOTES FROM
CHAPTER 43
"Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound (Rom. 5:20)" "The expressions of God's favour & good-will to his people here are very high, & speak abundance of comfort" "Those that have God for them need not fear who or what can be against them." "...what reason have we to admire God's love to us in giving his own Son to be a ransom for us!" "True believers are precious in God's sight; they are his jewels, his peculiar treasure (Exodus 19:5)" "The affairs of the world shall all be ordered & directed so as to be most for the good of the church, II Chronicles 16:9." "Those only are fit to be called by the name of God that are created by his grace for his glory" "God is with the church, & therefore let her not fear; none that belong to her shall be lost." "God's people are witnesses for him, & attest, upon their own knowledge & experience, concerning the power of his grace, the sweetness of his comforts, the tenderness of his providence, & the truth of his promise." "For the encouragement of our faith & hope, it is good for us often to remember what God has done formerly for his people against his & their enemies." "The same power that made a way in the sea can make a way in the wilderness" "The church is of God's forming, & so are all the living members of it." "It is therefore our duty to show forth his praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up ourselves to his service." "Those who neglect to call upon God do in effect tell him they are weary of him & have a mind to change their Master." "God is tender of our comfort, but we are careless of his honour." "When God forgives he forgets." CHAPTER 44 "The pardon of sin is the inlet of all the other blessings of the covenant." "Those that are barren as the dry ground shall be watered with the grace of God, with floods of that grace, & God will himself give the increase." "The water that God will pour out is his Spirit (John 7:39), which God will pour out without measure upon the seed, that is, Christ (Gal. 3:16)" "...the God we trust in is a God of incontestable sovereignty & irresistible power." "There is no God besides Jehovah. He is infinite, & therefore there can be no other; he is all-sufficient, & therefore there needs to other." "Those on whom the sun shines need neither moon, nor stars, nor the light of their own fire." "Those who have the word of God's promise to depend upon need not be afraid of any adverse powers or policies whatsoever." "What we place our confidence in for deliverance, that we make a god of." "Are our hearts set upon the wealth of the world & the pleasures of sense? They will certainly prove a lie in our right hand." "If we trust to our external professions & performances, as if those would save us, we deceive ourselves with a lie in our right hand, with a house built on the sand." "When we begin to remember God he will begin to remember us; nay, it is he that remembers us first" "The servants of the King of kings are under special protection." "The work of redemption which God has by his Son wrought for us encourages us to hope for all promised blessings from him." "It is only through Christ that sin is pardoned." "...the comforts that flow into the soul when sin is pardoned are like the clear shining after clouds & rain." "The greatest establishment of the world is the kingdom of God in it." "...there is joy in heaven when God & man are reconciled" "All being, power, life, motion, & perfection, are from God." "...nothing is too hard for him to do that made the world." "It is the greatest honour of the greatest men to be employed for God as instruments of his favour to his people." "God makes what use he pleases of men, of mighty men..." CHAPTER 45 "Those will find a ready road that have God going before them." "In all the revolutions of states & kingdoms, the sudden falls of the great & strong, & the surprising advancements of the weak, & the obscure, God is designing the good of his church." "...all that are set up in competition with me are counterfeits; they are all vanity & a lie, for I am the Lord, & there is none else." "Christ died to save us from our sins, not in our sins" "Those will find themselves in a woeful condition that strive with their Maker; for none ever hardened his heart against God & prospered." "The doctrine of God's sovereignty has enough in it to silence all our discontents & objections against the methods of his providence & grace." "God will make plain the way of those whom he designs to employ for him." "Those that are redeemed by Christ shall be not only provided for, but enriched." "As the works of God abundantly prove that he is God alone, so does his word." "God not only gives a gracious answer to those that diligently seek him, but will be their bountiful rewarder." "Those that worship idols pray to gods that cannot save" "Blessed be God for the assurance here given us that, whatever becomes of us & our interests, the Lord will reign for ever!" "All that are justified will own it is in Christ that they are justified, nor could they be justified by any other; & those who are justified shall be glorified." CHAPTER 46 "...the true God will never fail his worshippers" "Every good man is what God makes him." "Our spiritual life is sustained by his grace as necessarily & constantly as our natural life by his providence." "O! you transgressors, consider your ways; remember whence you have fallen, & repent, & so recover yourselves." "...nothing can contribute more to make us easy than to be assured of this, that God will do all his pleasure, Psalms 135:6." Matthew Henry's Commentary: Isaiah to Malachi, Mac Donald, pgs. 233 - 262.
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September 2023
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