INSIGHTS & NOTES FROM
CHAPTER 37
"Those have hearts wretchedly hard indeed that see God's judgments on others, & feel them on themselves, & yet will not be humbled & brought to heed what he says." "When we are in distress we ought to desire the prayers of our ministers & Christian friends" "Many who despise prayer when they are in prosperity will be glad of it when they are in adversity." "Satan himself, though he is the great deceiver, could not deceive us if we did not deceive ourselves." "Whatever instruments God has determined to make use of in any service for him, whether of mercy or judgment, they shall accomplish that for which they are designed" "Those by whom God has resolved to save or to destroy, saviors they shall be & destroyers they shall be." "...there are times when it is the wisdom of good men to retire into privacy, to enter into the chamber & shut the doors about them. Isaiah 26:20." "When at any time we are thus falsely accused we may do as Jeremiah did, boldly deny the charge & then commit our cause to him that judges righteously." "Those that will not hearken to God's admonitions when they are in prosperity would be glad of his consolations when they are in adversity" "Jeremiah was one that had obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful, & would not, to obtain mercy of man, be unfaithful either to God or to his prince; he therefore tells him the truth, the whole truth." "God gave Jeremiah favour in the eyes of the king." CHAPTER 38 "It is common for wicked people to look upon God's faithful ministers as their enemies only because they show them what enemies they are to themselves while they continue impenitent." "God has his remnant in all places, among all sorts." "See how God can raise up friends for his people in distress where they little thought of them, & animate men for his service even beyond expectation." "Those that are in distress should not only be received, but relieved with compassion & marks of respect, all which shall be placed to account & abound to a good account in the day of recompence." "Ministers must with meekness instruct even those that oppose themselves, & render good for evil." "Then, & then only, there is hope of sinners, when they are willing to hearken to good counsel." "Ministers have little heart to speak to those who have long & often turned a deaf ear the them." "If he will tamely yield, he shall save his children from the sword & Jerusalem from the flames." "...if he will but acknowledge God's justice, he shall experience his mercy." "Those have very weak & fretful spirits indeed that cannot bear to be laughed at for that which is both their duty & their interest." "Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the Lord, because it is his voice, so it shall be well unto thee." "...subjects often suffer for the pride & willfulness of their rulers, who should be their protectors, but prove their destroyers." "...those that decline the way of duty for fear of reproach will certainly meet with much greater reproach in the way of disobedience. The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him. Proverbs 10:24." "Many hear God's words, but will not do them." "Though we must be harmless as doves, so as never to tell a willful lie, yet we must be wise as serpents, so as not needlessly to expose ourselves to danger by telling all we know." CHAPTER 39 "...sin had provoked God to withdraw his protection" "He ordered Zedekiah to have his eyes put out (v. 7), so condemning him to darkness for life who had shut his eyes against the clear light of God's word" "The rich had been proud oppressors & now they were justly punished for their injustice; the poor had been patient sufferers, & now they were graciously rewarded for their patience & amends made them for all their losses; for verily there is a God that judges in the earth, even in this world, much more in the other." "God knows how to adapt & accommodate his comforts to the fears & griefs of his people, for he knows their souls in adversity." "...there is no principle of obedience that will be more acceptable to God, nor have a greater influence upon us, than a believing confidence in God." "...those who trust God ...in the way of duty, will find that their hope shall not make them ashamed in times of the greatest danger." CHAPTER 40 "Sooner or later men shall be made sensible that their sin is the cause of all their miseries." "See here in wrath God remembered mercy" "...when God begins in judgment he will make an end." "Happy are those that have the King of kings on their side, who can take the wise in their own craftiness" Matthew Henry's Commentary: Isaiah to Malachi, Mac Donald, pgs. 636 - 652.
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September 2023
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