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Pointers for Preachers and Teachers
4. Whom He Leads (chap. 49 :9, 10). Note the implied conditions.
CHRIST THE LEADER A Study in Isaiah
Those in prison, privation, prostration. “He that hath mercy on them shall lead them.” Mercy to lead from: (1) Prison to palace; (2) priva tion to plenty; (3) prostration to praise. Chapter 42:16. The blind. Chapter 40:11. The burdened, the tired, all the flock. 5. How He Leads. (1) THE RIGHT WAY (chap. 8:11). Note the temptation. the instruction (cp. Psalm 1). Restoring comforts (chap. 57:18). Note the comforts— joy, healing peace (vv. 18, 19), the restoration. To refreshing places (chaps. 48:21; 49:10). Note the illustration from the past (chap. 48). the promise for the future (chap. 49). (2) GLORIOUSLY (chap. 42:16). Divine illumination. Gently (chap. 40:11). Divine consideration. Graciously (chap. 41:10-13). Divine encouragement. (3 ) WITH PEACE with joy (chap. 55:12). Satisfyingly, Continually (chap. 58:11). — E. A. W. I. In Christ. I Cor. 1:30, 3:21-23. Justification by faith through Grace, Rom. 8. Sanctification by faith through the operation of the Trinity. Reconciliation by the death of His Son. Glorification eternally with Him in the Heavens. II. In Salvation and accompanying blessings, Heb. 6:9-10. Victory in all things. Peace and righteousness. Joy in spiritual life. Love for God and man. Everlasting inheritance with the Father. III. In Heaven itself finally. John 17:24-26; Josh. 1:1-3; Rev. 21-22. All attending blessings God has prepared. Friends and relatives fellowship. Personal mansions will be ours with celestial glory. God the Father, the Son, and the Spirit will be our eternal joy, comfort* and life! — J. T. L. THE FOOL First—His Belief The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God, Ps. 14:1. Second—His Walk The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walketh in darkness, Ecc. 2:14. POSSESSING OUR POSSESSIONS— Obad. 17.
1. Given as Leader (chap. 55:4). The chapter is a fitting introduction, showing the barrenness and bitterness of human ways, and in contrast, and bounty and blessedness of God’s ways. It embodies an appeal to forsake the one way and follow the other,, and proclaims a provision for the past; a gracious pardon for the future, a “given” Leader. Note the proclamations of the passage: God and man are separated. God calls-—men should hearken (v. 2). Man calls— God will hearken (vv. 6, 7).
Man alone cannot find God. He needs a Leader. Christ is the only Leader. 2. The Willingness of the Leader (chap. 57.18). His willingness is traced to His Compassionate interest: “I have seen his ways.” His willingness is cordial, it is manifested royally: “I will heal him.” Note the revelation of man’s way in verse 10. ( 1 ) ’Long. (2) Difficult. (3) Wearying. Thus the first need is healing, restoration. His willingness is characterized by completeness, “I will heal him,” and Chapter 52:12. The promise of willingness, “will lead.” ;;-;: The preservation His willingness secures, “ye shall not.” Note three ways of going out: (1) “by haste,” stealthily; (2) “by flight,” disorderly; (3) by Him, with dig nity. The dignity it sheds on the procession, “The Lord.” It changes the prodigal’s return into a mighty exodus. Chapter 53:7. What is meant for Him to go before? "He is led . . .is dumb.” Submission. What His willingness cost: “to the slaughter . . . her shearers.” Suffering. How He went before us: “as a lamb . . . as a sheep.” Substitution. John 10:11. “The Good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep.” 3. The Ability of the Leader. Can be seen by three references to the word “counsel.” Chapter 11:2. He is equipped by the “Spirit of Counsel.” Indued wisdom. Chapter 9:6. He is called the “Wonderful Counsellor.” Tried experience. Chapter 28:29. He is noted as being “Wonderful in Counsel.” Attested success.
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