Isaiah 40:2. And cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished,
After all beloved, you have not to fight your own battles. Under one aspect, you may have to do so; but the great fight is already over, that fight which is so much greater than all others, that the lesser ones are scarcely worthy of the name of warfare. You have but to scatter the foes whom your great Captain has vanquished, and to march boldly onward because he has cleared the way before you.
Isaiah 40:2. That her iniquity is pardoned:
Oh, when that is the ease, what does it matter about the warfare? Brethren, if you have a sense of sin forgiven, you may well bear the way. The sting is gone from death itself when sin is pardoned; and, therefore, it is certainly gone from life as well
Isaiah 40:2. For she hath received of the LORD’S hand double for all her sins.
If the Lord’s ancient people could thus be comforted in their seasons of sorrow, how much more may we be cheered when we think of all the blessing which has come to us through the sorrows of our great covenant Head! All is settled now. "It is finished," was our Saviour’s cry from the cross. Our debts are all paid, so we may well be comforted.
Isaiah 40:2. And cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished,
After all beloved, you have not to fight your own battles. Under one aspect, you may have to do so; but the great fight is already over, that fight which is so much greater than all others, that the lesser ones are scarcely worthy of the name of warfare. You have but to scatter the foes whom your great Captain has vanquished, and to march boldly onward because he has cleared the way before you.
Isaiah 40:2. That her iniquity is pardoned:
Oh, when that is the ease, what does it matter about the warfare? Brethren, if you have a sense of sin forgiven, you may well bear the way. The sting is gone from death itself when sin is pardoned; and, therefore, it is certainly gone from life as well
Isaiah 40:2. For she hath received of the LORD’S hand double for all her sins.
If the Lord’s ancient people could thus be comforted in their seasons of sorrow, how much more may we be cheered when we think of all the blessing which has come to us through the sorrows of our great covenant Head! All is settled now. "It is finished," was our Saviour’s cry from the cross. Our debts are all paid, so we may well be comforted.