Isaiah 43:21
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. But A sorrowful “but”; and the strain sinks from a triumphant shout to a doleful lamentation: “But “ —
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Isaiah 43:22
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. Weary of God! Have any of us grown weary of fellowship with him, weary of his truth, weary of his day, weary of his service? Oh, what strange ingratitude this is on our part!
Isaiah 43:22-24
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. Thou hast brought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou...
Isaiah 43:22
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob. Prayer has been neglected: praise has been suspended. There has been an ungracious negligence in the service of God. “Thou has not called upon me, O Jacob.” Isa_43:22. But thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. “You thought the service long — thought the time for prayer came round too soon — refused to...
Isaiah 43:22
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou host been weary of me, O Israel. They were not much like Jacob, for he prayed at Jabbok, and became Israel, who wrestled till he prevailed, saying to the angel, “I will not let thee go except thou bless me.” Yet here are people who hear the same name,-“Jacob” and “Israel “, yet God has to say to...
Isaiah 43:22
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. How sad it is that those who have been loved so much, should make such a shameful return for it all!
Isaiah 43:23
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. There are some of God’s people, at any rate, who forget to offer their sacrifices unto God. If they do love Christ at all, their love is not practical, not self-sacrificing; it does not lead them to bring love-gifts unto him....
Isaiah 43:23
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. “I have not taxed thee. I have not drawn upon thy resources heavily.”
Isaiah 43:23
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. Is that true of any of you? Have you restrained prayer, and have you also stinted God in your offering? Whereas he gave his Son for you, have you refused the small cattle of your burnt offerings? Isa_43:23. I have not caused thee to...
Isaiah 43:23
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. God has laid no tax on his people. He does not ask any hard thing of us; and yet, notwithstanding that, we have been slack in his service. His yoke is...
Isaiah 43:23
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings;- No kids of the goats, or lambs from the fold, — Isa_43:23. Neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. “I have not been a cruel taskmaster, or tyrant, demanding of thee more than thou couldst...
Isaiah 43:24
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but — Alas! instead of good, there has been evil. Isa_43:24. Thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, What! made God our servant, when we ought to have served him? Alas! I fear it is often so even with some of his own people. Isa_43:24. Thou...
Isaiah 43:24
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou has bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: “I left thee to give or not to give, that thy free will might be seen in all thy deeds of love, but nothing has come of it. On the contrary.” Isa_43:24. But thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. A...
Isaiah 43:24
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, No calamus or incense that should sweeten the temple of God,- Isa_43:24. Neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but Oh, this “but-but”! Isa_43:24. Thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, You have made a servant of your Master,-treated your Redeemer as if he were your slave!...
Isaiah 43:24-25
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. That is a very astonishing verse, wherever we...
Isaiah 43:24
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast brought me no sweet cane with money, — “No calamus has sent forth its perfume from mine altar,” — Isa_43:24.Neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. These are the people whom God had loved so long and so well, those upon whom he...
Isaiah 43:25
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. What a blessed God to deal so graciously with his ungrateful erring people!
Isaiah 43:25-26
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for my own sake, and will not remember thy sins. Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. “If thou hast anything to say in thine own defense, out with it. Come to me, and let the cause of this quarrel be removed; let me hear thy plea if thou...
Isaiah 43:25
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. He has pointed out the fault: he has shown that he is not forgetful of it; and then he pronounces absolution. The transgression is put away. Blessed be his name! Now let us turn to the New Testament, and read in the Epistle to the Romans, the...
Isaiah 43:25
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. You have forgotten his mercies; but he will forget your sins. You have grieved him, but he still has a tender heart towards you. He will blot out your sins. Oh, how this ought to melt us! How this ought to encourage us to begin again in better...