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Isaiah 55:6

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, And that is tonight; for still the promise of finding is given to every one who seeks. Isa_55:6. Call ye upon him while he is near: And he is near, for in all places where his name is recorded, there he has promised to be. Wheresoever the gospel is preached, we have Christ’s word for it: “Lo, I am with you...

Isaiah 55:6-7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:Llet the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Hear the music of the glorious message, “he will have mercy,” “he will abundantly pardon.”...

Isaiah 55:6

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: There may come a day when he cannot be found, a time when he will not be near. When the great Judge of all has once said, “Depart,” when once the Master of the house has risen up, and shut to the door, in vain will be all your seeking, and your praying, and your knocking at...

Isaiah 55:7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Let the wicked forsake his way, Do not let him wait till he has finished this thing, or done the other, or till he has so much to bring in his hand. Let him run away from his old master, and from his old way, and from his old self at once. May God help him so to do! Isa_55:7. And the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD,...

Isaiah 55:7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. What a grand word that is! “He will abundantly pardon.” However abundant sin may be, God’s pardon is still more abundant. As Paul puts it, “Where sin abounded, grace...

Isaiah 55:7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Let the wicked forsake his way, — It is a bad way, it is a downward way, it is a way that will end in destruction; do not follow it any longer: “Let the wicked forsake his way,”- Isa_55:7. And the unrighteous man his thoughts: “Thoughts!” says one, “we shall not be hanged for our thoughts.” Oh, but you may be damned for your thoughts! No man has...

Isaiah 55:7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Let the wicked forsake his way, — It is a bad way, it is a downward way, it is a way that will end in destruction; do not follow it any longer: “Let the wicked forsake his way.” — Isa_55:7. And the unrighteous man his thoughts: “Thoughts!” says one, “we shall not be hanged for our thoughts.” Oh, but you may be damned for your thoughts! No man has...

Isaiah 55:7-9

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your...

Isaiah 55:7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. The marginal reading is, “He will multiply to pardon.” We multiply sin, but God’s multiplication table goes farther than ours: “He will multiply to pardon.”

Isaiah 55:8

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. Oh, what a mercy it is to be taught to think God’s thoughts, and to be led in God’s ways! It is the entrance into a new life; it is something infinitely beyond the greatest elevation to which any ordinary life can ever reach by its own unaided power.

Isaiah 55:8-9

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. I think, dear friends, that not only may the unconverted pick up many crumbs of comfort as they hear about the abundant provision of divine...

Isaiah 55:8

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

For — Saith God, as if he would not leave the prophet to speak any longer on his behalf; he himself appears upon the scene, and speaks: “For” — Isa_55:8. My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. No doubt he refers here to the pardon of sin. Our thoughts are narrow; we find it hard to forgive great offenses,...

Isaiah 55:8

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my way, saith the LORD. “Saith the Lord,” as if he would not leave the prophet to speak any longer on his behalf; he himself appears upon the scene, and speaks: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts.” No doubt he refers here to the pardon of sin. Our thoughts are narrow. We find it hard...

Isaiah 55:8-9

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways, my ways saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Perhaps you are thinking that he cannot forgive you, that he cannot possibly mean that he will blot out your sins; but he does mean it, ay, and...

Isaiah 55:8-11

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud,...

Isaiah 55:8-13

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and making it bring forth and bud,...

Isaiah 55:9-11

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that...

Isaiah 55:9-12

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that...

Isaiah 55:9

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Think of the biggest thought you ever had concerning God’s forgiveness of sins; try again, let your thoughts rise higher still; ye cannot have reached the utmost height yet, “for as the heavens are higher than the earth,” so are...

Isaiah 55:9

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thought than your thoughts. Think of the biggest thought you ever had concerning God’s forgiveness of sins; try again, let your thoughts rise higher still; ye cannot have reached the utmost height yet, “for as the heavens are higher thou the earth,” so are...