The Sanctification of the Sabbath. B. C. 706. Isaiah 58:13-14 13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of … [Read more...]
Isaiah 58:8-12; Fasting Commentary [Part 3]; A Charge against the People; Encouragement to Israelites Indeed; God will be always nigh unto them, to hear their prayers; “Then shalt thou call, on thy fast days, which ought to be days of prayer, and the Lord shall answer, shall give the things thou callest to Him for, thou shalt cry when thou art in any distress or sudden fright, and He shall say, Here I am.” B.C. 706
A Charge against the People; Encouragement to Israelites Indeed. B. C. 706. Isaiah 58:8-12 8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward. 9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the … [Read more...]
Isaiah 58:3-7; Fasting Commentary [Part 2]; A Charge against the People; Note, Reigning hypocrisy often breaks out in daring impiety and an open contempt and reproach of God and religion for that which the hypocrisy itself must bear all the blame of; Sinners reflect upon religion as a hard and melancholy service, and on which there is nothing to be got by. B.C. 706
A Charge against the People. B. C. 706. Isaiah 58:3-7 3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. 4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. 5 Is it … [Read more...]
Isaiah 58:1-2; Fasting Commentary; The prophet, in this chapter, has his commission and charge renewed to reprove the sinners in Zion, particularly the hypocrites, to show them their transgressions; It is intended for admonition and warning to all hypocrites, and is not to be confined to those of any one age. B.C. 706
I S A I A H. CHAPTER 58 The prophet, in this chapter, has his commission and charge renewed to reprove the sinners in Zion, particularly the hypocrites, to show them their transgressions, ver. 1. It is intended for admonition and warning to all hypocrites, and is not to be confined to those of any one age. Some refer it primarily to those at that time when Isaiah prophesied; see chap. xxxiii. 14; xxix. 13. Others to the captives in Babylon, … [Read more...]
Fasting and Prayer – The Cure for Unbelief
Fasting and Prayer [The Cure for Unbelief] Psalm 69:10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. The disciples asked the Lord why they could not heal a lunatic boy. Jesus said, “Because of your unbelief...Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting” [Mat. 17:14-21]. Faith needs prayer for its development and full growth, and prayer needs fasting for the same reason. Fasting has done … [Read more...]