Isaiah 42:19, 20 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect… Who is blind, but my servant? It is said, "None are so blind as those that won't see." Can any be so blind as those who have been illumined of the Spirit, and who have seen the beauties of holiness, and the deformities of sin, whilst yet they turn back to their old paths? I. THE BLINDNESS OF INDIFFERENCE. The heart has lost its first love, and the King is not "beautiful" now. Like human love sometimes, which does not know how blessed it is in its estate of home, until it is aroused by accident, danger, or death to a sense of the value of the heart it has slighted. So at times even the Christian becomes indifferent. "I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love." II. THE BLINDNESS OF INATTENTION. (Ver. 20.) "Seeing many things, but thou observest not." 1. Christians do not always see the value of their principles, 2. Nor do they mark the privileges and comforts which are the outcome of faith. 3. Nor do they observe the misery of the men of this world. 4. Nor do they see the slave's fetters beneath the false liberty of the sinner. Others are blind by nature and habit. But who so blind as the Lord's servants? - W.M.S. Parallel Verses KJV: Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant? |
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