Isaiah 28:26-29 For his God does instruct him to discretion, and does teach him.… I. IT IS NO COMPLIMENT TO US IF WE ESCAPE GREAT TRIAL. II. GOD PROPORTIONS OUR TRIALS TO WHAT WE CAN BEAR. III. GOD KEEPS TRIAL ON US UNTIL WE LET GO. The farmer shouts "whoa!" to his horses as soon as the grain has dropped from the stalk. The farmer comes with his fork and tosses up the straw, and he sees that the straw has let go the grain, and the grain is thoroughly threshed. So God. Smiting rod and turning wheel, but cease as soon as we let go. We hold on to this world with its pleasures, and riches, and emoluments, and our knuckles are so firmly set that it seems as if we could hold on forever. God comes along with some threshing troubles, and beats us loose. IV. CHRISTIAN SORROW IS GORING TO HAVE A SURE TERMINUS. (T. De Witt Talmage, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.WEB: For his God instructs him in right judgment, and teaches him. |
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