Isaiah 2:12-17 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be on every one that is proud and lofty, and on every one that is lifted up… I. Among THE CAUSES OF THE SPIRIT OF RELIGIOUS SCEPTICISM there are — 1. An early habit of spiritual negligence. 2. A state of exaggerated and credulous belief. II. Consider THE INSEPARABLE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH A STATE, whatever be the peculiar causes out of which it springs. 1. He who is in suspense about the truth of the Gospel cannot pray. "He that cometh to God must believe that He is." He who feels that he has sinned, and that God is holy, knows that he needs a mediator; and he that would trust in a mediator must believe that He is. 2. He cannot resist sin. He who is in suspense about the truth of Christ's Gospel is as weak as he who denies it, yea, weaker. For the other knows that he is thrown upon the resources of his own unaided strength, and he summons them all together for his support. But the man who doubts is a divided man. He has cast off his other armour; and this, the armour of God, he cannot take, for he has not proved it. III. THINK WHAT THE ADVENT WILL BE TO SUCH A MIND. The day of the Lord of hosts will be "upon" it, and will bring it low. We inquired whether there was a day coming; and behold, it is come. While we inquired and reasoned and speculated, He of whom we doubted was carrying on His judgment upon us. (C. J. Vaughan, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: |
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