Isaiah 54:5 For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and your Redeemer the Holy One of Israel… I. CONSIDER SOME THINGS WHICH ARE IMPLIED IN THIS RELATION WHEREIN CHRIST STANDS TO HIS PEOPLE, THAT NATURALLY TEND TO ENCOURAGE THEIR FAITH AND JOY IN HIM. 1. This relation intimates that nearness and union which there is between Christ and His Church. Among men the marriage union is the nearest and most strict of any that can possibly be. And because there is no higher allusion whereby to express the union of believers to Christ, the Holy Ghost useth this to give us the more lively apprehension of this admirable privilege (Ephesians 5:30); 1 Corinthians 6:17). 2. In this relation is implied the greatest love and tenderest affection. 3. The utmost care of and concern for those who are espoused. 4. The utmost pity and sympathy. 5. The having all convenient supplies which are in the power of a tender husband to give. 6. The relation of a husband gives his spouse a right to have with him everything that is properly his. II. SHOW THE GROUND OR REASON WHICH HIS PEOPLE HAVE TO DEPEND UPON HIS ANSWERING TO THEM ALL THAT IS THUS INCLUDED UNDER THIS RELATION OF A HUSBAND. III. MAKE PROPER IMPROVEMENT OF THE WHOLE. 1. This affords us an admirable instance of the riches of Divine grace, and the wonderful condescension of the Son of God, that He should demean Himself in such a manner as not to be ashamed of being styled a husband to such sinful worms as the best of His people are. 2. If it be the happiness of all God's people that their Maker is their Husband; how much does it stand us in stead to examine whether we are of this number? 3. Does Christ stand in this relation to His people? This may administer matter of great comfort and joy to them at all times, and under all circumstances. 4. If believers are Christ's spouse, how heinous and aggravated must their wilful trangressions be? 5. From the relation believers stand in to Christ we learn that the most ardent affection is due to Him from all His chosen. 6. This also teaches us how highly it concerns every Christian to pay a just regard to all the ordinances of our glorious Redeemer, and to take great satisfaction in yielding obedience to Him therein. How pleasant is it to a loving and an affectionate wife to wait in those paths in which her kind and absent spouse had appointed to meet her. 7. This relation Christ stands in to His people calls for their cheerful dependence upon Him. (E. Walker.) Parallel Verses KJV: For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. |
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