Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?" Sermons
I. CALM INDIFFERENCE. Very many of the bravely uttered scepticisms of our time are only designed to draw attention to those who utter them. They are in the nature of personal advertisements. Leave them alone. They are nothing; we must take care not to swell them into something by directing attention to them. Sometimes these insults are petty and nagging, but continuous. Again, indifference is the best treatment. Those who have faith in God make grave mistakes when they too vigorously defend God against the arrows of mere children. To noisy antagonism we may calmly say, "It doesn't matter." II. NOBLE TESTIMONY. There is a time to speak. When insults have grown to such power that the faith of the young, or the work of grace in the world, is imperilled, we must speak out. The Christian apologist has his time and his sphere, especially when a kind of mania of unbelief seems to seize upon a people. Illustrate from the three Hebrew youths; the apostles before the Sanhedrini; Paul before Agrippa; Luther at the Diet of Worms, etc. Firm testimony of our personal convictions will often silence the scoffer. III. ACTIVE VINDICATION. By reasonable judgments on those who offer the insult. Blasphemy ought to he a crime. By withdrawal from association with those who thus walk disorderly. The man who has no reverence for God has no basis of character which makes friendship with him safe. And by using all available means for clearing the outraged name, and upholding the imperilled honour of him who is our "All and in all." - R.T.
And the King of Assyria sent Rabshakeh. In chaps, 36.-39, a historical part follows, which retiring from the ideal distances of chaps, 34., 35. into the historical realities of chap. 33., begins with the statement that "at the conduit of the upper pool in the road of the fuller's field," where Ahaz preferred the help of Assyria to that of Jehovah (Isaiah 7:3), stands an embassy of the King of Assyria with a section of his army.(F. Delitzsch, D.D.) (B. Blake, B.D.) (Prof. G. A. Smith, D.D.) People Asaph, Eliakim, Hezekiah, Hilkiah, Isaiah, Joah, Pharaoh, Rabshakeh, Sennacherib, ShebnaPlaces Arpad, Assyria, Egypt, Hamath, Jerusalem, Lachish, Samaria, Sepharvaim, Washer's FieldTopics Able, Cause, Countries, Deliver, Delivered, Falling, Gods, Jerusalem, Kept, Lands, SaveOutline 1. Sennacherib invades Judah2. Rabshakeh, sent by Sennacherib, solicits the people to revolt 22. His words are told to Hezekiah Dictionary of Bible Themes Isaiah 36:1-20 5956 strength, human Library A Sermon on Isaiah xxvi. By John Knox. [In the Prospectus of our Publication it was stated, that one discourse, at least, would be given in each number. A strict adherence to this arrangement, however, it is found, would exclude from our pages some of the most talented discourses of our early Divines; and it is therefore deemed expedient to depart from it as occasion may require. The following Sermon will occupy two numbers, and we hope, that from its intrinsic value, its historical interest, and the illustrious name of its author, it … John Knox—The Pulpit Of The Reformation, Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Jesus Heals Multitudes Beside the Sea of Galilee. Sennacherib (705-681 B. C. ) The Holy City; Or, the New Jerusalem: Isaiah Links Isaiah 36:20 NIVIsaiah 36:20 NLT Isaiah 36:20 ESV Isaiah 36:20 NASB Isaiah 36:20 KJV Isaiah 36:20 Bible Apps Isaiah 36:20 Parallel Isaiah 36:20 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 36:20 Chinese Bible Isaiah 36:20 French Bible Isaiah 36:20 German Bible Isaiah 36:20 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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