Isaiah 45:22 Look to me, and be you saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. It has ever been one of the objects of the great Jehovah to teach mankind that He is God, and beside Him there is none else. I. HOW HAS GOD BEEN TEACHING THIS LESSON TO MANKIND? 1. He has taught it to false gods and to the idolaters who have bowed before them. How hath God poured con. tempt on the ancient gods of the heathen! Where are they now? 2. Mark how God has taught truth to empires. 3. To monarchs. Nebuchadnezzar, Herod, &c. 4. To the wise men of this world. 5. "Surely," says one, "the Church of God does not need to be taught this" Yes, she does! How did the church in Canaan forget it when they bowed before other gods: If God gives us a special mission, we generally begin to take some honour to ourselves. II. SALVATION IS GOD'S GREATEST WORK, and in this He specially teaches us this lesson. Our text tells us how He teaches it. 1. By the person to whom He directs us. "Me." 2. By the means He tells us to use. "Look." 3. By the persons whom He calls to look. "All the ends of the earth." ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.WEB: "Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. |
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