![]() ![]() Oh that they would abandon their sins, and turn to the Lord, that he may have mercy upon them. They will not see the evil of sin but they shall see. Scorners and the secure will shortly feel, what now they will not believe, that it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. They will go on in their evil ways, because they will not consider what a God he is whose laws they persist in despising. The intention of afflictions is to teach righteousness: blessed is the man whom the Lord thus teaches. Though we come ever so early, we shall find God ready to receive us. ![]() We make nothing of our religion, whatever our profession may be, if we do not make heart-work of it. Our troubles must never turn us from God and in the darkest, longest night of affliction, with our souls must we desire him and this we must wait and pray to him for. It is our duty, and will be our comfort, to wait for God, to keep up holy desires toward him in the darkest and most discouraging times. And it is their happiness that God makes their way plain and easy. Deuteronomy 15:7-11 ESV / 197 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful If among you. The way of the just is evenness, a steady course of obedience and holy conversation. Through scripture, we can find Gods guidance to good health, as it is. Let us then acknowledge him in all our ways, and rely on him in all trials. 36 And a person’s enemies will be those of his own household. 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. Whatever we trust to the world for, it will last only for a moment but those who trust in God shall not only find in him, but shall receive from him, strength that will carry them to that blessedness which is for ever. 34 Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. Trust in the Lord for that peace, that portion, which will be for ever. Thou wilt keep him in peace in perfect peace, inward peace, outward peace, peace with God, peace of conscience, peace at all times, in all events. Let sinners then be encouraged to join to the Lord. The unchangeable promise and covenant of the Lord are the walls of the church of God. "That day," seems to mean when the New Testament Babylon shall be levelled with the ground. Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 26:3-7 Commentary on Isaiah 26:1-4 ![]()
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