Isaiah 6:5-8 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the middle of a people of unclean lips… I. REPRESENT THE GLORY WHICH EVERY TRUE SAINT BEHOLDS IN JESUS CHRIST. 1. The saints behold the Son of God undertaking, and in the fulness of time accomplishing, the work of our redemption. 2. They contemplate the exalted Redeemer, calling and entreating sinners to accept of the benefits of His purchase as the free gift of God. 3. They behold the great Redeemer setting up that kingdom which shall never be destroyed; taking possession of those by His Spirit, whom He hath purchased with His blood; and adorning and beautifying them with His own image. 4. They behold, with awful reverence, the majesty of Christ, when those who have heard the Gospel, but have not received the truth in the love of it, are given up to judicial blindness and hardness of heart. II. EXPLAIN THE PECULIAR MANNER IN WHICH THE TRUE SAINTS BEHOLD THE GLORIES OF "THE KING, THE LORD OF HOSTS." 1. The saints, having the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the know. ledge of Christ, behold a glory and excellency, and taste a sweetness in Divine things, which other men cannot and do not perceive. 2. The saints alone are spiritually convinced of the reality and certainty of the great doctrines of the Gospel. III. CONSIDER THE TENDENCY OF SUCH VIEWS OF THE GLORY OF CHRIST, AND OF THE SCHEME OF SALVATION THROUGH HIM, TO PROMOTE THE VARIOUS EXERCISES OF PENITENCE AND SELF-ABASEMENT. 1. Such views of the great Redeemer will produce deep and serious thoughtfulness about salvation. 2. They will excite those who receive them to a strict and close examination of their hearts and lives. 3. They will produce low and debasing thoughts of ourselves. 4. They will promote in the mind of a saint a godly sorrow and a holy indignation on account of his personal sins. 5. They will determine those who receive them to turn from sin unto God, and by His grace to devote themselves entirely to His service. 6. They have a transforming or sanctifying influence. 7. They wean the affections from things below and place them on things spiritual and Divine. (J. Erskine, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. |
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