Isaiah 51:6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke… I. A CHANGING, PASSING WORLD. "Lift up your eyes," etc. God calls on us to interrupt for a short season our busy occupations, and to meditate on things seen and unseen, things temporal and things eternal. 1. The framework of creation is changing, — passing. 2. The riches, the comforts, the enjoyments of life are passing. 3. The cares, and anxieties, and sorrows of life are passing. 4. Life itself is passing. II. AN UNCHANGING, ETERNAL SALVATION. 1. The blessing itself is salvation. 2. It has God for its author. 3. Eternity is its duration. 4. Sinners are the partakers of this blessing.Which has your heart — your hopes? The love of both cannot dwell in the same breast, "If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him." (F. Storr, M.A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. |
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