Isaiah 43

I will get me honor upon Pharaoh. But especially he has made the godly for his glory, they are the living organs of his praise (Isaiah 43:21). This people have I formed for myself, and they shall show forth my praise.

2. He is free in the manner of worship; he has God's free Spirit which makes him free and cheerful in his service of God; he is joyful in the house of prayer (Isaiah 56:7). 2. God adopts us to a state of dignity: God makes us heirs of promise; God installs us into honor (Isaiah…

To contest with him, is as if the thorns should set themselves in battle array against the fire; or as if an infirm child should fight with an archangel. If the sinner be once taken in God's iron net, there is no escaping (Isaiah 43:13). There is none that can deliver out of my…

Response 1. Obedience makes us precious to God; we shall be his favorites (Exodus 19:15). If you will obey my voice, you shall be a peculiar treasure to me above all people; you shall be my portion, my jewels, the apple of my eye, I will give kingdoms for your ransom (Isaiah 43:…

Resp. If you see your sins, and loathe yourself for them, yet God will take you into covenant (Isaiah 43:24): You have wearied me with your iniquities; I, even I am he that blots out your transgressions. As the sea covers great rocks, so God's covenant-mercy covers great sins.

Quest. 6. Wherein lies the dignity of such as have God for their Father? Resp. They have greater honor than is conferred on the princes of the earth; They are precious in God's esteem; (Isaiah 43:4) Since you were precious in my eyes, you have been honorable; the wicked are dros…

5. That there is a God, appears by God's unlimited power and sovereignty. He who can work, and none hinder him, is the true God; but God can do so (Isaiah 43:13). I will work, and who shall hinder it.

God does not cover sin in the Antinomian sense, so as he sees it not, but he does so cover it, as he will not impute it. 3. To forgive sin is to blot it out (Isaiah 43:25): "I am he that blots out your transgressions." The Hebrew word Mecha, to blot out, alludes to a creditor, w…

So also in Ezekiel 36:22, 32: 'For my name's sake, and not for your sake.' And in Isaiah 43:25: 'I am he that blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and will not remember your sins.' For his name's sake he blots out transgression and pardons.

He sets them as a Seal upon his Breast, Canticles 8.16. He will give Kingdoms for their Ransom, Isaiah 43.3. which shows how near they lie to his heart.

I even I am the Lord, and besides me there is no Savior. And, I am the Lord the God from the land of Egypt, and you shall know no God but me: for there is no Savior beside me (Isaiah 43:11; Hosea 13:4). 2. There must be a proportion between the sin of man and the punishment of s…

See what high thoughts God has of the righteous, he looks upon them more excellent than others, and his judgment is best worth prizing; the saints have low thoughts of themselves, they overlook their own worth, like Moses who knew not that his face shined (Exodus 34:29). The eye…

By Thomas Watson, Minister of the Gospel. Isaiah 43:4. Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honorable. Isaiah 60:15. I will make thee an eternal excellency.

How then shall I be able to bear the burning of my whole body tomorrow?' And yet when that tomorrow came, he could go cheerfully into the flames with that Scripture on his lips (Isaiah 43:1-3): 'Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are mine. Whe…

Gen. 19. 22. Haste thee (to Zoar) for I cannot do anything till thou become thither. The Saints are the excellent of the earth, Psal. 16. 3. Precious and honourable, Isa. 43. 4. and for their sakes God may yet be entreated to be propitious to us. 2. Another seed of hope is, that…

Third, in urging this doctrine more hardly upon the people, to cause them not to rest on the letter of the law, but seek to the promised Messiah, in whom only was their righteousness — as young heirs and minors are kept under tutors while their minority expires. But, first, who…

Verse 27: "But these my enemies that would not that I should reign over them, bring here and slay them before me" [illegible]. These to me seem to be allusions to Israel's wearying of the Lord of old (Isaiah 43:23): "I have not wearied you with incense" (Jeremiah 2:5); "What ini…

An everlasting name (I confess) is more than a name. (Isaiah 43:4): Since you were precious in my sight, [illegible] you have been glorious, or honorable. (1 Chronicles 4:9): And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren; the same word, and way, Verse 10: And Jabez called on th…

You are (head, or member, or of which the Prophet spoke, it is all one) in the mouth of God, by name from eternity, John, Anna, etc. Isaiah 43:1: O Israel fear not, for I have redeemed you, I have called you by your name, you are mine. So the Lord points them out with the finger…

So God calls them (Malachi 3:17): made precious to him out of his love. So (Isaiah 43:4). So that God loves us as jewels chosen by him, but much more when he beholds us set and presented to him in the breastplate of Christ's heart and prayer.

Not without delight, witness these Scriptures, (Job 27:10) "Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?" (Isaiah 43:22) "But you have not called upon me, O Jacob, but you have been weary of me, O Israel!" They that love God and delight in him, cannot b…

It must therefore be restrained thus: He that does wickedly, and perseveres therein to the end: He that does well, and continues in well doing, shall receive according to his works; the seeds of his former sins shall not grow up to the harvest of condemnation. For it is the priv…

Which call you by your name.] Some barely expound this phrase of speech, that Cyrus was thus called of God before he was born. But we have said heretofore, (Isaiah 43:1) that by these words the Prophet meant another thing, namely, that God calls those by name whom he chooses and…

He speaks not of God's secret counsel, but speaks after the manner of men, to set forth the mutual consent which ought to be between God and the faithful, that all those to whom he vouchsafes his presence as their father, should be ready for their parts to answer when he calls t…

I should have lain still.] The word signifies to lie down in any kind, and it signifies to sleep (Genesis 19:4). Before they lay down, that is, before they went to bed: it is applied likewise to the sleep of death (2 Samuel 7:12; Isaiah 43:17). They shall lie down, they shall no…

The longer she speaks of Christ, and insists in mentioning his excellency, her thoughts draw the deeper, she sets him up the higher, and becomes warmer in her apprehensions, affections and expressions concerning him: Acquaintance with him, would make one speak eloquently of him;…

Yet if you cannot always say, that grace is yours, Christ is yours, and Heaven is yours, yet be much in the thoughts of free grace; pore not upon your vileness and unworthiness, but ponder upon that which can answer all in one word, I will have mercy, because I will have mercy,…

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands, thy walls are continually before me." The same is promised again in Isaiah 59:21 and Isaiah 43:1, 2 and Zechariah 12:2, 3. So Christ promises the same, when he says, "On this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hel…

Next to our care not to be a shame to the gospel, should be our resolution not to be ashamed of the gospel. You are subpoenaed by the King of Kings to appear for him in the world: you are my witnesses says the Lord (Isaiah 43:10). Do not betray this cause then by declining your…

What is there in them, or amongst them, that makes joining with them to be so desireable? First, that point we handled before, might be enough to show the reason of this: they are the excellent of the earth, Isaiah 43:4 I do not now speak of them particularly, though every Saint…

Now the promises that are so rich unto a gracious heart, they are of divers sorts; As first, the promise of Gods presence with them, and they count those promises to be rich things: as the promise of Gods gracious presence, and the promise of his glorious presence, and the promi…

Song of Songs 4:12: A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. Isaiah 43:3-4: I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. Since you were precious in my sight, you have been honored, and I have loved you; therefore I will give…

There is a double forgiveness of sin: in heaven, and in a man's own conscience; and therefore sometimes compared to the blotting out of something out of a book, sometimes to the blotting out of a cloud. To the blotting out of a book: (Isaiah 43:25) I, even I, am he that blots ou…

We all look upon God, tanquam aliquem magnum, (as Austin said he did in his infancy) as some great power, that would serve all our carnal turns. In this sense, we make God to serve our sins (Isaiah 43:24), when we would have God to contribute to our lusts; to our pride, wantonne…

You would have the kingdom of glory, and yet continue in your lusts. (Isaiah 43:24) You have made me to serve with your sins, you have wearied me with your iniquities. When you would have God patient, hold his hand, and be merciful to you, and yet would continue in your lusts, t…

The word implies, that every proud man is in battle-array, or posture of war against God: so every impenitent person sets himself against God. The quarrel between God and him is, who shall stoop, whose will shall stand, whether God shall serve or they (Isaiah 43:24). You have ma…

(Psalm 119:99): "Remember your word to your servant, wherein you have caused me to hope." Therefore, to bear up our hearts, God has not only promised us in the general that he will never fail us nor forsake us (Hebrews 13:5), and all things shall work together for good (Romans 8…

God complains of their iniquity, as a burden, as if they made a cart of God, and loaded him with sins as with sheaves (Amos 2:13). Again, when we suffer for God, he has promised to help and assist us with counsel and comfort, with succor and support; but when we sin, God leaves…

So here, the thoughts of God's mercy to pardon you is so far beyond the evil of your ways, and thoughts to condemn, that they are as though they were not: nay, though you could not believe it, or think it, yet the Lord could and would do it. This is one of his names, He keeps me…

Thus the Israelites (Ezekiel 16:3-4), when the Lord called them, and took them to himself, he professes their navel was not cut, nor salted with salt, nor washed; but he saw them weltering in their blood, and that was a time of love which the Lord took, and said to them, Live. (…

As it is (Romans 3:30): God is one and the same, [illegible] the manner of Justification is one and the same, [illegible] never justifies any but by Faith; and [illegible] certain there is no Promise in the Scripture but [illegible] it does express or imply a Condition. (Isaiah…

If they touch no unclean thing, but be separate [reconstructed: from] Sin, Self, and the Creature, and so come out of [illegible] these in preparation, and come to him in effectual vocation, then he will be a father to them in his Christ, and make them his Children in Adoption,…

First, really; God does not make a show of forgiveness and keep our sins by him. He blots out our debts (Isaiah 43:25). God passes an act of oblivion (Jeremiah 31:34); he forgives and forgets.

First, God makes a precious account of them. Isaiah 43:4: Since you were precious in my sight. A father prizes his child above his estate.

Excellency 8. Grace has a soul-ennobling excellency; it ennobles a man: grace makes us vessels of honor, setting us above princes and nobles. Theodosius thought it more dignity to be Christ's servant and wear his livery laced with the silver graces of the Spirit than to be great…

God so loves his Saints, that he makes nothing to give whole Nations for their ransome. He rip't open the very wombe of Egypt, to save the life of Israel his child, Isaiah 43:3. Use 2 Secondly, this shows the dismal, deplorable condition of all you, who are yet in a Christ lesse…

I said I will confess my transgression, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. (Isaiah 43:25) I, even I am he that blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins. So David was a man according to the heart of God, so Asa, Josiah, Jehoshaphat, Sa…

(Romans 11:36) All things are to him, to his glory. (Isaiah 43:21) This people have I formed for myself, they shall show forth my praise. All these are to be understood not of the essential glory of God, but of the declarative glory of God, that shines outwardly.

Give that piece of money for you and me (Matthew 17). (Isaiah 43:4): I will give men for you, and people for your life. 3. It is used thus, when a man is given in place of another.

5:11. not coming into judgment or condemnation; John 5:24. Blotting out sins and Iniquities; Isaiah 43:25. Psalm 51:9.