Isaiah 56:4-7 For thus said the LORD to the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;… The pride of ancestry, and boast of ceremonial exclusiveness and glorying in the flesh, the Lord, by His prophet, looking forward to Gospel days, now abolishes, and marks out the true distinctions of His people to be that which is moral and spiritual, to the exclusion of all bodily defects or natural peculiarities. Observe — I. THE MARKS AND DISTINCTIONS OF GOD'S PEOPLE. 1. Keeping the Sabbath. 2. Choosing the things that please Him. 3. Taking hold of His covenant. 4. Being joined to Him to serve Him. 5. Loving His name. 6. Serving Him. II. THE GRACIOUS AND GLORIOUS PRIVILEGES OF GOD'S PEOPLE. 1. Incorporation with His Church. 2. Joy in the sanctuary. 3. Acceptance of their spiritual worship. (J. Gemmel, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; |
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