The Want of Assurance
Isaiah 50:10-11
Who is among you that fears the LORD, that obeys the voice of his servant, that walks in darkness, and has no light?…


I. THE CHARACTER ADDRESSED is distinctly drawn. It is "a child of light walking in darkness." Poverty, disease, litigation, oppression, perplexity, the loss of intimate friends and relations, doubts, disappointments, errors in religion, actual transgressions, and the temptations of the adversary, working with the corruptions of the human heart, are permitted in the providence of God, to affect Christians in various degrees of perturbation and sorrow, until they "walk in darkness and have no light."

II. THE DUTY RECOMMENDED. "Let him trust," etc.

(A. McLeod, D.D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.

WEB: Who is among you who fears Yahweh, who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of Yahweh, and rely on his God.




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