Jeremiah 23:5-6 Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper… I. EXHIBIT THE DELIGHTFUL CHARACTER UNDER WHICH CHRIST IS HERE PRESENTED. 1. His essential dignity. 2. His mediatorial office. 3. The spiritual relation in which He stands to His people. II. SPECIFY SOME CONSIDERATIONS WHICH PUT AN EMPHASIS AND VALUE UPON REDEMPTION, AND HEIGHTEN OUR SENSE OF ITS IMPORTANCE. 1. The work of redemption has ennobled our nature and shed a lustre over the annals of our world. 2. It eclipses and throws into the shade the greatest of the Divine works. 3. It enhances the value of temporal blessings following in its train. 4. It forms a permanent bond of union among subjects of grace. 5. Judge of the grandeur of the work by the doom denounced against those who despise and reject it. (S. Thodey.) Parallel Verses KJV: Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. |
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