Sketches of Sermons Isaiah 45:17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: you shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. I. THE GLORIOUS OBJECT. Everlasting salvation in the Lord. 1. Includes deliverance from ignorance, guilt, &c., and the possession of light, peace, &c.; and this state continued and increased for ever. It is grace consummated in eternal glory. 2. This salvation is "in the Lord" — the Lord Messiah. (1) As a possession, purchased by His own blood, in whose right only we can obtain it. (2) As an inheritance, kept in trust, and to be conveyed by Him to the appointed heirs of it. (3) As in a grand exemplar, in His human nature, of the complete and final happiness of the saints (Romans 8:29; Philippians 3:21). It is in Him both as a beatific object and a perpetual medium, through which the blessed will see and enjoy God for ever. II. THE CHARACTER OF THE PERSONS TO WHOM EVERLASTING SALVATION IS PROMISED. "Israel." 1. A name of great distinction in Scripture The Israelites, to whom everlasting salvation is promised, are such as are so in a spiritual sense. 2. True Israelites are such as have given their unfeigned consent to be God's people, subjects, and servants; such as have "joined themselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant." 3. True Israelites are such as live in an unreserved subjection to the laws and government of God and the Redeemer (Romans 7:22). Through faith in Christ they are vitally united to Him, and from Him receive those hourly supplies of grace that qualify men for every good word and work. III. THE GROUNDS OF THE CERTAINTY OF THEIR SALVATION. 1. The possession Christ has taken of it in the name and nature of all true believers in Him (Hebrews 6:20; John 14:2, 3). 2. Christ's intercession, which He ever lives in heaven to make for them (Hebrews 7:25). 3. His mighty power which is engaged for them (1 Peter 1:4, 5). 4. God's promise (Titus 1:2; Hebrews 6:17, 18). (Sketches of Sermons.) Parallel Verses KJV: But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. |
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