Sermon Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:6
Isaiah 44:6 I. "I am the first." (1) We find in this the affirmation of the fundamental doctrine of a Supreme God, the Creator of all things. (2) This reminds us, further, that as God is the supreme cause, He must also be the supreme end of all that exists, the centre of the thoughts and affections of all the beings He has created. (3) This means, further, that God is at the basis of all that is done to raise and save humanity, to bring it back to the true life which it has lost by separating... read more
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 44:6
THE SOLITARINESS AND ETERNITY OF GODIsaiah 44:6. Thus saith the Lord, the King of Israel, &c.A magnificent text! It places before us three of the loftiest of all themes of thought—the solitariness and eternity of God, and His relations to the Church. There are speculations that are profitless; but others are ennobling. These! About such topics we should often think; or the noblest faculties of our mind will dwindle and die (H. E. I. 3294, 3493).I. THE SOLITARINESS OF GOD. “Beside Me there... read more