ISAIAH, CHAPTER 32, VS 1-8
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 32, VS 1-5
1.”Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.”
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 32, VS 1-5
v. 1– The King, Jesus shall reign in the earth and in the hearts of His people!! And He will rule through His princes. We are the children of the King!
v. 2– Jesus is our hiding place–He protects and empowers us for everything we need!
v. 3– He enlightens us to see things spiritually instead of carnally and so to be more useful to Him in His work.
v. 4– He reveals His truths to common people.
v. 5– The word for “vile” means foolish, for “liberal”-generous, “churl” means selfish, or miserly,–Therefore, we have the teaching of Christ. He’s saying that it will no longer be considered foolish to give your things away and be generous, and the selfish will not necessarily lead a bountiful life.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 32, VS 6-8
6.”For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.”
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 32, VS 6-8
v. 6-7– He’s speaking of what’s in people’s hearts, that to be selfish with one thing is to be selfish with all, including giving ourselves to God, and being free to spread His word in act and voice to others.
v. 8– But to be generous with material things is to be generous with God, and by that will we stand with God.