Isaiah 35:4 - Homilies By W.m. Statham

Tremor of spirit.

"Say to them that are of a fearful heart." This implies that fear will be a necessary element in our life. All depends on the heart. Fear increases with experience.

I. THY GOD REIGNETH TO SALVATION . His power is in this direction. He is God . He is thy God—the God of thy salvation.

1. It is an empire over sin . All its agencies and influences.

2. It is an empire over hearts . Because it is connected with the cross!

3. It is an empire over enemies . There is no Manichean universe of equally divided forces. The Lord is King.

II. THY GOD REIGNETH TO CONSOLATION . He is human as well as Divine.

1. He is Lord of circumstance .

2. He is Lord of condition . He can and does extend his pity to the weak and the poor.

3. He is Lord of dissolution . For death is in his hands.

III. THY GOD REIGNETH TO GLORIFICATION . All things make manifest:

1. His praise .

2. His perfections .

3. His permanence . "Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.'

IV. THY GOD REIGNETH TO SUBJUGATION . All enemies under his feet.

1. Power to control .

2. Power to educe good out of evil.

3. Power to raise and to cast down .

V. THY GOD REIGNETH TO ADORATION . His kingship will evoke the worshipping homage of all creation.

1. Angels adore him.

2. Saints adore him.

Heaven shall ring with the glad acclaim of a great multitude that no man can number. " Blessing , and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever."—W.M.S.