Forty-Six Sermons in Vol II of the Works - Edwards - XXXIX - Sermon XII of 'Seventeen Occasional Sermons'

--> Required reading
Forty-Six Sermons in Volume II of the Works by Jonathan Edwards (Available from Amazon or free here) - Read Sermon XII from the section entitled 'Seventeen Occasional Sermons'.

My summary
This week Edwards preaches a sermon from 'Isaiah xxxii. 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.'  Edwards breaks up the text into three parts.

Firstly Edwards teaches us that 'There is in Christ Jesus abundant foundation of peace and safety for those who are in fear and danger'.

Secondly Edwards explains that 'There is in Christ provision for the satisfaction, and full contentment, of the needy and thirsty soul.

Thirdly Edwards says that 'there are quiet rest and sweet refreshment in Christ Jesus for him who is weary'.

Then at the close of the sermon Edwards gives us two reflections:
1. 'We may here see great reason to admire the goodness and grace of God to us in our low estate, that he has so provided for our help and relief';
2. 'We should admire the love of Christ to men, that he has thus given himself to be the remedy for all their evil, and a fountain of all good.'

What grabbed me
I enjoyed Edwards' explanation of Christ as a river: 'It is said that Christ is a river of water, because there is such a fulness in him, so plentiful a provision for the satisfaction of the needy and longing soul. When one is extremely thirsty, though it is not a small draught of water that will satisfy him, yet when he comes to a river, he finds a fulness, there he may drink full draughts. Christ is like a river, in that he has a sufficiency not only for one thirsty soul, but by supplying him the fountain is not lessened; there is not the less afforded to those who come afterwards. A thirsty man does not sensibly lessen a river by quenching his thirst. '

Keep going back to Christ for comfort, you will never drink him dry.

Next week's reading
Read Sermon XIII from the section entitled 'Seventeen Occasional Sermons'.

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