In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
In the Lord all the seed of Israel are justified and shall glory because He alone is God, the only just God and Saviour, from whom alone come righteousness and strength and honour and justification and glory, and not from idols nor from anything good in man himself nor from finite human wisdom. He calls all the ends of the earth to look to Him and be saved because there is none else, blotting out transgressions as a thick cloud and redeeming and forgiving Jacob and glorifying Himself in Israel. This is accomplished because Christ lived and died as a man in the stead of humanity to purchase life for men, so that sinners who hunger and thirst for righteousness stand in His righteousness and are justified by faith, clothed by Him and presented to the Father while His blood pleads for them, the curse removed and the believer blessed and at rest with God. In being thus justified His moral image is restored in all who connect themselves with God, for the destroyer had nearly obliterated that image in man, but Jesus the Restorer rebuilds it, so that hereditary peculiarities and defects of character are overcome in the new birth and the old things pass away. Therefore His people are not to turn to finite men for wisdom but to return to Him and seek wisdom from God and confess Him as their righteousness in continual submission and obedience from the heart, and even the weakest struggling child of God may be strong in His might to overcome evil and help others, which is encouragement too little appreciated that should arouse to missionary work even into the highways and hedges.
Setting and Meaning
God's purpose for His people is set forth fully across Isaiah 41 through 45, and this promise belongs within that revealed purpose. It continues the promises running through chapters 44 and 45 onward, showing what the Lord has done and what He will do for those who follow on to know the Lord, whose going forth is prepared as the morning. These promises call for much greater appreciation.
The Lord alone is God, the only just God and Savior, and in Him alone are righteousness and strength. All the seed of Israel are justified in the Lord and shall glory in Him, finding their righteousness, strength, and honor from God rather than from idols or from themselves. That righteousness and strength do not come from anything good in people themselves nor from finite human wisdom. The chapter presents Him as the only God and calls people everywhere to look to Him for salvation.
In this setting He calls all the ends of the earth to look to Him and be saved, because there is none else. He blots out transgressions as a thick cloud, redeems Jacob, forgives and redeems His people. In doing so He glorifies Himself in Israel.
Justification Through Christ
All the seed of Israel are justified in the Lord and glory in Him by having His moral image restored in them. Satan the destroyer nearly obliterated that image in man, but Jesus Christ the Restorer rebuilds it in all who connect themselves with God. Through faith and the imputed righteousness of Christ in the new birth old things pass away and all things become new, so hereditary peculiarities, deficiencies of character, and judgments from phrenology and head-reading do not fix a person's course or unfit souls for the work God has chosen for them, but defects of character may be overcome and God by His grace gives fitness to do that work as successful agents cooperating with divine agencies. This righteousness and life were made possible because Christ lived and died as a man in the stead of humanity, purchasing human life so that believers can attain immortality.
The verse is fulfilled as sinners stand in the righteousness of Jesus Christ and are justified by faith. This righteousness is freely given to those who hunger and thirst for it. Those who come to Jesus in their weakness are saved through His worthiness, not through anything good in themselves, for righteousness and strength come from the Lord alone. He clothes them in His righteousness and presents them to the Father, and His blood pleads and speaks on their behalf against the accusation of sin. Through Him the curse is gone, and the believer is blessed and at rest with God.
At the judgment seat of God every knee shall bow to Him and every tongue shall confess to God. All must render an account there. Those incensed against Him shall be ashamed, while His justified people shall glory in Him.
Strength and Mission Today
In the Lord all the seed of Israel are justified and shall glory, because righteousness and strength are in the Lord alone, and this is God's revealed purpose for His people set forth across Isaiah 41 through 45. Salvation comes by looking to God, for He alone is God, who blots out transgressions as a thick cloud, redeems Jacob, and glorifies Himself in Israel. Therefore His people are not to turn away from His wisdom to look to finite men for wisdom, but to return to Him, come to Him, seek wisdom from God, and confess Him as their righteousness. That righteousness is the righteousness of Jesus Christ in which sinners stand, justified by faith and freely given to those who hunger and thirst for it. Such hungering and thirsting means continual submission to God's requirements and obedience to His law from the heart.
Hereditary peculiarities and deficiencies of character do not fix a person's course, and judgments from phrenology and head-reading do not unfit souls for the work God has chosen for them. Through faith and the imputed righteousness of Christ in the new birth old things pass away and all things become new, defects of character may be overcome, and God by His grace gives fitness to do that work as successful agents cooperating with divine agencies. This lesson belongs not only to those in large responsibility but to every struggling child of God no matter how weak. In his own strength man is strengthless, but God expects loyalty from everyone and grants power according to need, and He who was Elijah's strength is strong to uphold all. In the might of God the weak may be strong to overcome evil and to help others overcome, confessing that righteousness and strength are in the Lord alone, and Satan can never gain advantage over one who makes God his defense.
The verse shows what God has covenanted to do with His people and gives encouragement that is too little appreciated. God has done much and will do what He has promised, and He uses His people so His name can be glorified. That promise calls for arousing to missionary work and bringing a missionary spirit into the churches. The work must reach even into the highways and the hedges, because time is passing and cannot be allowed to pass without this work.
In the Lord all the seed of Israel are justified and shall glory because He alone is God, the only just God and Saviour, from whom alone come righteousness and strength and honour and justification and glory, and not from idols nor from anything good in man himself nor from finite human wisdom. He calls all the ends of the earth to look to Him and be saved because there is none else, blotting out transgressions as a thick cloud and redeeming and forgiving Jacob and glorifying Himself in Israel. This is accomplished because Christ lived and died as a man in the stead of humanity to purchase life for men, so that sinners who hunger and thirst for righteousness stand in His righteousness and are justified by faith, clothed by Him and presented to the Father while His blood pleads for them, the curse removed and the believer blessed and at rest with God. In being thus justified His moral image is restored in all who connect themselves with God, for the destroyer had nearly obliterated that image in man, but Jesus the Restorer rebuilds it, so that hereditary peculiarities and defects of character are overcome in the new birth and the old things pass away. Therefore His people are not to turn to finite men for wisdom but to return to Him and seek wisdom from God and confess Him as their righteousness in continual submission and obedience from the heart, and even the weakest struggling child of God may be strong in His might to overcome evil and help others, which is encouragement too little appreciated that should arouse to missionary work even into the highways and hedges.
Setting and Meaning
God's purpose for His people is set forth fully across Isaiah 41 through 45, and this promise belongs within that revealed purpose. It continues the promises running through chapters 44 and 45 onward, showing what the Lord has done and what He will do for those who follow on to know the Lord, whose going forth is prepared as the morning. These promises call for much greater appreciation.
The Lord alone is God, the only just God and Savior, and in Him alone are righteousness and strength. All the seed of Israel are justified in the Lord and shall glory in Him, finding their righteousness, strength, and honor from God rather than from idols or from themselves. That righteousness and strength do not come from anything good in people themselves nor from finite human wisdom. The chapter presents Him as the only God and calls people everywhere to look to Him for salvation.
In this setting He calls all the ends of the earth to look to Him and be saved, because there is none else. He blots out transgressions as a thick cloud, redeems Jacob, forgives and redeems His people. In doing so He glorifies Himself in Israel.
Justification Through Christ
All the seed of Israel are justified in the Lord and glory in Him by having His moral image restored in them. Satan the destroyer nearly obliterated that image in man, but Jesus Christ the Restorer rebuilds it in all who connect themselves with God. Through faith and the imputed righteousness of Christ in the new birth old things pass away and all things become new, so hereditary peculiarities, deficiencies of character, and judgments from phrenology and head-reading do not fix a person's course or unfit souls for the work God has chosen for them, but defects of character may be overcome and God by His grace gives fitness to do that work as successful agents cooperating with divine agencies. This righteousness and life were made possible because Christ lived and died as a man in the stead of humanity, purchasing human life so that believers can attain immortality.
The verse is fulfilled as sinners stand in the righteousness of Jesus Christ and are justified by faith. This righteousness is freely given to those who hunger and thirst for it. Those who come to Jesus in their weakness are saved through His worthiness, not through anything good in themselves, for righteousness and strength come from the Lord alone. He clothes them in His righteousness and presents them to the Father, and His blood pleads and speaks on their behalf against the accusation of sin. Through Him the curse is gone, and the believer is blessed and at rest with God.
At the judgment seat of God every knee shall bow to Him and every tongue shall confess to God. All must render an account there. Those incensed against Him shall be ashamed, while His justified people shall glory in Him.
Strength and Mission Today
In the Lord all the seed of Israel are justified and shall glory, because righteousness and strength are in the Lord alone, and this is God's revealed purpose for His people set forth across Isaiah 41 through 45. Salvation comes by looking to God, for He alone is God, who blots out transgressions as a thick cloud, redeems Jacob, and glorifies Himself in Israel. Therefore His people are not to turn away from His wisdom to look to finite men for wisdom, but to return to Him, come to Him, seek wisdom from God, and confess Him as their righteousness. That righteousness is the righteousness of Jesus Christ in which sinners stand, justified by faith and freely given to those who hunger and thirst for it. Such hungering and thirsting means continual submission to God's requirements and obedience to His law from the heart.
Hereditary peculiarities and deficiencies of character do not fix a person's course, and judgments from phrenology and head-reading do not unfit souls for the work God has chosen for them. Through faith and the imputed righteousness of Christ in the new birth old things pass away and all things become new, defects of character may be overcome, and God by His grace gives fitness to do that work as successful agents cooperating with divine agencies. This lesson belongs not only to those in large responsibility but to every struggling child of God no matter how weak. In his own strength man is strengthless, but God expects loyalty from everyone and grants power according to need, and He who was Elijah's strength is strong to uphold all. In the might of God the weak may be strong to overcome evil and to help others overcome, confessing that righteousness and strength are in the Lord alone, and Satan can never gain advantage over one who makes God his defense.
The verse shows what God has covenanted to do with His people and gives encouragement that is too little appreciated. God has done much and will do what He has promised, and He uses His people so His name can be glorified. That promise calls for arousing to missionary work and bringing a missionary spirit into the churches. The work must reach even into the highways and the hedges, because time is passing and cannot be allowed to pass without this work.