The promise belongs to the prophecy of God's chosen Servant, His Beloved in whom His soul is well pleased, upon whom He puts His Spirit to show judgment to the Gentiles. It was fulfilled in the lowly, compassionate life and work of Christ after the Pharisees held a council over how they might destroy Him, when He withdrew and great multitudes followed Him and He healed them all and charged them not to make Him known. He worked without striving or crying and without His voice being heard in the streets, not breaking the bruised reed and not quenching the smoking flax until He sends forth judgment unto victory through gentle ministry.
The verse promises that the Gentiles, people beyond Israel, will place their trust in Christ and in His name. That promise was seen in the Samaritans, who despite their earlier rejection of Jesus welcomed His messengers after His ascension, and many received the gospel. In the present, the Gentiles are those outside the Seventh-day Adventist church who need light, and God is already doing a work among them outside the church.
Trusting in His name means placing trust in His true teachings and words, which are life eternal and abide forever. That trust requires being meek and lowly and tenderhearted like Him, while at the same time being as firm as a rock to His teachings, strictly heeding His words of instruction and losing sight of not one word. No trust is to be placed in any lie or pretense, and those who do so will lose eternal life. Those who know the truth are to make straight paths for their feet lest the lame be turned out of the way, and they are accountable if they mislead the lame from safe paths by setting at naught Christ's counsel for words of deception originating with the father of lies.
The trust of the Gentiles comes as believers live the Word in practical life and meet the condition of discipleship by denying self, taking up the cross daily, and following Christ. The promise is fulfilled in the personal experience of those who cooperate with Jesus Christ by working with heart, soul, and voice to win souls to the truth, which lays the duty on every soul to be educated to work outside their own people and to do far more for outsiders, so that in the judgment no one will have excuse for not doing that duty. The verse requires that the work not be bound about but that the truth go quickly to all the world, with the great work done in cities and villages, with every opportunity to send truth to new places used, and with joining Christ in extending the gospel of His grace in highways and hedges.
The promise belongs to the prophecy of God's chosen Servant, His Beloved in whom His soul is well pleased, upon whom He puts His Spirit to show judgment to the Gentiles. It was fulfilled in the lowly, compassionate life and work of Christ after the Pharisees held a council over how they might destroy Him, when He withdrew and great multitudes followed Him and He healed them all and charged them not to make Him known. He worked without striving or crying and without His voice being heard in the streets, not breaking the bruised reed and not quenching the smoking flax until He sends forth judgment unto victory through gentle ministry.
The verse promises that the Gentiles, people beyond Israel, will place their trust in Christ and in His name. That promise was seen in the Samaritans, who despite their earlier rejection of Jesus welcomed His messengers after His ascension, and many received the gospel. In the present, the Gentiles are those outside the Seventh-day Adventist church who need light, and God is already doing a work among them outside the church.
Trusting in His name means placing trust in His true teachings and words, which are life eternal and abide forever. That trust requires being meek and lowly and tenderhearted like Him, while at the same time being as firm as a rock to His teachings, strictly heeding His words of instruction and losing sight of not one word. No trust is to be placed in any lie or pretense, and those who do so will lose eternal life. Those who know the truth are to make straight paths for their feet lest the lame be turned out of the way, and they are accountable if they mislead the lame from safe paths by setting at naught Christ's counsel for words of deception originating with the father of lies.
The trust of the Gentiles comes as believers live the Word in practical life and meet the condition of discipleship by denying self, taking up the cross daily, and following Christ. The promise is fulfilled in the personal experience of those who cooperate with Jesus Christ by working with heart, soul, and voice to win souls to the truth, which lays the duty on every soul to be educated to work outside their own people and to do far more for outsiders, so that in the judgment no one will have excuse for not doing that duty. The verse requires that the work not be bound about but that the truth go quickly to all the world, with the great work done in cities and villages, with every opportunity to send truth to new places used, and with joining Christ in extending the gospel of His grace in highways and hedges.