Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
the Fourth Week of Advent
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Bibliographical Information
Nisbet, James. "Commentary on Isaiah 59". The Church Pulpit Commentary. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/cpc/isaiah-59.html. 1876.
Nisbet, James. "Commentary on Isaiah 59". The Church Pulpit Commentary. https://www.studylight.org/
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Verse 12
THE TWOFOLD BARRIER
‘For our transgressions are multiplied before Thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them.’
Isaiah 59:12
I. Towards God, sin, unatoned and unforgiven, cries ever against me, and I have nothing to answer.
II. Towards self, and in that august court of conscience that is within, the condemning voice is also heard; and here again I have no true answer to give.—So a double barrier shuts me out from God, and help, and peace, and shuts me in to gloom and self-despair. What shall I do? There is One Who can set me free, One Who can remove instantly and for ever that awful double barrier. Is it not written that His blood cleanseth from all sin? It answers for every transgression, both before God and in the Court of Conscience. Praise God for ever and ever for that Mighty Deliverer, that Atoning Blood!