The Israelites in Babylon stood in great peril, faith was dim and ideals departed, they needed the vision of the prophet, they needed their faith renewed, they needed to be reminded of the nature of thole God.
Tt was a great gospel, great good news, the prophet preached to these exiled and "well nigh despairing Jews. The gospel of the majesty and the omnipotence of God. Over against Babylon, the-oppressive and cruel world power that held them cap He sets the everlasting God, to whom Babylon itself better than a drop in the bucket or dust in the balance, And who can sweep away all Babylon's province and princes and j fag the stubble before the whirlwind.
The gospel of the greatness of God, God the Almighty, that is the message we need in these days too. How often we had repeated it with our lips this morning. In our Hymns—"Holy, Holy, Holy! +Lord God Almighty. In our Creed—"I believe in God the Father Almighty." In our Prayers,—Almost every. prayer was ascribed to "Almighty God" or "Everlasting God" or some suck title implying majesty and power. But one feels too often we take these things lightly on our lips. A form of words and not a statement of belief.
Perhaps it is because of the modern tendency of the preacher and the writer to stress one side of the nature of God. We are told about the love and compassion of God in Christ. His long suffering and patience. 'That He is our lov' heavenly Father. And that true, a glorious truth, but it is not the whole truth. We need to be reminded occasionally of the might and the majesty of Got. There was a day when this was emphasized and our forefathers feared God.
They knew His power was Breat to help, but also awful in its Punishments.
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