The Gospel Simple, Rich, Universal
Isaiah 45:22
Look to me, and be you saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.


I. HERE IS THE SIMPLEST METHOD. "Look unto Me." I give the highest praise to the man of science who can unify the manifold facts of the world, and to the philosopher who can reduce to order the strange and complex phenomena of the mind. How I should thank the God who expresses His will for me in a single word, and that word so easy and unencumbered.

II. HERE IS THE RICHEST BOON. "And be ye saved." Salvation is a treasure unutterably and inconceivably great. If it begins with "no condemnation," it ends with "no separation." There is pardon in it, and holiness, and wisdom, and power; there is the blessed life here, and hereafter there is the life of "full and everlasting and passionless renown."

III. HERE IS THE WIDEST OUTLOOK. "All the ends of the earth" — thus far the love of the Father and the grace of the Son and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit travel and reach. There is nothing calculating, niggardly, arithmetical in God's largesse and bounty.

(A. Smellie, M. A.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

WEB: "Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.




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