The Free Offer of Mercy
“Everyone who athirsts, come to the waters;And you who have bno money come, buy grain and eat.Come, buy cwine and milkdWithout money and without cost simply accept it as a gift from God. Rev 21:6, 7; 22:17Ps 42:1, 2; 63:1; 143:6; Is 41:17; 44:3; John 4:14; 7:37; Rev 21:6Lam 5:4Song 5:1; Joel 3:18Hos 14:4; Matt 10:82 “Why do you spend money for that which is anot bread,And your earnings for what does not satisfy?Listen carefully to Me, and beat what is good,And let your soul cdelight in 1abundance. Jer 31:12-14Lit fatness.Eccl 6:2; Hos 8:7Ps 22:26; Is 1:19; 62:8, 9Is 25:6; Jer 31:143 “aIncline your ear to listen and come to Me;Hear, so that your soul may blive;And I will make can everlasting covenant with you,According to the dfaithful mercies promised and shown to David. 2+@Sam 7:8-16; Acts 13:34; Heb 13:20Is 51:4Lev 18:5; Rom 10:5Is 61:8Acts 13:344 “Listen carefully, I have appointed 1ahim David, representing the Messiah to be a witness to the nations regarding salvation,A bleader and commander to the peoples.Or Him (the Messiah Himself).Ps 18:43; Jer 30:9; Hos 3:5Ezek 34:24; 37:24, 25; Dan 9:25; Mic 5:25 “In fact, you 1Israel will call a anation that you do not know,And a nation that does not know you will brun to you,Because of the LORD your God, even the Holy One of Israel;For He has cglorified you.”The identification of the one addressed here is uncertain. A large number of authorities believe it to be Israel, as here indicated, but other interpreters think it is the Messiah +[the second David+], or David as His representative.Is 45:14, 22-24; 49:6, 12, 23Zech 8:22Is 60:9
6 aSeek the LORD while He may be found;bCall on Him for salvation while He is near.Ps 32:6; Is 45:19, 22; 49:8; Amos 5:6Is 58:9; 65:247 aLet the wicked leave his wayAnd the unrighteous man his bthoughts;And let him creturn to the LORD,And He will have dcompassion on him,And to our God,For He will eabundantly pardon.Is 1:16, 19; 58:6Is 32:7; 59:7Is 31:6; 44:22Is 14:1; 54:8, 10Is 1:18; 40:2; 43:25; 44:228 “For My thoughts are not ayour thoughts,Nor are byour ways My ways,” declares the LORD.Is 65:2; 66:18Is 53:69 “For aas the heavens are higher than the earth,So are My ways higher than your waysAnd My thoughts higher than your thoughts.Ps 103:1110 “For as the arain and snow come down from heaven,And do not return there without watering the earth,Making it bear and sprout,And providing bseed to the sower and bread to the eater, 2+@Cor 9:10Is 30:232 Cor 9:1011 So will My aword be which goes out of My mouth;It will bnot return to Me void ,Without caccomplishing what I desire,And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.Is 45:23; Matt 24:35Is 44:26; 59:21Is 46:10; 53:1012 “For you will go out from exile with ajoyAnd be led forth by the LORD Himself with bpeace;The cmountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you,And all the dtrees of the field will clap their hands.Ps 105:43; Is 51:11; 52:9Is 54:10, 13; Jer 29:11Is 44:23; 49:131 Chr 16:3313 “Instead of the athorn bush the bcypress tree will grow,And instead of the cnettle the myrtle tree will grow;And it will be a dmemorial to the LORD,For an everlasting esign of His mercy which fwill not be cut off.”Is 7:19Is 60:13Is 5:6; 7:24; 32:13Is 63:12, 14; Jer 33:9Is 19:20Is 56:5