Covenant Reformed News – August 2015 • Volume XV, Issue 16
This article from Covenant Reformed News provides an expository meditation on Isaiah 51:1-3, focusing on God's covenant call to Abraham and the significance of the word "alone" in describing God's sovereign selection of the patriarch. Through careful examination of Abraham's life in Genesis and Acts, the author demonstrates how God's covenant grace was manifested in calling Abraham out of idolatry and fulfilling His promise of numerous descendants despite the natural impossibility of Abraham and Sarah's age.
The Rock Whence We Are Hewn (3) In the last two issues of the News and in this issue and the next, we are considering this glorious prophecy of Isaiah: “Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste...