Isaiah 28:9-11 KJV
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
Albert Barnes has some powerful words concerning this passage, "....That sin was contempt for the manner in which God instructed them by the prophets, and a disregard for his communications as if they were suited to children and not to adults. ...." (See his notes on verse 9)
I have always liked these verses and found them instructional on the process of preaching. We never get it all said, nor do our listeners get it all heeded. We give "here a little there a little" and we grow in about the same manner. Barnes points out that these words have to do with Israel's mocking and scoffing at the preaching of God's Word. They scoffed as though the preaching was ineffective as a means of communication.
And what an indictment upon our own day: when even preachers are mocking the preaching of God's Word and the old fashioned faith. Men who once stood where we stand have buckled under the pressures of their congregations, and the desire for larger ministries, and are now ridiculing preaching as they once did it and the songs they once embraced in their worship.
1 Cor 1:23-25
But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (KJV)
In light of Isaiah 28:16, the connection of this passage with Isaiah 28 is clear. Men may mock and call it foolishness. God still calls it "...the power of God and the wisdom of God."
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
Albert Barnes has some powerful words concerning this passage, "....That sin was contempt for the manner in which God instructed them by the prophets, and a disregard for his communications as if they were suited to children and not to adults. ...." (See his notes on verse 9)
I have always liked these verses and found them instructional on the process of preaching. We never get it all said, nor do our listeners get it all heeded. We give "here a little there a little" and we grow in about the same manner. Barnes points out that these words have to do with Israel's mocking and scoffing at the preaching of God's Word. They scoffed as though the preaching was ineffective as a means of communication.
And what an indictment upon our own day: when even preachers are mocking the preaching of God's Word and the old fashioned faith. Men who once stood where we stand have buckled under the pressures of their congregations, and the desire for larger ministries, and are now ridiculing preaching as they once did it and the songs they once embraced in their worship.
1 Cor 1:23-25
But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (KJV)
In light of Isaiah 28:16, the connection of this passage with Isaiah 28 is clear. Men may mock and call it foolishness. God still calls it "...the power of God and the wisdom of God."
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