0276. THE POOR MAN’S MARKET.

THE POOR MAN’S MARKET.

Isa_55:1-2.

1. A Common Need. "Bread." There is much we have that we might do without, but we cannot live without oread. Christ is the Bread of Life. Except we eat of this bread we shall die (Joh_6:50).

2. A Foolish Life. "Spending for that which is not bread" (Mat_25:2). You are spending needlessly when you are trying to save yourself; when you are hewing out cisterns that can hold no water; when trying to live without strength.

3. A Pointed Question. "Wherefore do ye spend?" Will you answer this question, and tell God why you go on working and giving to get satisfaction, and yet never attaining it?

4. A Good Advice. "Hearken unto Me." Hear Him. Take His way, and you will find what you need. "If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink." Salvation is of the Lord. He only can reveal and impart eternal life. Hear what God the Lord will speak.

5. A Gracious Invitation. "Ho, every one that thirsteth, come." A fountain has been opened. Christ has finished the work. Those who hearken unto Him will surely get an invitation. Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

6. A Simple Condition. "Without money." Your emptiness and need is your best and only plea. I counsel thee to buy gold. Your paltry pence is no use for this. "By grace are ye saved through faith" (Eph_2:8).

7. A Happy Prospect. "Your soul shall delight itself in fatness." This delightful satisfaction comes when you drink of the river of His pleasures (Psa_36:8). The world cannot give it. "Incline your ear, and come unto Me. Hear, and your soul shall live" (Mat_25:3).

Autor: James Smith