Good men are promised tribulation in this world, and ministers may expect a larger share than others, that they may learn sympathy with the Lord's suffering people, and so may be fitting shepherds of an ailing flock.
C.H. Spurgeon

HIGHWAYS

HIGHWAYS

HIGHWAYS

  1. Roads for public use # Nu 20:19 De 2:27
  2. Called the king’s highway # Nu 20:17
  3. Marked out by heaps of stones # Jer 31:21
  4. Generally broad # Jud 20:32,45 Mt 7:13
  5. Generally straight # 1Sa 6:12 Isa 40:3
  6. Made to all cities of refuge # De 19:2,3
  7. Often made in deserts # Isa 40:3
  8. INFESTED WITH 8a) Serpents

    # Ge 49:17

8b) Wild beasts # 1Ki 13:24 Isa 35:9 8c) Robbers # Jer 3:2 Lu 10:30-33 9) Beggars sat by sides of # Mt 20:30 Mr 10:46 10) Often obstructed # Jer 18:15 11) All obstructions removed from, before persons of distinction # Isa 40:3,4 Mt 3:3 12) By-paths more secure in times of danger # Jud 5:6 13) Desolation of, threatened as a punishment # Le 26:22 Isa 33:8 14) ILLUSTRATIVE 14a) Of Christ # Joh 14:6 14b) Of the way of holiness # Isa 35:8 14c) Of facilities for the restoration of the Jews # Isa 11:16 62:10 14d) (Made in the deserts,) of facilities for the spread of the gospel # Isa 40:3 43:19 14e) (Narrow,) of the way of life # Mt 7:14 14f) (Broad,) of the way to destruction # Mt 7:13