The Bible

Every Man's Necessity

John 3:7

… You have long been hearers, but, alas, you remain hearers, only, and are not "doers of the Word of God." We do not want the fault to lie …

The Great Change.—Conversion

… The doctrine of the atonement is to my mind one of the surest proofs of the Divine inspiration of Holy Scripture. Who would or could have thought of …

Solace for Sad Hearts

Isaiah 61:3

… When in the synagogue at Nazareth on the Sabbath, He read before the astonished congregation this marvelous passage from the Scripture roll and then handed it back to …

Loved and Washed

Revelation 1:5

… Would you not wish to be like he? Then "keep yourselves in the love of God," as, on the opposite page of your Bible, you read in the …

Lessons from the Christ of Patmos

Revelation 1:16

… If you preach the Word of God with power, all the hosts of evil will sharpen their arrows and point their shafts at you. The stars of the …

'Do I Love the Lord or Not?'

John 21:17

… The Bible tells of some sins God has freely forgiven and yet fully recorded. It is no marvel if we cannot forgive ourselves for having in any way …

The Best War Cry

Numbers 23:21

… than according to Scripture must fail in the long run. I wish Christians would believe this. Chillingworth said, "The Bible and only the Bible, is the religion of …

The Minstrel

2 Kings 3:15

… You need not sing as sweetly as Asaph and Heman, and other sweet birds of paradise whose names we read in Scripture; but we should all sing better …

Perseverance in Holiness

Jeremiah 32:40

… If there be, anywhere in the Word of God, any act or grace mentioned as though it were a condition of salvation, it is in another Scripture described …

Christians, and Their Communion With God

Isaiah 26:8

… Surely, this name means the Word of God, for the Word of God is God's name written large, and we have a desire towards God's Word …

Psalm 82

Psalm 82

… is a rough way of expressing a Bible truth. Let this be borne in mind, and no one will allege Scripture in defence of royal claims to indefeasible …

Satan Departing, Angels Ministering

Luke 4:13

… When the Lord had foiled him at every point—had met every temptation with a text of Holy Scripture and had proved His own determination to hold fast …

The Physician Pardons His Palsied Patient

Matthew 9:2-7

… I even knew a man, once, who would not read some parts of the Word of God because they made him feel uneasy! But be sure of this …

The Sunday-School Teacher—A Steward

Luke 16:2

… The Scripture always says that we are to be judged according to our works. Well, then, the book is opened. You hear your own name read, and you …

A Sermon for the Most Miserable of Men

Psalm 77:2

… You wrong this precious Bible. It is full of consoling promises and you read it and you seem to say, "It is all chaff." You act as if …

Two Choice Assurances

Genesis 15:1

… IN the splendid Psalm that sets forth the Divine Glory of the matchless Word of God as compared even with the greatest wonders of God's visible Creation …

Christ’s Estimate of His People

Solomon 4:10-11

… Men who are disposed to laugh at Scripture find here an opportunity to exercise their profane wit, just because the book is not written for them. This book …

Joy Born at Bethlehem

Luke 2:10-12

… there is no land beneath the sun where there is an open Bible and a preached gospel, where a tyrant long can hold his place. It matters not …

Abraham's Prompt Obedience to the Call of God

Hebrews 11:8

… PORTIONS OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON—Hebrews 11:1 to 13; Genesis 11:27 to end; 12:1 to 9. HYMNS FROM "OUR OWN HYMN BOOK"—174, 655 …

The Soul's Awakening

John 5:25

… Some little joy of earth would whet their appetite far more quickly! It is because to the spiritual Heaven revealed in Scripture men are altogether dead and care …

A Question for You

John 9:35

… believe the Bible—then how is it that you do not believe on the Son of God? You say that the testimony of God in Scripture is true …

Rubbish

Nehemiah 4:10

… And if every Christian man were to just keep to the plain Truths of Scripture and have them worked into his soul by the Holy Spirit—and then …

Guidance To Grace and Glory

Psalm 73:24

… Above all, avoid the superstition which some practice by opening the Bible at random in the hope of being guided by the text which comes first to sight …

Means for Restoring the Banished

2Samuel 14:14

… But, Beloved, besides the vocal preaching of the Gospel, the printed word of God, itself, is a preacher through the eye. Holy Scripture has often been the sole …

Our Lord's Humanity a Sweet Source of Comfort

Daniel 10:18

… The Word of God is as excellent in its darkness as in its brightness. Had it unveiled more, its discoveries would have been no more beneficial—perhaps they …

Storming the Battlements

Jeremiah 5:10

… I do believe a large proportion of professing Christians have their faith in the word of man, and not in the word of God. They say, “Such-and …

The Day of Salvation

2 Corinthians 6:2

… You will have lost all those Sabbaths, all those Bible readings, all those pricks of conscience. I know some of you are very attentive hearers and yet you …

The Cause And Cure Of Weariness In Sunday School Teachers

Galatians 6:9

… They say, "Paul may preach and Apollos may water, but God gives the increase." I should like them to find that passage in the Bible. In my English …

The Paraclete

John 14:16

… the Spirit to any of us is in the Word of God already—He adds nothing to the Bible, and never will. Let persons who have revelations of …

Wakeful and Watchful Eyes

Psalm 121:4

… We put the Bible into their hands. They read it and are interested in its stories, but they see not God in it. Providence comes to their very …

Consulting With Jesus

1 Kings 10:1-3

… We who preach are not worth hearing unless what we say is taken out of the Bible. Listen to us when we preach because, oftentimes, the Words of …

How the Lambs Feed

Isaiah 5:17

… But that is not the meaning which the old readers of the Bible were accustomed to give to it. The Hebrew commentators considered "the lambs" to mean the …

The Sermon of the Seasons

Genesis 8:22

… but as a part of the Word of God, I see in them a moral, spiritual, and mystical meaning. Holy Scripture is intended not to teach us natural …

'It Pleased God'

Galatians 1:15

… I know that some misrepresent this Truth of God as though God were an almighty tyrant, but Scripture gives no warrant for such a caricature. And I again …

Growth in Faith

Luke 17:5

… But when we know whom we have believed and have tasted and handled that the good Word of God is assuredly ours, then what we speak will come …

Love to Jesus the Great Test

John 8:42

… Now, are you quite sure that you pay reverence to the Words of Christ? How about your neglected Bible? How about the parts of Scripture which you have …

The Security Of Believers—Or, Sheep Who Shall Never Perish

John 10:27-30

… They are critics of the Bible, not disciples of it. They might be very good dogs but they are very strange sheep. They would make very respectable wolves …

A Definite Challenge for Definite Prayer

Mark 10:51

… There is always a key in the Bible that will fit the wards in the lock of your necessities, if you would but seek till you find it …

Jesus Christ's Idiom

John 3:5

… Have you read the Bible itself? He who wishes to drink pure water had better go to the wellhead. He who wishes to find the Truth of God …

Later Literary Works

… Instead of a verse from the Bible, the motto for each day was a proverb, or proverbial saying, either composed or selected by “John Ploughman.” The task of …