The Bible

The Mustard Seed: A Sermon for the Sabbath-School Teacher

Luke 13:18-19

… It is a very commonplace affair to sit down with a dozen children around you and open your Bible and tell them the well-worn tale of how …

Obedience Rewarded

Matthew 28:8-10

… You feel very dull—go to your Bible-class. You feel as if you had done no good for a long time—go on in the Lord's …

"This Thing Is From Me"

1 Kings 12:24

… But the Word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying Speak to Reho-boam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the …

The Powerful Truth of God

Acts 19:19

… The first is—it is said the Word of God grew, so we will begin by noticing that in Ephesus the Word of God was planted. It could …

Forgiveness and Fear

Psalm 130:4

… Many other passages in the Bible teach the same glorious Truth—"Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are as scarlet, they …

To Workers with Slender Apparatus

… In preparing his Horae Biblicae Quotidianae, which is an admirable comment upon the Bible, Dr. Chalmers used only the Concordance, the Pictorial Bible, Poole’s Synopsis, Matthew Henry …

The Double "Come"

Revelation 22:17

… WE have open before us the last page of the Word of God. The Spirit of God will not dictate a single fresh line of Truth. We have …

Christ the Tree of Life

Revelation 22:2

… Thus the beginning and the end of the Bible call our attention to the Tree of Life and the river of life in the Paradise below and the …

What the Farm Laborers Can Do and What They Cannot Do

Mark 4:26-29

… In the Word of God itself there is Life, for it is written—"The Word of God is quick and powerful"—that is, "living and powerful." It is …

Pleading Prayer

Psalm 119:49

… All human books grow stale after a time—but with the Word of God the desire to know increases and the more you know of it the less …

The Sages, The Star, and The Savior

Matthew 2:2

… It was said of old, "They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward." When a man listens with deep attention to the Word of God …

The Dumb Become Singers

Isaiah 35:6

… I believe that is the best commentary to the Bible and I like to study it. I opened it at this passage and I found Master Cruden describing …

Prompt Obedience

Psalm 18:44

… But, my dear Hearer, if you pay ever so much outward attention to the Word of God, unless you submit your soul and spirit to its dominion, you …

The Word of a King

Ecclesiastes 8:4

… Wherein you go beyond the Word of God, you go beyond the power. And wherein you stop short of the Word of God, you also stop short of …

The Two Effects of the Gospel

2 Corinthians 2:15-16

… I am aware that the Word of God will sometimes make their blood curdle within them; but I know (for I have seen the men) that there are …

A Divine Challenge!

Exodus 8:1

… They have no right to endure this cruel servitude. "Let Mypeople go free." Do you see the parallel in our case? The Word of God is His own …

'Feed My Sheep'

John 21:16

… How is it that he has founded no Bible Societies in Rome for the circulation of the pure Word of God? One of his predecessors has called the …

The Gospel Cordial

Proverbs 31:6

… There are many persons who are doubting and despairing, spiritually "ready to perish." And there is, in the Word of God, a rich store of comforting Truths which …

Psalm 99

Psalm 99

… The cherubim is the seat of God, as the scripture sheweth us, a certain exalted heavenly throne, which we see not; but the word of God knoweth it …

Christ About His Father’s Business

Luke 2:49

… Does he gather the apostles? It is that they may go abroad in every land, preaching the Word of God. Does he sit upon a well? It is …

Chastisement

Hebrews 12:5

… we take their evil speaking, we read it by the light of the Word of God, and we discover that in it lie music, notes of honor and …

Secret Disciples Encouraged

John 18:25

… of His disciples?" Moreover, you now have an interest in the Word of God. The Bible was very dull to you once. A three-volume novel pleased you …

Household Salvation

Acts 16:32-34

… Most likely the word of God sounded at midnight in the ears of the jailer and his household for the first time, and, on that remarkable occasion, they …

The Plea of Faith

2 Samuel 7:25

… prove that this Bible is what God has said; I do not come here to give you arguments to prove the inspiration of Scripture; I assume that I …

Ploughing the Rock

… I cannot deny the assertion, and if it be correct it is only one among many instances of the manifold wisdom of the Word of God. Like those …

Predestination and Calling

Romans 8:30

… Now, in considering this solemn subject, let me remark that there are two kinds of callings mentioned in the Word of God. The first is the general call …

True Unity Promoted

Ephesians 4:3

… Now I hesitate not to say that there is nothing whatever in Scripture at all parallel to such language, for there I read of the seven Churches in …

Reminiscences as a Village Pastor

… you believers in the Bible, or are you not?” They said, “We are Christians, of course.” “Then,” said I, “does not the Scripture say, ‘of sin, because they …

A Portrait No Artist Can Paint

Revelation 1:16

… and manifestly a quotation from the Scripture put into other words. There is nothing so sharp as the Word of God! People will get around what we say …

Soul Satisfaction

Psalm 35:3

… Let us be as expansive in our knowledge as possible, but let us keep the Bible as the sun and center of the solar system of our knowledge …

Mr. Fearing Comforted

Matthew 14:31

… I ask thee, what hast thou to do with that? Does not the Word of God command thee to look to Christ. Great as thy sins are, Christ …

The Wide-open Mouth Filled

Psalm 81:10

… Go in to be faithful to the teaching of the whole Word of God—that is something great. It is not sufficient if you have filled your own …

'Marvelous Things'

Psalm 98:1

… And thus it comes to pass that, tonight, you have the open Bible in your hands and I am permitted to freely expound the teaching of that Bible …

The King In His Beauty

Isaiah 33:17

… His ipse dixit is the great ground of all our theology, for He is "the Word of God," and His regal supremacy is the argument for obedience to …

Twelve Covenant Mercies

Isaiah 55:3

… What is the best way of hearing the Word? Is it not to search and see whether what the preacher says is really according to the Word of …

The Seed Upon Stony Ground

Mark 4:5

… They heard the real Gospel—they did not attend upon ritualistic falsehoods, or philosophic speculations—it was the Word of God which they heard. The sower did not …

Runaway Jonah and the Convenient Ship

Jonah 1:3

… They leave all their friends, their Bible class and every opportunity of usefulness for the sake of the hedges and the birds. Providence has found them a spot …

Fields White For Harvest

John 4:35

… Now is the time when the corners of the streets should ring with ministers' voices! When the Word of God should be distributed in every house! When you …

Gospel Missions

Acts 13:49

… Now, if you will listen to me you shall hear the word of God: if you do not, I shake the dust of my feet against you, and …

Lacking Moisture

Luke 8:6

… First, let us note well that there is a reception of the Word of God which fails to be effectual. Secondly, we shall enquire why it fails in …