The Bible

Heaven

1 Corinthians 2:9-10

… HOW very frequently verses of Scripture are misquoted! Instead of turning to the Bible, to see how it is written, and saying, “How readest thou?” we quote from …

The Safeguards of Forgiveness

2 Samuel 12:13

… David is made to feel that the Word of God can search out his most secret things and make him see himself in his true character, disguise himself …

Further Afield

Acts 13:46-48

… SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold and said, It was necessary that the Word of God should first have been spoken to …

"As We Have Heard, So Have We Seen"

Psalm 48:8

… It is of the first importance to you all that you should hear the Word of God and receive the Truth of God as it is in Jesus …

"Your First Love"

Jeremiah 2:2

… friends were not believers in Baptism as it is taught in the Word of God and, therefore, I was about to do a strange thing, for none of …

"Jesus Only" —a Communion Meditation

Mark 9:8

… They expect to hear of great agencies employed, of multitudes of ministers going forth to preach the Word of God and of a gradual conversion of the world …

The Evils of the Present Time, and Our Object, Necessities, and Encouragements*

… We believe all Scripture to be true. When the Bible says that a man is lost, we believe that the loss is real and tremendous. Heaven and hell …

Return! Return!

Jeremiah 3:12

… Though your Bible has become covered with dust through your neglect and though you have so acted that even mere worldlings might have been ashamed to act as …

The Pastors’ College, 1861-1878 (Continued)

… SELWAY’S LECTURE-ROOM (ALSO USED FOR MEN’S BIBLE-CLASS), METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE. I have often noticed one thing in some who have seemed unable to understand even …

Come From the Four Winds, O Breath!

Ezekiel 37:9

… Holy Scripture is so marvelously full of meaning that one interpretation seldom exhausts its message to us. The chapter before us is an excellent example of this fact …

The Dream of Pilate's Wife

Matthew 27:19

… He moves the godly woman to proclaim the Gospel by her lip and life where the Bible is not read. He sends a sweet girl to grow up …

The Lord's Chosen Ministers

Luke 10:21

… Sometimes I take up a commentary on some part of the Bible and think that I am going to learn something. And so I do. And when I …

Receiving the Holy Spirit

Acts 19:2

… In general, it was by the hearing of the Word of God and by the operation of the Holy Spirit—but they do not remember, as some do …

Bad Lodgers and How To Treat Them

Jeremiah 4:14

… Is not that enough?" Many hope it is and live as if they felt sure it was! But the religion of the Word of God is not so …

Forgiveness

Psalm 130:4

… There is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared." Exclusively in the Bible is this Revelation made, but the words of my text are not exclusive. The …

The Sieve

Amos 9:9

… In modern times she has been peculiarly attacked by criticism upon her Bible which she upholds as the revealed will of God. Men have even been found calling …

A Psalmist's Question and Answer

Psalm 130:3

… He gets away, sometimes, where he can pray by himself, and he likes to find a quiet corner where he can read his Bible. He used to read …

The Suffering Savior's Sympathy

Hebrews 2:18

… There is in the Bible a remedy exactly fitted for your grief if you could only find it. Sometimes you lose the key of a drawer and you …

Unseasonable Prayer

Exodus 14:15

… into the question of the authenticity of that particular passage and of the Bible in general! "No," you say, "I do not mean that, for I am quite …

Declaring the Works of the Lord

Psalm 118:17

… redemption? All this is plainly written in the Word of God, but many men do not read the Bible. Then, let them see it and hear it! Be …

Songs in the Night

Job 35:10

… One Word of God is like a piece of gold— the Christian is the gold-beater and he can hammer that promise out for whole weeks! I can …

The Arrows of the Bow Broken in Zion

Psalm 76:3

… Go back, therefore, in your outward life." Though we have been able still to wield the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, and have …

Strength in Weakness

… Our text is not only written in the Bible, but it is inscribed upon the lives of the saints. Though we are not apostles, and shall never be …

Others To Be Gathered In

Isaiah 56:8

… Let us at once get together in little knots of twos and threes and seek to have the Word of God fulfilled. This very afternoon enter into your …

Concern For Other Men's Souls

Romans 9:1-5

… the friends met to unite in the joint conviction that the Bible is the Word of God! Dr. Johnson says of Lyttleton's, "Observations upon the Conversion and …

Not Now, But Hereafter!

Job 21:29-31

… Our gracious God and Father has seen fit to give us a whole book of the Bible upon the subject; the main drift of the Book of Job …

Jesus At Bethesda—or, Waiting Changed for Believing

John 5:1-9

… You are no atheist, no denier of the Gospel—on the contrary, you firmly believe the Bible and heartily wish that you had a saving part in Christ …

Jesus At A Standstill

Mark 10:49

… I venerate the silence of the Bible as much as its speech. I have been wondering if there is a man or woman here who will be saved …

A Welcome Discovery

Genesis 21:19

… I have not any comfort left me if anyone shall prove that these things are not the Truths of Holy Scripture. They are the Truths of Scripture, however …

Desires Towards God—a Sermon For The Weak

Psalm 38:9

… When the king had dreamed and none could interpret the dream, the Word of God said—"Then Daniel went to his house and made the thing known to …

Holiness, The Law of God's House

Ezekiel 43:12

… Her Law-Book is the holy Bible, her armory is the holy Covenant, her comfort is holy prayer. Her convocations are holy assemblies—her citizens are holy men …

Patients for the Great Physician

Luke 5:31

… I subscribe to the Bible Society. I give a couple of guineas a year to a Ragged School. I have been in the habit of going to church …

Quiet Musing!

Psalm 39:3

… If we muse upon the things of which we hear and read in sacred Scripture, we shall do wisely. It is well to muse upon the things of …

The World On Fire

2 Peter 3:10

… Information as to the future in Scripture is generally very indistinct in arrangement and though many attempts have been made to form a consistent scheme of prophecy, not …

Law and Grace

Romans 5:20

… According to the Bible testimony, we look for the great day when the dark cloud which has swathed this world in darkness shall be removed, and it shall …

A Dire Disease Strangely Cured

Isaiah 53:5

… I think I hear you say, "Why, I have always believed the Bible to be true." Well, then, next, you must take the medicine. What does the physician …

The Shrill Trumpet of Admonition

Jeremiah 48:11

… is mistaken, is that the Word of God itself is not so sweet to him as it once was and surely the Bible cannot have altered! He used …

Spiritual Glean1ng

Ruth 2:15

… Why is it that proud people do not profit under the Word of God? Why is it that your grand folk cannot get any good out of many …

Psalm 1

Psalm 1

… His footsteps are ordered by the Word of God, and not by the cunning and wicked devices of carnal men. It is a rich sign of inward grace …

To The Thoughtless

Isaiah 1:3

… The Bible in your house, which you have not read, has yet, from the very fact of its being there, upbraided you. And the mere presence of godly …