The Bible

The King’s Highway Opened and Cleared

… Faith is sometimes spoken of in Scripture as being a leaning upon Christ; a casting of one’s self upon him, or, as the old Puritans used to …

An Epistle Illustrated by a Psalm

Psalm 118:13

… It will be a lasting Ebenezer bearing this witness, "Hitherto has the Lord helped us." I was asked to select a text of Scripture to put upon a …

The Spies

Numbers 13:32

… upper world above the stars? Would you not know from Scripture if you were to take the Bible and read it, that everywhere the Christian is commanded to …

A Suitable Watchword

Psalm 12:1

… Let me suggest to you, dear Brother, that when you have studied the Scripture anxiously and carefully, and sought out the opinions and judgments of good and gracious …

Forward! Forward! Forward!

Exodus 14:15

… If there is anything in the Bible which is plain at all, it is that he who believes in Christ should he buried with Him in Baptism. Then …

Healing for the Wounded

Psalm 147:3

… So this broken heart is felt at the time of that change of which the Bible speaks, when it says: “Except a man be born again, he can …

"Speak, Lord!"

1 Samuel 3:10

… The Word of God calls every sinner to repent and trust the Savior, but that call brings nobody to Christ unless it is accompanied by the special effectual …

God's Fatherly Pity

Psalm 103:13

… They seemed to me so inconsistent with the tone and tenor of Scripture, for He appears to take pleasure in His people and to be "grieved" with their …

Christian Baptism

Colossians 2:12

… are beginning to protest Scripture itself, but every sound-hearted, honest-minded Protestant, will go with us in saying that the Word of God is the only tribunal …

The Essence Of The Gospel

John 3:18

… It is the whole Bible in miniature. We may say of it so many words, so many volumes, for every single syllable here is charged to the full …

The Heavenly Rainbow

Revelation 4:3

… But it is significant that there is always a prominence given in Scripture to the grace, the mercy, the goodness and the loving kindness of God. Surely Scripture …

A Call to Holy Living

Matthew 5:47

… and beyond the Bible itself. Now, this is all wrong, and we must purge ourselves of it and come to the word of God itself: and, when we …

A Special Benediction

… Very generally it is so—those who revile Holy Scripture are usually persons who have not read the Bible. They "speak evil of those things which they know …

Cured At Last!

Luke 8:43

… Holy Scripture contains no justification for hopelessness. No mortal has a just pretense to perish in despair. Neither the nature of God nor the Gospel of God, nor …

The Child Samuel'S Prayer

1 Samuel 3:9

… We shall meditate upon this Scripture, first, as the prayer of a little child. Secondly, as the cry of an anxious soul. Thirdly, as the prayer of an …

Faith's Dawn and Its Clouds

Mark 9:24

… In the highest sense the Lord Jesus is the Word of God. To know him is life eternal. By his knowledge he justifies many. I do not know …

'And It Was So'

Genesis 1:7

… You will find those words six times upon the first page of Scripture. God spoke and said, "Let there be a firmament." "And it was so." He said …

The Holy Road

Isaiah 35:8

… As the Savior spoke at Nazareth, so say I now, "This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears." Hear it, and discern its Divine teaching. As the …

Psalm 20

Psalm 20

… The unction of our Redeemer has a great stress laid upon it in Scripture. And therefore we read, "Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ, is born of …

Enoch

Genesis 5:21-24

… THE three passages of Scripture which I have read are all the authentic information we have concerning Enoch. It would be idle to supplement it with the fictions …

Godly Fear and Its Goodly Consequence

Proverbs 14:26

… WHAT IS THIS FEAR OF THE LORD? The expression is used in Scripture for all true godliness. It is constantly the short way of expressing real faith, hope …

Degrees Of Power Attending The Gospel

1 Thessalonians 1:5

… And afterwards—in many trials, in many difficulties, in varied experiences, in furious temptations—he had made each Truth of Scripture his own by having tasted its sweetness …

"And We Are"—a Jewel from the Revised Version

1 John 3:1

… A genuine fragment of Inspired Scripture has been dropped by our older translators and it is too precious to be lost. Did not our Lord say, "Gather up …

The True Lineage

Luke 11:27

… But He said, More than that, blessed are they that hear the Word of God, and keep it." Luke 11:27 , 28 . Was this a loving-hearted woman …

The First Resurrection

Revelation 20:4

… Such I do not think is the testimony of the Word of God! I think the Word of God teaches, and teaches indisputably, that the saints shall rise …

Concerning the Consolations Of God

Job 15:11

… Take a good look at yourself and examine your life by the light of Scripture—and if you find that you have been doing something wrong unawares, or …

The Right Observance of the Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

… It must be sheer superstition, utterly unwarranted by Holy Scripture, which tells us that the Lord's Supper can only be properly received in the morning and that …

Morning, July 4

Jn 17:17

… thy word is truth.” The passages of Scripture which prove that the instrument of our sanctification is the Word of God are very many. The Spirit of God …

God's Unspeakable Gift

2 Corinthians 9:15

… You will find it in the 53rd Chapter of Isaiah." A condensed Bible is in this chapter. You have the whole Gospel here. Verse 1. Who has believed …

Faith Versus Sight

2 Corinthians 5:7

… And though there may often appear to be times when he stops, and seasons when he goes back, yet the Scripture is not broken where it says that …

Mouth and Heart

Romans 10:9

… When the reader finds a compact sentence of this sort, he has met with a little Bible, a miniature Body of Divinity. Behold the whole story of redeeming …

Our Lord's Substitution

1 Peter 2:24

… I remember, once, hearing a certain Divine assert that sin could not be transferred—but it was, for Holy Scripture again and again declares that it was. "Blessed …

Gratitude for Deliverance from the Grave

Psalm 118:17

… To the Lord God, the God of Israel, I consecrate myself anew! For the Covenant of Grace, for the revelation of the Infallible Truth in the Bible, for …

The Devil's Last Throw

Luke 9:42

… We are sure that he is coming to Christ, for when he gets home he reaches down his Bible. He has begun to read the Word of God …

A Miniature Portrait Of Joseph

Genesis 39:2

… Holy Scripture excels in this kind of full-length miniature paintings! Michelangelo is said to have drawn a portrait with a single stroke of his crayon and so …

The Rider on the White Horse and the Armies with Him

Revelation 19:11-16

… and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in Heaven followed Him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean …

Number 2500—or, "Entrance and Exclusion"

Matthew 25:10

… But from other passages of Scripture we know that we shall go in with Christ to the marriage, not as mere spectators of His joy, as friends of …

Christ—The Power and Wisdom of God

1 Corinthians 1:24

… No book was ever so suggestive as the Bible. Large tomes we have in our libraries which it takes all our strength to lift, all upon holy Scripture …

Healed or Deluded? Which?

Jeremiah 8:11

… People will do anything but think according to the Word of God. They will both think and speak against the revealed will and Truth of God, but to …

A Clear Understanding

Matthew 13:51

… When he sits down to read the Bible, he cannot help thinking whether this or that text would make a sermon. When he is praying, often the temptation …