The Bible

Perfect Justification and Perfect Pardon

Jeremiah 50:20

… I do not profess to have attained sufficient proficiency in interpreting the prophetical parts of Holy Scripture to be able to enter, as some can, into the minutes …

With the King for His Work!

1 Chronicles 4:23

… Word of God does not disparage the most humble calling. I suppose that there is scarcely a trade or occupation which is not mentioned in sacred Scripture. The …

How to Read the Bible

You may read the Bible continuously, and yet never learn anything by it, unless it is illuminated by the Spirit; and then the words shine forth like stars …

A Distinction with a Difference

Luke 1:18

… Believe Him! Believe Him! Believe Him and you shall have the blessing! And you, dear child of God, if you have a text of Scripture, a promise which …

"The Lord Is Risen, Indeed"

Luke 24:5

… PORTION OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON—Luke 24.

Where True Prayer is Found

2 Samuel 7:27

… First of all, He puts the promise into the Word of God. David tells us very plainly that it was because God had revealed such-and-such promises …

Warning and Encouragement

Genesis 27:38

… If you believe in Jesus Christ, you shall be saved, be you who or what you may! We have God's Word for it—the Word of God …

Encouragement for the Depressed

Zechariah 4:10

… My dear Brothers and Sisters, you have not been a Bible student long—thank God that you know yourself a sinner and Christ is your Savior! That is …

Sin and Grace

Romans 5:20

… The Law engraved on the two tablets of stone, the Law recorded in the Bible does but very little for us—but when the Law really enters our …

My Own Personal Holdfast

Micah 7:7

… I had rather have one little promise in the corner of the Bible to support my faith than I would have all the philosophies of scientific men to …

Power With God

Genesis 32:28

… If they adhere to that determination, they will never believe in their own existence, for they certainly cannot understand that! They seek to overthrow the Word of God …

Helps

1 Corinthians 12:28

… O that you would carry miniature Bibles about with you! Or, better still, that you had all the Word of God constantly with you in your heart so …

Concerning Prayer

Psalm 86:6

… The prayers of the Bible are nearly all short ones—they are short and strong. The exceptions are found in places of peculiar difficulty, like that of Jacob …

Foundation Work

1 Kings 5:17

… No limit can be set to the period preceding the making of man, if you only follow the Word of God in Genesis. "In the beginning"—that was …

God Our Portion and His Word Our Treasure

Psalm 119:57

… departures from Scripture that Christian men ought to be very scrupulous and carefully observe every ordinance as it is set forth in the Word of God. "I have …

The Indwelling and Outflowing of the Holy Spirit

John 7:38

… SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "He that believes on Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this …

"A People Prepared for the Lord"

Luke 1:17

… It was not wearing a text of Scripture as a phylactery between their eyes. It was not making long prayers at the corners of the streets that would …

A Gracious Dismissal

Luke 7:50

… PORTION OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON—Romans 8:15-39.

Nothing But Leaves

Mark 11:13

… They can see the deficiencies in the various denominations, and they observe that very few really carry out Scripture as it should be carried out. They complain of …

The Plumb Line

Amos 7:7

… plumb line of Scripture to test them all. You know that as a body we are not afraid that you will ever read your Bible too much. We …

What the Farm Laborers Can Do and What They Cannot do

… 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 …

"The Offense of the Cross"

Galatians 5:11

… We are not ashamed to bring ourselves wholly into the mold of Scripture, to take it just as it stands, to believe it and to receive it. And …

Paul—His Cloak And His Books

2 Timothy 4:13

… of Holy Scripture. Or, as likely, they were his own parchments, on which were written the originals of his letters which stand in our Bible as the Epistles …

The Three Witnesses

1 John 5:8

… In these days scarce a stone is turned over among yonder eastern reins which does not proclaim the truth of the word of God, and the further men …

Multitudinous Thoughts And Sacred Comforts

Psalm 94:19

… There are many other great mysteries in the Word of God and foolish persons utterly befog themselves with them. Indeed, some minds never seem to be satisfied until …

The Trial of Your Faith

1 Peter 1:7

… which people try to improve upon the Scripture when they say, "God out of Christ is a consuming fire." The Bible does not so speak. It says, "For …

Self Low, But Christ High

Matthew 8:8

… He that cannot believe God's Word without wonders really fixes his belief in the wonders and not in God's Word! Take the naked Word of God …

Joseph of Arimathaea

Mark 15:43-46

… us aside from the pure, unadulterated Word of God. What have you and I to do with tradition? Is not the Scripture enough? There is probably no truth …

Holy Water

John 4:14

… The principle implanted in us when we believe is an abiding one, for we were, "born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of …

The Philosophy and Propriety of Abundant Praise

Psalm 145:7

… Beloved, be familiar with the Word of God! Store your memory with the ancient records of His great goodness! Drink in the whole narrative of the Evangelists and …

'Take Away the Frogs'

Exodus 8:8

… The painters place halos about the heads of the Bible saints—there were no such crowns of light upon them, literally, and yet within the legend there slumbers …

Christ the Maker of All Things New

… As "by the Word of God were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth," so have you been created by …

The Master’s Profession—The Disciple’s Pursuit

Psalm 40:9

… He wanted no toga or rostrum, nor did he need a preconcerted arrangement of the assembly to lend grace to his discourses when he made known the word …

How God Comes to Man

Genesis 3:8

… It was "the voice of the Lord God" they heard in the garden and you know that it is the Word of God who has been pleased to …

God's Thoughts and Ours

Psalm 139:17

… But when I come back to the Revelation of the Bible concerning a personal God—a Revelation which has been confirmed by my own spiritual experience—and when …

God's Hidden Ones

Psalm 83:3

… He knows the troubles that are yet to come as well as those that have come—He reads you as I read the pages of this Bible. Then …

Fat Things, Full of Marrow

Isaiah 54:7-10

… When we opened the Bible, its choicest promises appeared to be as dry bones from which the marrow is taken and, therefore, we concluded that all was over …

Pentecost

Acts 2:1

… 511, Volume 9, is also entitled, "Pentecost." Its Scripture verses are Acts 2:1-4 .] LOOKING into a silversmith's window on Thursday last, I observed a notice …

The First Day Of Creation

Genesis 1:4

… said, 'let there be light.'" It is through the Word of God contained in this book, the Bible, that light comes into the soul. Let me correct myself …

Elijah's Plea

1Kings 18:36

… A man is their leader and legislator, instead of the inspired Word of God. Some Churches are doing little or nothing for the conversion of sinners. But any …