The Bible

Seeking For Jesus

John 6:24

… And they have waited so long in prayer and Bible reading, and so on, that now they utterly despair, and give all up as hopeless. It is no …

Redeeming the Unclean

Exodus 13:13

… This is the Gospel—the core, the kernel, the marrow of the entire Bible! You may say of all the Book besides, that it is but folds and …

The First and the Second

Hebrews 10:9

… for even my conscience joined with the Spirit of God and the Word of God, in telling me, that though outwardly righteous, yet I was inwardly wicked! Still …

'Never, No Never, No Never'

Hebrews 13:5

… This should teach us how necessary it is for us, also, to quote Scripture whenever we can. The Holy Spirit abounds in gracious thoughts and in fitting language …

The Universal Remedy

Isaiah 53:5

… But in spiritual things it is not so—there is a catholicon, a universal remedy provided in the Word of God for all spiritual sicknesses to which man …

Cheer for Despondency

Proverbs 27:1

… I hope every city missionary who hears me, every Bible woman, every minister, every tract-distributor, every Sunday school teacher, will try and look this very sweet thought …

Prayer Meetings

Acts 1:14

… Let the stakes smoke at Smithfield and the saints of God go up to Heaven in chariots of fire—and then the Word of God multiplies exceedingly and …

The People's Christ

Psalm 89:19

… I mourn and grieve that our ministers are so much diluting the Word of God with philosophy, desiring to be intellectual preachers, delivering model sermons, well fitted for …

God in Heaven, and Men on the Sea

Psalm 65:5

… In these days a God is preached who is not in the Bible, nor yet on the sea. Our God is not the new god of proud philosophers …

Ruth Deciding for God

Ruth 1:16

… Can you stand out against it? You two young men went to hear the same preacher and you both felt the force of the Word of God, but …

A Pastoral Visit

… But he went through the whole Bible in course, expounding it, chapter by chapter, and accompanying it by prayer and singing. One reason he gave for singing was …

The Last Three Months at Mentone;–and Afterwards

… At the top of the accompanying illustration, and also of the one given on page 364, several texts of Scripture can be read. They form part of the …

"Eyes Right"

Proverbs 4:25

… How little we know of our hidden wealth in Christ Jesus! Oh, that we studied Scripture more, that we were more teachable and waited more humbly upon the …

God's Mercy Going Before

Psalm 59:10

… And when we turned to the Word of God, there were texts there, some of them very terrible ones, and they did for us just exactly what ought …

The Use of the Bow

2 Samuel 1:17

… of forming a concordance of sacred Scripture—which concordance has become the great instrument by which we search the Word of God. This work kept him from becoming …

Unanswered Prayer

Psalm 22:2

… the Word of our God endures forever." Do you plead that enduring Word of God? Let no dark thoughts drive you to despair. Continue to trust! Continue to …

The Right Keynote for the New Year

Psalm 115:18

… Whenever I read my Bible and find that it says, "everlasting," or, "forevermore," I believe that it means what it says. Of course, I have lived in a …

A Call to the Unconverted

Galatians 3:10

… And die he did, without a Bible in his house, without having one prayer offered for him except that prayer which I alone did offer at his bedside …

Gracious Renewal

Psalm 51:10

… What mean those texts in Scripture that speak of waiting upon the Lord, and renewing our strength? What can be the meaning of, "renewing our strength like the …

Preparing to Depart

2 Kings 2:11

… Sunday school teachers, call your children together—let your addresses to them be those of dying men and women! You who can and do conduct our Bible classes …

"Take Heed, Brethren"

Hebrews 3:12

… You know that you believe everything that is in the Bible. You look with horror upon any heretical doctrine. You love to hear the Gospel and yet you …

The Church'S Love To Her Loving Lord

Solomon 1:7

… I am sure that you believe that every Word of God is precious and most certainly we say of this Book, "it is more to be desired than …

The New Fashion

Mark 2:12

… Neither do they turn to Scripture to discover the mind of the Spirit of God, but to find some color for their prejudices. It is easy to show …

The Common Salvation

… As for the root facts, the fundamental Doctrines, the primary Truths of Scripture, we must, from day to day, insist upon them. We must never say of them …

Untitled Sermon

Ephesians 1:12

… We heard the Word of the God of Truth and it came to us as the Word of God—it came with the force of truth, carrying conviction …

Free Pardon

Isaiah 43:25

… They say that the God of the Bible, (who is the real, living and true God who made the heavens and the earth), is vindictive because He severely …

The Dumb Singing

Isaiah 35:5

… I believe that is the best commentary to the Bible and I like to study it. I opened it lately at the word, "dumb," and I found Master …

Helps to Full Assurance

1 John 5:13

… How do I know? I know because the Spirit of God has so declared it in the Word of God! Thus has He spoken—"He that believes on …

Greater Things Yet Who Shall See Them?

John 1:50

… There was one passage of Scripture which was the means of our conversion and we cannot do better than repeat it in hearty tones to others, hoping that …

Faith Purifying the Heart

Acts 15:9

… Certain others would bind us with creeds and ordinances not plainly taught in the Word of God, nor agreeable thereto—of which Peter and John knew nothing whatever …

The Lesson of the Almond Tree

Jeremiah 1:11

… Instead of this, Jeremiah simply sees "a branch of an almond tree" and, beloved Friends, when you look into the Bible, you will see some very simple things …

Psalm 143

Psalm 143

… It is no marvel that such atheists and papists who altogether refuse the word of God, live comfortless and die without comfort, because they refuse that instrument which …

The Prosperous Man's Reminder

Hosea 13:5-8

… Often in Scripture the Lord speaks of Israel's early days. He says, "I remember you, the love of your espousals when you went after Me into the …

Days of Heaven Upon the Earth

Deuteronomy 11:21

… But it is all changed, now—get the Bible and let us see if we cannot pray together tonight." That is one of the days of Heaven upon …

Grace Reviving Israel

Hosea 14:5-7

… And as this one portion of Sacred Writ is full of poetry, the like holds good of all the Word Of God. There is no book so poetic …

Adorning the Gospel

Titus 2:10

… chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the Word of God be not blasphemed. Young men, likewise, exhort to be sober minded." You see …

Psalm 106

Psalm 106

… This passage is to our mind one of the most terrible in the Bible. Truly we serve a jealous God. Yet he is not a hard master, or …

The Flight to Zoar

Genesis 19:23

… Now, I think, when our Savior said, "Remember Lot's wife," He did, as it were, put a hand on the margin of the Bible, pointing to the …

Great Forgiveness for Great Sin

Ephesians 1:7

… you of what has happened to those who have died in it This Bible, which is the Revelation of God, tells us that sinners who die impenitent are …

'The Zeal of the Lord'

Isaiah 9:7

… I am neither a Prophet nor the son of a Prophet, but if there is anything plain in Scripture, it seems to be this—that there is a …