The Bible

An Antidote to Satan's Devices

Genesis 3:1

… We doubt not, from certain hints in Scripture, that he occupied a very high place in the hierarchy of angels before he fell. And we know that those …

Light—Natural And Spiritual

Genesis 1:1-5

… So the way in which we receive light is by the Word of God. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. Christ Himself is …

The Need and Nature of Conversion

Isaiah 55:7

… Do not come to find fault with the Word of God—but "Come unto Me," says the Lord. "Hear, and your soul shall live." 3. And I will …

The Form of Sound Words

2 Timothy 1:13

… If so, doubtless the document would have been preserved and enrolled in the canons of Scripture as one of the writings of an inspired man. I can scarce …

Hold Fast Your Shield

Hebrews 10:35

… Some of the broad Church school would seem to believe that no doctrine in the Bible is worth dying for, or worth anybody's losing over and above …

The First Appearance of the Risen Lord to the Eleven

Luke 24:36-44

… all our hearts all teaching in which Holy Scripture is put into the background! Still the Bible and the Bible, alone, should be and shall be the religion …

The Dove'S Return To The Ark

Genesis 8:9

… So you, with all that sin of yours and those wanderings will be received. "Only return"—those are two gracious words in the Bible—"only return"—so it …

Open-Air Preaching — Remarks Thereon

… more than he did about the Bible. But how deeply they drank in a half-hour’s account of the Scripture manuscripts, their preservation, their translations and versions …

Lessons From Nature

Psalm 104:17-18

… If I cannot find shelter in one text, what a blessing it is the Bible is full of promises, and there are promises in the Bible which seem …

Lecture II: Anecdotes From The Pulpit.

… Our Bible contains doctrines, promises, and precepts; but these are not left alone--the whole book is vivified and illustrated by marvelous records of things said and done …

Faith.

… Those who receive by faith anything which they find in the Bible will receive two things, twenty things, ay, or twenty thousand things, though they cannot construct a …

Substitution

2 Corinthians 5:21

… The God of Scripture has three great attributes, and they are all three implied in the text. The God of Scripture is a sovereign God; that is, he …

Alpha And Omega

Revelation 22:13

… Call Him by whatever title Scripture has affixed to Him and He is the First in it. Is He a Prophet? Then all the Prophets follow at a …

Peace at Home, and Prosperity Abroad

Psalm 147:14

… The Psalmist is here describing the prosperity of Jerusalem, and he connects that prosperity with the progress and diffusion of the Word of God. He is teaching us …

The Road to Honor

1 Samuel 2:30

… If you wish to see this exemplified in Scripture, how many instances rise before you! Enoch walks with God because God pleases him and then we find that …

Spiritual Liberty

2 Corinthians 3:17

… This Bible is the Magna Charta of old Britain. its truths, its doctrines have snapped our fetters, and they never can be riveted on again, whilst men, with …

Homage Offered to the Great King

Psalm 72:15

… Many passages of Scripture seem to point to His actual and Personal coming and, somehow or other, it does delight my soul to anticipate that Christ may yet …

The Form of Godliness Without the Power

2 Timothy 3:5

… They will not be able to sustain their hopes, for Scripture gives them no solid basis to rest upon. We who believe that there will be no millennial …

Glimpses of Essex and Cambridgeshire Life, 1853

… He had a large Bible on his knee, and the children also had their Bibles; and he in the midst was holding his finger up, with all solemnity …

Immanuel—The Light of Life

Isaiah 9:1

… Scripture best explains Scripture, as diamond cuts diamond. The Word of God carries its own keys for all its locks. It is profitable to study Scripture, not in …

A Practical Discourse

1 Kings 5:14

… If he spends much time in working and none in prayer and Bible reading, it will be very weakening to himself and damaging to his work. A weak …

The Man Who Shall Never See Death

John 8:51-53

… That man receives, through the Word of God, a new and everlasting life, for the Word of God is a "living and incorruptible seed, which lives and abides …

The True Christian’s Blessedness

Romans 8:28

… No ungodly man loves God—at least not in the Bible sense of the term. An unconverted man may love a God, as, for instance, the God of …

Things Unknown

Jeremiah 33:3

… And you have no right to say you are a Christian till you have read your Bible, for the Bible is the standard of Christian faith and practice …

Sonship Questioned

Matthew 4:3

… two-edged sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God! And the devil can still quote Scripture to suit his own purpose. Yet it was a …

Salvation of the Lord

Jonah 2:9

… and if you think it unreasonable, you must quarrel with the Bible. Let others defend Scripture and prove it to be true; they can do their work better …

Preface to the First Series

… To develop the faculty of ready speech, to help them to understand the word of God, and to foster the spirit of consecration, courage, and confidence in God …

Black Clouds and Bright Blessings

Ecclesiastes 11:3

… It were as possible to measure space, or to grasp the infinite in the hollow of your hands, as to take the entire compass of Holy Scripture. "It …

Four Contrasts

Isaiah 43:1-4

… He never read the Bible, or thought of God, but he saw a girl, sitting at a cottage door, reading her Bible. He said, "Oh, the Bible?" "Yes …

The Portion Of The Ungodly

Isaiah 47:14

… We want no better evidence of the truthfulness and Divinity of Scripture than that which is furnished by prophecies which have been fulfilled in lands concerning which we …

A Message to the Glad and the Sad

Job 22:29

… the texts of Scripture that suited his case. I know he thought Jesus Christ came to save good people, but nowhere in the Bible is there anything of …

Psalm 9

Psalm 9

… Verse 16. "The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands." Not only do we read it in the word of God, but all history, all …

"I and the Children"

Isaiah 8:18

… The context sets forth, as is most common throughout the whole of Scripture, the different results which result from the appearance of the Savior. He is rejected by …

God Fighting Sin

Isaiah 63:10

… Some believe in an impassive God, but certainly the God of the Bible is never so described. He is represented in Holy Scripture after the manner of men …

Prayer 19 — God's Unspeakable Gift

… Bless, we pray Thee, all Bible-women and nurses, deacons and missionaries of the City Mission, Bible readers, and all others who in any way seek to bring …

The Best of All Sights

Hebrews 2:9

… IN Holy Scripture faith is placed in opposition to the sight of the eyes and yet it is frequently described as looking and seeing. It is opposed to …

The Certainty And Freeness Of Divine Grace

John 6:37

… But, Brothers and Sisters, let us not sin by setting one Scripture against another, or attempting to divide the living child of Revelation. It is one and it …

Delight in the Almighty

Job 22:26

… However, in this particular verse, Eliphaz declared that which is taught in many other parts of Holy Scripture and we may profit by his utterance. God grant that …

Preparation for Heaven

2 Corinthians 5:5

… The Word of God says, "He that is holy, let him be holy still; he that is filthy, let him be filthy still." Such as you are when …

The War of Truth

Exodus 17:9

… What your fathers did, do you again; still keep up the war, till time shall end.” I love my Bible because it is a Bible baptized with blood …