The Bible

The Wicked Man’s Life, Funeral, and Epitaph

Ecclesiastes 8:10

… I know ministers to this day, however, who know more about fishing rods than they do about chapters in the Bible; more about fox-hounds than about hunting …

The Principal Wheat

… Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest the word of God. The thoughtful Christian is the growing Christian. Remember, the service of God deserves our first consideration and endeavor …

A Pressed Man Yielding to Christ

John 9:35-38

… That is the way to obtain faith! Many a man has been reading in the Bible the story of the Cross, and so he has believed in Jesus …

Compassion for Souls

Genesis 21:16

… If you think so, then why dare you call yourselves Christians? Renounce your Bible, renounce your baptism, renounce your profession if one spark of honesty remains in you …

"The Ark of His Covenant"

Revelation 11:19

… fail you? I remember one who had put in the margin of her Bible in several places, "T and P"—and when she was asked what those letters …

Prospect—"He Will Keep"

John 17:11

… those whom You gave Me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the Scripture might be fulfilled." John 17:11 …

Christ's Yoke and Burden

Matthew 11:30

… How often shall we have to tell people that the Bible is not a mere collection of separate sentences which they may tear from their context just as …

Manasseh

… Do you think this Bible exists without being made? If you should say I am credulous because I believe it had a printer and a binder, I should …

The Glorious Hereafter and Ourselves

2 Corinthians 5:5

… Let us prize the Word of God because He wrote it. Let us love the ordinances because He puts life and power into them. Let us love His …

Psalm 18

Psalm 18

… Jesus not only destroyed the fiery suggestions of Satan, but he broke his arguments with which he shot them, by using Holy Scripture against him; by the same …

Precepts and Promises

John 12:26

… You have another book, besides the Bible, which is your guide. The Bible alone is not the religion of many professing Christians. It is to some, but there …

The Mediator’The Interpreter

Exodus 20:18-20

… Your Bible also: you have read your Bible, of course you have; but with what attention? with what intention? with what devout belief? with what resolve to feel …

'Return Unto Your Rest'

Psalm 116:7

… Laughter and merriment may do you untold harm unless they are sanctified by the Word of God and prayer—if they are so sanctified, they may not cause …

Consolation In The Furnace

Daniel 3:25

… When money vanishes and business all goes wrong, we frequent the Prayer Meeting more and the closet more and read the Bible more—we are driven by all …

Memories of my Father (Continued)

… to see their loving faces, and to speak to them the good Word of God. I am an exiled prisoner, and the iron enters into my soul; but …

Spared!

Ezekiel 9:8

… You shall be left, then, of that pleasing fancy of yours and of that merry wit which can make sport of Bible Truths and mock at Divine solemnities …

Harvest Men Needed

Matthew 9:37

… It lies more on my heart than any other in the Bible. It is one that haunts me perpetually and has done for many years. What can one …

The Hope of Future Bliss

Psalm 17:15

… the book of Revelation, but I cannot tell what he is; they are Scripture phrases, and I cannot understand their meaning; but whatever they mean, I know that …

My Restorer

Psalm 23:3

… The poet laureate of Scripture sings surpassingly in this Psalm, and every line is dedicated to the Beloved of his soul, in whom were all his fresh springs …

'The Blood of the Testament'

Hebrews 9:19

… Do not think it rests with you, Soul, for what says the Scripture? "It is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs but of God …

God's Overtaking Mercy

Genesis 16:8

… Whatever sound we make, if the Word of God is not in us, it is a sound that has no meaning, conveys no heavenly meaning. "I have become …

A Plain Talk Upon An Encouraging Topic

Jonah 2:7

… Jonah had evidently read his Bible. At least he had read the 42nd Psalm, for he quotes it here. It is a blessed thing to have the Bible …

'The Star Out of Jacob'

Numbers 24:17

… Without endorsing their exploded theories, we meet in Scripture with expressions like this—"Can you bind the sweet influences of the Pleiades or loose the bands of Orion …

The Holy Spirit Glorifying Christ

John 16:14

… Sometimes, when you are reading the Bible, you will come across a text of which you will say to yourselves, "What is this? We cannot tell what He …

Love's Vigilance Rewarded

Solomon 3:4

… O you who love Christ, go beyond the means of Grace! Go beyond ordinances, go beyond preachers, go beyond even the Bible, itself, into an actual possession of …

The First Fruit of the Spirit

Galatians 5:22

… We have heard of, "every man his own lawyer," and now we are coming to have, "Every man his own god, every man his own bible, every man …

The Shining of the Face of Moses

Exodus 34:29-36

… We afford a hurried quarter of an hour for Bible reading and we think we have done well. Very far am I from saying that it is not …

Psalm 65

Psalm 65

… To thee belong submission, praise, O God, in Sion. (Version of the American Bible Union.) Thou hast a claim for submission in times of sorrow, for praise in …

The World Turned Upside Down

Acts 17:6

… He reads his Bible too, and he has family prayers. It is true that there are certain stories flying about, that he is rather hard upon his laborers …

Our King, Our Joy

Psalm 149:2

… Human intellect is adored as an idol, and in its pride it changes the teaching of the Word of God, and sets up new dogmas which the Word …

Seeking Richly Rewarded

Psalm 34:10

… We would not take a Word of God that does not belong to us, lest we should deceive ourselves and be guilty of robbing God. We must go …

Jesus—"All Blessing and All Blessed"

Psalm 72:17

… Your Bible, too, is a priceless treasure, but that is His Testament—His legacy of love! The Mercy Seat is a storehouse of wealth—but He is that …

Onward!

Philippians 3:13

… His motto must be, "Onward and upward!" Nearly every figure by which Christians are described in the Bible implies this. We are plants of the Lord's field …

Shame Leading to Salvation

Psalm 83:16

… than Scripture and who fancy that, in their great wisdom, they are able to correct this Inspired Book! Many set up in the trade of "Bible makers" nowadays …

The Chief Of Sinners

1 Timothy 1:15

… I speak plain words, such as I find in Scripture. Such God shall judge when He comes at the last day, for this temptation is a deep ditch …

Witnesses for God

Isaiah 43:10

… Certain brethren find it convenient to insist upon quiet portions of the word of God and not on Truths which might cause them trouble and provoke discussion. That …

The Joyous Return

Hosea 14:1-3

… PORTION OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON—Hosea 13 and 14.

The Guilt and the Cleansing

Psalm 51:7

… I never read in Scripture that all that He did in His life could take away sin. The Savior's life is the robe of righteousness with which …

Taking Hold of God

Isaiah 64:7

… Nothing short of this shall content me." Such a man opens his Bible and resolves to find out what God's will is—and he judges for himself …

The Spur

Ecclesiastes 9:10

… You will not say there, as you did this afternoon, "It is dry reading—that Bible." You will not be tired of hearing promises there. No promise and …