The Bible

Thought-Reading Extraordinary

Psalm 10:17

… Our first observation is written upon the surface of the Scripture before us—THE LOWLIEST FORM OF PRAYER MAY BE MOST TRUE AND ACCEPTABLE. And what is that …

Sowing in the Wind, Reaping Under Clouds

Ecclesiastes 11:4

… Do not begin to measure your safety by your comfort—but measure it by the eternal Word of God which you have believed and which you know to …

The Church—the World's Hope

Acts 27:24

… And remember, dear Friends, that there have been special cases in Scripture where the putting of a person into an unpleasant condition has been a great gift to …

Christ the Destroyer of Death

1 Corinthians 15:26

… Well now, if the Word of God says he is the last, I need to remind you of a little piece of practical wisdom—leave him to be …

The Infallibility of God’s Purpose

Job 23:13

… isolated texts in Scripture may be speciously quoted, but which really in spirit are contrary to the whole tenour of the Word of God. Thus your orthodoxy will …

The Saint'S Horror At The Sinner'S Hell

… He whose name is THE WORD OF GOD, shall tread the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And meanwhile, the angel standing in the sun …

The Christian's Great Business

Psalm 51:12-13

… PORTION OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON—Luke 5.

A Homily for Humble Folks

Proverbs 30:2

… PORTIONS OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON— Psalm 73 ; Proverbs 30:1-9 .

Opening the Mouth

Psalm 81:10

… I think, however, that the illustration which we have mentioned is far fetched and I seldom like an explanation of a passage of Scripture which demands the introduction …

A Solemn Enquiry Concerning Our Families

Genesis 19:12

… We shall see these galleries and these aisles and this vast area full of Believers yet! We shall see the Word of God running, having free course, and …

Joseph's Bones

Hebrews 11:22

… That eventful life, perhaps the most interesting in all sacred Scripture, with the exception of One, abounds with incidents of which the Holy Spirit might have said by …

Unconditional Surrender

James 4:7

… PORTION OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON— James 4 . HYMNS FROM "OUR OWN HYMN BOOK"— 181, 578, 654.

The Clean and the Unclean

Leviticus 11:2

… of God, little children, and the whole world lieth in the wicked one.” Scripture never supposes that the world will get better till the coming of Christ. It …

Converts, and Their Confession of Faith

Isaiah 44:5

… as if there were not another person in the world! And the Word of God, if it comes with power to your soul, will come as distinctly to …

A Safe Prospective

Daniel 8:19

… Scripture to back up their prognostications. Everywhere that kind of spirit which leads men to amuse themselves with light literature leads them, also, to read the Bible with …

The Crown of Thorns

Matthew 27:29

… up differences between their supposed scientific discoveries and the declarations of the Word of God. Full often have they torn their own hands in weaving crowns of thorns …

A Stanza of Deliverance

Psalm 105:37

… loses appetite and grows greedy for empty phrases—and weary of the Word of God. May the Lord grant you Grace to be among those of whom it …

Waiting, Hoping, Watching

Psalm 130:5

… no further." Then you thought amiss, for that is not the teaching of Scripture. When the Apostle Paul, the most marvelous runner who ever ran the Christian race …

The Day of Atonement

Leviticus 16:34

… Now, that was just a piece of gratuitous nonsense, for there is nothing the Scripture that warrants it in the least degree. The rabbis tell us that this …

The Greatest Wonder of Grace

Ezekiel 9:8

… it will be just and according to the solemn warnings of the Word of God. When I read the terrible things which are written in God's Book …

The Believing Thief

Luke 23:42-43

… If it had been an exceptional case, it would not have been written in the Word of God. Men will not publish their actions in the newspapers if …

God's People in the Furnace

Isaiah 48:10

… We are told also in the Word of God, how a certain class of people are put into the furnace and get no good by it, and are …

Comfort and Constancy

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… Pray that it may be so everywhere else." Paul is said to have written this Epistle from Corinth or Athens, and he longed that, there, the Word of …

Christ's Joy and Ours

John 15:11

… Be not, therefore, careless about Scriptural Doctrine—study the Word of God and seek to understand the mind of the Spirit as revealed in it, for this blessed …

Untitled Sermon

Exodus 15:1

… THIS is the first song unto the Lord which is recorded in Holy Scripture. In Jacob's blessing of his children there are verses which may be regarded …

Sweet Stimulants for the Fainting Soul

Psalm 42:6

… As Paul wrote to Timothy, "All Scripture is given by Inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; that the …

The Secret Of Health

Psalm 42:11

… There is nothing like that in the Word of God! Nothing of the kind! That may be the version of the Vatican, but it is not the version …

All For Jesus!

Colossians 3:24

… But Jesus said, "Yes, rather, blessed are they that hear the Word of God, and keep it." Get that blessing! Hear it from His own lips! Study His …

The Throne of God and of the Lamb

Revelation 22:3

… middle seat Of the celestial Throne." There is no such idea in Holy Scripture. "The midst of the Throne" means the front of the Throne, according to the …

Early And Late

Matthew 20:1

… WE have frequently observed that we do not think it right to neglect the context of Scripture. We have no right to tear passages of Scripture from their …

The Root That Bears Wormwood

Deuteronomy 29:18

… States of body and mind so terrible that the very phrases in which Scripture speaks of future misery might, without exaggeration, be used in describing them! This is …

Jesus Joyfully Received

Luke 19:6

… Go to the Law and to the Testimony and believe nothing but what is in the Word of God. But I pray you to also remember that a …

His Name—The Counsellor

Isaiah 9:6

… That council, although we read but little of it in Scripture, was nevertheless most certainly held; we have abundant traces of it, for though it is a doctrine …

Salvation by Grace

Ephesians 2:5

… derive our Inspiration from Calvin's Institutes and Commentaries, but from the Word of God itself! Yet we hold the Doctrines commonly called, "Calvinism," to be none other …

Faith and Its Attendant Privileges

John 1:11-13

… PORTION OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON—1 John 3 . HYMNS FROM "OUR OWN HYMN BOOK"—533, 448.

The Parent's and Pastor's Joy

… Beloved, if you love your pastor, if you love the Bible, if you love the Gospel, if you love Christ, if you love God—be a holy people …

Early Pastoral Epistles

… I would have all our children fully taught the Word of God. Let me strongly recommend to you the use of The Assembly's Catechism. Many a minister …

A Catechism for the Proud

1 Corinthians 4:7

… The very privilege of hearing the Word of God, you must thankfully acknowledge to be a gift from the hand of God! Others even in your own country …

Sorrow and Sorrow

2 Corinthians 7:10

… These two Truths of God are both taught in Scripture and, therefore, they cannot be at variance with one another. You would be as much puzzled to prove …

The High Rock

Psalm 61:2

… You will find that a true Christian had rather miss a meal than lose his daily portion of Scripture, or his frequent resort to the House of Prayer …