The Bible

Good Reasons for a Good Resolution

Isaiah 61:10

… robe of righteousness! You will have to look in the margin of your Bible to get the next reason for being glad, which is, hallowed service. Our text …

Jubilee Joy—or, Believers Joyful In Their King

Psalm 149:2

… of Jesus! In His realm, He is, Himself, the supreme Head and the Bible, alone, is the one law-book. Certain Christians are fond of deciding questions by …

Our Last Journey

Job 16:22

… Carstairs, "Dear Brother, for all that I have written or preached, there is but one Scripture which I can now remember or dare grip unto, now that I …

Our Urgent Need of the Holy Spirit

Romans 15:13

… But the Bible, inspired though it is, is never spiritually understood by any man apart from the personal teaching of its great Author. You may read it as …

Good Cheer For Outcasts

Psalm 147:2

… with light and knowledge, understanding the letter of the Gospel, having read the Bible from my youth, up, I felt that my sins were blacker than those of …

Nathanael And The Fig Tree

John 1:45-51

… These uninstructed ones may be Bible readers, they may be Gospel hearers, but as yet they may not have been able to grasp the great Truth that God …

Where Go You?

Job 23:10

… We have in the Bible, records of the lives of Believers. Can you remember the life of a single Believer who lived and died without sorrow? I cannot …

The Unrivalled Eloquence Of Jesus

John 7:46

… That word, "I have loved you with an everlasting love." It is true it is written in the Bible, an old, old saying—but I can say and …

Peter's Fall and Restoration

Luke 22:61

… We shall never have any biographies, written by uninspired men, after the fashion of these Bible biographies. I am sure that if Peter had been the minister of …

The True Apostolical Succession

Psalms 45:16

… There rose up in the midst of the Church a company of men who would not endure to have the Word of God altered and fashioned by princes …

Shaved and Shorn, But Not Beyond Hope

Judges 16:22

… Indeed, they so conspicuously fail in one point or another that Scripture calls them fools! The devil himself is a fool after all. He thinks that he is …

Bands Of Love

Hosea 11:4

… I must confess I find in the Bible nothing of the kind, neither do I pray, nor read the Scriptures, nor attend Divine worship with the remotest idea …

The Arrows Of The Lord'S Deliverance

2 Kings 13:19

… Review the whole history of the Church as you find it in Scripture and you will see that this has ever been the fact. When God would save …

"The Tender Mercy of Our God"

Luke 1:77-79

… PORTION OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON—Matthew 8:1-18. HYMNS FROM "OUR OWN HYMN BOOK"—912, 328, 195.

Open Heart For The Great Savior

John 1:12

… We are taught over and over again in Scripture that Jesus Christ is Immanuel, God with us, God manifest in the flesh, Jehovah's equal in fashion as …

A Second Word to Seekers

Jeremiah 29:13

… Remember the grand old records of Inspiration—turn to the Bible and see how God has saved seeking souls—and your memory may thus beget faith in you …

The Dying Thief in a New Light

Luke 23:40-42

… It will only fulfill that solemn Scripture which says that the Gospel is a savor of death unto death to some, even that very Gospel which is a …

Simple Fact and Simple Faith

Acts 13:38

… From his ashes sprang this mighty preacher of the Word of God! 19-22. And when He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He divided …

The 'Beau Ideal' of Life

Psalm 90:14

… One says, "I cannot read," and another says, "I can read, but I cannot understand what I read in the Bible. And when I go to hear a …

"Forget You, I Will Not"

Isaiah 44:21

… comforting in the text for you! There is nothing comforting in the whole Bible for you while you remain as you are! You must quit that evil service …

The Centurion—Or An Exhortation To The Virtuous

Luke 7:4-9

… There is a minister here who has been preaching the Word of God—he has so proclaimed it that God has been pleased to own it in some …

The Faithful Olive Tree

Judges 9:8

… Many, to obtain a higher wage, have left holy companionships and sacred opportunities for hearing the Word of God and growing in Grace. They have lost their Sabbaths …

"Herein Is Love"

1 John 4:10

… He may say that he loves God, but then it is a god of his own inventing and not Jehovah, the God of the Bible, the only living …

Mercy's Master Motive

Isaiah 48:9-11

… Now, however, your affairs are at a low ebb and you begin again to pray; the neglected Bible is brought down again; now the seat that could be …

Preparing for the Week of Prayer

Revelation 8:3

… salvation must be banished from the minds of all who believe the Word of God! 13-17. I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the …

Posture, Action, Gesture, Etc. (Second Lecture)

… There are better ways of becoming striking preachers than by imitating the divine of whom his precentor said that he had dashed the inwards out of one Bible …

The Believer's Glad Prospects

Song 2:17

… Conscience tells them—and if conscience is not enlightened enough to do so—the Word of God tells them that the day of the Lord shall be darkness …

Flesh And Spirit—A Riddle

Psalm 73:22-25

… Many young Believers are most fond of the doctrinal parts of Scripture, and I admire that holy curiosity which leads them to desire to understand all the revelation …

Freedom At Once and Forever

Isaiah 61:1

… That is like the old Popish doctrine! But good, true, Protestant, Bible doctrine is, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved." "He that believes …

Eternal Life!

John 17:3

… So long as the Bible endures, there is no way of getting that doctrine out of it unless men willfully pervert its plainest teaching. From before the foundation …

Honest Dealing with God

1 John 1:8-10

… Remember, the sins of your holy things, your Sabbath sins, your sanctuary sins, your sins against the Bible, your sins against prayer, your sins against the love of …

The Absent Pastor’s Care for his Flock

… Spurgeon.” One letter was addressed to the Bible-classes conducted by Elders Perkins and Bowker:— “Mentone, “Feb. 5. “Beloved Brethren, “Peace be to you and the dear friends …

Sentence Of Death, The Death Of Self-trust

2 Corinthians 1:9

… God has been pleased to fill a large part of the Bible with biographies and histories of human actions in order that we who are men, ourselves, may …

Meditation on God

Psalm 104:34

… reads and assimilates each sentiment to his heart by meditation—receiving the Word of God first into his understanding—and afterwards receiving the spirit of it into his …

'The Time of Jacob's Trouble'

Jeremiah 30:7

… You know that God's Truth, in Scripture, is like a crystal. You may take a great mass of it and if you break that crystal into fragments …

Traveling Expenses On The Two Great Roads

Jonah 1:3

… 18:26 ), is the revelation of Scripture. "If you walk contrary to Me, I will walk contrary to you," is the voice of the God of Sinai. The …

Letters concerning Settlement in London

… The ordinary routine will include Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, and Mensuration; Grammar and Composition; Ancient and Modern History; Geography, Natural History, Astronomy, Scripture, and Drawing. Latin and the elements …

Ears Bored to the Doorpost

Exodus 21:5

… Others of you know you ought to be united with a Christian Church. "They gave themselves first to the Lord, and afterwards to the saints by the Word …

Holy Violence

Matthew 11:12

… And see them after they have prayed, how they turn over the Word of God. They do not read its chapters as if the mere looking at the …

The Head and the Body

Ephesians 4:15

… Do you wonder if, sometimes, you find in the Bible a Truth which you cannot quite comprehend? You ought not to marvel, for even the Prophets, who prophesied …