The Bible

Sealed and Open Evidences

Jeremiah 32:14

… we are the children of God must be the open Word of God itself. I read the Bible and I say, "Well, if this Book is true, I …

The Blessing of Full Assurance

1 John 5:13

… It ought to strike some of you with awe when you open the Bible and think how large a part of it is not directed at you. You …

Jehovah Has Spoken—will You Not Hear?

Jeremiah 13:15-17

… To me, a sentence of Scripture is the essence of logic, the proof positive, the Word of God which may not be questioned. Eyes and ears may be …

Experience and Assurance

Psalm 63:7

… After all, it is not what we read in the Bible, but what we feel in the heart which actually gives us our best acquaintance with God. A …

Effects Of Sound Doctrine

Matthew 24:24

… Bible to interpret it, instead of making every system, be its merits what they may, yield and give place to the pure and unadulterated Word of God! They …

Is Conversion Necessary?

2 Corinthians 5:17

… He has noticed that a great number of our theological ideas come, rather, from Milton, and "The Pilgrim's Progress," than from the Bible, for he does not …

Pleading, Not Contradicting

Matthew 15:27

… Quibble not at the faithfulness of the Word of God. Take the lowest place and admit you are a sinner—lost, ruined and undone. If the Scripture should …

Lame Sheep

Hebrews 12:13

… If they turn to the Bible, they seem naturally to fall upon the threats, or if they read the promises, they shake their heads and say, "Ah, these …

Hoping in God's Mercy

Psalm 33:18

… By the term, "the fear of God," we understand in Holy Scripture the whole of true religion. We do not mean by the fear of God, the slavish …

No Fixity Without Faith

Isaiah 7:9

… But I say, tonight, of Him who created the heavens and the earth, the God of this Word of God, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus …

Tender Words Of Terrible Apprehension!

Psalm 9:17

… Do you remember that family meeting which was held each morning, when the big Bible was opened, and your father read from Holy Scripture the Words of Truth …

The Great Jail—and How To Get Out Of It

Galatians 3:22

… If any man reject the Scripture, I have little to say to him at this moment, for I am speaking mainly to those who accept the Bible as …

Stand Fast

Colossians 1:23

… Gospel is grounded in the Infallibility of Scripture. The Papist has an infallible pope, but we have an Infallible Bible. If that which is spoken in this Book …

Unto You, Young Men

1 John 2:14

… While he holds the Word of God as a doctrine, it holds him as a living indwelling force. The Word of God abides in him, that is, he …

A Lesson From The Great Panic

Hebrews 12:27

… They want us to prove that the Bible is the Word of God instead of accepting it as such. The skepticism which questions everything is very rife and …

God's Time for Comforting

Psalm 119:82

… First of all, I SPEAK TO YOU, BELOVED BELIEVERS—to you who are saying with the Psalmist that your eyes are failing from searching the Word of God …

The Stony Heart Removed

Ezekiel 36:26

… them even to the Bible, and with their hard heart they may read the Bible pretty safely, for even the Word of God the hard heart can turn …

The Queen of Sheba, a Sign

Matthew 12:42

… It may suit so-called "priests" to take away the Bible from the people, but true preachers of the Gospel always push the Bible to the front. Therefore …

Receiving the Kingdom of God as a Little Child

Luke 18:17

… When you tell a believing child the promises of the Word of God, how he opens his little eyes! How fully he believes the Word of God! How …

Spiritual Religion

John 6:63

… To such persons, we would simply say, "Your Bible reading is but the flesh, it is of no use to you, 'it is the spirit that quickens.' The …

Honor for Honor

1 Samuel 2:30

… the Word of God as your only guide from the very beginning of your Christian life. It is commonly said that "the Bible, and the Bible alone, is …

A Luther Sermon at the Tabernacle

Habakkuk 2:4

… The Bible is one and indivisible—you cannot question the Old Testament and retain the New. Habakkuk must be inspired, or Paul writes nonsense. Yesterday, 400 years ago …

Christ Loosens From Infirmities

Luke 13:11-13

… There has been the promise to meet the case, but the poor soul could not lay hold of it! There has been the cheering Word of God which …

The Seed by the Wayside

Luke 8:5

… The seed is the Word of God. Not the word of man. Have we a Word of God at all? Brothers, that is a question which we nowadays …

Noah's Faith, Fear, Obedience, and Salvation

Hebrews 11:7

… Sincere faith in God must treat all God's Word alike; for the faith which accepts one word of God and rejects another is evidently not faith in …

The Lord with Two or Three

Matthew 18:20

… We can hardly call it a congregation where the minister has to say, "Dearly Beloved Roger, the Scripture moves us in different places," as we have heard was …

Heedful Hearing

Luke 8:18

… If men did but always catch the Word of God, speaking after the manner of men, what chances there would be that that Word would be blessed to …

On the Choice of a Text

… I opened the Bible to find the text, which I had carefully studied as the topic of discourse, when on the opposite page another passage of Scripture sprang …

The Horns of the Altar

1 Kings 2:30

… Now, in this you do well, for, "Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God"; but, if you suppose that the mere hearing of a …

The Oft-Repeated Invitation

Revelation 22:17

… It is like the point of the arrow and all the rest of the Bible is like the shaft and the feathers on either side of it. We …

The Need of Decision for the Truth

… There is something definite in the Bible. It is not quite a lump of wax to be shaped at our will, or a roll or cloth to be …

A Question for Hard-hearted Hearers

Amos 6:12

… on my own, but look at the Word of God for yourselves and you shall find that the Inspired Scripture has in it terrible threats against impenitent sinners …

On the Cross After Death

John 19:31-37

… For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, 'Not one of His bones of Him shall be broken.' And again another Scripture says, 'They shall …

Jonah's Resolve—or, 'Look Again!'

Jonah 2:4

… made him deal familiarly with holy Scripture. "What?" you ask—"how do you know that?" He had but a small Bible compared with ours, but he had laid …

When Can We Find Comforters?

Nahum 3:7

… that knocks, it shall be opened." No prayer, no Bible-reading, no going to hear the Word of God with the earnest intent to find out what the …

God's Handwriting Upon David

1 Chronicles 28:19

… If we will follow the Word of God closely, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we shall find that it enters into the details of our private …

Human Responsibility

John 15:22

… It is the Word of God sent down from heaven which we preach with the power of the Holy Spirit, earnestly beseeching you to believe it, and remember …

The Great Miracle Worker

John 11:47

… blessed Book, the Bible. There are certain things in it which they do not approve—and when a man once begins to rail at Scripture, you never know …

An Immovable Foundation

Psalm 11:3

… This Word of God, this Revelation of Himself which He has made to us by Prophets and by seers, by Apostles and by evangelists, and by His own …

Idols Abolished

Hosea 14:8

… and read it and, failing to get through the letter into the spirit, they trust in the mere act of Scripture reading and make even the Word of …