The Bible

The Sad Plight and Sure Relief

Romans 5:6

… He is dead, yes, and in Scripture he is described as lying like the dry bones that have been parched by the hot winds and are strewn in …

Spiritual Revival—the Need of the Church

Habakkuk 3:2

… and I have run in direct opposition to the whole testimony of Sacred Scripture! I trust, Beloved, that many of us have been taught that if there is …

The Touch

Mark 5:30

… Often are we told in Scripture that He was able to do these mighty signs and wonders because the Holy Spirit was with Him. Even now that same …

Our Lord in the Valley of Humiliation

Philippians 2:8

… He learned what that will was, partly from Holy Scripture. You constantly find Him acting in a certain way, "that the Scripture might be fulfilled." He shaped His …

Help for Seekers of the Light

Isaiah 59:9

… They do not understand the Scripture when they read it and though they hear Gospel terms, yet they fail to grasp Gospel thought. They pant to escape from …

Five Fears

Ecclesiastes 8:12

… In fact, Scripture has honored fear, for the whole of piety is comprehended in these words, “Fear God;” “the fear of the Lord;” “them that fear Him.” These …

Beholding God's Church

Psalm 48:12-14

… Sometimes for the full and Divine Inspiration of Holy Scripture. There is not a tower in the whole compass of the walls that guard the Church, but what …

Blessings Manifold and Marvelous

Psalm 18:19

… But to go farther, there is an alliance yet closer predicted in Scripture, wherein Christ, being married to His Church, shall develop the great mystery, whereby, as husband …

Repentance after Conversion

Psalm 51:17

… A broken heart never tries to play any tricks with God and never shuffles texts as though even Scripture, itself, were meant only to be an opportunity for …

Good News for Seekers

Psalm 22:26

… Seeking the Lord is sometimes used in Scripture as the alias for true religion and it very aptly describes it, for our life consists in endeavoring to know …

An Assuredly Good Thing

Psalm 73:28

… Woe is me that I should have to tell you this! Do you know what becomes of those that forget God? The Scripture is very plain, "The wicked …

The Stern Teacher

Galatians 3:24-26

… It is not the mere exposition of a few verses of Scripture, or the clearing up of some small critical difficulty. Rather would I have you consider it …

Taking Possession Of Our Inheritance

Joshua 1:2

… Well then, being yourselves favored and chosen, why do you not take hold upon the glorious estate which belongs to the chosen family? No part of Scripture is …

To Souls In Agony

Psalm 116:3

… There are three great little prayers in Scripture—"O Lord, I beseech You, deliver my soul." "God, be merciful to me a sinner." And, "Lord, remember me when …

A Door Opened In Heaven

Revelation 4:1

… But to hunt out a Gospel Truth, to track the real meaning of a text of Scripture, to get some fresh light upon one of the offices of …

Knowing the Lord Through Pardoned Sin

Jeremiah 31:34

… For of them the Lord says in this Scripture, "They shall all know Me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them." Note, dear Friends, in …

A Blow at Self-Righteousness

Job 9:20

… When a man laughs at Holy Scripture, you need not argue with him; he is either a fool or a knave—perhaps both. However villainous he may be …

Two Essential Things

Acts 20:21

… PORTIONS OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON’Acts 20:17-27; Ps. 51 . HYMNS FROM "OUR OWN HYMN BOOK"’34 (Ver. 1), 579, 51 (Ver. 2).

Leaning On Our Beloved

Solomon 8:5

… One would imagine that there must have been of late years a society for the improvement of texts of Scripture. And if so I cannot congratulate that honorable …

The Condescension of Christ

2 Corinthians 8:9

… Well, now we come to the third point—WHY DID THE SAVIOUR COME TO DIE AND BE POOR? Hear this, ye sons of Adam—the Scripture says, “For …

Inward Conflicts

Solomon 6:13

… This Canticle is a marriage song—it therefore speaks less of the battlefield than some other portions of Scripture, for at the marriage feast allusions to trial and …

A Door of Hope

Hosea 2:15

… There is, sometimes, a greater embarrassment in the richness of Scripture than in is poverty. In fact, there can be no poverty in any text. I have sometimes …

"A Peculiar People"

Psalm 4:3

… I like to notice, in Scripture, that although God's people are described as a very faulty people, and although the Lord is never tender towards sin, yet …

'A Greater Than Solomon'

Matthew 12:42

… You have never bestirred yourselves to make enquiry! You have not set yourselves down doggedly to search into Scripture and see what is the Truth of God. You …

Independence of Christianity

Zechariah 4:6

… You will notice, in reading Scripture, that whenever God has blessed the church, he has secured himself the glory of the blessing, though they have had the profit …

"He Comes With Clouds"

Revelation 1:7

… great glory." I cannot quote, at this time, all those many passages of Scripture in which it is indicated that our Lord will come either sitting upon a …

Justice Vindicated And Righteousness Exemplified

Romans 3:24-26

… For what says the Scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that works is the reward not reckoned of Grace …

Meeting Of Our Own Church

… I take it, so far as I have read Scripture, that a modified form of Episcopalian Presbyterian Independency is the Scriptural method of Church government; at any rate …

'Good Judgment'

Psalm 119:65

… wood out of the stack, there came to his mind another passage of Scripture, "You shall not steal," and he dropped the wood at once! My dear Friends …

Laus Deo

Romans 11:36

… He knew more of Scripture and explained it more clearly than most. Luther may have as much courage, but Luther knows little of theology. Luther, like a bull …

Preparation for the Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 11:28

… God grant we may, none of us, be afraid of the strictest rules of Scripture in their sternest form. Alas, Brothers and Sisters, we often stop short in …

More and More

Psalm 71:14

… PORTION OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON—Psalm 71.

The Double Forget-me-not

1 Corinthians 11:24

… They say that they cannot see where it is commanded in Scripture. I have long ago given up trying to understand other people's understandings, for some of …

Christ the Overcomer of the World

John 16:33

… PORTION OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON—John 16:1-33. HYMNS FROM "OUR OWN HYMN BOOK"—326, 633, 739.

The Essence of Simplicity

John 9:35

… I do not know that holy Scripture gives us an instance of a more commonsense man than this man whose eyes were opened. And so, when he is …

The Pity of the Lord—the Comfort of the Afflicted

James 5:11

… PORTION OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON—Psalm 103.

To-morrow

Proverbs 27:1

… Stay while, lest you wast your strength, for you may work to-morrow.” I bid them remember that such is not the teaching of Scripture, for that says …

The Determination of Christ to Suffer for His People

Mark 15:23

… Let me just, in conclusion, note a very beautiful thought of a good man on a passage of Scripture. Jesus says in His prayer, "Father, I will that …

Spiritual Convalescence

Zechariah 10:12

… They seem to imagine that Divine Grace is an excuse for human laziness, but I have never yet found any passage of Scripture to warrant such an assumption …

Moab Is My Washpot

Psalm 60:8

… The lives of many men are recorded in Scripture, not as excuses for our sins, much less as examples, but the very reverse. Like murderers in the olden …