The Bible

A Willing People and an Immutable Leader

Psalm 110:3

… Never verse in the Scripture has puzzled me more than this to find out its meaning and its connection. In reading it over hastily, at first sight, it …

Daniel Facing the Lions' Den

Daniel 6:10

… PORTION OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON—Daniel 6.

Love's Commendation

Romans 5:8

… Christ and is baptized, shall be saved. “He that believeth not,” saith the Scripture “shall be damned. “ Do you not like that message? Ought I to have said …

The Soul's Crisis

Luke 18:37

… the skies is sent— 'You that from God depart, While it is called today, Repent! And harden not your heart.'" PORTION OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON—Luke 18

A Personal Application

Hebrews 9:26

… while we meditated upon the precious Truth contained in this passage of Holy Scripture? We saw very clearly God's way of putting away sin. We knew that …

The Wordless Book

Psalm 51:7

… very time fighting against the king's enemies! Searching through the whole of Scripture, or at least through the Old Testament, I do not know where we have …

“The Boy-Preacher of the Fens”

… I did not like to pass by, and leave a fellow-creature in trouble, so I entered the house, read a few verses of Scripture, and prayed, and …

Under His Shadow

Psalm 91:1

… One likes to see "therefores" in Scripture. They are inferences drawn with great accuracy. You have beenmy helper. Well, then, You will bemy helper and if I cannot …

No Illusion

Acts 12:9

… Dear Friends, do you not remember that the Gospel that we preach is a very great Gospel? Is it not called in Scripture, "The great salvation"? Now when …

Heavenly Rest

Hebrews 4:9

… THE Apostle proved, in the former part of this and the latter part of the preceding chapter, that there was a rest promised in Scripture called the rest …

Our Lord's Preaching

Isaiah 61:1

… This pernicious notion is sinning against the child! No word of Holy Scripture gives countenance to such a policy of delay and neglect! Neither Nature nor Grace pleads …

How God Condemned Sin

Romans 8:3

… We believe in one God, but though we understand not the mystery of the Divine Existence, we accept the propositions declared in Scripture, clearly apprehending the obvious sense …

The Comer’s Conflict with Satan

Luke 9:42

… Now I will mention the five great doctrines which we hold to be most prominent in Scripture, by the perversion of each of which the devil tries to …

A New Year's Benediction

Hebrews 13:5

… will never leave you, nor forsake you." Behold, then, the value of Holy Scripture! If an Inspired man quotes the text as of Divine authority, much more should …

Our Lord's Posture in Ascension

Luke 24:50-53

… You know what a significant period 40 days has always been in Scripture and you know that in our Lord's own case, He was 40 days in …

A Divided Heart

Hosea 10:2

… Oh, my brethren, when we can talk about religious things with flippancy; when we can quote texts of Scripture in order to make jests upon them, when we …

The Relationship of Marriage

Jeremiah 3:14

… If they will but read Scripture with an unprejudiced mind I am quite sure they will find it there. It always seems inexplicable to me that those who …

The Garden Of The Soul

Matthew 26:36

… But then the word "like" is used in Scripture to signify not merely resemblance but the identical thing itself. We believe that the Savior did sweat, from His …

The Blood

Exodus 12:13

… cleanse, but that it must cleanse, “whereby we must be saved,” says the Scripture. If we have that blood upon us we must be saved, or else we …

A Vision of the King

Isaiah 33:17

… But all students of Scripture must agree that "the King" here mentioned is a type of the Lord Jesus Christ—and that the promise of the text relates …

Evangelical Congratulations

Philippians 1:18

… godly in this present world?" And they take our own utterance, our own Scripture, and they say, "You may well enough call them 'dead in trespasses and sins …

The Centurion's Faith and Humility

Luke 7:6-8

… I shall direct you to this double star shining with so mild a radiance in the sky of Scripture. This man's deep humility was not injurious to …

The Voices of Our Days

Job 32:7

… For a man to trust himself in the beginning of his Christian career is very unwise, for Scripture warns him against it! But for him to trust himself …

Tearful Sowing and Joyful Reaping

Psalm 126:6

… PORTIONS OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON—Psalms126,127,129

'Going and Weeping'

Jeremiah 50:4

… begin with myself and with my Brothers engaged in the same holy office. Scripture teaches us that with the sower of the Good Seed of the Kingdom, there …

Words Of Expostulation

Jeremiah 2:18

… the image of Christ— what have you to do? You have seen in Scripture a dreadful picture of a madman, where Nebuchadnezzar the king runs with oxen and …

A Troubled Prayer

Psalm 25:18

… Or had I hearkened to the counsels given to me in the pages of Scripture. Or if I had even noticed the dictates of my own conscience—yes …

Our Leader Through the Darkness

Isaiah 50:10

… I know some Christians who would think it dreadful to obey ecclesiastically. "Obey them that have the rule over you," is not a pleasant Scripture to them. They …

Noah's Eminence

Genesis 7:1

… Then did Noah live a perfect life? No, speaking popularly, and as the Scripture often speaks, we may say that Noah's character was a righteous one. There …

Praise Comely to the Upright

Psalm 33:1

… light, nor the light, though He is both, but that He is Light. Scripture uses the term, light, for knowledge, for purity, for prosperity, for happiness, and for …

Psalm 133

Psalm 133

… Therefore in Scripture we find him to be from hence denominated and entitled. 1Co 14:33. "God is not the author of confusion (or of noisiness), but the …

The Savior's Thirst

John 19:28

… SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, I thirst." John 19:28 …

The Queen of Sheba

Matthew 12:42

… Brothers and Sisters, here is a cure for vain thoughts! When you have been assailed by vain thoughts, let your mind be lovingly stored with texts of Scripture …

A Promise and Precedent

John 16:14

… and aim of the Holy Spirit to glorify Jesus Christ No study in Scripture is more interesting or profitable to the Christian than the Revelation which is given …

The Bridgeless Gulf

Luke 16:26

… there remains no hope? Besides, remember there is no other sacrifice for sin. Scripture expressly tells us that there remains no more sacrifice for sin. Do you think …

The Eye—a Similitude

Psalm 17:8

… Amen." PORTION OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON—Psalm 17.

A Comforting Message for the Closing Year

Psalm 37:7

… We have also another rest, and that is, REST FROM ALL OUR FOES. Scripture, speaking of the victories of the children of Israel under Joshua and Caleb, says …

Mourning at the Sight of the Crucified

Luke 23:48

… Amen." PORTION OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON—Luke23:27-56.

"Beautiful Forever"

Psalm 149:4

… God says that "He will beautify the meek with salvation." It is a circumstance worthy of your notice that there are mentioned in Scripture three men whose faces …

The Procession of Sorrow

John 19:16

… but they are not mine; they are the very words of God in Scripture. Oh! sinner, if God hides his face from Christ, how much less will he …