The Church

Pride the Destroyer

Habakkuk 2:4

… You do not hear a just man saying, "I am living before God by my alms, by my prayers, by my repentance, by my fasting, by my Church …

More and More

Psalm 71:14

… If you are unable to accomplish service which you were accustomed to perform for Christ’s church, the hours drag very wearily along. As the Master found it …

Carte Blanche

Matthew 15:28

… child for whom you have been praying? Do you not will for the congregation that lies on your heart? Do you not will for that friend with whom …

Joy in Harvest

Isaiah 9:3

… I had been preaching in a village some few Sabbaths with an increasing congregation, but I had not heard of a conversion. And I thought, "Perhaps I am …

A Solemn Enquiry Concerning Our Families

Genesis 19:12

… I shall hope, therefore, that in such a congregation as the present, where there are so many loving hearts, my question will drop like a spark upon dry …

The Keynote of the Year

Psalm 103:1

… Lay home to your hearts the burden of His Church and long for the success of its work. When you see His Truth dishonored and His Word, itself …

The Jeer Of Sarcasm, And The Retort Of Piety

2 Samuel 6:20-22

… He preaches in a Church in Glasgow; he is just inducted into the Church, preferment lies open before him, he may speedily be made a Bishop if he …

Faith Tried and Triumphing

Job 13:15

… I have hated the congregation of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked. By which he does not mean that he does not associate with them in …

The Saint and the Spirit

John 14:17

… Brethren, the more than golden treasure of the Church is the Holy Spirit! The treasury of the Church is not under the lock and key of the State …

Invitation to a Conference

Isaiah 1:18

… I am addressing myself to all the unconverted people who are in this congregation and to all who have not yet believed on the Lord Jesus Christ. I …

Life and Pardon

Colossians 2:13

… I see them mingled with this great congregation like corpses sitting upright among the living. I look out upon the masses of this vast city and upon the …

Effects Of Sound Doctrine

Matthew 24:24

… The word, "elect," recurred so frequently in conversation and was so mixed up with all their preaching, with all their assembling together, and with all their Church acts …

A Worthy Theme for Thought

Psalm 48:9

… By the term, the Church, I mean the whole body of Believers throughout the world and in Heaven, too, for they together form the one "general assembly and …

A Caution to the Presumptuous

… So we are to winnow the church this morning to discover the presumptuous. We need not go far to find them. There are in every Christian church men …

Our Lord's Transcendent Greatness

Micah 5:4

… She noticed that the church was very full and that many people were standing outside. So she asked what was doing. They told her that an Englishman was …

A Look and Its Lessons

Isaiah 51:1

… When they first joined the Church, they loved all their fellow members, and thought that each one of them was better than themselves. But now they are constantly …

Theocracy

Psalm 44:4

… Many and many a time I have tried till my head has ached, to work out a problem in Church government, but have not discovered the solu-tion …

Awake! Awake!

1 Thessalonians 5:6

… Now, I come to give another meaning to the word “sleep.” I hope there have been some of my congregation who have been tolerable easy whilst I have …

Jesus, The King of Truth

John 18:37

… He was observed on the cold mountainside at midnight as well as in the midst of the great congregation. This was permitted to make the Truth known, for …

A Very Early Bible Society

2 Chronicles 34:15

… You know, Brothers and Sisters, how from century to century that church which has no foundation in the Word of God has, with desperate determination, hunted after every …

Filling Up the Measure of Iniquity

Genesis 15:16

… The sin of persecuting the Church of God is one which, perhaps more than any other, helps to fill up the measure of a sinner's iniquity! Another …

Confirming the Witness of Christ

1 Corinthians 1:6

… IT is not always the most gifted church which is in the most healthy state. A church may have many rich, influential, or learned members—many that have …

Comfort From the Future

Job 11:16

… I bless God tonight and praise His name in the great congregation. And I ask for every Brother and Sister that, when your time of misery comes, you …

Hosanna!

Matthew 2:19

… will the sheaves be garnered! It is cheering when the congregation shares the excitement with the Church and its ministers—and the prospect of a Divine blessing is …

The Portion Of The Ungodly

Isaiah 47:14

… As he looks back, instead of comfort, O Sirs, what agony the past will give him! Should I be so unhappy as to have in my congregation this …

Memory—The Handmaid Of Hope

Lamentations 3:21

… Always in this congregation we have some who are seeking the Lord— would to God we had many more! It were glorious preaching if all were either seeking …

Slaying the Sacrifice

Leviticus 1:5

… To Him let every tongue be praise, And every heart be love! All grateful honors paid on earth, And nobler songs above!" The Church militant is called upon …

Harvest Joy

Isaiah 9:3

… When God blesses His Church, He blesses the world through her. Therefore, Heaven and earth are invited to be glad in the gladness of the Church of God …

The Last Enemy Destroyed

1 Corinthians 15:26

… We leave the imperfect Church on earth, but we claim membership with the perfect Church in Heaven. The Church militant must know us no more, but of the …

The Believing Thief

Luke 23:42-43

… It has frequently happened, in this large congregation, that some one of our audience has died ere the next Sabbath has come round: it may happen this week …

An Earnest Entreaty

Psalm 17:7

… And though much was lost to the cause of righteousness by David's sin, yet the Church is enriched for all ages by the possession of such a …

Accidents, Not Punishments

Luke 13:1-5

… A fearful fright took hold upon the congregation, and they fled, and do you not see that if accidents are to be viewed as judgments, then it is …

God's People in the Furnace

Isaiah 48:10

… Like as a comet when it flashes in its glory, leaveth a blaze behind it for a moment, so hath the church left behind it blazing fires of …

Hypocrisy

Luke 12:1

… My hearer! is this thy case? Thou art a member of a church, a deacon, a minister. Is this thy case? Is thy life a contradiction to thy …

Patience, Comfort and Hope From the Scriptures

Romans 15:4

… written for you—I mean, not merely for you all, as a whole congregation, but for each child of God. There are passages in the Bible which sometimes …

Covenant Blessings

Ezekiel 36:26

… I was preaching once, in a certain city, and a very worthy but worldly man went out of the congregation while I was in the middle of the …

An Old-fashioned Remedy

Psalm 107:20

… Oh that men would praise the LORD for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! Let them exalt Him also in the congregation …

God's Will About the Future

James 4:13-17

… William Olney, the senior deacon of the Tabernacle Church, was lying unconscious, after a paralytic stroke. He fell asleep in Jesus the next morning. On the following Lord …

Mr. Spurgeon’s Opinions on Subjects of General Interest

… Gabriel's Church, while the congregation at the Tabernacle is engaged in prayer. I reminded your predecessor that no right of bell-ringing belongs to any but a …

A Generous Proposal

Numbers 10:29

… First, the nature of a true Church as it is depicted by Israel in the wilderness. Secondly, the obligation of such a Church to invite suitable persons to …