The Church

Warning and Encouragement

Genesis 27:38

… Alas! Alas, we have known some who have stood high in the esteem of their fellow men, and some who have even dared to enter the visible Church …

A Blessed Gospel Chain

John 14:23

… You know that in the Church of England service there are certain places where the clergyman says, "saying after me," so that it is not simply the minister …

Fencing the Table

1 Corinthians 11:28

… No preacher may dare to say, "My office screens me from this test." Deacons and elders of the church, you must examine yourselves because you have known church …

Enlivening and Invigorating

Psalm 119:25

… I have often been sorely pained by it—when members of this Church, who have much, become very poor—and have given up attendance at the House of …

The Unspeakable Gift

2 Corinthians 9:15

… The Church has produced thoughtful scholars whom it has called, "Divines," and described as "eminent theologians." From these teachers we have, no doubt, received much help in the …

Enquiring of God

2 Samuel 2:1

… I single that case out because it happens to be one that often comes up, especially in a large congregation like the present, with so many in it …

The Faculty of Impromptu Speech

… This gift may be of the utmost importance in the church-meeting, where business may arise which it would be difficult to foresee. All the troublers of Israel …

His Name—The Counsellor

Isaiah 9:6

… There may happen to be in my congregation some person of great talent, but if my friend should present himself at the cabinet council and give his advice …

All At It

Acts 8:4

… The Church there was highly favored with its twelve Apostles and a multitude of minor lights. And the tendency would have been to keep the center strong. I …

Coming—Always Coming

1 Peter 2:4

… Oh, may God's Grace continue to take out many of this congregation like stones divided from the quarry, that so by Grace they may come to Jesus …

The Cloud of Doves

Isaiah 60:8

… May you come to love the Church of God because your children are there! Last of all, we fly to Christ and to His Church because our All …

The Fullness of Jesus the Treasury of Saints

John 1:16

… I will defy any man to hold together a large congregation, year after year, with any other subject but Christ Jesus! He might do it for a time …

An Earnest Warning Against Unbelief

Hebrews 8:18

… Always read Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy with this view—"This is the story of the Church of God in the wilderness—I would see how God dealt …

Darkness Before the Dawn

Solomon 2:17

… And just now I feel that there is a gathering gloom over the Church and over the world. It seems as if night were coming on and such …

And Why Not Me?

Matthew 8:2

… Our congregation is a singular one—made up of persons of every condition of life—from almost every country under Heaven! And in it there are specialties of …

Saints In Heaven And Earth One Family

Ephesians 3:15

… Brethren, we cannot but sorrow this day, for the Lord has taken away a Sister in Christ, a true servant of the Church. She was a consecrated woman …

An Urgent Request for an Immediate Answer

Genesis 24:49

… I frequently see people who come to join the Church and they say, "My husband is not converted," or, "My daughter is not converted." "Do you get them …

Have You Forgotten Him?

Genesis 41:9

… I have little by way of urging you as a congregation to do more in the service of the Master. Often I feel held back by the thought …

Comfort for Tried Believers

1 Corinthians 10:13

… So, summing up all that I have been saying and looking around this congregation and upon all of you who know the Lord—although it would be impossible …

A Lesson and a Fortune for Christian Men of Business

Hebrews 13:5

… Francis de Sales, who was an eminent confessor, to whom persons went in the Romish church to confess their sins, found that persons confessed to him, in private …

Good News For You

Luke 10:33

… dainty and respectable congregation over which he officiated. As for the Levite, he had to read the hymns. He was a clerk in the church, and he was …

An Appeal To Sinners

Luke 15:2

… If they could find none in him personally, yet they could easily find it in his congregation; his deportment towards them shocked their false notion of propriety, and …

The Entreaty of the Holy Spirit

Hebrews 3:7

… THE peculiar circumstances in which we are now placed as a congregation demand of me that my discourses should be principally directed to the unconverted, that the awakened …

Three Blessings of the Heavenly Charter

Job 10:12

… Do not blame us for getting old! We were all young, together, and I remember that many here were introduced into the Church as young men and young …

The Tender Enquiry of a Friend

Jeremiah 47:5

… I allude, first, to some professors of religion who have been Church members for ten, twenty, or more years and yet have practically done nothing at all for …

Lacking Moisture

Luke 8:6

… the Lord's minister, or to join in the sacred song of the congregation, but you come to "appear before God," that you may show yourself to Him …

Healed or Deluded? Which?

Jeremiah 8:11

… Why not? Are there not many persons who consider that all is well with themselves because they have been observant of Church ordinances from their youth up? And …

The Minstrel

2 Kings 3:15

… Those with cracked voices would be kind if they would not sing quite so loudly in the congregation, for they grievously disturb other people; but they might get …

Following the Risen Christ

Colossians 3:1

… We do not realize enough the fact that we are come unto the general assembly and Church of the Firstborn, whose names are written in Heaven. Love all …

A Call For Revival

Solomon 7:11-13

… forth." If a Church is alive there will always be many to observe where the first tear of repentance is glistening. In this congregation every Sunday, thank God …

The Good Ananias—a Lesson for Believers

Acts 9:10

… Oh, that our Church members were all men of spotless character! Oh, that all professors were well reported of! The Church is injured in her efforts for the …

"The King Can Do No Wrong"

2 Samuel 3:36

… The congregation gets smaller or grows careless. The district seems as if it refused to be blessed. We meet with many impediments in our service. Well, if they …

Free Pardon

Isaiah 43:25

… Now, I know not what particular sins may have been committed by the members of this congregation. Suppose we were to begin at yonder aisle, and each one …

The Lord's Own View of His Church and People

Solomon 4:12

… A Church is a congregation of faithful men—that is to say, of men who are Believers in the Lord Jesus, men in whom the Holy Spirit has …

Holding Fast Our Profession

Hebrews 10:23

… How could there be a Christian Church at all if every Christian concealed his faith in his own bosom? Without the Christian Church as an organization, how would …

The Spur

Ecclesiastes 9:10

… Do you not feel, Brothers and Sisters, as members of the Christian Church, that you have each a work to do? You love the Church and you would …

'The Desire Of All Nations'

Haggai 2:7

… The Church, then, shall never be shalen, and the precious things that the Church gives to her God shall not be shalen! Time will change many things. Great …

Power With God

Genesis 32:28

… I shall never forget the faith of a certain member of this Church, who is still living. About 18 or 19 years ago, I was very ill, indeed …

With or Without Shedding of Blood

Hebrews 9:22

… WEEK after week, standing before this congregation to preach the things concerning the Kingdom of Christ, I sometimes say to myself, "I wonder how much longer I shall …

Helps

1 Corinthians 12:28

… 777) Delivered by C.H.SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles …