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The True Position of the Witness Within
1 John 5:10
… Spurgeon—May I ask your prayers and the prayers of your congregation, to God, that He will, by the Holy Spirit, reveal Himself to me. I have for …
SERMON • SERMON 333Three Homilies From One Text
Matthew 4:23-25
… And many of you by the elders of the Church—by the deacons, or by others, who, looking upon you as a congregation, have fixed their eyes on …
SERMON • SERMON 231Faith in Perfection
Psalm 138:8
… It was brought under my notice from the fact that I have a very dear friend, a venerable minister of the Church of England, and an earnest lover …
SERMON • SERMON 1823Peter's Blunder—a Lesson for Ourselves
Acts 10:14
… An evangelist brings into the congregation all the poor people of the district and the very worst of characters gather to hear him. This ought to be a …
SERMON • SERMON 509Lead Us Not Into Temptation
Matthew 6:13
… And you know there are many young added to the Church, though a large proportion of the aged also come—more, perhaps, than in any other congregation. Remember …
SERMON • SERMON 2315Paul Apprehended and Apprehending
Philippians 3:12
… I lay a stress upon the article—"They are the enemies of the Cross of Christ." Professors of religion who get into the Church and yet lead ungodly …
SERMON • SERMON 2824Mocked of the Soldiers
Matthew 27:29
… If I were to gather all the members of the one Church of Christ on earth and bid them empty their hearts, and then fetched out of Heaven …
SERMON • SERMON 154Fast-Day Service
DANIEL 9:1-19
… And now, “Hear ye the rod.” O church of God, the rod has fallen, and the church ought to hear it. I am afraid that it is the …
SERMON • SERMON 2068Nathanael—the Man Needed for the Day
John 1:47
… pulpit of a congregation if I do not believe those doctrines which I professed to believe when I became the pastor of the Church. I have no right …
SERMON • SERMON 2655Decided Ungodliness
Jeremiah 5:3
… I fear I have a large number of this order of persons in my congregation—they have never flatly refused the Gospel invitation, as some have openly done …
SERMON • SERMON 549A Desperate Case—How to Meet It
Matthew 17:19-21
… And may we not easily realize such a scene enacted in this congregation? You have the scoffers, you have the anxious parent, the ministry confessedly powerless in the …
SERMON • SERMON 1783Pentecost
Acts 2:1
… On the larger platform of the Lord's doings for His Church, the Passover stands for the sacrifice of our Lord Jesus upon the Cross when He poured …
SERMON • SERMON 1345For Whom Is The Gospel Meant?
Mark 2:17
… The congregation was slender, for you know how ill a night it was, and how little you expected that your pastor would be able to preach, but three …
SERMON • SERMON 2401The Child of Light and the Works of Darkness
Ephesians 5:11
… is the Church and which is the world! I have even heard some ministers propose that there should be no Church distinct from the congregation, but that everybody …
SERMON • SERMON 1697The Word of a King
Ecclesiastes 8:4
… The book of human decrees is not to be regarded in the Church of Christ. You may put in the front of it, "printed by authority," but to …
SERMON • SERMON 1639Acceptable Service
Hebrews 12:28
… As a congregation you have of late been diligently engaged in the service of God by endeavoring to provide a home for fatherless children. I have been astonished …
SERMON • SERMON 1968Jubilee Joy—or, Believers Joyful In Their King
Psalm 149:2
… Certain Christians are fond of deciding questions by the practice of the early Church, but we know no authority in the practice of any church when it quits …
SERMON • SERMON 2896Harvest Time
1 Samuel 12:17
… They are good people, but they do not like to make a profession and join the Church. I want to get them into my Master's granary and …
SERMON • SERMON 1508The Philosophy of Promise
Isaiah 42:9
… Before the Fall actually took place, the Covenant had arranged for the recovery of the Church of Christ. These blessings have been in existence and provided for many …
SERMON • SERMON 1373Our Last Journey
Job 16:22
… Loud calls have come to us, of late, from almost every part of our Church work. Death is come up into our windows and is entered into our …
SERMON • SERMON 1745Abijah, or Some Good Thing Towards the Lord
1 Kings 14:13
… A clergyman in Ireland, ministering to a little Protestant congregation, noticed for several Sundays, standing in the aisle near the d or, a very ragged boy, who listened …
SERMON • SERMON 2272Longing To Find God
Job 23:3
… I would to God it were the case with everyone in this congregation, that you either had Him or were sighing and crying after Him. This is not …
SERMON • SERMON 1506Choice Comfort for a Young Believer
Psalm 138:8
… How often do I go before the Lord with the weight of this Church and all its institutions upon me! I cry from my heart, "What will come …
SERMON • SERMON 792Mary Magdalene
Mark 16:9
… I feel it no small privilege to be the means of bearing God's message to this congregation. It pleases me when I know that many gray-headed …
SERMON • SERMON 1332Our Urgent Need of the Holy Spirit
Romans 15:13
… all that the Church does will be lifeless! It will be as the rustle of leaves above a tomb, the gliding of specters, the congregation of the dead …
SERMON • SERMON 1072My Prayer
Psalm 119:37
… But is it so? Why, we thought we would push the Church before us or drag the world behind us and we meant to do I know not …
SERMON • SERMON 1583Choice Food for Pilgrims to Canaan
Exodus 33:14
… may be that I am addressing some who are about to leave this congregation for other assemblies at a distance and, if so, I hope I may be …
SERMON • SERMON 770The Water of Life
John 4:15
… O that some Saul of Tarsus might be washed by this stream tonight! He would no longer be the enemy of God's Church, but would seek out …
SERMON • SERMON 2424The New Song On Earth
Psalm 40:3
… When first he entered the church, there, to hear the many simple folk praise God, touched his soul. But if it is not so—if the music is …
SERMON • SERMON 3090Loving the Law of the Lord
Psalm 119:97-100
… He says, "This is what the ancient Church did." It he could quote the really ancient Church of the New Testament, you might agree with him—but he …
SERMON • SERMON 2884'Who Is on the Lord's Side?'
Exodus 32:26
… Come out and come out soon—and may the numbers of this church, or of some other church be greatly swollen by the addition of those who are …
SERMON • SERMON 646In Whom Are You Trusting?
Isaiah 36:5
… the question, "In whom do you trust?" First, let us go round the congregation and collect a little bundle of answers. Then, secondly, let us hear the Christian …
SERMON • SERMON 1045Joy in a Reconciled God
Romans 5:11
… Now, I may preach this Truth of God to this present congregation and many, when they hear my words, will carelessly enquire, "Well, and what concern is that …
SERMON • SERMON 1840The Bond of the Covenant
Ezekiel 20:34-38
… of crowds and yet you are perfectly alone—you mingle with the great congregation and yet feel that none can enter into your secret. How wretched to sit …
SERMON • SERMON 1737John's First Doxology
Revelation 1:5
… to the power that works in us, unto Him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen." Again—"Now unto the …
SERMON • SERMON 1625Without Christ—Nothing
John 15:5
… The visible Church of Christ has tried this experiment a great many times, already, and always with the same result. Separated from Christ, His Church can do nothing …
SERMON • SERMON 1971The Blood Shed For Many
Matthew 26:28
… The other day, when I was enquiring about the welfare of a certain congregation, my informant told me that there had been few additions to the church, although …
SERMON • SERMON 1792Understandest Thou What Thou Readest?
Acts 8:30-33
… I fear the world can seldom charge the church with being too violent in its appeals. Look at what the ungodly will do to us. Where can you …
SERMON • SERMON 1376The True Priesthood, Temple and Sacrifice
1 Peter 2:4
… I tell you the Church of Jesus Christ differs greatly from these associations which are called Churches! The visible Church contains a large part of the true Church …
SERMON • SERMON 2837'The Ministry of Reconciliation'
2 Corinthians 5:18
… If you wish, we will join the church. We will be baptized, or we will be confirmed—and we will take the sacrament." That is not sufficient. God …