The Church

"There Is No Difference"

Romans 3:22

… How glad I have been to preach to them! And I had exactly the same message to deliver to them as to the other congregation—"He that believes …

Shining Christians

Isaiah 60:1

… The Church of God is one, whether it is among Jews or Gentiles. That poor Church seemed abandoned and forsaken. Dark days came and it looked as if …

"In the Garden With Him"

John 18:26

… The large proportion of the friends present tonight have been associated with him in Church fellowship. Our names are on the Church Roll as belonging to Jesus. We …

God, the Children's Teacher

Psalm 71:17

… The accompanying discourse is one of the very few delivered to a congregation of young people by the beloved preacher who has been for nearly 20 years at …

The Last Sermon for the Year

Luke 16:2

… Out of our large congregation we have constant reminders that those who have served us as a Church and have served God faithfully in His Church, cannot abide …

Peter's Fall and Restoration

Luke 22:61

… I should recommend those of you who have believed in Christ, but have not joined the Church, or made a confession of your faith, to do so speedily …

The Substance Of True Religion

Job 19:28

… Among their cunning instruments of conversion was a picture representing the tree of the Church. Certain twigs were represented as rotten—they were out off and were falling …

A Delusion Dispelled

Ezekiel 14:20

… Judas consorted with 11 of the princes of the Church of God, for such I call them, now that they have gone up to their thrones. No, more …

The Paraclete

John 14:16

… Now, all that Jesus was, the Spirit of God is now to the Church. He is "another Paraclete to abide with us forever." If there is this day …

Two "I Wills" In Isaiah 41

Isaiah 41:18

… Church, if they have, any of them, been like dry land, may become springs of water. Then we may look for a change throughout the whole congregation. Men …

Paul Cheered in Prison by His Lord

Acts 23:10-13

… It was such a congregation as Paul was only too glad to address—and the Gospel could not have had a nobler or worthier advocate—yet we do …

Faith and Repentance Inseparable

Mark 1:15

… In that great day when a congregation ten thousand times larger than this shall be assembled, and on the great white throne the Judge shall sit, there will …

The Arrows Of The Lord'S Deliverance

2 Kings 13:19

… congregation shall become the Church. And do not be content, then! Ask that the aisles may be filled, that God will convert the standers and that your Church …

Open Heart For The Great Savior

John 1:12

… the Truth by which I will abide? I find one Church holding one creed, and another Church holding another. Do I look at all these standards of faith …

The Question Between the Plagues

Exodus 10:3

… perfect? I should like to see you stand in the middle of the congregation and let us all look you up and down! If you did not blush …

Threefold Sanctification

1 Corinthians 1:2

… I was reading last night in our old Church Book, a note written there in the doctor's own handwriting, as the deliberate opinion of this Church— "Agreed …

Singing Saints

Psalm 30:4

… Somebody stopped him and I cannot say that I felt very sorry for my own sake and the congregation, generally, but after the service was over he and …

A Honeycomb

Hebrews 12:3

… the contrary, seek for misery? If an angel of mercy hovered over this congregation, poising himself in mid air, I should know that he did not come with …

Great Spoil

Psalm 119:162

… message? With what shall I feed my Church? This is a trying question after 28 years preaching to one congregation! At last a passage comes home to my …

Eternal Faithfulness Unaffected By Human Unbelief

2 Timothy 2:13

… TO MY BELOVED CHURCH AND CONGREGATION: DEAR FRIENDS—After a long and severe illness I am now on my way to the South of France to seek rest …

The Open Fountain

Zechariah 13:1

… When first Peter began to preach the gospel, if he had heard that there was a Gentile in the congregation I am afraid he would have put in …

The Children and Their Hosannas

Matthew 21:15

… Read the old stories of Church history. When the good ship of the Church plowed her way through seas of blood, the children on board bravely endured their …

The Heart—a Den of Evil

Matthew 15:19

… in the Hottentot's kraal as it is in the midst of this congregation! And as true in the home of piety as it is in the haunt …

Abraham's Great Reward

Genesis 15:1

… I have had many years of service in my congregation, but they are most ungrateful and do not appreciate me. They even want to get rid of me …

Zealous, But Wrong

Romans 10:1

… There are a few such persons in this present congregation—and though they are not so numerous among us as in many other quarters, yet they have a …

The Fourfold Treasure

1 Corinthians 1:30

… are of God; but I must not speak so broadly to all this congregation. I must rather put a grave enquiry, and ask each of my hearers: Are …

The Cleansing of the Leper

Leviticus 13:12-13

… I know not whether I have any in this congregation, who are prepared to deny what I assert. If there are, it is my duty solemnly to assure …

The Unconquerable King

Daniel 4:34

… had need possess an eagle's wing merely to pass over the mighty congregation. Where could a plain be found which could contain them all? Yet all of …

The Two Builders And Their Houses

Matthew 7:24-27

… Another man who joins a worldly Church—a Church that makes no pretense of purity—can also succeed with ease. But if he joins a Church of Jesus …

The Common Salvation

… The immediate necessity to write of the common salvation arose out of certain men who had crept into the Church unawares. Some of these attacked the Gospel on …

Looking for One Thing and Finding Another

1 Samuel 9:3

… He invites the Apostles to his table, entertains them and becomes one of the first members of the Church of God at Philippi! What cannot the Gospel do …

The Withered Fig Tree

Matthew 21:17-20

… The Jewish church was a mass of glittering profession, unsupported by spiritual life. Our Lord had looked into the temple, and had found the house of prayer to …

Strong Meat

Hebrews 5:14

… God raises up one mighty minister after another, some Shamgar, Jephthah, Gideon, or Samson—and when these die the Church relapses into its former state of coldness and …

Crowding to Touch the Savior

Mark 3:10

… When there is a gracious season in a Church and persons are converted, many rest satisfied because they have been in the congregation where works of mercy have …

The Abiding of the Spirit the Glory of the Church

Haggai 2:4-5

The Abiding of the Spirit the Glory of the Church A Sermon (No. 1918) Delivered on Lord's-day Morning, September 5th, 1886, by C. H. SPURGEON, At …

Jesus Knew What He Would Do

John 6:6

… A minister must have an intense desire that his congregation should be saved and must get into sympathy with Jesus upon that subject or else Jesus will not …

The Seed by the Wayside

Luke 8:5

… When some of you began your work for God, you thought that you were going to push the world before you and to drag the Church behind you …

Honor for Honor

1 Samuel 2:30

… Now I turn to the second point—HERE IS A VERY GRACIOUS REWARD—"Those who honor Me I will honor." First, this is true in the Church of …

The Sweet and the Sweetener

Psalm 104:34

… be one among the people and enjoy myself as a member of the congregation. I will have a subject upon which we can all calmly think—I mean …

The Lifting Up of the Bowed Down

Luke 13:10-13

… Imagine for a moment what would be the result upon the present congregation if our outward forms were to set forth our inward states. If someone having an …