The Church

Grieve Not the Holy Spirit

Ephesians 4:30

… God's Word is the only rule of God's Church. Inasmuch as the Church of England, so called, claims to be her own lawmaker, she has grieved …

The True Apostolical Succession

Psalms 45:16

… My text was suggested by certain events which have transpired in our own Church; the Lord having removed from us during the past week a valued elder of …

King's Gardens

Nehemiah 3:15

… Such should the Christian Church be—pastor, deacons, elders, members—all in their proper places. We are not a load of bricks, but a house. The Church is …

A Prospect of Revival

Isaiah 51:3

… We know not how dear to the heart of Christ his Church is, but we do know this: that for his Church he left his Father's house …

A Solemn Warning for All Churches

Revelation 3:4

… Then the next charge was, that there was a want of zeal throughout the church of Sardis. He says, “Be watchful.” He looked on the church and saw …

Church Increase

Isaiah 49:20

… No church can be healthy without the constant infusion of fresh blood. Unless there are new converts, you cannot see the church built up. They often help to …

The Royal Pair in Their Glorious Chariot

Song 3:6-11

… Look at all past ages, and the track of the Church is still redolent with all the richest fragrance of human virtue and divine grace. Wherever the Church …

"The Marriage of the Lamb"

Revelation 19:7

… Any Church which puts in the place of justification by faith in Christ another method of salvation, is a harlot Church. The doctrine of justification by faith in …

Enquire of the Lord

Ezekiel 36:37

… In a spiritual sense this is the blessing of the Church of God. When the Church is visited by the power of the Holy Spirit, she is increased …

Spots in Our Feats of Charity

… What an awful thing it is when a wicked man becomes a Church member, and in public, as he prays in the name of the Church, offers to …

Love's Complaining

Rev 2:4

… As a church we must love Jesus, or else we have lost our reason for existence. A church has no reason for being a church when she has …

The Great House and the Vessels In It

2 Timothy 2:20

… Some quarrelsome members of the Church help to scour the other vessels lest they should rust through being peaceful. The Church is made up of men who are …

Two Visions

Zechariah 1:8-21

… You notice that the first vision opens with a view of the Church of God. It is described as a myrtle grove flourishing in a valley. The Church …

Holiness, The Law of God's House

Ezekiel 43:12

… Below it is the holy Church militant—above it is the holy Church triumphant. The Church is the only thing upon earth which can properly be called the …

The Barrier

Revelation 21:27

… The militant Church, the Church of the present day, is comparable to a tent and is well imaged by the Tabernacle in the wilderness—it is lit up …

The Holy Spirit and the One Church

Jude 1:19

The Holy Spirit and the One Church A Sermon (No. 167) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, December 13, 1857, by the REV. C.H. SPURGEON at the Music Hall …

“Thus Saith The Lord:” Or, The Book of Common Prayer Weighed in the Balances of the Sanctuary

Ezekiel 11:15

… A two-headed church is a monster! The Queen the Head of the Church, and King Jesus the Head of the Church, too! Never. Where is a “Thus …

The Sieve

Amos 9:9

… And so long as the corn-heap of the Church is a mingled mass of chaff and wheat, the winnowing fan must not be laid aside. The Church …

The Eternal Day

Isaiah 60:20

… A visible Church was called out to walk in the light, which Church still exists upon the earth, and from the days of Pentecost until now its sun …

Mercy for the Meanest of the Flock

Micah 4:6

… We will regard the text in those two lights as spoken to the Church and as spoken to individual souls. I. First, then, AS REFERRING TO THE CHURCH …

A Message From God To His Church And People

Habakkuk 3:2

… What if it is true that within the last twelve months the Church of the living God has scarcely made the slightest approach to an advance? What if …

An Encouraging Lesson From Paul's Conversion

Acts 9:13-16

… In addition to this, the conversion of the Apostle Paul gave a great impetus to the missionary spirit of the Christian Church. Here he shone preeminently. Into what …

Morning, November 1

Phm 2

Morning, November 1 Go To Evening Reading “The church in thy house.” Philemon 2 Is there a Church in this house? Are parents, children, friends, servants, all members …

A Sermon For Spring

Solomon 2:10-13

… As the Lutheran Church and the Established Church of England at the present day—too good to be rejected, too evil to be wholly received. Having such a …

Another Royal Procession

Matthew 21:5

… No church can remain long impure with Jesus in her midst; his presence brings reformation, things tolerated before become intolerable where he is. While a church is without …

An Exhortation By Rev. C.H. Spurgeon

2 Samuel 11:1

… We see it was written from the Church of Corinth, in Greece, to the Church of Rome. Observe how many Christians that Church of Corinth and the Apostle …

Lessons From a Dovecot

Isaiah 60:8

… The idolatrous church of Rome calls itself the only true church, outside which none can find salvation, but although the church in Rome was once a bright and …

The King Feasting in his Garden

Solomon 5:1

… You who are members of this Church, remember that Jesus is come into the Church, that He is now going His rounds among you, and marking your feelings …

The Lord'S Care Of His People

Zechariah 2:8

… THE SAFETY OF THE CHURCH. "The Church is in danger! The Church is in danger!" Do you believe that, dear Friends? No, it depends upon whose Church it …

The Standard Uplifted In The Face Of The Foe

Isaiah 59:19

… This time the peril is within the visible Church, itself. We have High Church—what is it but bastard Popery!? We have Broad Church—what is it but …

Christ Glorified

Isaiah 55:5

… IN THE MIDST OF THE CHURCH. The Church is to Christ what Eve was to Adam. She was taken out of Christ—she is bone of His bone …

The Unbroken Line Of True Nobles

Psalm 45:16

… At Prayer Meetings and communions I thought there never were such excellent people in the world as those pillars of the Church. Somebody said to me the other …

War! War! War!

1 Samuel 18:17

… Perhaps five out of every six of our church do little but look on. You go to see them, and you say, “Well, what is your church doing …

The Minstrelsy of Hope

Psalm 67:6

… There is no doubt that much of revivalism has been a sham—that there has been a windbag-filling—a bladder-blowing in the Christian Church which has …

Prosperity Under Persecution

Exodus 1:10-12

… Persecution has a further beneficial use in the church of God, and it is this. It may be that the members of the church want it. It is …

The Only Door

John 10:9

… Secondly, What are the benefits we shall receive through being members of Christ's Church—we shall be saved and shall go in and out and find pasture …

A Prophetic Warning

Matthew 24:12

… Take the Church at Corinth, for instance. Did you ever hear of a Church in our day which allowed drunkenness at the Lord's Supper? Have we personally …

The Fruitless Vine

Ezekiel 15:1-2

… From his own elect church God will never withdraw his love; but from the outward and visible church he sometimes may. From his own people he never will …

Spiritual Revival—the Need of the Church

Habakkuk 3:2

… We too often flog the Church when the whip should be laid on our own shoulders. We drag the Church, like a colossal culprit, to the altar. We …

Good Earnests of Great Success

Acts 6:7

… But I must now come to the point with which I proposed to finish, namely, THE ALTERNATIVE WHICH I THINK STANDS BEFORE THIS CHURCH AND EVERY OTHER CHURCH …