The Church

The Triumph Of Christianity

Psalm 22:27

… We believe in God, and viewing the future with the eyes of faith, we expect a complete triumph! As in the past, so in the future, the Church …

Good Works In Good Company

Solomon 7:11-13

… THE daughters of Jerusalem had been praising the Church as the fairest among women. They spoke of her with admiring appreciation, extolling her from head to foot. She …

The Church's Probation

Psalm 66:10

… All the Patriarchs, as they fell asleep, could say, "You, O God, have tested us." And this was the song of the Church during her sojourn in Egypt …

The Headstone of the Corner

Psalm 118:22-25

… But upon this Rock, even upon Christ, shall the Truth and the Church forever rest and no harm shall come to it! The Lord will lift the Stone …

'The Church of the First-born'

Hebrews 12:23

"The Church of the First-born" (No. 3206) A SERMON PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1910. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON LORD …

Believers Sent by Christ, As Christ Is Sent By the Father

John 17:18

… Nor do I question that there are officers in the Church of God upon whom peculiar responsibility rests—but no class of men may be exalted into a …

Idols Found Wanting, But Jehovah Found Faithful

Isaiah 46:1-4

… To your old age I am He." The Head of the Church never alters. His choice of His Church is not reversed. His purpose for His Church is …

Memorials of Jesus

The love of the Church extends beyond the person of the Bridegroom, and reaches to everything connected with Him. “All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and …

A Special Benediction

… What a strange thing it is that such evils should spring up in the nominal Church of God! I suppose that out of the professing Church, there have …

The Great Pot and the Twenty Loaves

2 Kings 4:38

… O Church of God, set on the pot, and the great pot, too! Say, "The Lord will bless us." Get your granary cleaned out, that the Lord may …

Peter'S Three Calls

John 1:37

… It is a presumption—what if I say an accursed treason—against the Majesty of the great Head of the Church, if any man pretends to reverse this …

The Sluggard's Reproof

Proverbs 20:4

… And what if there were not? What business is that of yours? Are you content to be lost because the Church is not what it ought to be …

The Deceived Heart

Isaiah 44:20

… It is not possible for us to keep the church thoroughly pure! Let us stand at its gate both night and day, let us watch without sleep, for …

The Holy Child, Jesus

Acts 4:30

… Now that the enemy is determined to conquer, the Church will be resolved to hold its own. Pressure from without drives the members of the Church together and …

An Antidote to Satan's Devices

Genesis 3:1

… Your neighbor, across the street, is he not a deacon of a church, and did not he do it? Why may not you do the same? You would …

Our Position and Our Purpose

2 Corinthians 7:1

… They appear to be these—first, Divine indwelling—"I will dwell in them." Now, this is no light or inferior privilege of the Christian Church. God has been …

Sanctified Sorrow

Isaiah 54:11

… I know we might refer it all to the Church in general, but I invite you tonight to remember that what belongs to the Church as a body …

Joshua's Vision

Joshua 6:10-27

… If not, we may not expect Him to send a blessing to the Church or to the world through us, until first of all we have yielded our …

Sounding Out the Word of the Lord

1 Thessalonians 1:8

… The best Church that ever existed has had in it imperfect members. And the very virtues of the Thessalonians carried them into certain faults. They were notable for …

His Own Funeral Sermon*

Acts 13:36

… As one of those in middle life, I especially ask the help of all my Christian Brothers and Sisters, members of this Church, or of any other Church …

Stewards

… It is very common with some to revile the Church; but as the Church is the bride of Christ, it is rather dangerous work to criticize the Lord …

Instability

Genesis 49:4

… Then they steer another way. “Nothing is right but the Church of England. Is it not established by law? Ought not every Christian to go to his parish …

God's Care of Elijah

1 Kings 17:4

… So God may permit us to be scaffolding for His Church, and when that Church is completed, He may take us down and we may be consumed in …

Prayer 11 — Under The Blood

… Some cry to Thee day and night about the sins of the times, about the wanderings of Thy Church. Lord, hear our prayers! We would bear this yoke …

The Sphere Of Instrumentality

John 11:39

… They assume at least a little spice of attendance at Church or Chapel, and just a little addition of religious ceremonies may eke out any deficiencies of their …

Christian Sympathy

Job 30:25

… I do not know, but I think if all our Church-members were full of love, and would always deal kindly, there would be very few hearts that …

Unmitigated Prosperity

Isaiah 53:10

… All things depend upon His will! Much more does His Church—His grandest, His most choice and peculiar work—depend, day by day, upon His good pleasure, His …

Am I Sought Out?

Isaiah 62:12

… The text, doubtless, has a similar reference to the Church of God. During many centuries the Church of Christ was hidden—a thing obscure, despised, unknown, abhorred. She …

Dwell Deep, O Dedan!

Jeremiah 49:8

… They maintain a creditable position in the Church and yet indulge privately in evil habits. This class is the great trial of the ministry and in every Church …

The Nature and Design of Divine Chastening

1 Corinthians 11:32

… THERE had been great irregularities in the Corinthian Church with regard to the Lord's Supper. They had made that solemn festival a scene of gluttony. Each person …

Carried by Four

Luke 5:16-26

… Probably three out of four of the members of any church will owe their conversion to the church’s regular teaching in some form or other; her school …

The Church Awakened

Ephesians 5:14

… Where this continues long, a Christian Church comes to be a positive nuisance. These are strong words to use of any Church, but it is so. I know …

Absconding and Apostasy

John 6:67

… The direst calamity the Church can dread is not such as will arise from the assault of enemies outside, but from false Brothers and Sisters within the camp …

Why May I Rejoice?

Luke 10:20

… He may also have given you influence in His Church and power among men of the world. And, moreover, your gifts and your power have not been used …

Preparing for the Week of Prayer

Revelation 8:3

… What a very interesting and delightful spectacle the Christian Church will present during the coming week of united prayer! It is an everyday sight to see Christians at …

The Keeper of the Vineyard

Isaiah 27:3

… The Church of God is here compared to a vineyard. The vine is a tender plant, needing continual care, and if the vineyard is not well fenced and …

Prayer 25 — The Washing of Water By The Word

… We cry to Thee for the preservation of Thy Church in the world and especially for her purity. O Father, keep us, we beseech Thee with all keeping …

Psalm 72

Psalm 72

… This free will offering is all Christ and his church desire; they want no forced levies and distraints, let all men give of their own free will, kings …

Jesus, The Stumbling Stone Of Unbelievers

1 Peter 2:7

… Since that period the Church has been attacked in various modes. The Arian heresy assaulted the Deity of Christ, but the Church of God delivered herself from the …

Comfort From Christ's Omniscience

John 21:17

… It was a most heinous sin and surely the purity of the Church would be put in jeopardy—the very existence of the Church as a testimony for …