The Church

The Backslider'S Way Hedged Up

Hosea 2:5-7

… There may be some here who have gone further still and have forsaken the Church of God altogether, having given up their profession and all attendance upon Divine …

The Child Samuel'S Prayer

1 Samuel 3:9

… Some people cry out if we say a word about their Church. It is a sign that their Church is hardly strong enough to endure an honest encounter …

The Believer Not An Orphan

John 14:18

… We thank You, O Savior, for this blessed answer to the often-repeated question, "Which is the true Church?" Are you one with Christ? Then are you a …

Once Dead, Now Alive

Ephesians 2:1

… The one Spirit that quickened the whole Church of Christ is by Himself, alone. 4. Even as you are called in one hope of your calling. You have …

The Last Year at Waterbeach and Cambridge

… The village should! not be unknown to fame, for the records of the Baptist Church prove that Rowland Hill first exercised in Waterbeach his gifts as a minister …

The Trees in God's Courts

Psalm 92:13-15

… They are planted in His Church—the Church that He has redeemed with His most precious blood! The soil is good and they ought to flourish—and they …

The Believer's Death Day Better Than His Birthday

Ecclesiastes 7:1

… I should count it a higher honor to be inscribed on the Church book of a humble company of baptized Believers meeting in a barn than to wear …

Two Choice Benedictions

Numbers 6:23-27

… When the Churches in Macedonia made a collection for the poor Church in Judea, Paul called the collection, "communion," because by means of giving money to the Church …

Evidence of the New Life

… There is not a Church on earth which is so corrupt but has “a few.” Take heart, Christians; there are a few in Sardis. Do not be quite …

Justification, Propitiation, Declaration

Romans 3:24-26

… Many questions have been raised about which is the true Church. The Savior answers them, "I am the true vine." All who are united, really united, to the …

Some Reminiscences of Foreign Travel

… On it is built a large church, and a village nestles under the shadow of its walls. Purely white the church and the houses are, (or were,) and …

Letters to Father and Mother, January to June, 1850

… When requested, I assured the members at the church-meeting that I would never do so. “I often think of you poor starving creatures, following Mr.         for the …

Psalm 2

Psalm 2

… Jesus sits upon the throne of grace, and the throne of power in the midst of his church. In him is Zion's best safeguard; let her citizens …

Paul As a Pattern Convert

1 Timothy 1:16

… That eminent critic says—blasphemy was his sin towards God, persecution was his sin towards the Church, and despising was his sin in his own heart. He was …

Christus Et Ego

Galatians 2:20

… How many Church members shelter themselves behind the vigorous action of the entire community? The Church is being increased. The Church opens schools. The Church builds new Houses …

Psalm 57

Psalm 57

… Compare Ps 17:8 61:4; and Mt 23:37; and the Apocalyptic imagery, describing the church fleeing from the dragon in the wilderness; and "to her are …

Royal Homage

Revelation 4:10

… Now the Church of God is the Bride, the Lamb's wife and, because Jesus is crowned, therefore He will have it that His Church shall be crowned …

'Going and Weeping'

Jeremiah 50:4

… And, first, speaking to the members of this Church, I mention that which is always uppermost with me. We want to see a great enlargement of our Church …

Love's Transformations—a Communion Meditation

John 14:28

… We love His Church for His sake; His truth because it is His truth; His Cross because He bore it for us and His salvation because purchased by …

The Savior's Precious Blood

1 Peter 1:19

… What a wonderful sight, then, the Church is, as it passes through this world. The Head of it is Christ, the Cross bearer, and following in the train …

Prayer 22 — The Presence of God

… May their young men and women pass into the Church. May there be no gap between the school and the church. Bridge that distance by Thy sovereign grace …

A Gospel Promise

Ezekiel 36:27

… The Holy Spirit worked many signs and wonders in the early Church. He enabled the Apostles to speak with many tongues. Through Him they had power to work …

With Golden Band Girded

Revelation 1:13

… In all things He rules and He overrules them for the good of His Church, even as Joseph governed Egypt for the good of the seed of Abraham …

Public Testimony—a Debt To God and Man

2 Kings 7:9

… It stirs our blood and quickens our souls and thus the Church of God is benefited. If some of you old folks had been at the Church Meeting …

Danger. Safety. Gratitude.

… The Apostle says a good deal about persons who were in the Church, but were evidently not of it and who, therefore, were the Church's weakness and …

The Importunate Widow

Luke 18:1-8

… But in spiritual mercies and especially in the united prayers of a Church, there is no taking a no for an answer! Here, if we would prevail, we …

Christ the Creator

Colossians 1:16

… And He is the head of the body, the Church. [See Sermon #839, Volume 14—THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH.] He is joined by an indissoluble union to …

Shall and Will

Psalm 91:15

… Pray for all your fellow Church members. Pray for the backsliding, pray for any that are faltering, pray, I beseech you, for our work connected with the Church …

The Spirit's Office Towards Disciples

John 16:14

… The Headship of Christ in His Church is the Doctrine which, perhaps, beyond all others, needs to be taught at this time. It was for this that Scotland …

Method and Music, Or the Art of Holy and Happy Living

Colossians 3:17

… Alas, my Brethren, the current holiness of the Church falls far below the Scriptural standard! Neither are the common rules of action among professors such as we could …

Craving the Best Things

1 Samuel 21:9

… This power often shows itself in a Church. I want to get you to pray for a public blessing, for a whole Church may get this spiritual power …

A Jealous God

Exodus 34:14

… I am not afraid for the Church of God! I tremble not for the cause of God! Our jealous Husband will never let his Church be in danger …

The Climax of God's Love No. 2571

Hosea 2:16

… So is it with Christ and His Church. Yet, as I read of it in the Bible, it often astonishes me. Paul wrote to the Colossians, "It pleased …

Psalm 99

Psalm 99

… his church is now his favoured palace, where his greatness is displayed, acknowledged, and adored. He there unveils his attributes and commands the lowliest homage; the ignorant forget …

The Church—the World's Hope

Acts 27:24

… Sooner see your son and daughter go to the Established Church, saved, than see them go to your own place of worship and be lost. We like to …

The Parable of the Ark

Genesis 7:15

… One Brother may be preaching this night in the Church of England, another may be holding forth the Word of God among the Independents and others among the …

The Clean and the Unclean

Leviticus 11:2

… It does not propose to lift the world up and marry it with the Church. It always supposes the Church to be as an alien and a stranger …

'The Star Out of Jacob'

Numbers 24:17

… The Church of God seems to blame herself that she has lost her hold upon so many who once belonged to her. The Holy Spirit, through the Church …

A Stanza of Deliverance

Psalm 105:37

… The Church is refined by the fires of martyrdom. The heap on the Lord's threshing floor is more largely made up of real wheat after the winnowing …

The Double Forget-me-not

1 Corinthians 11:24

… Remember Him till all the Church militant, and the Church triumphant, too, seem gathered around your heart and you commune with the whole Church of Christ in Heaven …