The Church

Strong Faith in a Faithful God

Psalm 57:2

… And the church they belong to is not up to the mark. Indeed, there is nothing around them that is right. "Many are the afflictions of the righteous …

For Whom Did Christ Die?

Romans 5:6

… Behold, I see him arousing his church, like a good housewife, to cleanse her house. With the besom of the law she sweeps, and with the candle of …

Joy And Peace In Believing

Romans 15:13

… They do not make this profession by union with the Christian Church or in any open manner, but when they are pushed upon the matter of personal salvation …

Faith and Regeneration

1 John 5:1

… that he is the Priest; thirdly, that he is the King of the church, for in all these three senses he is the Anointed. Now, I may ask …

What is the Verdict?

1 John 3:21

… They have been decent sort of people ever since—in fact, they have been respected among their fellow Christians—possibly they have even taken office in the Church …

What Is Essential in Coming to God?

Hebrews 11:6

… This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of Heaven." I passed a church, the other day, and I saw on one …

The Covenant Promise of the Spirit

Ezekiel 36:27

… Surely, in that last day of destruction, when the world is overwhelmed with fire, it will be because the Church of God shall have degenerated and the distinctions …

Dei Gratia

Ephesians 1:6

… Many of the heresies which divide the Christian Church, spring from a confusion upon this point. Were that word "Grace" but fully read, marked, and learned, the great …

Fat Things, Full of Marrow

Isaiah 54:7-10

… belong to the Jews, alone, nor only to the Gentile Church, nor even exclusively to the whole Church considered as a community—they are the property of all …

Jehovah-Jireh

Genesis 22:14

… Choice sayings which become proverbs in the Church of God are not the offspring of mistrust, but of firm confidence in the living God! To this day, many …

Between the Two Appearings

Hebrews 9:26-28

… He will present His bride unto Himself a glorious Church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing. The day of His appearing will be the manifestation …

A Sincere Summary—and a Searching Scrutiny

Psalm 119:168

… I did not care whether a Church or a Council of any sort had set its stamp upon it. It was God's precept and that was enough …

The Secret Food And The Public Name

Jeremiah 15:16

… The Holy Spirit still remains for us and is the Urim and Thummim of the Christian Church, even as Providence is the pillar of cloud and fire. "'Your …

Heaven's Nurse Children

Hosea 11:3

… but the Lord treated the tribes in the wilderness as children—their faith and spirituality were so feeble that, like the young church of Christ in the upper …

Imitators of God

Ephesians 5:1

… If the pastor can turn to his Church and say, "See, here, what the doctrines of Grace can do! See in the lives of our Church members what …

In Christ No Condemnation

Romans 8:1

… mischief in many places so as to almost paralyze the energies of the Church, yet some professed Christians, boastful of their "culture," would move Heaven and earth to …

The Captain of Our Salvation

Hebrews 2:10

… Saying, I will declare Your name to My brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise to You. That is a quotation from the 22nd …

The Talking Book

Proverbs 6:22

… There will be a going over to one form of error or another unless there be in the Christian church a more honest, industrious, and general reading of …

Nathanael And The Fig Tree

John 1:45-51

… ruled by Christ Jesus who orders all things for the good of the Church. Was not this intended in the figure of angels ascending and descending upon the …

All and All in All

Colossians 3:11

… many books of that kind—or the writer was a member of some church that, in many respects, lies in very dangerous error! You say to yourself, "I …

Testimony And Experience

John 4:39-42

… In the name of ten thousands times ten thousands arrayed in white robes who have washed them in His precious blood! In the name of the Church militant …

God's Non-Remembrance of Sin

Isaiah 43:25

… Look at that fiction of "purgatory" which is coming back into the English Church and is hankered after by certain Dissenters. They are beginning to believe in a …

The Story of a Runaway Slave

… He was living as a trusted dependent beneath the roof of a kind master who had a Church in his house. If I read the Epistle rightly, he …

"Dare To Be a Daniel"

Daniel 1:8

… The enemy cannot touch the Church of God without Divine permission. 2. With part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land …

The Fruit of the Spirit—Joy

Galatians 5:22

… Besides our own witness, the whole history of the Church goes to show that God's people are a joyful people. I am sure that if in reading …

Faith's Sure Foundation

1 Peter 2:6

… The enemies of the Gospel have raged fiercely against the Church of God. What opportunities has God given to them to conquer if they could! Christ has seemed …

Life And Walk Of Faith

Colossians 2:6

… You are members of the Church and very decent people, I dare say, in your way. But you do not have communion with Christ. Ask some professors—"Do …

The Oft-Repeated Invitation

Revelation 22:17

… The bride, that is, the whole Church in Heaven and on earth, says, "Come, come!" And then, next, everyone who hears the Gospel is bid to say to …

Nominal Christians—Real Infidels

John 8:46

… Everybody agrees to censure the inconsistency of a man who wears a miter and quarrels with Moses, professes to be a minister of the Church and undermines her …

A Second Word to Seekers

Jeremiah 29:13

… If you say, "I almost believe," where is your faith? If you believe with all your heart you may be baptized and added to the Church. But if …

A Page From a Royal Diary

Psalm 119:132

… I heard of a good woman who was afraid to testify before the Church, of her faith in Christ. As she was going away, she turned round and …

Preceding Grace

Galatians 1:15

… Now, remember, this will not save you—"You must be born again." But for all this the Church of God should feel deeply grateful—for they have seen …

Self-destroyed, Yet Saved

Hosea 13:9

… There have been divisions in the Church over these points where there ought not to have been any. The Calvinist has said and said right bravely, that salvation …

A Program Never Carried Out

Luke 15:20

… The Church of God never ceases to praise and bless the Lord for saved sinners. If you come to Christ, dear Friend, you will set bells a-ringing …

A Wafer of Honey

2 Corinthians 12:9

… I have had, sometimes, to converse with some members of the Church and I have never felt so much the littleness of my own power as when I …

Mediation of Moses

Exodus 32:14

… My Church is My bride, and I, the Bridegroom, cannot lose My spouse. I will die for her and if I live, she must also live. And if …

The Golden Key Of Prayer

Jeremiah 33:3

… You know as a Church that I have not scrupled to indulge large ideas of what we might do for God. And we have accomplished all that we …

The Private Tutor

John 14:24-26

… If those fathers of the Church so greatly needed to be taught of the Holy Spirit, how much more do we? If they could receive nothing except by …

Ingratitude of Man

John 1:11

… What a small portion do the most of us give to His work, or to His poor! If you were to take the numbers of Church members, and …

Lecture 1: A Chat about Commentaries

… the world and the church take leave to question his dogmatism, but they both bow before his erudition. Probably no man since Gill's days has at all …