The Church

Psalm 42

Psalm 42

… Where is thy God? So he dealt with the head of the church, our blessed Saviour himself, when he came to tempt him. "If thou be the Son …

The Judgment Upon Zacharias

Luke 1:20

… The Church wants believers to believe for her, and to pray for her. "He that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and …

Alas! I Can Do Nothing!

… In the early days of Christianity, when this great thought of Christ's exceeding love was sparkling in all its freshness in the church, men were not only …

“Westwood”

… mission-field ; while to others was entrusted the honour of reviving some decaying church in an English village, or starting a new one amidst the dense population of …

Psalm 52

Psalm 52

… Fain would the persecutor destroy the church, and therefore God shall destroy him, pull down his house, pluck up his roots, and make an end of him. He …

God Forgiving Sin

Isaiah 55:7-9

… great falseness and treachery of heart, for I was baptized and joined a Church. I professed to be a follower of Christ and I have broken my covenant …

The Sheep Before the Shearers

… she saw her child bleeding; and surely Jesus might have said to his church, “Thou art a costly spouse to me, to bring me all this shame and …

A Mingled Strain

Psalm 51:7

… bit to the Jews, a bit to the Gentiles, a bit to the Church and a bit to everybody—and then make it out that sometimes the old …

Spiritual Gleaning

… It is a high and charming mystery that our Lord Jesus is the Husband of his church; and sure he may well let his spouse glean among the …

The Son Glorified by the Father and the Father Glorified by the Son

John 17:1

… His great object was the redemption of His chosen—"Christ loved His Church and gave Himself for it." It is said of a certain company that they sing …

Christ's Marvellous Giving

Titus 2:14

… You do not come to Christ's house and say, "He gives me this house, his church, to dwell in." You do not come to his table and …

The Believer Not An Orphan

… you sometimes think it is a pity that your name is in the church-book at all, because you feel yourselves to be so worthless, so unworthy, He …

The Heart—a Gift for God

Proverbs 23:26

… God something that is sure to please Him? You need not build a Church of matchless architecture—I do not know that God cares much about stones and …

Sermons — Their Matter

… These resplendent beings were required to attend the parish church on the following Sunday, and to sit in front of the pulpit, from which one of the avowed …

Our Glorious Transforming

Ephesians 2:13

… The early Church was noted in its preaching for preaching facts. I am afraid now that we are too noted for forgetting facts and preaching doctrine. Let us …

Self-Examination

2 Corinthians 13:5

… Do not tell me that you are an old church member; I am glad to hear it; but still, I beseech you, examine yourself, for a man may …

Kept From Iniquity

Psalm 18:23

… Brethren, we want to show the world what Grace can do, and every member of the Church ought to feel that he is put upon his behavior to …

One War Over and Another Begun

Judges 6:22-24

… In many a parish church of this land, everything is ready for the restoration of the Roman idolatry. But see, by the Lord's bidding, Gideon piles a …

Daily Blessings for God's People

Psalm 68:19-20

… and in, the glories of the Second Advent, the grand hope of the Church of God, you shall partake. See how, in the present, and in the past …

The Minister’s Fainting Fits

… Our position in the church will also conduce to this. A minister fully equipped for his work will usually be a spirit by himself, above, beyond, and apart …

Two Advents Of Christ

Hebrews 9:27

… In the name of the Church, by its most loving and tender Apostle, the soul is cursed that loves not Christ! Heaven on that day shall solemnly ratify …

The Bride and Her Ornaments—the Sin of Forgetting God

Jeremiah 2:32

… to be debauched and depraved—till the name that stood high in the Church of God is struck out of the roll of Israel and their family is …

Experiences after Conversion

… the communion table, and bear witness to us who had just joined the church, that it was well for us that we had come to put our trust …

The Memorable Hymn

… Our psalms must be golden when we sing of the Head of the Church, who is as much fine gold. More precious than silver or gold is the …

The Comforter

John 14:26

… shall be your infallible oracle? Shall I give you the councils of the church to be held to decide all knotty points?” Christ said no such thing. “I …

Fearing and Trusting—trusting and Not Fearing

Psalm 56:3

… I myself should be a castaway." Lest, after having been united to the Church, I should prove to be a dead member and so be cut out of …

Repentance Unto Life

Acts 11:18

… come upon you and go away suddenly? You said, “I will join the church—I will do this, that, and the other, for God’s cause.” Are your …

The Immutability of Christ

Hebrews 13:8

… For wherever there is not the old gospel we shall find “Ichabod” written upon the church walls ere long. The old truth of the Covenanters, the old truth …

A Type and Its Teaching

Genesis 22:8

… Lamb, Your precious blood Shall never lose its power, Till all the ransomed Church of God Are saved to sin no more." And then, once more, it is …

The Truly Blessed Man

Psalm 1:1-3

… They may go to Church or Chapel, or go nowhere. They are often very respectable, good neighbors, kind to the poor. They may hold public office and enter …

Little Sins

Genesis 19:20

… He was a member of the church. So going to see him, he said, I understand Mr. So-and-so, you are very fond of frequenting the theatre …

The Battle of Life

… And so should it be, he teaches us, in the Church of God. The minister set apart to labour wholly in spiritual things should have temporal supplied found …

'Our Light Affliction'

2 Corinthians 4:17

… The disinterestedness of Christian affection is here seen in that Paul was willing even to be delivered unto death if only the Church in Corinth and other Christians …

Brief, Silent Prayer

Nehemiah 2:4

… No altar, no Church, no so-called sacred place is needed! Wherever you are, just a little prayer as that will reach the ear of God and win …

A Precious Promise for a Pure People

Isaiah 33:17

… not be a full Christ at any time. "Know you not that the Church is the fullness of Him who fills all in all?" So all His disciples …

Christ Before Annas

John 18:12

… The Broad Church is usually narrow enough when the Doctrine of the Cross is under discussion! Whether this Sadducee had an interest in the sales that were effected …

Sharing Christ's Life

John 14:19

… A while He slept, and the Church mourned, but blessed was the day when, at the first rosy dawn of light, the Savior rose! Then could He say …

Peter Walking on the Sea

Matthew 14:28-31

… Whether it is to a single disciple, or to the Church as a whole, Jesus will appear in His own chosen hour, and His time is sure to …

Christ—Our Substitute

2 Corinthians 5:21

… Break not the sacred bounds wherein God hath enclosed his Church. He hath encircled us in the arms of covenant love. He hath united us in indissoluble bonds …

Effectual Calling—Illustrated by the Call of Abram

Genesis 12:5

… Come unto the general assembly and Church of the first-born. Let your Sabbath contemplations be of the everlasting Sabbath so soon to dawn. In the next place …