The Church

The Approachableness of Jesus

Luke 15:1

… I often regret that I have so large a congregation; you will say, "Why?" Why, when I had a smaller congregation at Park Street, there were too many …

Redeeming the Unclean

Exodus 13:13

… You may belong to some church and you may hope to be saved by your baptism or by your confirmation, but these are useless apart from Christ! You …

Peter's Shortest Prayer

Matthew 14:30

… There was a member of a Christian Church who had, on one occasion, fallen very shamefully through drink. He was very penitent and he asked his pastor to …

Christ Glorified as the Builder of His Church

Zechariah 6:13

… these are said to be the church and the young man who becomes a pastor of any congregation is said to “enter the church.” Now I believe that …

Lovely, But Lacking

Mark 10:21

… There are always some such individuals in our congregation. We are very thankful that there are. We have an invitation for them as frank, as honest and as …

Christ's Ambassadors

2 Corinthians 5:20

… ourselves and I especially shall have to ask the earnest prayers of the congregation for myself. I feel that I may well do so, for if Apostles said …

India’s Ills and England’s Sorrows

Jeremiah 9:1

… I have many of you in this congregation to-day—I could not put my finger upon one solitary fault in your character, you are scrupulously correct in …

The Perseverance of Faith

Matthew 15:28

… Now, if the women and children bore the same proportion to the men as they generally do in our congregation, there must have been a very large crowd …

The Minister's Plea

Philippians 1:19

… But our saddest discouragements arise from within the Church and congregation. There are those whom we hoped to see converted who go back to their old sins and …

Good News for Seekers

Psalm 22:26

… My praise shall be of You in the great congregation: I will pay My vows before them that fear Him." Thus, you see, because He had known the …

The Followers of the Lamb

Revelation 14:4

… They could read, for instance, a passage like this and understand its meaning, "Christ loved the church, and gave Himself for it," for His Church, for His body …

Man's Scorn and God's Succor

Job 16:20

… He bears them, bears, bears them and breaks the hammer by bearing them! This is how the Christian Church triumphs. She has never made a good hand at …

Diamond Hinges - 'as' and 'so'

Isaiah 54:9

… Rejoice, O Church of God, that you have such a Husband! Rejoice, every member of the Church of God, that you have such a Husband to help you …

The Crisis Of This World

John 12:31-33

… There are but two parties, the world and the Church of God. If you are not of the Church of God, you belong to the world—and the …

An Exciting Enquiry

Matthew 21:10

… Why, we are the Church! Christian men and women, you are the Church! You must not tie the Church up like a quivering victim and lash her—tie …

Suffering Outside the Camp

Hebrews 13:12

… I have seen the deacon and I have seen the Church member and I have thought, "Brethren, you are happy, but my heart is sad, for I am …

The Unfailing Help

2 Kings 6:27

… If the Lord does not help you, we cannot help you there." But there are some who will say, "But may we not join the Church of God …

Love's Reward

Psalm 91:14

… Very soon, my Brothers and Sisters, you will hear of some in this congregation that have passed the flood. We have dear names in our recollection, the names …

Grand Glorying

Galatians 6:14

… They get their living out of it—they are endowed by the world—the State or the church pays them! The world is not crucified to them. That …

Secret Disciples Encouraged

John 18:25

… It is the Church's business to evangelize the world and to maintain Christ's ordinances. But where would the Church be to do this if all Christians …

The Whole Gospel In A Single Verse

1 Timothy 1:15

… Notice the Apostle's triple salutation, "Grace, mercy, and peace." Whenever Paul writes to a Church, he wishes "Grace and peace." But to a minister he wishes, "grace …

The Lower Courts

1 John 3:20

… company of such vain and sinful persons, but may come out from that congregation of the foolish and begin to lay to heart the things which make for …

Belief in the Resurrection

Mark 16:6

… THE ALMOST UNIVERSAL POWER OF UNBELIEF IN THE CHURCH. This is a good instance to illustrate a general fact, for our Savior had told them in plain terms …

Christ’s People—Imitators of Him

Acts 4:13

… to tell it to those of you who belong to my own church and congregation. I have trembled lest, by being away from our own place, you have …

"Return! Return!"

Jeremiah 18:11

… Children of God, pray for the whole congregation now! Let us pray— "O Lord, turn us! Turn us and we shall be turned! And, if You have turned …

A Holy Celebration

Exodus 12:42

… be removed from the roll because they have joined the Church triumphant above, and, in the congregation, we know that it is a rare thing that ever there …

Marvellous Increase.–Facts and Figures

… on our souls within these walls, and conferred on us as a church and congregation, for words are wanting to express such obligations as these. " I have now …

The Happy Beggar

Psalm 40:17

… Tear up, once and for all, all that you have been spinning for these many years—your tears, your prayers, your church attendance, your chapel attendance, your confirmation …

Humility

Acts 20:19

… I speak now especially to my Church and congregation. We are about to enter into a large edifice, having large designs in our hearts, and hoping that God …

Sudden Sorrow

Jeremiah 4:20

… congregation, Death's work is very manifest to one who stands upon this central tower of observation! During the last few days we, as a Church and congregation …

The Storm and the Shower

Zechariah 13:7

… In the midst of the congregation will I praise You.[See Sermon #799, Volume 14—JESUS, THE EXAMPLE OF HOLY PRAISE] He knew that He would rise from …

The Saint'S Horror At The Sinner'S Hell

… Now where are your boastings, O congregation of the wicked? The sword of Israel is bathed in your blood, O accursed sons of Canaan. As we hear the …

'In Remembrance'

1 Corinthians 11:24

… There is nothing at all resembling the various intricate rules that are laid down for the celebration of the "mass" in the Church of Rome, or even for …

Jude's Doxology

… When shall we ever see a congregation in which it will be needless to make such a remark as that? I cannot call upon some of you to …

Jesus Christ's Idiom

John 3:5

… The Savior had given him something to think about—and I wish that when we preach to a congregation, or when we talk to individuals, we would not …

The Greatest Gift in Time or Eternity

Isaiah 55:4-6

… I believe that in such a congregation as this, when the Gospel is being earnestly preached, there is a kind of propitious interval allowed to men. There is …

The Blind Man'S Earnest Cries

Mark 10:47

… If there are no conversions in the congregation, it must be because Christ is not dwelling there by His Spirit. You have grieved Him and He is gone …

Rejoicing and Remembering

Solomon 1:4

… The Lord Jesus made up His mind that He would be one with His Church—for this purpose He left His Father that He might be one with …

Found By Jesus—And Finding Jesus

John 1:43-45

… When he looked round about on the world and on the Church, he said to himself, "Oh, that the promised Messiah would come! There is great need of …

A Cheering Incident at Bethabara

John 10:39-42

… God has ways of changing the position of His servants for His own Glory and for the building up of His Church. As one has well said, "The …