The Church

The Redeemer's Prayer

John 17:24

… Well does the Church of England say of that doctrine, “is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort to godly persons.” And though it be like the Tarpeian …

The Blood of the Everlasting Covenant

Hebrews 13:20

… We set our seal to that covenant when in baptism we are united with his church; and day by day, so often as we come around the table …

An Urgent Necessity

Hosea 10:12

… in God's eye and purpose in His mind—the upholding of the Church in the world—the spread of His glorious Truth! 9-12. For the LORD …

Facts and Inferences

Psalm 37:35-37

… platform, who went with me to see one of the members of this Church who was dying of consumption. While we talked with her, she told us that …

"Two Immutable Things"

Ezekiel 16:8

… but I speak concerning Christ and the Church," which means that Christ has joined Himself to His people and become one in Nature with His chosen henceforth and …

The Great Assize

2Corinthians 5:10

… Suppose you did as I know some have done here, go straight from this place into the public house? Or suppose you joined the Christian church and remained …

A Threefold Slogan

Luke 10:44

… Widow and orphans will not grieve for you! The Church militant will not mourn! The bright spirits above will not be waiting to greet you. The grand climax …

God in the Covenant

Jeremiah 31:33

… Live amongst the excellent, amongst the generation of the just; get you up to the general assembly and church of the first-born, to that innumerable company of …

Under His Shadow

Psalm 91:1

… The outline of it is taken from one who will never complain of me, for to the great loss of the Church on earth she has left these …

Wrecked, But Not reckless

Acts 27:20

… by good works," they say, "we will get under the lee of some Church and get ceremonies to help us out—Baptism, Confirmation, the Lord's Supper—we …

God's Thoughts and Ours

Psalm 139:17

… God so thought of you, Brothers and Sisters in Christ, as to ordain you unto eternal life! Concerning the whole Church of the living God this decree was …

A Safe Prospective

Daniel 8:19

… Dawson's life might be spared for many years to come, that such an earnest man might be kept in the Church for the next 20 or 30 …

Penitence, Pardon and Peace

Luke 7:37-38

… on His head and feet they fall." One is glad to serve the Church—who would not wait upon the bride for the bridegroom's sake? One is …

God's Knowledge of Sin

Psalm 69:5

… soul and body—and made meet to enter where the redeemed and glorified Church adores the Lord forever without fault before His Throne! God bless this searching message …

Eyes Opened

Genesis 21:19

… look to your baptism and confirmation? Why do you go about to your Church-goings and your Chapel-goings, your Bible-readings and your praying, your good works …

The Divine Discipline

Deuteronomy 32:11

… The Holy Spirit is the teacher of the Christian Church. Although He uses this Book, of which we can never speak too highly. Although He still uses the …

Out of Nothing Comes Nothing

Job 14:4

… I knew a man who attended a certain church and on one occasion he heard a good Gospel sermon. I do not know who was the author of …

Sincere Seekers—assured Finders

1 Chronicles 28:9

… Is it not a come-down—from reading about looking to Christ and loving, to a contention about purifying? There always are in the Church more or less …

Our Leader Through the Darkness

Isaiah 50:10

… ingathering and saving of the elect of God, it is necessary that the Church of God, in many of its members, should pass into the darkness. I will …

Christ the Tree of Life

Revelation 22:2

… And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which showed me these things.And, according to the Church …

Christ Loosens From Infirmities

Luke 13:11-13

… to avow it! You have been afraid to unite yourselves with the Christian Church! Your Master bids you confess Him. The mode of confession which He prescribes is …

'The Shadow of a Great Rock'

Isaiah 32:2

… We rightly sing— "Dear dying Lamb, Your precious blood Shall never lose its power Till all the ransomed Church of God Is saved to sin no more"— and …

Ho! Ho!

Isaiah 55:1

… An evil and adulterous generation called for a sign, and this is the sign that God has given—His converting Grace in His Church. Instead of miracles, we …

Thinking and Turning

Psalm 119:59

… How do I know that? There was a man once who hated the Church of Christ so bitterly that he meant to cut it up, root and branch …

Footsteps Of Mercy

Job 33:23

… Apostles, the noble army of the martyrs and the radiant fellowship of the Church redeemed, will you chant any other name? Is He not in your esteem the …

The Personality of the Holy Ghost

John 14:16-17

… Let us then be doubly earnest in pleading with the Holy Ghost, that he would come and own our labors; that the whole church at large may be …

The Drawings of Love

Jeremiah 31:3

… we may accept them as an Oracle of God referring to the entire Church of His redeemed family and pertaining to every distinct member of that sacred community …

The Savior's Thirst

John 19:28

… CONSIDER THIS CRY OF OUR SAVIOR—"I thirst." Is it not clear proof that He was certainly Man?Certain heretics sprang up in the early Church who asserted …

'He Blessed Him There'

Genesis 32:29

… The old knights, before they took a higher degree of knighthood, spent a night in some church and were supposed to be in prayer. He that shall really …

The Bridgeless Gulf

Luke 16:26

… But you that profess to be religious and attend your Church or your Chapel, and yet do not believe the Revelation of God, what can I say to …

'Marvelous Loving Kindness'

Psalm 17:7

… ten times as many! And if ever there have been revivals in the Church of God that have been really marvelous, Brothers and Sisters, let us take up …

God's Word Not to Be Refused

Hebrews 12:25

… To the general assembly and church ofthe firstborn, which are written in Heaven, and to God the Judge of All, and to the spirits of just men made …

The Sparrow and the Swallow

Psalm 84:3

… are yet young their names should be enrolled in the army of the Church militant! How can we lay our children before Christ, as the swallow laid her …

The Necessity of the Spirit’s Work

… The pretended miracles of Mahomet, and of the church of Rome, even if they had been miracles, would have been pieces of folly. Suppose that Saint Denis had …

A Word with those who Wait for Signs and Wonders

Luke 11:29

… it is one of the grandest of all simplicities! The mysteries of the church of Rome are mock mysteries rendered dark by the veil which she casts over …

The Great Attraction

John 12:32

… If you are only drawn to holiness, or drawn to a Church, or to good experiences you have not obtained the fullness and soul of the matter. You …

Mr. Fearing Comforted

Matthew 14:31

… a stumbling-block to others; for these forty years I have deceived the church and deceived myself, and now I discover that I am a lost soul.” The …

Peace—How Gained, How Broken

Psalm 85:8

… When you cannot find harmony in the voices of the street, or the voices of the Church, turn to the melody of that one voice which "will speak …

'By Water and Blood'

1 John 5:6

… After the Reformation in England, there was a certain part of the Church called the rood-loft, where the crucifix used to be, and it was ordered by …

A Prayer for Everybody

Matthew 15:25

… SPURGEON, AT CHRIST CHURCH, WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD, (during the renovation of the Tabernacle), ON THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1883. "Then came she and worshipped Him, saying, Lord, help …