The Church

David's Holy Wonder at The Lord's Great Goodness

Psalm 31:19

… store for the temple, but Jesus has treasured up far more for His Church. Jacob gave to Joseph one portion above his brothers, but our heavenly Father has …

Alto and Bass

Luke 1:53

… Therefore they do well who enrich the Church with "Psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs." And you who cannot make songs will do equally well if you sing …

What We Have, and Are to Have

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… I pray that you, Brothers and Sisters, who are members of this Christian Church, may know what you know and hold fast to it. May you drive your …

Psalm 120

Psalm 120

… Since then, at the present day, in the church of Rome, religion is dishonoured by all manner of disgraceful imputations, faith torn in pieces, light turned into darkness …

Manasseh

… happy, too happy, in the hope of calling him ” brother” in the Christian church. This letter is from a place many miles from this city and from a …

Spiritual Appetite

Proverbs 27:7

… to proclaim my Lord! Oh, you who are the mighty orators of the Church, you may utter the choicest language of poetry or prose, and so you may …

The Singing Pilgrim

Psalm 119:54

… Glory! Multitudes, multitudes are there! We are come unto "the general assembly and Church of the First-Born, whose names are written in Heaven." Let us, therefore, go …

Taking Possession Of Our Inheritance

Joshua 1:2

… We come to live with Christ, in Christ, for Christ, as Christ—we rise in Him to fellowship with the Father and with the Church of the First …

"Lay Hold on Eternal Life!"

1 Timothy 6:12

… Certain men, even of the members of the Church, who seemed to be sacrificing everything else for gain. They were counting that gain was godliness and that if …

The Two Appearings and the Discipline of Grace

Titus 2:11-14

… Oh that my Lord's Grace would set us on fire in this way! There is plenty offuel in the Church—what is needed is fire! A great …

Knowing the Lord Through Pardoned Sin

Jeremiah 31:34

… The Church of God, when she was in her praiseful frame of mind and full of joy—what do you think was her song? Micah 7:18-19 …

A Bold Challenge Justified

Romans 8:34

… the Lord has done for me, I feel myself to be like a church steeple that I saw some few months ago. There had been a wedding in …

Justification by Faith—Illustrated by Abram’s Righteousness

Genesis 15:6

… ritual which claims to have been ordained by gradual tradition in the Christian church. If we be indeed the children of faithful Abraham, and are to be justified …

Maroth—or, the Disappointed

Micah 1:12

… what he calls religious, who has attended to all the ceremonies of his church, or who has been orthodox after the fashion of the sect to which he …

The Rule of Christ

2 Samuel 23:4

… I am sick of this canting, hypocritical talk on the part of worldlings! They say that there is cant in the Church and among Christians. Well, perhaps there …

Servitude Or Service—Which?

2 Chronicles 12:8

… We have the same thing, even, in the Church of God, which never seems to be satisfied with chaste love for Christ, but continually goes after one strange …

Heart-communing

1 Kings 10:2

… I do not think that the Church has often had too much excitement—the fault has usually been something quite in the opposite direction! But my own conviction …

God, the Husband of His People

Jeremiah 31:32

… As a husband reveals himself in love with his spouse, so did the Lord as a Husband unto His ancient Church. In addition to this, He took care …

The Simplicity and Sublimity of Salvation

John 1:11-13

… I remember that, in the parish where my home was, on a certain day in the year, the Church bell rang and everybody went to receive a penny …

The Christian's Manifestation

1 John 3:2

… For, alas, many of the antichrists came out of the Church. They sprang up from among the followers of Christ. "They went out from us." 19, 20. But …

A King Sent in Love

2 Chronicles 2:11

… Christ is the heavenly Bridegroom and each believing soul is His bride, as the whole Church of the redeemed is the bride, the Lamb's wife. I may …

Rejoice Evermore

1 Thessalonians 5:16

… Notice how from the 14th verse, the Apostle packs together a number of duties of Christian ministers and Church members—one towards another. "We exhort you, Brethren, warn …

"Verily, Verily"

John 5:24

… They are not to take the articles of the church rolled up, as it were, into a pill, silver-coated, and to swallow them, be they what they …

A Door of Hope

Hosea 2:15

… It is a singular thing that Francis de Sales, a noted confessor of the Romish Church, said he had met with many who confessed to the commission of …

"A Peculiar People"

Psalm 4:3

… The Book of God is no fable to him, the Day of God is hallowed by him and the Church of God is dear to him, for he …

Christ's Transfigured Face

Matthew 17:2

… To my mind, there is something very lovable about Peter and, in my opinion, we need more Peters in the Church of the present day. Though they are …

"Jehovah-Rophi"

Exodus 15:26

… Even where cures are given to faith, yet the Apostle says, "Is any sick? Let him send for the elders of the Church, and let them pray over …

Forgiveness

Psalm 130:4

… Why I believe that the religion of nine out of ten professing Christians is just this, "I go to church, or I go to chapel, regularly, and I …

"He Comes With Clouds"

Revelation 1:7

… indeed, He does—who shall hold Him back? His heart is with His Church on earth. In the place where He fought the battle, He desires to celebrate …

The Fourth Beatitude

Matthew 5:6

… God the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the blessed Trinity, condescends to come and dwell in all Believers! Paul writes to the Church of God at Corinth …

'Peace Be Unto You'

Luke 24:36

… Now comes a third part of the prayer, in which He pleads for the whole Church—for that part of it at that time not saved—for the …

Pedigree

2 Corinthians 11:22

… who make a profession of religion, especially if you are members of this Church, if your hearts are not right with God, shake off your profession as Paul …

What Jesus Would Do

Matthew 23:37

… Christ gives the idea of a Church as His notion of happiness—not one member only, but a body of members! Not one lone sheep, but a flock …

The Gracious Lips of Jesus

Psalm 45:2

… Jesus Christ Himself? My Soul, contemplate Jesus as the only Rabbi of the Church! View Him as the only Lord and Master! Take your Doctrines and articles of …

Sweet Peace For Tried Believers

John 16:33

… And one Christ—such a Christ as ours—in the midst of a Church turns a horde of cowards into an army of heroes! His infinite peace breathes …

Comfort for the Desponding

Job 29:2

… How many of you make clean the outside of the cup and platter; and because the church can lay nothing to your charge, and the world cannot accuse …

The Big Gates Wide Open

John 6:37

… 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 …

A Triumphal Entrance

Psalm 24:9

… Most of you, my Hearers, are members of the Church of Christ. You are saved, I trust. Still there are sure to be here and there, like weeds …

Death—a Sleep

1 Thessalonians 4:13

… their profound repose." There may be a falling away, a backsliding in the Church, but the minster in the grave knows it not. The tongue of Wickliffe shall …

Resurrection With Christ

Ephesians 2:4

… as an oyster or snail is unacquainted with the disestablishment of the Irish Church. Carnal men blunder over the first words of spiritual knowledge as Nicodemus did who …