The Church

The Curse and the Curse for Us

Galatians 3:10-14

… not in London a more deserving person than himself? Because he is attends Church or Chapel regularly, does he think himself accepted of the Lord? Because of confirmation …

Christ's Prayer for Peter

Luke 22:32

… that can best be done by taking the very lowest place in his Church. 25, 26. And He said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship …

Our Lord's First Appearance before Pilate

John 18:38

… treasures of gold and silver, and His proclamations, which are Law in His Church. His reigning power affects the destiny of the world at this present moment far …

True and Not True

John 9:31

… Are there not some who teach and some who take office in the church whom God has never endued with gifts or Graces for such work? Powerless workers …

The Hairs of Your Head Numbered

Matthew 10:30

… If anybody had seen Christ in His little Church on earth, he would have said, "There is not a respectable person among them." That is how we talk …

A Paradox

2 Corinthians 12:10

… Oh, let none of us, because we are getting gray, suppose that we are vulnerable to sin! Let us not dream that because we have been church-members …

Forgetting God

Hosea 13:6

… I think I can see why He does not give some of us more prominent positions in His Church and greater influence among the works for Him. I …

The Word a Sword

Hebrews 4:12

… And, though His own Church should bury Him and lay the huge lid of the most enormous sarcophagus of heresy upon Him, the Redeemer will rise again and …

The Little Dogs

Matthew 15:26

… is no reason why those who are reckoned to be quite outside the Church of God should not be in the very center of it—and be the …

The Danger of Unconfessed Sin

Psalm 32:3

… He had been drunk, but when he was spoken to about it, as he was, by some of the officers of the Church, he said that he was …

Seeing Jesus

Hebrews 2:9

… Is it not better to believe that Christ is a living Christ, that He is in the midst of His Church still, observing our order, noting our obedience …

The Threshing Floor of Ornan

1 Chronicles 21:28

… or even important—or you will make an idol of it! If the Church or Chapel is esteemed for its form or tastefulness, it will become a mere …

Good Cheer for the New Year

Deuteronomy 11:12

… Blessed be God for His merciful kindness towards this Church. His loving kindnesses have been very many! His favors new every morning and fresh every evening—but we …

Holy Water

John 4:14

… Some two or three hundred were added to a certain Church, but the pastor left and I asked his successor whether the converts remained. He replied, "I cannot …

The Turning Point

Luke 15:20

… it is, whether in a workshop, or in a saw-pit, in a church, or in a tabernacle; it does not matter where. There is the point’the …

The Ascension and the Second Advent Practically Considered

Acts 1:10

… and that you are workers together with God in the upbuilding of his church. The dense mass of misery and ignorance and sin which is round about us …

Girded for the Work

1 Peter 1:13

… You are not like these young people who have lately joined the Church—you are an old experienced Christian—so there is no fear of your falling into …

The Top of the Ladder

Ephesians 3:19

… within your bosom! And you shall come to know what fathers in the Church have loved to learn—the heights and depths of unsearchable love! Be this our …

Behold The Lamb!

John 1:36

… if we can only say, "Lord, I have preached the dogmas of the Church to which I belonged," unless we can also add that we have directed men …

The Lord And The Leper

Mark 1:40-42

… Conversion is the standing miracle of the church. Where it is genuine, it is as clear a proof of divine power going with the gospel, as was the …

The Duty of the Present Hour

Hosea 10:12

… seek Me early shall find Me." I found the Lord and joined His Church when I was 15 years old and I feel it no small joy to …

Divine Interpositions

Psalm 18:16

… share of the grief, for five, at least, of those who are in church membership with us have been removed from our midst, and we can scarcely speak …

Sin Condemned And Executed By Christ Jesus

Romans 8:3

… into the depth of the sea than to unite yourself with a Christian Church and make a profession of being in Christ while you are the slave of …

The Holy Spirit’s Intercession

Romans 8:26

… Coming events cast their shadows before them, and when God is about to bless his people his coming favour casts the shadow of prayer over the church. When …

"I Would, But You Would Not"

Matthew 23:37

… care about me," if you will come to Christ and join with the Church which is gathered beneath His wings, you will soon find happy fellowship! I remember …

The Greatest Trial on Record

Psalm 2:2

… confusion of face, confess that you smote the Savior when you smote his Church. This preliminary mockery being over, Caiaphas, the high priest came in; he began at …

The Life-look

Isaiah 45:22

… other, "Our Ladies." Why is it that the Virgin Mary, in a certain church, or a certain town, works great cures and gets more worship than "Our Lady …

Our Lord's Humanity a Sweet Source of Comfort

Daniel 10:18

… Those who are, for the most part, without trial, are usually the weakest in the Church of God. They are usually the least spiritual, the least instructed in …

The Birth Of Christ

Isaiah 7:14

… of the notes of the singing of Jehovah when He rejoices over His Church with singing! "God with us." Tell it, tell it, tell it—this is the …

Faith Without Sight

John 20:29

… The history of His whole Church proves that He is worthy to be trusted—and your own personal history proves it, too. III. I have spoken but briefly …

Preparation for the Coming of the Lord

1 John 2:28

… In the first sense, we know that our Lord Jesus Christ abides in His Church—according to His words, "Lo, I am with you always, even unto the …

Present Privilege And Future Favor

Deuteronomy 33:27

… The children of Israel, while they were in Egypt and in the wilderness, were a type of God's visible Church on earth. Moses was speaking primarily of …

Truly Eating the Flesh of Jesus

John 6:53-56

… You members of the Church, have you life in you—real life? You have not if you have not eaten the flesh of Christ! You may have been …

Christ the Maker of All Things New

… the world its treasure brings! To You its mighty bow! To You the Church exulting springs Her Sovereign, Savior! Beneath Your touch, beneath Your smile, New hea vens …

The Singular Origin of a Christian

Ephesians 2:10

… bride, fair metaphor of the manner in which the Lord Jesus praises His Church! He is an impartial Judge of all that is excellent, but when He views …

Zedekiah—or, the Man Who Cannot Say, "No"

Jeremiah 38:5

… This Zedekiah—I know that he is here tonight—means to join the Church any time within the next 60 years and he has always meant that for …

Climbing the Mountain

Psalm 24:3

… the glorious company of angels, the spirit of the just made perfect, the Church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven. And we are the …

The Holy Spirit's Chief Office

John 16:14

… It is better for the Church to have the Holy Spirit in the midst of her than for Christ to be here in His bodily Presence on the …

A Message to the Glad and the Sad

Job 22:29

… tongue-tied—that is how we get so many dumb members of the Church who seem as if they could not offer up a prayer to save their …

The Day of Salvation

2 Corinthians 6:2

… Although the words must be regarded as spoken, in the first place, to our Lord, the best expositors say that they are also addressed to His Church in …