Death & Dying

Mouth and Heart

Romans 10:9

… point is to see Jesus dying for our sins and to see ourselves dead in Him. To see Jesus risen from the grave and ourselves risen in Him …

Christ's Love for His Vineyard

Solomon 8:12

… His love is strong as death and His jealousy is cruel as the grave, so He cannot bear to have her out of His sight even for a …

The Broken Fence

… This leads to worse, and if they do not bring their fathers’ gray hairs with sorrow to the grave it is no virtue of theirs. I have known …

The Bride and Her Ornaments—the Sin of Forgetting God

Jeremiah 2:32

… The dying thief said, "Lord, remember me," and Jesus did remember him! He cries, "I remember you, the love of your betrothal." Lord, do you remember me? Then …

The Student's Prayer

Psalm 119:27

… so shall I talk of Your wondrous works." I would have you further observe, on the threshold of our meditation, that there is not really any grave duty …

What Meanest Thou, O Sleeper?

Jonah 1:5-6

… and having the sentence of death in your members already— do you sleep still? Alas! alas! how dire the stupor which death cannot startle. But, man, remember you …

First Printed Works.–Author, Publishers, and Readers

… The death of Sir John Moore in the Peninsular war, w;is very touching; he died in the arms of triumph; and sad as was his fate. I …

A Greater Than Solomon

Luke 11:31

… Beloved, He who died upon the cross, and was indebted to a friend for a grave; He who was stripped even to the last rag ere He died …

Three Important Precepts

Proverbs 23:19

… opened way which is made by the death of our Lord Jesus Christ! That Gospel which came in with a dying and risen Savior is the Gospel for …

"By All Means, Save Some"

1 Corinthians 9:22

… Even thus must we adapt ourselves and use the Sacred Force entrusted to us with grave consideration and solemn judgment, looking ever to the Lord for guidance and …

To the Saddest of the Sad

Exodus 6:9

… the worst condition, and most near to death's door. "Sir," I should say, "the doctor is going there. That dying person needs him most, and I believe …

The Headstone of the Corner

Psalm 118:22-25

… The next occurrence of the stone happens in reference to Joseph, of whom the dying Jacob said, "From thence is the shepherd the stone of Israel." He was …

I Was Before

1 Timothy 1:13

… Continuing the summary of his evil against the servants of the Lord, he says, "I was not content with their imprisonment, but I was eager for their death …

Work in Us and Work by Us

Colossians 1:29

… Man is dead in sin, and the dead cannot raise themselves from the grave. Quickening and spiritual resurrection must be accomplished by Divine power. Man must be born …

Fallen Angels a Lesson To Fallen Men

2 Peter 2:4

… Apart from the perpetual miracle of God's grace, nothing can keep us from declension, apostacy, and spiritual death. "Oh, but I spend my time," one may say …

Jesus Washing His Disciples' Feet

John 13:6

… You frightened grim Death himself, for Lazarus came forth at Your bidding from the shades of the grave! Fevers knew You— leprosy, paralysis, epilepsy—all diseases understood their …

The Curse and the Curse for Us

Galatians 3:10-14

… We may bless God that He has rolled a great stone at the mouth of the grave of legal hope. He has dashed in pieces as with a …

True and Not True

John 9:31

… They would cut their acquaintance just a few yards before the brink of the River of Death, but they feel that they must keep those sweet sins of …

A Paradox

2 Corinthians 12:10

… No, my strong and virtuous hearer, you are under a grave delusion. There is a great similarity between your talk and the talk of that religious individual who …

Joseph of Arimathaea

Mark 15:43-46

… A few women who had remained about the Cross, true to the very last, were found faithful unto death, but what could they do to obtain His sacred …

Behold The Lamb!

John 1:36

… No subject is more sweet, more refreshing, more inspiriting, more sanctifying to the saint than the Cross of our dying Lord! The sinner needs it if he would …

Martha And Mary

Luke 10:38-42

… Our fathers did not think so, when, at the stake they gave themselves to death, or on the brown heather of Scotland fell beneath the swords of Claverhouse …

The Peace of the Devil and the Peace of God

Luke 11:21

… He fell sick, indeed, he was sick unto death but the mother could not bear to think so. She scraped together the necessary fee for a physician and …

Truly Eating the Flesh of Jesus

John 6:53-56

… The mention of His flesh as eaten, apart from His blood which is drunk, indicates death. The blood is in the flesh while there is life. His death …

"My Lord and My God!"

John 20:28

… living God in our dying moments! In Him we rejoice with unspeakable joy and full of glory, as we say unto Him in death, "My Lord and my …

Mourners, Inquirers, Covenanters

Jeremiah 50:4

… I pray that You will be my God forever and ever, and be my Guide even unto death—and that after death You will receive me to Glory …

Heedlessness In Religion

2 Kings 10:31

… We preach, but not as dying men to dying men! We pray, but not as Jacob wrestled with the Angel. We give, but not as bounteous givers. We …

The Holy Spirit's Chief Office

John 16:14

… has, by His Resurrection, made a tunnel right through the grave! Jesus, by dying, has killed death for all Believers! Then think of His Ascension. But why need …

Believers as Blessed as the Blessed Virgin

Luke 11:27

… You may be dying and, yet, you shall not die, for he that hears the Word of God shall never see death. In listening to the Lord, you …

God'S Estimate Of Time

2 Peter 3:8

… Let the sinner remember this when he thinks of death and of the penalty after death. "Ah," he says, "it is a long time to come." Not so …

The Jewel of Peace

2 Thessalonians 3:16

… And have you not been rested in your soul by meditating upon His death? You have viewed Him wounded, bleeding, dying on the tree—and, insensibly to yourself …

The Profit Of Godliness In This Life

1 Timothy 4:8

… They recognize that life would be but death unless God were with us, and that death itself is but the vestibule of life while God is our joy …

Special Protracted Prayer

Luke 6:12

… And when the axe of death falls and the tree beneath which you found shelter is cut down, then again, before the grave is closed and the visitation …

Jehovah-Jireh

Genesis 22:14

… Then shall the Lord, Himself, be seen! You will soon die and, perhaps in dying, you will be troubled by the fear of death. But let that evil …

The Joy of Redemption

Isaiah 44:23

… You have brought Me into the dust of death"? Yes, He is accomplishing it all! Jehovah's wrath is pouring over Him, wave after wave, and He is …

Shiloh

Genesis 49:10

… THE dying Patriarch was speaking of his own son, Judah, but while speaking of Judah, he had a special eye to our Lord, who sprang from the tribe …

Walking in the Light of the Lord

Isaiah 2:5

… I have a sick wife, I have a dying child." Stop, dear Friend, you have a long story to tell, and a sad one, too, but do you …

The Glorious Master and the Swooning Disciple

Revelation 1:17-18

… O death, where is thy sting! O grave, wherein thy victory! Since Jesus who died and ever lives has the keys of death and hell at his girdle …

Sacred Memories

Jeremiah 51:50

… Halyburton, when he was dying so triumphantly—and perhaps there was never a death more triumphant than was his—said, "I have 10 brothers and sisters, and a …

A Memorable Milestone

Psalm 40:9-11

… O Sirs, to think of all these being dying men and dying women—and to think that this Gospel that I preach is needed by them all and …