Death & Dying

The Sure Triumph Of The Crucified One

Isaiah 52:13-15

… Today He has risen from the grave and gone into Glory, but the offense of the Cross has not ceased, for upon His Gospel there remains the image …

An Appeal To Sinners

Luke 15:2

… His benevolence wanted objects on which to exert itself; and therefore “Down from the shining seats above, With joyful haste he fled, Entered the grave in mortal flesh …

The Ascension and the Second Advent Practically Considered

Acts 1:10

… All Christian minds delight to dwell upon his birth, his death, his resurrection, and his ascension. These make four rounds in that ladder of light, the foot of …

A Harp of Ten Strings

Luke 1:46

… been borne by Him and was now buried in the depths of His grave— "Many days have passed since then; Many changes I have seen." I have been …

Sin—Its Springhead, Stream and Sea

Psalm 106:7

… It is a great wrong to God when we bury His mercies in the grave of unthankfulness. Especially is this the case with distinguishing mercies, wherein the Lord …

The Minstrel

2 Kings 3:15

… Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they …

Psalm 115

Psalm 115

… Into the grave—the land of silence. Ps 94:17. Nothing is more impressive in regard to the grave than its utter silence . Not a voice, not a …

Holding Fast Our Profession

Hebrews 10:23

… You have no doubt about His wondrous death and His marvelous Resurrection from among the dead. You believe that He has offered a Sacrifice, once, which once offered …

A Seasonable Exhortation

1 Peter 1:13

… You are born, not to death, as you were at your first birth, but unto life! Though you pass through the grave, you shall not remain there. The …

With or Without Shedding of Blood

Hebrews 9:22

… pardoned, I'm secure, Death has no sting beside! The Law gave sin its damming power, But Christ, my Ransom, died." In dying, Christ bought my pardon so …

'The King of the Jews'

John 19:19

… And when Christ was about to be put to death, those who were responsible for that colossal crime had to make out as grave a charge against Him …

Judgment Threatening But Mercy Sparing

Luke 13:7

… You have been in the jaws of death and the horrid teeth seemed above and beneath you, as though they would enclose you forever—but all this has …

Plain Directions To Those Who Would Be Saved From Sin

Psalm 4:4

… The bed and sleep are instructive emblems of the grave and death—they may aid you in the serious work of examining your hearts. Remember that as you …

Let Us Go Forth

Hebrews 13:13

… Blessed with the smiles of friendly formalists and with the admiration of the ungodly, he may pass from his first entrance into the Church to his grave without …

"At Your Word"

Luke 5:5

… They said, "You preach the Gospel to dead sinners! You bid them repent and believe! You might just as well shake a pocket handkerchief over a grave and …

The Fullness of Christ the Treasury of the Saints

Colossians 1:19

… Justice burned and blazed within Him and cast Him into a bloody sweat—yes, brought Him to the Cross and to death because He stood in the sinner …

Believing On Jesus—and Its Counterfeits

John 8:30-32

… If you read His whole life through till you come to His death, and even study that death in which the Father hid His face from Him as …

The Inner Side of Conversion

Jeremiah 31:18-20

… Joseph's career was determined by that grave moment in which he fled from the allurement of sin and left his garment in the tempter's hands. By …

Bitter Herbs

Exodus 12:8

… And you who are saved by Christ's death must continue to live upon Christ, as He said to the Jews, "Except you eat the flesh of the …

Idols Abolished

Hosea 14:8

… of the love and the sufferings of Jesus! Redeeming Grace and dying love—these ring the death-knells of our lusts and idols— "Soon as faith the Lord …

Love's Competition

Luke 7:42

… We would have said at that moment, "Here am I, send me," if it had been to prison, or to death! Oh, the joy of those first days …

Night-and Jesus Not There!

John 6:17

… And many a man has found a watery grave in that land-locked sea when it has worked tempestuously beneath the gusts from the surrounding hills. If Jesus …

Holding Fast the Faith

Revelation 2:12

… Spiritual diseases, yes, death itself, will yield to this name. It is His name that makes Lazarus come forth from the grave and the young man sit upright …

Sleepers Awakened

Jonah 1:5

… David had been guilty of the death of Uriah. It is a proof of his sincerity that he does not mince matters, but calls a spade a spade …

First Things First

… Poor woman! She had done no ill except that she had married a teacher of the Gospel—but she must be dragged from her grave to be buried …

Suffering And Reigning With Jesus

2 Timothy 2:12

… You have read, I suppose, of the death of Francis Spira. If you have ever read it, you never can forget it to your dying day. Francis Spira …

Migratory Birds

Jeremiah 8:7

… Death itself may grow so familiar that it loses all its impressiveness. The grave digger is often the last man to be affected by the thought of dying …

God’s Barriers Against Man’s Sin

Jeremiah 5:22-23

… He finds a David going with broken bones to his grave after his sin; he finds a Samson shorn of his locks, and with his eyes put out …

The Nature and Design of Divine Chastening

1 Corinthians 11:32

… He has even come to die and has gone to his grave softly, without a band in his death, or a pang in his last hour—and why …

Death and Its Sentence Abolished

Colossians 2:13

… grave clothes could suddenly sit upright, or rise out of the shell in which the undertaker had placed him? What a contrast between the state of death and …

Heart Disease Curable

Isaiah 61:1

… The griefs of Jesus end our grief—His death is the death of our despair! Substitution is the charming word which opens the gate of hope! This form …

A Stir-and What Came of It

Matthew 21:10

… He is never savorless—He is always either a savor of life unto life, or of death unto death. It matters very little who it is that proclaims …

Caleb—The Man For The Times

Numbers 14:24

… Caleb had set a seal upon his heart and a bracelet upon his arm—his love was strong as death and endured even to the grave. He saw …

"He Shall Be Great"

Luke 1:32

… went down into the grave and slept there for a little season. But He tore away the bars of the sepulcher and left Death dead at His feet …

A Suitable Watchword

Psalm 12:1

… The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. The sorrows of Hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me …

A Boundless Benediction

Genesis 49:25

… were not death, first! And it is not an ill thing that this body should lie in the grave and have fellowship with Christ in death, that it …

Man's Extremity, God's Opportunity

Deuteronomy 32:36

… If some of the young people here should live to see all those who now preach the Gospel laid in the silent grave. If any of you should …

Secret Drawings Graciously Explained

Jeremiah 31:3

… A mother's prayers come up—perhaps her dying words are heard again—or the death of a little child touches the parent's heart as nothing else …

The Priest Dispensed With

1 John 5:10

… Secondly, HOW DO WE KNOW THAT BELIEVERS ARE SAVED? That seems to be a grave question with some. "I trust Jesus, I believe in Him with all my …

Robbers of God

Malachi 3:8

… To rob God is to waste our own substance, yes, to write one's own death-warrant. Belshazzar takes from Jehovah the holy vessels and drinks wine from …