Death & Dying

How A Man's Conduct Comes Home To Him

Proverbs 14:14

… which comes of such an evil is terrible as death itself! If David could rise from his grave and appear before you with his face seamed with sorrow …

Bad Lodgers and How To Treat Them

Jeremiah 4:14

… Not at all! He is often the man who thinks least about death and if you introduce the topic, he does not like the conversation and starts you …

"Forget You, I Will Not"

Isaiah 44:21

… than steel! We can never run away from Him who has pardoned such grave faults as we have committed! Then He adds, "I have redeemed you," and in …

Looking for One Thing and Finding Another

1 Samuel 9:3

… You will ask, "What means were used in his case?" We do not know, but possibly the dying martyr Stephen, when he prayed for his enemies, may have …

The Faithful Saying

1 Timothy 1:15

… lie a chill, cold corpse in the grave before man can be redeemed! And all that shame, suffering and death were but the outer shell of what the …

"Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled"

John 14:1-4

… Jesus was going to His last bitter agony and to death, itself, and yet He overflowed with sympathy for His followers. Had it been you or I, we …

Lecture 1: A Chat about Commentaries

… everywhere, brings death on all correct interpretations. Those expositions are the safest which keep closest to the text." His idea of the true mode of dying touched me …

Honor for Honor

1 Samuel 2:30

… They have chained him up to a stake, and they are bringing dry firewood, for they are going to burn him to death! Who is that man? People …

The Conversion of Saul of Tarsus

Acts 26:14

… paths of virtue, must hang about you till you leave it in your grave. What have you got? Why, there are some of you who might have been …

The Works of the Devil Destroyed

1 John 3:8

… shall be destroyed! This robs death of all dread—the prospect of being totally free from sin makes us welcome, even, the grave, if by that road we …

Little Faith and Great Faith

Matthew 14:31

… Notwithstanding this grave trial, though there was nothing to comfort her at home, she was a woman of great faith. And why should not we be like she …

The Holy Child, Jesus

Acts 4:30

… He could command the sea or the boisterous wind—diseases, the myrmidons of death, and Death their prince, all owned allegiance to Him who is immortality and life …

Am I My Brother's Keeper?

Genesis 4:9

… experience, or to think you have, and yet poor wretches in London are dying without the knowledge of the Savior and you can let them die and let …

Honest Dealing with God

1 John 1:8-10

… For what means the cross of Calvary, what mean those streams of blood, what mean those agonies to the death? God has acted out a gigantic lie if …

Faith Among Mockers

Psalm 22:8

… He trusted in God for something higher than deliverance from death, for He looked beyond the grave and said, "You will not leave My Soul in Hell, neither …

"Am I A Sea, Or A Whale?"

Job 7:12

… If the Lord had not held us in, we might have been in prison! We might have been in the grave! We might have been in Hell! Who …

Christ the Cure for Troubled Hearts

Luke 24:38

… This was often manifested before His death and, on His return from the grave, He had not changed His mind! He here speaks of the three great parts …

The Secret of a Happy Life

Psalm 16:8

… When you go through the fires you shall not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon you." The Presence of God makes even death delightful! "Yes, though …

The Power Of Aaron'S Rod

Exodus 7:12

… You must break him in pieces with the hammer of death. You cannot separate him in any other way from the cares of life. Ah, but Aaron's …

Perfect Sanctification

Hebrews 10:10

… be described as dying he is alive, is he not? A man does not suffer when actually dead. What we call the pangs of death are truly and …

Number One Thousand; Or, “Bread Enough and To Spare”

Luke 15:17

… Can you conceive a limit to the merit of such a Savior’s death? I know there are some who think it necessary to their system of theology …

Love at Its Utmost

John 15:9

… rich in bounty, lavish in thoughtfulness, firm in constancy, strong as death, mightier than the grave. Think, again, that it was personal love. The Lord Jesus Christ loves …

David's Prayer in the Cave

… When a soul gets out of a far worse prison than there ever was at Newgate, then he must praise "Free Grace and dying love," and, "ring those …

The Two Yokes

Jeremiah 28:13

… I have been familiar with death-beds: I have witnessed strange scenes, for the bony hand of death pulls back many curtains and plucks off many masks from …

Adoption—The Spirit and the Cry

Galatians 4:6

… Guthrie, when he was dying, said, “Sing a hymn,” but he added, “Sing me one of the bairns’ hymns.” When a man comes to die he wants to …

Israel's God and God's Israel

Deuteronomy 33:26-28

… That broad bosom of your beloved husband beats fondly and faithfully—but when death lays it low, as before long it must—how wretched will be your condition …

What the Lord's Supper Sees and Says

1 Corinthians 11:26

… If anything concerning our departed friends specially touches our heart, it is their death. How lovingly we remember their last moments! Their final utterance sounds to us like …

The Great Itinerant

Acts 10:38

… And Mary and Martha were glad when Lazarus came forth from his grave. Jesus Christ did good physically. We have thought that our Lord did this not merely …

Our Motto

Ephesians 6:7

… If we should die a martyr's death a thousand times, wouldn't He, the Best Beloved of our souls, deserve far more? Ah, that He would! Therefore …

The Preacher's Last Sermon for the Season

John 7:37

… He reads their indifference and spiritual death and, in plaintive accents, expresses His fear that none, at least very few, are thirsting! Alas, the truly thirsty are as …

Right Replies To Right Requests

Luke 11:11-13

… But since we are such sinful creatures, the chapter proceeds to deal with a grave doubt which may arise in the troubled mind. "It may be God will …

Good News for the Lost

Luke 19:10

… I wonder how Christian people can sing that verse— "A charge to keep I have, A God to glorify; A never-dying soul to save, And fit it …

A Lecture for Little-Faith

2 Thessalonians 1:3

… a murmur, crying—“Victory,” in the arms of death; challenging Death to produce his sting, and demanding of the grave its victory. Such is the effect of strong …

Election no Discouragement to Seeking Souls

Exodus 33:19

… God is love; he willeth not the death of any, but had rather that all should come to repentance. “As I live, saith the Lord, I have no …

All the People at Work for Jesus

… Anything is better than lethargy and death! Thank God that our people have a mind to do good! If their zeal is inclined to wildfire, let us not …

An Infallible Sign Of Revival

Isaiah 2:11

… the ark floated over the bosom of the world which had become the grave of Jehovah' s creatures—then the Lord alone was exalted in that day! And …

"Christ First, Me Last—Nothing Between But Love"

Galatians 2:20

… I am sure it will not do to think upon it in the hour of deep distress of mind, or especially in the prospect of death. Then we …

His Name—The Everlasting Father

Isaiah 9:6

… The living Savior shall cheer the living saint! Nor is this all, for when death has taken you away as with a flood, and all the men of …

The Love Of Jonathan and the Love Of Jesus

2 Samuel 1:26

… He would not take, "No," for an answer— "Determined to save, He watched o'er my path When, Satan's blind slave, I sported with death." Think of …

Fearing and Hoping

Psalm 147:11

… You, good Sir, with all your beauty and your strength, may be but a day's march from the grave! Then will you be food for worms, like …