Death & Dying

The Elders Before The Throne

Revelation 4:4

… We came into it sick even unto death, leprous to our very core, polluted from head to foot, having no soundness in us anywhere. And in this hospital …

The Withered Hand

Matthew 12:10

… There, too, are the scribes all wrapped up in their formal array—very grave and knowing men. Persons were almost afraid to look at them, they were so …

Prayer Perfumed with Praise

Philippians 4:6

… child was on the verge of the grave; when I went to see her he charged me not to mention death to her, for he said, “I do …

Pentecost

Acts 2:1-4

… His death brings us pardon. His resurrection confers upon us justification. His ascension yields to us the Holy Spirit, and those spiritual gifts which edify the body. He …

The Trees in God's Courts

Psalm 92:13-15

… publicly brought into the house and planted in the likeness of Christ's death by being buried, after His commandment, in the water. We are really planted in …

The Perseverance of the Saints

Philippians 1:6

… The new nature is kept alive between the jaws of death, preserved by the power of God from instant destruction—by no power less than Divine could its …

God Pleading For Saints, And Saints Pleading For God

Lamentations 3:58

… I have been obedient to death, even to the death of the Cross. Have I not magnified the Law and made it honorable?" The Law bows its awful …

Christ Is All

Colossians 3:11

… grave of iniquity and the graveclothes of their sins behind, and act as those who are endowed with that superior life, which accounts sin to be death and …

The Prosperous Man's Reminder

Hosea 13:5-8

… God, "I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death." The Lord brings up His poor dead child, again, and gives …

God's Love Shamefully Questioned

Malachi 1:2

… Several times you have been on the very borders of the grave—the mold seemed to slip away from beneath your feet and you were almost entombed! The …

The Heart Full and the Mouth Closed

Ezekiel 16:62

… Not one of these dead things shall live, for the efficacy of the death which slew them is eternal! They cannot rise against you from the grave. No …

"Goodness, as a Morning Cloud"

2 Chronicles 24:2

… Other counselors came and flattered Joash. "Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah and made obeisance to the king." Do you not see those …

Everyday Religion

Galatians 2:20

… If a professor manifests no energy, no industry, no zeal, no perseverance, no endeavor to serve God—there is grave cause to question whether he is a Believer …

Walking Humbly With God

Micah 6:8

… But those who are, even in the smallest degree, out of the circle of Grace, are not walking humbly with God and they have grave cause to question …

No Room for Christ in the Inn

Luke 2:7

… Not the common multitude, but the priests were the instigators of his death, the priests moved the people to say "Not this man, but Barabbas." The priests paid …

Everywhere And Yet Forgotten

Job 12:9

… My driver said to me, "That is the grave of a village." Some years ago, there lived upon that spot a joyful and happy people. They went forth …

Springtime in Nature and Grace

Isaiah 55:10-13

… Brothers and Sisters, by nature we lie in the cold and death of winter—everything is frost-bound, withered, dead. We are nothing. We yield nothing. We can …

Every Man's Necessity

John 3:7

… He had slept three days in the grave is needed in all its fullness to raise you from your death of sin—and must be exerted if ever …

For the Candid and Thoughtful

Mark 12:34

… Christ’s sufferings, death, burial, and resurrection set forth in baptism: Christ’s death set forth until he come at the communion table’life given us by our …

The Samaritan Woman and Her Mission

John 4:27-30

… if you do, you will be awakened at the Last Day from your grave with the blast of a terrible trumpet and with the cry of, "Come to …

Sight For Those Who See Not

John 9:39

… It will either be to your soul, "a savor of life unto life," or else, "a savor of death unto death." It will be antidote or poison—curing …

A Good Soldier Of Jesus Christ

2 Timothy 2:2

… be carried to his grave. Let him never live to see the shame of this Israel. Let these eyes be sealed in death rather than behold "Ichabod" written …

The Present Crisis

Hosea 5:15

… There is some grave cause whenever the Beloved frowns. Then is the time for a thorough search, a sweeping of the house and a cleansing out of all …

A Bright Light in Deep Shades

Isaiah 51:1

… If we remembered how near to Death's dark door we once laid, and how the gates of Hell were opened for us—and gladly would have closed …

Jonah's Resolve—or, 'Look Again!'

Jonah 2:4

… Paul says, "O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord." ( Rom. 7 …

Temple Glories

2 Chronicles 5:13

… Plead with Him by His agony and bloody sweat, by His Cross and Passion, by His precious death and burial. Plead with Him to save souls! Use the …

The Sons of God

Romans 8:16

… Is he not very God of very God, Jehovah’s only begotten Son, Most High and glorious, though he bowed himself to the grave and became the Servant …

The Overflowing Cup

Psalm 23:5

… at His works, His life of innocence, His death of disinterested affection, His triumph over Hell and the grave! Look at His Second Coming and the splendors of …

Fickle Followers

Luke 9:57-62

… The faith that makes me feel my ruin, confess my sin and lay hold of eternal life because otherwise my merits will bring me to eternal death—this …

Abram And The Ravenous Birds

Genesis 15:11

… It is inconsistent with the day of resurrection for us to be raking in this grave of the world. It is inconsistent with this day of the descent …

The Throne of Grace

Hebrews 4:16

… Come, then; come, then; come, then, ye that are not only poor, but wretched, whose miseries make you long for death, and yet dread it. Ye captive ones …

Joyful Transformations

Isaiah 42:16

… Let me say, I am afraid you never will—for there are difficulties about our holy religion which will never be explained on this side the grave—and …

'Bought with a Price'

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

… The righteous hath hope in his death; but as Christ’s death was the substitute for the death of the ungodly, he was made a curse for us …

Order and Argument in Prayer

Job 23:3

… Oh that I might see my children restored from the jaws of the grave, and my property once more brought from the hand of the spoiler!” but the …

Mutual Love Between Pastor and People

… They look so grave, as if it were an awful work to serve God, as bad as going to prison to attend a service, and as disagreeable as …

Jacob Worshipping on His Staff

Hebrews 11:21

… he was dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff." Hebrews 11:21 . "When he was dying." Death is a …

Mature Faith—Illustrated By Abraham's Offering Up Isaac

Genesis 22:2

… Let this warn us that we are never to reckon upon rest from tribulation this side of the grave. No, the trumpet still sounds the note of war …

Witnessing at the Cross

Luke 23:39-43

… Though he was dying a most horrible death by crucifixion, yet he confessed that he was suffering justly. "We indeed justly." He made his confession not only to …

Light—Natural And Spiritual

Genesis 1:1-5

… new creation is not to be touched by fire, nor flood, nor death, nor grave! You, as a part of that new creation, shall sing in the New …

Psalm 19

Psalm 19

… Secret sin is a stepping-stone to presumptuous sin, and that is the vestibule of "the sin which is unto death." He who is not wilful in his …