Death & Dying

Breakfast With Jesus

John 21:12

… If I were the dying thief I would be happy to die with Him side by side on the Cross and count it bliss to be with Him …

The Triumph Of Christianity

Psalm 22:27

… dying lips of the Incarnate God. It is through the Cross that the nations shall fear and tremble and turn to God. Note then, first, that the death …

Seeing Jesus

Hebrews 2:9

… wings in haste, Fly fearless through Death's iron gate, Nor feel the terrors as she passed. Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows …

Fearing and Trusting—trusting and Not Fearing

Psalm 56:3

… Death? What is it? Well, it is but a pin's prick and then it is over. "Many lie a-dying for weeks or months together," say some …

Psalm 119

Psalm 119

… What is the present life in comparison of everlasting life? The present life, it is "mars vitalis", a living death; or "mortalis vita", a dying life, a kind …

Joy in Salvation

Psalm 9:4

… We often hear them mentioned in reference to dying beds, but they are not so constantly there as to be, necessary. And if they were there' if we …

Men Bewitched

Galatians 3:1

… Suppose that a man should once have simply trusted in Jesus Christ and have realized the death of Christ and have come into real contact with the dying …

The Evidence of Our Lord's Wounds

John 20:27

… sinner's dying Friend." An hour would be grandly spent if occupied in turning over each little detail, item, and incident in the marvellous death by which you …

Christ's Plea for Ignorant Sinners

Luke 23:34

… Our hope lies in the plea of Christ and especially in His death. If Jesus paid my debt—and He did it if I am a believer in …

Particular Election

2 Peter 1:10-11

… hymns shall be eternal, and his bliss unfading;—but his dying moment, the last article of death, was blackened by sin; and he was saved “so as by …

Psalm 63

Psalm 63

… In him we truly live, and move, and have our being; the withdrawal of the light of his countenance is as the shadow of death to us: hence …

'A Time to Love'

Ecclesiastes 3:8

… His death upon Calvarywas, indeed, "a time to love," for having loved His own, He loved them even unto death! But did the Immortal bow His head to …

Gathering Without Planting

Joshua 24:13

… a dying man to dying men! I have sometimes heard, as a criticism of that expression of Baxter's about a dying man preaching to dying men, the …

Corn in Egypt

Genesis 42:1

… but they lacked bread —that without the fire of life would dwindle to a spark, which at last must die out in the darkness of death. “Bread! bread …

The Pearl of Patience

James 5:11

… this body of death! 10. But the Spirit is life because of righteousnes. There is a living power within us which triumphs over this dying, decaying body! So …

Praise for Jesus

Genesis 49:8

… Let us gratefully adore Him as we remember that, "being found in fashion as a Man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of …

The Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 11:26

… dying! Men who have scarcely ever entered a church or chapel in their lives—men who fear not God and have no saving interest in the death of …

Cheering Words and Solemn Warnings

Isaiah 3:10

… harvest of joy He sowed for us in His life and death! That living holiness, that dying obedience has purchased for us unnumbered blessings! His the smart, but …

Jesus Christ's Idiom

John 3:5

… for dying men is good for us all, for that is what we are—and how soon we may actually be at the gates of death, none of …

The Gospel of the Glory of Christ

2 Corinthians 4:4

… of the dying and wounded soldiers in Napoleon's wars who still clung to their emperor with an idolatrous love in the hour of death? Lifting himself upon …

Death for Sin and Death to Sin

1 Peter 2:24

… First, then, we will consider OUR LORD'S DEATH FOR SIN. May the Holy Spirit help us to behold that wondrous sight of the Redeemer dying in our …

Free Pardon

Isaiah 43:25

… This is pardon which acts as balm to the wounds of conscience and breathes life into hearts dying of despair! So, you see, there is much in the …

Light at Evening Time

Zechariah 14:6-7

… The stare seemed to be dying out, like as withered fig-leaves fall from the tree. There was no open vision; the Word of God was scarce; there …

"Your Salvation"

Luke 2:28-30

… as born in our nature, as living a life of holiness, as dying a sacrificial death, as buried, as risen, as interceding and as, by-and-by, to …

Fire! Fire! Fire!

Isaiah 43:2

… Let them be extremely grateful to God that while others this day are dying as a black heap of ashes who but yesterday were living men, we are …

A Dire Disease Strangely Cured

Isaiah 53:5

… There is no human being in whom sin has not already caused spiritual death— and no one in whom it will not cause eternal death unless God, in …

Our Own Dear Shepherd

John 10:14

… This commandment have I received of My Father." I like to think of our Good Shepherd not merely as dying for us, but as willingly dying—laying down …

Feeding on the Word

Isaiah 55:2

… example, but to die for us, to bleed to death on our behalf, to be our Substitute, dying in our place. "I have given Him." This is the …

Gladness For Sadness

Psalm 90:15-17

… death! What horror to walk among mounds of dead bodies and stumble at each stop over a human corpse! Yet, what is natural death compared with spiritual death …

Public Testimony—a Debt To God and Man

2 Kings 7:9

… Suppose you were to go into a place where persons were sick and dying and you had medicine about you which would heal them—would you not be …

The Warning Neglected

Ezekiel 33:5

… as dying men to dying men. They spoke as if they had been in hell, and knew the vengeance of the Almighty, and anon, they spoke as if …

Man'S Thoughts And God'S Thoughts

Isaiah 55:8

… As for peace in the hour of death, he who is not pardoned living is not likely to be pardoned dying. Nine out of ten, perhaps nine hundred …

Light. Fire. Faith. Life. Love.

… He will be our guide even unto death.” Brethren, rally to the old standard. Fight to the death for the old gospel, for it is your life. Whatever …

Profit and Loss

Mark 8:36

… inevitable death, in spite of all your riches; and if you gain the whole world’s applause or fame, can that help you on your dying bed? “ Jesus …

Memorable Services at the Tabernacle, 1861-1874

… If man cannot kill death, he tries at least to bury him alive; and since death will intrude himself in our pathway, we endeavour to shut our eyes …

Jesus, the Example of Holy Praise

… WE greatly esteem the dying words of good men, but what must be the value of their departing thoughts! If we could pass beyond the gate of speech …

Christ Crucified

1 Corinthians 1:23-24

… She is wrestling with dragons on her death-bed; but see her composure, and hear her dying sonnet: “Jesus, lover of my soul, Let me to thy bosom …

Grace Abounding

Romans 5:20

… But Paul shows that it was by this very principle of representation that "Grace did much more abound," for it is through the death of One, even Jesus …

The Great Assize

2Corinthians 5:10

… Then would the recording angel say, 'The dying thief said to his fellow thief who was dying with him, 'Wherefore art thou railing? In his last moments he …

Christ's Glory Turned to Shame

Psalm 4:2

… let Him deliver Him, seeing He delighted in Him." They looked upon His Person as being so utterly contemptible that they desired that He should suffer death in …