Death & Dying

The Sequel to Divine Sovereignty

Psalm 99:1

… One turn of His hand, no, not as much as that—He need not even lift His little finger—He has but to will your death and then …

Jehovah Tsidkenu: The Lord Our Righteousness

Jeremiah 23:6

… death he hammered it out to make for us a garment which is of wrought gold. You have as much to thank Christ for loving as for dying …

Safe Shelter

Psalm 91:4

… and that is the hour of death. Ah, we may sing what we will and say what we will, but dying is no child's play. Thank God …

How May Faith Be Illustrated?

… Faith says, "Jesus is mine." Faith hears of the pardoning blood, and cries, "I accept it to pardon me." Faith calls the legacies of the dying Jesus her …

Later Services at the Music Hall

… O my hearers, some of you in a little time will be on your dying beds ! When your pulse is feeble, when the terrors of grim death are …

'A Kind of First Fruits'

James 1:18

… The Truth, however, is preached—and faithfully preached—to tens of thousands to whom it conveys not a blessing at all, but is the savor of death unto …

God in the Covenant

Jeremiah 31:33

… the clapping of the hands of thy fellow-creatures bless thee on thy dying bed? No, there are griefs here with which men cannot intermeddle, and there are …

The Amen

Revelation 3:14

… Observe the devout Amen of Benaiah, at the close of David's dying prayer, with the remarkable addition, "The Lord God of my lord the king say so …

Our Lord's Voluntary Poverty

2 Corinthians 8:9

… people! Even in His poverty He becomes our Instructor, just as in His death He becomes our Savior. Without staying longer in the text, we shall, first of …

Psalm 42

Psalm 42

… Know there is a sorrow "that worketh repentance not to be repented of." Know again there is a sorrow "that worketh death." Remember that there were tears that …

God's King Magnified

Psalm 132:18

… Galilee's Lake, whose voice Death heard and gave up its prey—He who opened the gates of Paradise to the dying robber—claims to be none other …

The Root That Bears Wormwood

Deuteronomy 29:18

… We have no reason to believe that death will change the character of man at all. I have no reason to believe that my dying, if I am …

Faith's Way of Approach

Romans 10:17

… In our holy religion, everything is by faith—faith for life and faith for death. Even the first tears of repentance must be salted with faith—and the …

The Former and the Latter Rain

Jeremiah 5:24

… We call it dying, do we not? But it is not dying I am talking of now—that is but the work of an instant—I refer to …

Jesus About His Father’s Business

John 4:34

… If we knew that some purpose which we had undertaken could never be achieved unless by our death, supposing that we could bring our mind to give up …

The Uses of Anecdotes and Illustrations

… in my dying moments!” How distinctly love to Christ is brought out in the story of John Lambert, fastened to the stake, and burning to death, yet clapping …

Christ the Tree of Life

Revelation 22:2

… That death was not on His own account. His Humanity had no need to die. He might have lived on and have seen no death if so He …

The Sick Man Left Behind

2 Timothy 4:20

… The chapter reminds us of a dying man's final adieu to his best friend, in the course of which he calls to mind the associates of his …

The Double Cleansing

Zechariah 13:1

… The dying thief rejoiced to see That Fountain in his day And there may I, though vile as he, Wash all my sins away!" It is not a …

The Privileged Man

Ezekiel 16:9-14

… Him afterwards going up and yielding Himself to die the death on the Cross—the Incarnate God dying for the sins of men! And the result of it …

The Savior's Thirst

John 19:28

… Eat not your morsel alone, but publish to the world that through the thirst of a dying Savior you have ceased to thirst! And as you have done …

Lessons From Christ's Baptism

Matthew 3:16

… My death will put away their offenses and my Resurrection will complete their justification." Go, you who long for salvation, and by faith look to the Savior dying …

The Need of Decision for the Truth

… We will publish, “Grace! grace! grace!” with all our might, living and dying. We shall be very decided, also, as to justification by faith; for salvation is “Not …

The Sparrow and the Swallow

Psalm 84:3

… place of the godly captive pining in the persecutors' dungeon, or of the dying yet enraptured saint, if we could but once again enjoy the Presence of our …

Lecture III: The Uses Of Anecdotes And Illustrations.

… in my dying moments!" How distinctly love to Christ is brought out in the story of John Lambert, fastened to the stake, and burning to death, yet clapping …

Love's Great Reason

1 John 4:19

… To bring the tear into its little eyes about the dying Lord is better and sweeter work to us than statesmanship, itself, could be if it were dissociated …

Mr. Fearing Comforted

Matthew 14:31

… You may preach, but it is not affected; I may pray, but my heart seems dumb, I may read even the story of Christ’s death, and yet …

Salvation by Faith and the Work of the Spirit

Galatians 5:5

… But this day, by faith, we stand in the Righteousness of God, Himself! The works and the dying of our Lord Jesus Christ make up, for us, a …

Comfort for the Tempted

1 Corinthians 10:13

… The most dangerous part of the road to Heaven is not the Valley of the Shadow of Death—we do not find that Christian went to sleep there …

Rivers Of Water In A Dry Place

Isaiah 32:2

… Secondly, see what a misery it is that men should be perishing and dying of soul-thirst when there is this river so near. That men should die …

Enquirers and Converts (Continued)

… I have nothing further to say to you ; but, in God's Name, to set before you life or death." Still she pleaded, " Do pray for me ! " " No …

A Blessed Wonder

Matthew 8:10

… Nature's death may yet yield to the Spirit's life. Perhaps you follow a calling which is supposed to be inimical to religion, but even then, despair …

The King In His Beauty

Isaiah 33:17

… Many saints, in dying, have looked up from amid the stormy waters and have seen Jesus walking on the waves of the sea and heard Him say, "It …

Come and Welcome

Revelation 22:17

… Again, it is living water not simply because it is love, and that is life, but it saves from impending death. The sinner knows that he must die …

God's Time for Comforting

Psalm 119:82

… very jaws of death and the grim monster's teeth were about to close upon you, there would still be hope for you! The dying thief on the …

The Beginning, Increase, and End of the Divine Life

Job 8:7

… But, further, this cheering prospect upon earth is quite eclipsed by a more cheering prospect beyond the river Death. “Our latter end shall greatly increase.” Faith shall give …

The Soul's Great Crisis

Romans 7:8

… And here is, thirdly, the man himself—death brought by the Law to him. And, first, let me speak of— I. LIFE WITHOUT THE LAW OF GOD. The …

The Approachableness of Jesus

Luke 15:1

… The man who has lived a life of service, at last dies a felon's death! Look upon his head girt with the crown of thorns! Mark well …

A New Year's Retrospect And Prospect

Psalm 10:17

… God only can prepare the heart for that which is right—He alone can prepare it for holy living, for happy dying—and for eternity! I want you …

The Day of Atonement

Leviticus 16:34

… His death, not into His example, merely, nor primarily into His life, but, "into His death." In this we have believed—we are linked with a dying Savior …