Death & Dying

Reasons For Doubting Christ

Matthew 14:31

… She felt that she was one of the castaways of the devil, himself, and so she sought to tell of pardoning Grace and dying love." You see, then …

Grace Exalted—Boasting Excluded

Romans 3:27

… The blasting of Paradise, the sterility of the world, the travail of human birth, the sweat of the brow, and the certainty of death may all be traced …

The Immovability of the Believer

Psalm 125:1

… A good old saint who lately lay dying told her pastor that she was resting upon the justice of God. The good pastor thought that she had chosen …

The Sluggard’s Farm

… for his Lord; how shall I speak of him? Time does not tarry, DEATH does not tarry, HELL does not tarry; Satan is not lazy, all the powers …

Love To Jesus

Solomon 1:7

… last to let Him have it—that so even dying we might give our Friend in our dying testament a proof that we remembered Him, even as He …

Good News For Thirsty Souls

Revelation 21:6

… When people are dying you can still moisten their lips. When nothing else can possibly pass their throats, they can receive liquid. So, dear Soul, whatever your state …

The Perpetuity of the Law of God

Matthew 5:18

… the Law by dying, the Just for the unjust. "The soul that sins, it shall die"—there is death demanded— and in Christ death is presented! Life for …

A Sermon for the Most Miserable of Men

Psalm 77:2

… If you had committed that sin, it would be to you death. "There is a sin which is unto death." Now, death puts an end to feeling. You …

Scarlet Sinners Pardoned and Purified

Isaiah 1:18

… They have seen themselves at death's door by fever and by other diseases and yet all that God's rod has done for them has come to …

Crowning Blessings Ascribed to God

Psalm 65:11

… Professing their faith in Christ, living in His fear, dying in the faith they gave us no cause to doubt their sincerity and, therefore, we may not question …

The Sluggard's Farm

Proverbs 24:30-32

… He is a dishonor to the cause which he professes to venerate and he is storing up thorns for his dying pillow. Let that stand as settled—the …

Loosening The Sandal Strap

Luke 3:16

… And He took upon Himself the form of a servant, and He became obedient to death—you have not come to that yet—even the death of the …

Moses' Decision

Hebrews 11:24

… He cast his eyes through the ages that were to intervene and he saw before him the Shiloh of whom dying Jacob sang. He knew the ancient promise …

To Those Who Are Angry With Their Godly Friends

Genesis 4:6

… They would like to be uplifted beyond all fear of death and they would like to be as happy as Christian people are, but they do not want …

The Holy Spirit Glorifying Christ

John 16:14

… He—HE is glorious! God has highly exalted Him." You have heard of the old French soldiers when they lay dying. If the emperor came by when they …

Blood Even on the Golden Altar

Leviticus 4:7

… But what does, "the blood," mean in Scripture? It means not merely suffering, which might very well be typified by blood, but it means suffering unto death. It …

A Cheerful Giver is Beloved of God

2 Corinthians 9:7

… To live in this world— "Careless, myself a dying man, Of dying men's esteem." To ask myself never what Mr. So-and-So thinks of me, "Shall …

Welcome! Welcome!

Luke 9:11

… Now that the revival is over, and the flood-tide of Grace seems to have ebbed out, you have come, like the dying year, to a time when …

"Out Of The Depths"

Psalm 40:12

… Watts' lines— "Should sudden vengeance seize my breath, I must confess You just in death. And, if my Soul were sent to Hell, Your righteous Law approves it …

"This Thing Is From Me"

1 Kings 12:24

… And Jeroboam arose and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. And the rest of the acts of …

The Saint One With His Savior

1 Corinthians 6:17

… The death of one almost necessarily involved the death of the other—the two were inseparable companions. Damon and Pythias lived over again in them. Jonathan and David …

Jesus At Bethesda—or, Waiting Changed for Believing

John 5:1-9

… Did the dying thief wait at the pool of the ordinances? You know how soon his believing prayer was heard, and Jesus said, "Today you shall be with …

A Solemn Impeachment of Unbelievers

1 John 5:10

… You are dying—the doctor says, "Here is a medicine which will cure your disease. It is the only medicine that will save your life and you will …

A Sermon of Personal Testimony

Deuteronomy 32:47

… A man was dying—dying without hope and without much concern, either. His lawyer was called in to make his will. He was willing away all his property …

Putting the Hand Upon the Head of the Sacrifice

Leviticus 1:4

… The victim fell in the dust, struggling, bleeding, dying. The offerer confessed that this was what he deserved. He acknowledged that death from the Almighty hand was due …

Encouragement to Trust and Pray

Isaiah 30:19

… with dying love, not Sinai with consuming fire! Today is the day of salvation! The hour of vengeance is not yet come! God wills not your death, nor …

A Warning Against Hardness Of Heart

Hebrews 3:13

… A long protracted separation from her mate is a semi-death to her spirit—and so with souls who love the Savior much. They must see His face …

The Holdfast

Proverbs 4:13

… Nor would he have seen visions of the Celestial City, when all around him was as the valley of the shadow of death! I do not wish to …

The Best of All Sights

Hebrews 2:9

… The main battle is won! In our Lord's endurance of His substitutionary griefs and in the overthrow of sin, death and Hell by His personal achievements, the …

Work For Jesus

Matthew 21:28

… The longest life is no more and then the shadows of death will gather. But there will be no night, for instead, the day shall break and the …

A Wilderness Cry

Psalm 63:1

… A dying moan from a little one will pierce a mother's heart! Look, she presses the baby to her bosom! She cries, "My dear dying child," and …

Obtaining Promises

Hebrews 11:33

… When the cholera was here last time, I wended my way from house to house among the sick and dying. I was one day sad at heart and …

Later Sermonettes

… How foolish not to seek this Surety! How dangerous to delay, for death may come, and God demand His due, and we shall have nothing with which to …

Christus Et Ego

Galatians 2:20

… And the dying of Jesus Christ upon the tree was the virtual dying of all His people. Then all His saints entered unto justice what was due and …

He Ran, and He Ran

Mark 5:6

… It seemed to me, as I read the wondrous story of His life and death, that if He spurned me I would still lie at His feet and …

Satan in a Rage

Revelation 12:12

… In the highest regions the great principle of evil has received a total defeat through the life and death of our Lord Jesus. Atonement has been made for …

The Nobleman's Faith

John 4:46-53

… But he pleaded that he was at the point of death. His extremity was his reason for urgency. The child was at Death's door and, therefore, his …

Where The "If" Lies

Mark 9:23

… Though still the well-beloved Son of the Father, he suffered even unto death in the room and stead of his people, and God's record concerning him …

The Church—Conservative And Aggressive

1 Timothy 3:15

… If you neglect one duty, that does not excuse you from another! You are dying in a state of sin, as a Christian, if you omit the duty …

Importance of Small Things in Religion

… Perhaps, he was a gracious man; and God, may smite even his own children with death as a chastisement, and yet their souls may he saved eternally. We …