Death & Dying

'The Lamb of God'

John 1:29

… Under the Jewish Law, the lamb was put to death that the man might not be put to death and, in like manner, Jesus Christ, our Lord and …

The Form of Sound Words

2 Timothy 1:13

… Hold fast, ah! with the tenacity of the dying hand of the sinking mariner—“Hold fast,” I beseech you, “the form of sound words, which thou hast heard …

Christian Baptism

Colossians 2:12

… the Lord Jesus Christ, to the work of Atonement by His Sacrifice and death, to the influence and the indwelling of the Divine Spirit, to the necessity of …

God's Answer to Persistent Prayer

1 Kings 18:41

… ever laid to heart the teeming millions of the heathen populations who are dying without a Savior? If you do this—and if all of us do it …

A Prophetic Warning

Matthew 24:12

… Then the heart is affected—affected with a chill! Is not this the forerunner of death? What is the cause of it? According to our text, it is …

Prayer, the Proof of Godliness

Psalm 32:6

… If we received it when we were sinners, much more shall we receive it, now that we are reconciled to God by the death of His Son! If …

Return! Return!

Jeremiah 3:12

… had stalked through the land and smitten multitudes of the guilty people with death. Those who were spared knew why this judgment had come, yet they did not …

The Last Census

Psalm 87:6

… No connections, however admirable; no relations, however desirable, no proxies, however excellent, shall ever avail for any dying man! We must ourselves stand before God, each man for …

Personal and Effectual Calling

John 10:3

… He has gone up to Heaven to plead for them and to present before His Father the memorials of His death. Yet He is still with them, according …

Psalm 114

Psalm 114

… The causing of water to gush forth out of the flinty rock is a practical proof of unlimited omnipotence and of the grace which converts death into life …

'To You'

Acts 13:26

… The penalty for sin was death, so Jesus died. And Paul writes, by Inspiration, "God commends His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ …

Possessing Possessions

… You wandered up and down in sin, knowing nothing of what free Grace and dying love had done for you—but now you have come to God and …

Heedful Hearing

Luke 8:18

… It must be either a savor of life unto life to us, or of death unto death. It is no light thing to have heard amiss! But there …

Two Choice Assurances

Genesis 15:1

… He will be our guide even unto death." "Oh, but," you say, "people have been so ungrateful to me." True, but God is not unfaithful to forget your …

The Climax of God's Love No. 2571

Hosea 2:16

… life, I will love You in death, And praise You as long as You lend me breath! And say, when the death-dew lies cold on my brow …

Justification by Faith—Illustrated by Abram’s Righteousness

Genesis 15:6

… If there be salvation for the dying thief, and others like him, it cannot be of debt, but of grace, seeing they have no good works. If Abram …

Decision—Illustrated by the Case of Joshua

Joshua 24:15

… Be not like them! Better far to die outright! Serve the Lord with real labor, to whose free Grace and dying love you owe your all! Once more …

The Door

John 10:9

… down like a soldier with bayonet fixed, and all the while to be dying of starvation, my bones sticking out through my skin, yet never eating a crumb …

Gray Hairs

Hosea 7:9

… Brave soldiers have made the irons of the scaling ladder bite on the top of the wall, and up they have swarmed in defiance of death and carried …

Lessons From the Malta Fire

Acts 28:2

… As Montgomery's well-known hymn reminds us, it is the Christian's— "Watchword at the gates of death— He enters Heaven with prayer." If your heart is …

Stephen and Saul

Acts 7:58

… A few words are made to suffice for the death of James, the brother of John. As to the deaths of Peter and Paul, they are incidentally mentioned …

"Your Rowers Have Brought You Into Great Waters"

Ezekiel 27:26

… I have lain by the hour together consciously looking into death in as bitter suffering of body and mind as a man might well endure and I tell …

Two Essential Things

Acts 20:21

… Richard Cecil, that he had preached very largely upon faith; but that good clergyman assured him that if he could rise from his dying bed, and preach again …

A Simple Sermon for Seeking Souls

Romans 10:13

… Children dying in infancy are, without doubt, saved by sovereign grace through the atonement which is in Christ Jesus. No sooner do they close their eyes to earth …

Jesus Meeting His Warriors

Genesis 14:18-20

… They with united breath, Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb, Their triumph to His death." See, then, Beloved, you are this morning soldiers! You are to fight by …

Spared!

Ezekiel 9:8

… The bullets of Death whistled by your ears and yet you stood alive, for his bullet had no billet for your heart. You can look back, some of …

The Sheep Before The Shearers

Isaiah 53:7

… We have dared to cry out against God, "My face is foul with weeping and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; not for any injustice in …

Keeping the Soul Alive

Psalm 22:29

… No, though man is dead in trespasses and sins and it is but a rank absurdity to imagine that death can produce life, yet the sinner still thinks …

Christ's Curate In Decapolis

Mark 5:17-19

… Must You cross the sea and go, I know not where? I will go with You to prison and to death!" He felt so linked with Christ that …

A Comprehensive Benediction

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… of hale and vigorous health? Let death come—the consolation still remains. Have not these ears often heard the songs of dying saints as they have rejoiced because …

The Essence Of The Gospel

John 3:18

… God grant that while this division shall go on, as it must go on, for He will be this day a savor of death unto death or a …

The Witness of the Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 11:26

… SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "For as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you do show the Lord's death till He comes …

A Holy Celebration

Exodus 12:42

… Christians ought to be familiar with every little incident of their Savior's death. There is teaching in every nail. The sponge, the vinegar and the hyssop all …

The Sinner's Only Alternative

2 Kings 7:4

… The Syrians may put us to death and so end our miseries. Perhaps death by the sword is preferable to death by famine—at any rate, we can …

The Necessity of Regeneration

John 3:7

… I have preached to you about Christ's life, death and Resurrection, but it does not move you. In a short time you will be upon your dying …

"A Peculiar People"

Psalm 4:3

… We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren." But the worldling does not understand the peculiar character of the godly, or …

The Lamb Our Leader

Revelation 14:4

… One thing I know, the doctrine of the Cross will never make you trifle with sin! It will never let you imagine that the death of the wicked …

The Happy Beggar

Psalm 40:17

… By nature, the sinner needs healing, for he is sick unto death. He needs washing, for he is foul with sin. He needs clothing, for he is naked …

Gratitude for Great Deliverances

Psalm 102:19-22

… forever!" But they have said, "We are appointed to death. We have sharp pains to undergo and the dying strife to endure when the clammy sweat will thicken …

The Principal Wheat

Isaiah 28:25

… For Christ's name's sake we should be willing to endure poverty, reproach, slander, exile, death—and count them all joy! Nothing should be precious to a …