Death & Dying

Covenant Blessings

Ezekiel 36:26

… I know preachers who delight in talking of a mother's tears, and a father's gray hairs—of dying children and consumptive sisters, and I believe these …

How "The Unspeakable" is Spoken of

Psalm 145:6

… And this is a consolation in times of disaster and death. None of us would dare to desire these judgments— we are of another spirit from Elijah, who …

The Interest Of Christ And His People In Each Other

Solomon 2:16

… Oh, if this is written on my soul, "My Beloved is mine, and I am His!" Come, welcome Death— "Come, Death, and some celestial band, I'll gladly …

Mr. Spurgeon’s Opinions on Subjects of General Interest

… wife a Christadelphian had expressed the idea that children dying at that age have no existence after death : — "I am just leaving home, and can only write and …

A Free Grace Promise

Joel 2:32

… When day turns to night, and life becomes death, and the staff of life is broken, and the hope of man has fled, there still remains in God …

Conceit Rebuked

Job 34:33

… ordered by Him after we are dead! When Alexander Peden, the Covenanter, was dying, he sent for one of his brethren, a fellow-minister of the Word, James …

Hindrances to Prayer

1 Peter 3:7

… The sorrow which prevents a man's praying is flat rebellion against the will of God! Our Lord was "exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death," but then He prayed …

Where Is the Lord?

Isaiah 63:11-14

… Zwingli died in battle, but he should not have been fighting, and he might have died a natural death. But Calvin, Luther and the rest of them, for …

Found By Jesus—And Finding Jesus

John 1:43-45

… When Christ comes to our soul, He so breaks the neck of sin, that though it lives a struggling, dying life and often makes a deal of howling …

Love's Law and Life

John 14:15

… Would not my heart pour forth its blood In honor of Your name And challenge the cold hand of death To dampen the immortal flame? You know I …

Pleading, Not Contradicting

Matthew 15:27

… Truth, Lord." Now, dear Friends, if you are dealing with the Lord for life and death, never contradict His Word. You will never come unto perfect peace if …

The Model Home Mission and the Model Home Missionary

Acts 10:38

… Trials must be counted as nothing for Christ's sake, and death must be defied, or we shall never capture the world for Jesus. They who wear soft …

The Filling of Empty Vessels

2 Kings 4:3

… We will use this as an emblem of spiritual things and this one verse shall interpret our symbol— "Dear dying Lamb, Your precious blood Shall never lose its …

A Promise for the Blind

Jeremiah 31:8

… And that at their death it affords them the highest joy to know that they will have a portion of this soil buried with them, even were it …

A Sabbath Miracle

Luke 13:10-13

… In all probability, however, the true translation of the title is, "A Psalm on the death of the son," or, "on the death of the champion," and it …

Coming Judgment of the Secrets of Men

Romans 2:16

… The heralds will fly through the realms of death, and summon those who sleep in the dust: for the quick and the dead shall all appear before that …

Salvation by Grace

Ephesians 2:5

… From the first holy desire in the soul, to the last shout of victory in the dying hour, salvation is by the operation of the Almighty. Whatever is …

"Glory Be Unto the Father"

Ephesians 1:3

… Let us see, in this death of our Redeemer, not the cause, but the result of God's love! And let us magnify the Father who spared not …

Christ's Indwelling Word

Colossians 3:16

… one other pleasure which you seem to have forgotten—that is the pleasure of thinking of it on your dying bed. I would like you to remember that."

Open Praise and Public Confession

Psalm 138:1-3

… confidence wherever duty calls you! Ah, you might go between the jaws of death, itself, and yet suffer no injury, for an atmosphere of praise would be the …

Faith Purifying the Heart

Acts 15:9

… Peter told a very simple story about the life, death and Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth—just such a story as a converted a lad from our Sunday …

Peter After His Restoration

Luke 22:32

… If you meet anyone who is beginning to say, "I will go with you to prison and to death," give him a gentle jog and say, "Mind you …

"All the Day Long"

Proverbs 23:17

… There is an end in death and after death the judgment—"for God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing." What an end will that …

Fruitless Faith

James 2:17

… In a certain sense Christ died for all men, but since it is evident that many men are lost, Christ's dying for all men is not at …

God's Remembrance of His Covenant

Psalm 106:44

… out of My lips." Beloved, the Covenant is, in its own nature, everlasting. Dying David said, "Although my house is not so with God, yet has He made …

A God Ready to Pardon

Nehemiah 9:17

… the man does not know this, he does not intend to defy his Maker's natural law, but for all that, when the death-dealing fluid splits the …

Twelve Covenant Mercies

Isaiah 55:3

… Beloved, if you had met together, after the death of some wealthy relative, and his will was about to be read to you, you would not require an …

Sorrow and Sorrow

2 Corinthians 7:10

… but the sorrow of the world works death." 2 Corinthians 7:10 . MANY years ago and, indeed, in some measure to a later date, preachers of the Word …

Christian Conversation

Psalm 145:11

… Tell how He— "All His foes to ruin hurled, Sin, Satan, earth, death, Hell, the world." Tell how He has bruised the head of Satan. Tell how death …

Silver Sockets—Redemption the Foundation!

Exodus 30:11-16

… Free Grace and dying love must be the golden bells which ring upon our garments when we go into the Holy Place to speak with the Most High …

'Pray Without Ceasing'

1 Thessalonians 5:17

… Continue to pray, brethren, for even if you should not want prayer yourself there are others who do 'there are the dying, the sick, the poor, the ignorant …

Maschil Of Ethan, A Majestic Song

Psalm 89:1

… Within the bounds of my feeble vision, I can discern that it has risen above death, above sin, above fear, above all danger! It has risen above the …

Why Is Faith So Feeble?

Mark 4:40

… All the agony of death lies in the foresight of it—death itself is the end of all agony! Death is not the storm, but the quietus of …

Restraining Prayer

Job 15:4

… See yourself as an abject bankrupt, weak, sick, dying—and this will make you plead. See your necessities to be deep as the ocean, broad as the expanse …

'The True Sayings of God'

Revelation 19:9

… here, there comes to me a message, "There is a person dying here." Besides that, death makes havoc continually among our thousands of members—sometimes three or four …

Victor Emmanuel, Emancipator

Isaiah 42:7

… The great obstacle in his way is spiritual death, and as with a word he can remove it, the salvation of man is no longer a difficulty. Rejoice …

The Maintenance of Good Works

Titus 3:3-8

… truly say— "My God, I feel the mournful scene; My heart yearns over dying men; And gladly my pity would reclaim, And snatch the firebrands from the flame …

Our Lord's Substitution

1 Peter 2:24

… He had just been alluding to another aspect of that death. In the 21st verse, he had said, "Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that …

God Justified, Though Man Believes Not

Romans 3:3

… They would stone me to death, if they could, because I preach a dying Savior's love!" But he does not put it so. He only mentions that …

Our Banner

Psalm 60:4

… which it is looking? Yes, he has it! And the face of the dying man is brightened. He sees the banner still waving and with his last breath …