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Death & Dying
Death, mortality, dying well, and hope beyond the grave
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Small Things Not to Be Despised
Zechariah 4:10
… I hardly know whether, in their case, it was faith born or unbelief dying. You remember the poor man who said to Christ, "Lord, I believe," and then …
SERMON • SERMON 2715Christian Resignation
Matthew 26:39
… They almost courted death, for they thought it was the highest privilege that they could possibly have if they might be torn in pieces by the lions in …
SERMON • SERMON 2535A Singular Plea in Prayer
Psalm 41:4
… It is the prayer of the poor harlot, the prayer of the dying thief, "O God, be merciful to me!" It is a blessed, blessed prayer and I …
SERMON • SERMON 1613Shut In Or Shut Out
Genesis 7:16
… Outside that door death would reign universally, but all would be peace within. When the last seven days of Grace had come to a close, the Lord began …
SERMON • SERMON 1963The Search For Faith
Luke 18:8
… It is a great part of the reward of His death that the sons of men should come and shelter in Him. If faith looks to Christ and …
SERMON • SERMON 461Am I Clear Of His Blood?
Genesis 4:10
… The blood, the blood of dying London cries from the ground against you before God! The perishing crowds of every street, and every court and every alley send …
SERMON • SERMON 2312Achsah's Asking—a Pattern of Prayer
Judges 1:12-15
… Though near to death, like Lazarus, with the dogs licking his sores, you are blessed! If you should be dying, like Stephen, beneath the stones of murderous enemies …
SERMON • SERMON 1746The Devil's Last Throw
Luke 9:42
… Woman, there is hope for you if you will trust the wounded, bleeding, dying, risen, living Savior. He will battle for you, and you shall get the victory …
SERMON • SERMON 947Seeking For Jesus
John 6:24
… And if he refuses to receive him, he may cry as he wills, but he will bleed to death. So remember that your prayers and seeking, of themselves …
SERMON • SERMON 2160Not Sufficient and Yet Sufficient
2 Corinthians 3:5
… Bring your spiritual life into contact with their spiritual death and as one candle lights another, so may the Lord convey life into other hearts by your testimony …
SERMON • SERMON 2205"My Times Are In Your Hand"
Psalm 31:15
… To be fearful of death is often the height of folly. A great Prophet once ran away many miles to escape from death by an imperious queen. He …
SERMON • SERMON 1544Mahanaim—or, Hosts Of Angels
Genesis 32:1
… of the blessed in the solemn article of death. Have we not, ourselves, heard of Divine revealings from dying lips? Have we not heard the testimony so often …
SERMON • SERMON 2472The Best of the Best
Solomon 2:1
… This He said, signifying what death He should die." And the drawings of Christ are not, as it were, with a cart rope, but with silken bonds, yes …
SERMON • SERMON 1597The Priest Ordained by the Oath of God
Hebrews 7:20-22
… The real Altar is the Person of Christ! The real Sacrifice is the death of Christ and the real Priest is Christ Himself! The images of heavenly things …
SERMON • SERMON 2332Lessons From the Manna
Exodus 16:4
… have locked up so much pride, and nothing else! We do not need dying Grace till we come to die! Be satisfied to have living Grace while you …
SERMON • SERMON 2761The Free Agency of Christ
Mark 8:22-25
… Yet the scene at his death was very different from what he had hoped that it might be, for it was a very gloomy departure. His faith was …
SERMON • SERMON 1495The King-Priest
Zechariah 6:13
… For the suffering of death He is crowned with glory and honor. The saints in Heaven sing, "You are worthy to take the Book and to open the …
SERMON • SERMON 2323Obedience Rewarded
Matthew 28:8-10
… it because their hearts were tender and they were very sad at His death, more sad than the men? And is He not known to come, first, to …
SERMON • SERMON 2662Some Marks of God's People
Psalm 68:28
… He will be our Guide even unto death." First, God's people believe in this God. If any do not believe in Him, they may call themselves what …
SERMON • SERMON 1749A Luther Sermon at the Tabernacle
Habakkuk 2:4
… Faith lays hold upon the Person, life and death of the Lord Jesus as her only hope—and in the righteousness of Christ she arrays herself. She cries …
SERMON • SERMON 786The Great Mystery of Godliness
1 Timothy 3:16
… He healed all manner of diseases and was Himself exceedingly sorrowful even unto death! Winds and waves obeyed Him. Every element acknowledged the august Presence of Deity and …
SERMON • SERMON 564A Promise For Us And For Our Children
Isaiah 44:1-5
… Janeway, in his, "Token for Children," has preserved many examples, showing that some dying children have been wondrously mature in piety and the expressions they have used have …
COMMENTARYPsalm 80
Psalm 80
… Good old Jacob delighted to think of God as the Shepherd of Israel, and this verse may refer to his dying expression: "From thence is the Shepherd, the …
SERMON • SERMON 2385Another Lesson From Manasseh's Life
2 Chronicles 33:10
… A dying mother, in her death, has been mother in a spiritual sense to those whom she brought forth naturally. How often has a wife beckoned her husband …
SERMON • SERMON 1733On Humbling Ourselves before God
1 Peter 5:6
… As Paul said, "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." I think I might say that the last enemy but one is pride, for even at …
SERMON • SERMON 1367Strong Faith
Romans 4:20
… What ought our confidence be when we behold the Lord Jesus Christ, Himself, ratifying the Eternal Covenant by His own death? Surely if the Patriarch could find rest …
SERMON • SERMON 785Wanted, A Guest Chamber!
Mark 14:14
… In the second, and perhaps in conclusion, to meet with a sudden and violent death! Therefore, prudent, careful men closed their doors against Him and argued that they …
SERMON • SERMON 1555The Glories of Forgiving Grace
Ephesians 1:7
… The gentle love whispers of Free Grace and dying love and pardons bought with blood are as Heaven's own sonnets to troubled souls! It is my earnest …
SERMON • SERMON 1818The Song of a City, and the Pearl of Peace
Isaiah 26:3
… The flesh has received its death-warrant, and unbelief is but a part of the flesh doomed to die. The holy life within us must triumph. "If we …
SERMON • SERMON 1310The Blind Befriended
Isaiah 42:16
… He rests in the death and resurrection—in the wounds and in the triumphs—not of himself in any respect, but of Christ whom, having not seen, he …
SERMON • SERMON 638Who Are The Elect?
1 Samuel 16:12
… But oh, how bitterly David mourned to his dying day the evil into which he fell! "He was a man after God's own heart and his way …
SERMON • SERMON 2337The Physician Pardons His Palsied Patient
Matthew 9:2-7
… That was bad enough, but sin is worse than the palsy! Sin in the heart is worse than paralysis of every single muscle! Sin is death and something …
SERMON • SERMON 592The True Position Of Assurance
Ephesians 1:13
… Reject it—it will be a savor of death unto death to you! But if the Holy Spirit shall come with it and command your will and win …
SERMON • SERMON 1292The Soul-Winner
Proverbs 11:30
… Here is a dear Brother on his dying bed. He has the sweet thought that the Lord enabled him to bring many souls to Jesus and the expectation …
SERMON • SERMON 642Withholding Corn
Proverbs 11:26
… O let us work for God with our whole hearts! God make us more awfully in earnest! Life is earnest, death is earnest, Heaven is earnest, Hell is …
SERMON • SERMON 1768First, King of Righteousness, and after That, King of Peace
Hebrews 7:2
… For happiness or sorrow, for wealth or poverty, for life or death I am content to hand myself absolutely over to the Lord. And now, there being peace …
SERMON • SERMON 2470Jacob and Doubting Souls a Parallel
Genesis 45:28
… They were so sure of this Truth that they died rather than deny it—most of them died by the most painful forms of death—yet nothing could …
SERMON • SERMON 2301Marah Better Than Elim
Exodus 15:22-26
… When death comes, it shall only introduce you to eternal life. The Lord will be very gracious to you. He that forgives our sins also heals all our …
SERMON • SERMON 1533Fear Not
Revelation 1:17
… He agreed to give the inhabitants their lives, but when they complained that they were dying of hunger, he maliciously replied, "I granted you your lives, but I …
SERMON • SERMON 1422The Chief Physician and the Centurion's Servant
Matthew 8:7
… and blood and means that the body shall share the benefits of His death by a glorious resurrection! As in our Lord's life His teaching was always …