Death & Dying

The Right Keynote for the New Year

Psalm 115:18

… There are gaps in our ranks, my Brothers and Sisters, which death has made during the past year. Some have been taken from us whom we could ill …

Driving the Vultures Away from the Sacrifice

Genesis 15:11

… of the Covenant dying for you! Think more and more of Him who loved you to the death and thereby redeemed you from the death which your own …

Is It Nothing To You?

Lamentations 1:12

… There was no necessity, as far as His Nature was concerned, that He should ever slumber in a grave! Oh, but this is a death altogether unexampled—voluntarily …

Hezekiah And The Ambassadors—Or, Vainglory Rebuked

2 Kings 20:12

… when death from below and Heaven from above were both stayed in their courses for the favored child of Heaven! When the shades of the grave and the …

Moses' Dying Charge to Israel

Deuteronomy 8:2

… And so he beseeches them, as with his dying breath, to observe all the Commandments of the Lord and to cleave closely unto Jehovah, their God. Then, like …

Judgments and No Repentance— Repetance and No Salvation

Revelation 16:9

… of death and judgment and Hell. So men that lie upon a bed of sickness—when their bones ache and their hearts melt and the grave yawns beneath …

An Anxious Enquiry for a Beloved Son

2 Samuel 18:29

… but what can we judge from a dying-bed? It is very easy for a dying person to be deceived and to deceive others, and we had better …

Christ's Death And Ours

John 12:23-24

… definition of death that I ever heard, but it is true."] So, our Lord Jesus Christ had to die and to be buried in the grave, as the …

A Refreshing Canticle

Song 1:4

… Livingstone, when he first came in sight of the magnificent falls which he discovered, might well say, "To my dying day, I shall hear the rushing of that …

Fallen Asleep

1 Corinthians 15:6

… O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory? The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks …

Our Lord's Transcendent Greatness

Micah 5:4

… has conquered death— "He, Hell in Hell laid low, Made sin, He sin overthrew, Bowed to the grave, destroyed it so, And death, by dying, slew." My Master …

The Believer Not An Orphan

… the grave to seek Him. Angel voices say, “He is not here, for He is risen.” He could not be holden by the bands of death. We do …

A Very Early Bible Society

2 Chronicles 34:15

… It will be a guide to him through the maze of life, a pillow for the bed of death! It will give him joy and peace through believing …

Earnestness: Its Marring and Maintenance

… You have been burning and they are freezing; you have been pleading as for life or death and they have been calculating how many seconds the sermon occupied …

Once Dead, Now Alive

Ephesians 2:1

… And often the countenance appears restful, though the heart, before death, was full of anguish. Yes, but that was a little while after death when I noticed this …

“All These Things”—A Sermon with Three Texts

Genesis 42:36

… Christ in the grave. Let me have it, let me have it, my sweet Lord! Let me wear the clay-cold shape of death that once was Yours …

Christ's Manifestation to Mary Magdalene

John 20:17

… It had, therefore, to be a woman who should first behold Jesus Christ when He rose from the grave. If there is—and there certainly is some degree …

The Corn of Wheat Dying to Bring Forth Fruit

… grave, or he will be alone in heaven. He must fall into the ground like the corn of wheat, and be there in the loneliness of death, or …

'Going and Weeping'

Jeremiah 50:4

… My heart yearns over dying men And gladly my pity would reclaim And snatch the firebrands from the flame! But feeble my compassion proves, And can but weep …

The Ascension of Christ

Ephesians 4:7-12

… grave?’” Our Savior’s ascension in that same body which descended into the lower parts of the earth, is so complete a victory over death, that every dying …

The Right Kind of Fear

Proverbs 28:14

… They have not yet believed that God will be with them when they pass through the Valley of Death and, because they cannot trust Him, they are all …

A Mystery! Saints Sorrowing and Jesus Glad!

John 11:14-15

… tell all heaven that “His love was strong as death, and His jealousy as cruel as the grave” “many waters could not quench His love, neither could the …

God Our Portion and His Word Our Treasure

Psalm 119:57

… How good it is to have a living hope in dying moments, to be full of light when peering into the darkness of the grave! When death is …

The Blind Man's Eyes Opened—or, Practical Christianity

John 9:3

… The Savior in His worst and lowest estate, when near to death, thinks of nothing but the good of men! When cruel eyes are spying Him out that …

The Vision of the Field

Ezekiel 36:9

… Like grass they flourish, till Your breath Blasts them into everlasting death." Alas for them! Unto You, great God, they render no prayer nor praise, no heart-felt …

The Well-Beloved

… Remember what He was when He rose from the grave on the third day. Oh, to have seen Him in the freshness of His resurrection beauty! And what …

'Make This Valley Full of Ditches'

2 Kings 3:16-18

… The armies of these kings were in a position of abject dependence—they were dying of thirst. They could not supply their need. They must have from God …

An Inscription for the Mausoleum of the Saints

Hebrews 11:13

… in the grave, it shall be said of you, as of all Believers that went before you, "these all died in faith." Thus much upon dying in faith …

Contention Ended and Grace Reigning

Isaiah 57:16-18

… His love is strong as death, blessed be His name! But as a natural consequence His jealousy is cruel as the grave! He will not endure impurity of …

The Resurrection of the Dead

Acts 24:15

… you will be shrieking, howling, wailing for mercy; but— “There are no acts of pardon passed In the cold grave to which we haste; But darkness, death, and …

A Message From God To His Church And People

Habakkuk 3:2

… Men die, and their souls are lost! Men die and their bodies are laid in the grave, but their souls descend into Hell! Scarcely were the first death …

Grappling Irons

Psalm 119:88

… prayer will prove an antidote to the poison of death. Though your bones lie scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one chops wood, yet if the …

The Sad Plight and Sure Relief

Romans 5:6

… The men for whom His Propitiation was offered, were "without strength," and they were "ungodly." If you or I have any part or lot in the matchless death …

Psalm 127

Psalm 127

… lie dying; ay, and that he sets his seal, and plants his guardianship where the righteous lie dead. "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is …

The Substance Of True Religion

Job 19:28

… Death to error, death to sin, but salvation to the sinner and life to the Believer, notwithstanding all his mistakes! Let denunciations and exclusiveness be ended forever and …

There Go The Ships

Psalm 104:26

… I almost wish he could see it, for a yawning grave might make some men start to reason and to thought. That yawning grave is there, though they …

The Son Glorified by the Father and the Father Glorified by the Son

John 17:1

… And now, today, Beloved, we see that God glorified His Son in His death because in dying He saved His people. I do not believe for a single …

The 'Beau Ideal' of Life

Psalm 90:14

… It is like death, the grave and the sea. Whatever may be cast into the mouth of death, it is as hungry as it was before! And the …

An Old-Fashioned Conversion

Job 33:29

… In addition to this sickness, the person whom God saved was even brought to be apprehensive of death—"Yes, his soul draws near unto the grave, and his …

The Mighty Arm

Psalm 89:13

… We have been ready to cry out with them, "O death, where is your sting! O grave, where is your victory! "Truly, Lord, when Your poor, weak, suffering …