Death & Dying

Feb. 5 — JUSTICE SATISFIED

Exod. 12:13

… What a joy is this! The Lord sees the deep inner meaning, the infinite fullness of all that is meant by the death of His dear Son. He …

July 3 — A GUIDE ALL THE WAY

Ps. 48:14

July 3 A GUIDE ALL THE WAY "He will be our guide even unto death" Ps. 48:14 We need a guide. Sometimes we would give all that …

Christ Lifted Up

John 12:32

… This he said, signifying what death he should die.” But notice the choice of the word to express his death. He does not say, I, if I be …

Titles of Honor

… If I were 'beloved of the Lord,' I would not mind if I had to lie in a dungeon or even to be burned to death for His …

The Empty Seat

1 Samuel 20:27

… Often ought we to show His death until He comes. School teaching, street preaching, visiting the sick and so forth cannot be regarded as a substitute for hearing …

Beholding God's Church

Psalm 48:12-14

… He will be our guide even unto death." Psalm 48:12-14 . THE proper study of the Christian is Christ. Next to that subject is the Church. And …

The Sin of Unbelief

2 Kings 7:19

… Unbelief was the cause of their death. It was not the Anakims that destroyed Israel; it was not the howling wilderness which devoured them; it was not the …

Evening, April 22

Ps 91:5

… We live in the world of death and sorrow, we may therefore look for ills as well in the night-watches as beneath the glare of the broiling …

Morning, May 11

Mt 28:20

… the day cometh when nothing will be left but the black, cold earth. Death’s black extinguisher must soon put out thy candle. Oh! how sweet to have …

The Mediator’The Interpreter

Exodus 20:18-20

… but by reason of man's sinfulness, the law worketh wrath; and to indicate this, it was made public with accompaniments of fear and death: the battalions of …

Morning, April 7

Ps 4:2

… Instead of a golden cup of generous wine they offered him the criminal’s stupefying death-draught, which he refused because he would preserve an uninjured taste wherewith …

Morning, July 7

1Th 5:25

… our word is either a savour of life unto life, or of death unto death. A very heavy responsibility rests upon us, and it will be no small …

Evening, July 27

Ro 8:33

… thou art acquitted.” For the Christian there is no penal death in this world, much less any second death. He is completely freed from all the punishment as …

Evening, September 30

Ec 9:4

… Better anything than death. The snarlings of the dog of hell will at least keep us awake, but dead faith and dead profession, what greater curses can a …

Evening, April 8

Ps 23:4

… shakes to and fro, and the pillars of the earth are removed! Even death itself, with all its terrible influences, has no power to suspend the music of …

Our Great Shepherd Finding the Sheep

Luke 15:4

… They have written the death warrant of their friend by ceasing to pray for him and yet that death warrant will never be written in the records of …

Morning, April 16

1Pe 1:19

… The blood of Jesus! sin dies at its presence, death ceases to be death: heaven’s gates are opened. The blood of Jesus! we shall march on, conquering …

Evening, May 12

Ge 46:3-4

… They shall be brought up again, whether it be from the troubles of life or the chambers of death. Jacob’s seed came out of Egypt in due …

What Christians Were and Are

Ephesians 2:3

… When a person was doomed to die, he would be called by the Jews, "the child of death." One who was very poor would be called by them …

Humility

Acts 20:19

… Again—there is the pride of the persecutor; the man who is not content with his own notions, but would hunt to death another; the pride which suggests …

Evening, July 22

Jn 19:5

… Behold the man when all his bones are out of joint, and he is poured out like water and brought into the dust of death; God hath forsaken …

The Absent Pastor’s Care for his Flock

… Sin in the church will be the death of revival, or else the revival will be the death of sin. Let no one among us besmear himself with …

Evening, May 15

Heb 12:23

… shall deliver me from the body of this sin and death?” shall get rid of sin and death—that I shall have no evil things to vex my …

Evening, July 7

Eze 16:6

… on through all the years of time till death comes, and in the midst of the shadows of death, the Lord’s voice is still heard, “Live!” In …

Evening, March 22

Jn 17:24

… But no, it must not be; death smites the goodliest of our friends; the most generous, the most prayerful, the most holy, the most devoted must die. And …

Christ—The Power and Wisdom of God

1 Corinthians 1:24

… He is the great umpire of all disputes, the great Sovereign Head of the church, the Lord of heaven, and death, and hell; and by-and-by we …

On the Cross After Death

John 19:31-37

… That act was sometimes performed upon the condemned as an additional punishment—but in this instance it was meant to be a finishing stroke—hastening death by the …

Evening, March 21

Job 38:31

… I cannot with all my longings raise my soul out of her death and dulness, but all things are possible with thee. I need celestial influences, the clear …

Hypocrisy

Luke 12:1

… These are the keen detectors of impostures; suffering, and pain, and death, for Christ’s sake, are not to be endured by mere pretenders. But in this silken …

Evening, September 7

Je 49:23

… Hear how the death fiends howl among the cordage; how every timber starts as the waves beat like battering rams upon the vessel! God help you, poor drenched …

The Unspeakable Gift

2 Corinthians 9:15

… The death of Christ has been received by them as a vague expression of Divine Displeasure against sin, of course not dissociating it from His Benevolence towards men …

The Search after Happiness

Psalm 4:6

… For the Law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the Law of sin and death. For what the Law could not …

Sihon and Og, or Mercies in Detail

Psalm 136:17-22

… Christ, by His death, has broken the power of Satan, but Satan still holds sway, to a great extent, over the sons of men. As the Gospel spreads …

The Secret of Love to God

1 John 4:19

… But after I went into the river and was publicly baptized into His death, I lost all fear of man and I think I can honestly say that …

Love's Climax

1 John 4:10

… I can understand His stooping even to death—but that He should bear our sins—this is the greatest stoop of all! "Herein is love." O blessed Lord …

Working Out What is Worked In

Philippians 2:12

… And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross." There is your Model! Jesus stoops …

Prayer 4 — The All-Prevailing Plea

… fashion like a man, thou didst not refuse to be obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Let Thy brows be girt with something better than …

The Child Of Light Walking In Light

1 John 1:6

… I would be saved in such a way that I am neither afraid of conscience, nor of death, nor of the Judgment Seat of God! I would be …

Jehovah Has Spoken—will You Not Hear?

Jeremiah 13:15-17

… The physician cannot remove the death shadow—the disease is incurable. The sinner's face is pale with anguish and his heart melts like wax in the midst …

Degrees Of Power Attending The Gospel

1 Thessalonians 1:5

… And though in some it is "a savor of death unto death," and in others, "a savor of life unto life," yet the distinction is not in the …