Death & Dying

The Smoke Of Their Torments

Genesis 19:27

… Some of you will never know how evil it is till the sweetness of honey has passed from your mouth and the bitterness of death preys at your …

The Glory, Unity and Triumph of the Church

John 17:22-3

… And yet they will stand out in obstinacy against God, for to the end even the Gospel, itself, will be a savor of death unto death to some …

An Awful Contrast

Matthew 26:67

… And death and Hell were cast into the Lake of Fire. This is the second death. And whoever was not found written in the Book of Life was …

Paul As a Pattern Convert

1 Timothy 1:16

… Imprisonment, yes, death itself, he defied—nothing could daunt him! Because the Lord had saved him, he felt that he must, by all means, save some. He could …

Bands of Love; or, Union to Christ

… The apostle most sweetly remarks, “Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same; that through death …

Substitution

2 Corinthians 5:21

… Be of good cheer; do not fear to die; death has nothing terrible in it to thee; Christ hath extracted all the gall from the sting of death …

Joseph And His Brothers

Genesis 45:3-5

… Death is destroyed by Jesus' death. Hell upturned by Hell's blackest deed. Sinner, Christ died to save you with a great deliverance, what do you say? Are …

All of Grace

Ephesians 2:8

… I have heard eminently holy men quoting in death the words, "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." In fact, the nearer men come to Heaven …

A Frail Leaf

Job 13:25

… The shafts of death flew twice. Then came sickness with threatening omen upon one that was still nearer and dearer. Still did not the desolation stay its gloomy …

Our Lord's Heroic Endurance

Hebrews 12:3

… It was said that one Macedonian was worth ten thousand Persians because the king was with them and they would dash to battle and to death for such …

The Blood of Christ's Covenant

Zechariah 9:11

… Thus it is that God can "be just and the Justifier of him which believes in Jesus," for in the Person, life and death of Christ, their Covenant …

Christ Glorified as the Builder of His Church

Zechariah 6:13

… I say no king of Tyre and Sidon shall do it, Jesus Christ who is the death of death and hell’s destruction, he himself shall pilot us …

Majesty in Misery

Luke 22:63-65

… Those men held Jesus in order that neither death nor Hell might ever be able to hold us. He was held in our place, so He says concerning …

Christ About His Father’s Business

Luke 2:49

… You like to keep religion as a snug investment at very small interest indeed, which you intend to draw out when you get near death; but you do …

"I Will," Yet, "Not As I Will"

John 7:24

… Do you believe that? Oh, no—many of His servants have laughed at death! I am sure that He was not afraid to die. What was it, then …

Rejoice Evermore

1 Thessalonians 5:16

… At the house of the happiest, knocks the hand of death! No, if your joys spring from earthly fountains, those fountains may be dried up and then your …

The Church'S Love To Her Loving Lord

Solomon 1:7

… You have brought Me into the dust of death." Stand, if you can, and view that face so full of grief. Look till a sword shall go through …

The Drought of Nature, the Rain of Grace and the Lesson Therefrom

Jeremiah 14:3

… God alone is by his own power—all else is dependent upon Him— "Life, death and Hell and worlds unknown, Hang on His firm decree— He sits on …

The Breaker and the Flock

Micah 2:12

… He broke the power of death and Hell, And cleared the road for Israel." "In those days, and in that time, says the Lord, the iniquity of Israel …

Psalm 148

Psalm 148

… Bernard, in his sermon on the death of his brother Gerard, relates that in the middle of his last night on earth his brother, to the astonishment of …

A Worthy Theme for Thought

Psalm 48:9

… Oh, what loving kindness there is in Him! His Incarnation, His life, His death, His resurrection, His ascension, His intercession, His promised Second Advent—all these are full …

Good Advice For Troublous Times

Isaiah 26:20

… Of what are you afraid? Afraid of the devil? God is stronger than Satan! Afraid of death? God is stronger than death! Afraid of poverty? Christ is stronger …

Psalm 56

Psalm 56

… For thou hast delivered my soul from death. His enemies were defeated in their attempts upon his life, and therefore he vowed to devote his life to God …

Providence—as Seen in the Book of Esther

Esther 9:1

… Mordecai must not die a violent death by Haman's hands. The enemies of the Church of God and of His people can never do more than the …

Trembling at the Word of the Lord

Isaiah 66:2

… I know many of God's people that have been greatly comforted by the text, "We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love …

Belief, Baptism, Blessing

Acts 16:33

… There really cannot be anything between life and death. The man is either dead or alive—and there must be some point at which he ceases to be …

The Strong One Driven Out By A Stronger One

Luke 11:21-26

… He will tell the sinner sometimes that he is too young to think of death and of eternal things. And when this weapon fails he will assure him …

The Lesson of the Almond Tree

Jeremiah 1:11

… to the one we are the savor of death unto death; and to the other the savor of life unto life"? You, dear Friends, are deriving, from every …

The Royal Pair in Their Glorious Chariot

Song 3:6-11

… Look to his girdle where swing the keys of heaven, and death, and hell. Look to his feet, once pierced with iron, but now set upon the dragon …

One Lost Sheep

Matthew 18:12

… Behold the stupendous miracle of incarnation! Nothing can excel this marvel—Immanuel, God with us! "Being found in fashion as a Man, He became obedient unto death, even …

Think Well And Do Well

Psalm 26:3

… And this you may think of in the Valley of the Shadow of Death, when heart and flesh fail you. This may be your last song, and as …

"What Shall the Harvest Be?"

Hosea 8:7

… How will they appear to me when I come to be old? What aspect will they wear when my eyes are failing me in death? What will be …

And Why Not Me?

Matthew 8:2

… It was a living death, a source of misery, a center of defilement—and such is sin. Medical men are not clear as to whether the leprosy was …

Christ and His Table Companions

Luke 22:14

… He had even trusted them with the great secret of His coming sufferings and death! They were a trustful company who sat at that Supper table. Now, Beloved …

Motives for Steadfastness

1 Corinthians 15:58

… This morning our subject will be the practical outflow of the resurrection, the great inference which should be drawn from the fact that death is swallowed up in …

The Form and Spirit of Religion

1 Samuel 4:3

… They had a vain curiosity to look within, and the sight of those marvellous tables of stone struck them with death; for the law, when it is not …

Heart'S Ease

Psalm 112:7

… It is greatly to be feared that the cholera is stretching its wings of death and hastening to find its prey in our crowded lanes and alleys. The …

Trials Expected and Conquered

Isaiah 43:2

… I am exceedingly sorrowful, almost to the death of my faith." Ah, but it shall not be quite to the death of your faith—the floods shall not …

The Unbeliever’s Unhappy Condition

John 3:36

… As George Herbert says, “Whom oils and balsams kill, what salve can cure?” If Christ himself has become a savor of death unto death unto you, because you …

A Sacred Solo

Psalm 28:7

… The death of a wife? The loss of all your goods, the cruel wounds of slander, or the desertion of friends? Are all those trials likely to befall …