Death & Dying

A Gospel Promise

Ezekiel 36:27

… We are raised from our death in sin into a new and holy life by the working of the Holy Spirit, and by that alone. Now, if someone …

The Unrivalled Friend

Proverbs 17:17

… For you the cry of agony—the exceeding sorrow "even unto death." He is a Friend that loved you in that darkest and most doleful hour when your …

Paul's First Prayer

Acts 9:11

… He had been bespattered with the blood of Stephen, when they stoned him to death; so officious was he in his cruelty, that the men left their clothes …

The Loaded Wagon

Amos 2:13

… He causes the day-spring to know its place, and sets a boundary to darkness and the shadow of death. All things are supported by the power of …

Help for Seekers of the Light

Isaiah 59:9

… All your salvation takes root in the death-throes of Calvary. The great Substitute did, then, in very deed bear your sin and suffer its penalty. Your sin …

Psalm 149

Psalm 149

… Upon their beds of death. a) Because the sting of death is removed. b) Because their Lord has passed through death. c) Because Christ is with them while …

A Time of Finding for Lost Sheep

Ezekiel 34:16

… Suppose he grasped a spar? As long as ever those hands of his can, with a death-clutch, keep hold of that floating piece of timber, he does …

The Form of Godliness Without the Power

2 Timothy 3:5

… But if you get the form without the power, then, you dwell in spiritual death. The body without the spirit is dead. And what follows upon death with …

David's Holy Wonder at The Lord's Great Goodness

Psalm 31:19

… You have been regenerated by Him! You have been made to pass from death unto life. You have been taught somewhat of the Truth of God—He has …

The Wondrous Covenant

Hebrews 8:10

… There is no penalty of the broken Law which He has not endured! He became a Servant and obedient, yes, obedient to death, even the death of the …

The Two Appearings and the Discipline of Grace

Titus 2:11-14

… Oh, if His suffering life and cruel death had been the only appearing, we might have feared. But it is not—it is but the first—and the …

'That Day' and Its Disclosure

2 Timothy 1:18

… It may come to all mankind—but as far as the practical fact is concerned—it may come in death to any one of us tonight. I look …

Pride Catechized

Job 34:33

… He will be our Guide even unto death." Learned men may dispute as much as they like about Him, but we bow humbly at His feet. We question …

All of Grace

… Blessed be God, His people shall be kept. “Nor death nor hell shall e’er remove His favorites from His breast; In the dear bosom of His love …

Psalm 51

Psalm 51

… He had been the means of the death of Uriah, the Hittite, a faithful and attached follower, and he now confesses that fact. Besides, his sin of adultery …

Fearing to Believe

… The death of carnal hope is the life of faith, and the life of faith is life everlasting. Let self die, that Christ may live in you. But …

The Tenderness of God's Comfort

Isaiah 66:13

… Take away the Head and there is death—everything is out of order then. If the Head is denied—if any Doctrine is taught which is contrary to …

Jude's Doxology

… Crucifixion is a lingering and very painful death—and the culprit struggles before he breathes his last. But your sins have had their deathblow. When Christ was nailed …

Patience, Comfort and Hope From the Scriptures

Romans 15:4

… He is the pattern of patient silence under the reproaches and sarcasms of wicked men, the image of patient suffering as He bowed His head unto death, even …

A Far-reaching Promise

Acts 2:39

… This was bold talking, for Peter was doubtless addressing many of the very people who had put the Lord to death—and he charges them with it! Observe …

The Throne of God and of the Lamb

Revelation 22:3

… Lord of all the realms of life and death, His Providence runs without knot or break through all the tangled skeins of time. All events, obvious or obscure …

Three Names High on the Muster Roll

Daniel 3:16-18

… They were accused by the Chaldeans who had so recently been saved from death by Daniel and his three friends. The surest way to be hated by some …

The Christian—A Debtor

Romans 8:12

… They tell me, that they of old maintained the truth, and preached it, in the midst of fire and sword—that they bore death in defence of the …

Barriers Broken Down

Romans 10:3

… He was "obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross." And His obedience is ours if we believe! God looks at us as if we had done …

Heaven Below

Revelation 7:16

… None have ever uttered that bitter exclamation but men like Paul, to whom the slightest speck of sin has a horror about it akin to death, itself! Fanatical …

Untitled Sermon

Exodus 15:1

… That passage through the Red Sea was the type of their death, their burial and their resurrection to a new life. It was their national baptism unto God …

Israel's Cry and God's Answer

… They were worked well-nigh to death and they could no longer get any rest in Egypt. All their prosperity and happiness had departed. Am I addressing any …

Number 2500—or, "Entrance and Exclusion"

Matthew 25:10

… But in the case of the others, both flesh and spirit were perverse, so that their sleep became exceedingly deep, as when a man sleeps even unto death …

Gospel Missions

Acts 13:49

… What have other missionaries done? Have they not braved death in its direst forms, and preached the Word amid countless dangers? My brethren, we say again, we find …

The Loaded Wagon

… He causeth the dayspring to know its place, and setteth a bound to darkness and the shadow of death. All things are supported by the power of his …

Moving

Exodus 33:15

… To go down into death's dark river with no kind helper, with no loving voice saying to us, "Fear you not, for I am with you; My …

Cleansing—a Covenant Blessing

Ezekiel 36:25

… Should not that atoning death effectually kill sin? Sin has done all the mischief. At first it withered Paradise and sowed the earth with thorns and thistles. And …

The Savior's Charity

Mark 10:51

… When we consider that He spared not His own self, but gave up His whole heart and emptied out His whole soul unto death for us, we can …

Christ and His Table-Companions

… 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 …

"Now Then, Do It"

2 Samuel 3:17

… I think I see those tears upon your little cheeks even now, when you had lately heard the story of Jesus, or had been earnestly addressed concerning death …

A Home Question and a Right Answer

John 6:66-69

… We cannot undo the fact that we were buried with You by Baptism unto death. Yours by that outward sign, but yet much more Yours by the inward …

Taking Hold of God's Covenant

Isaiah 56:4

… We are, all of us, the heirs of sorrow, travail and death as the result of that broken Covenant. Those of you who fancy that you can get …

The Pastor's Joy and Confidence

Philippians 1:3-7

… One says, "We shall be perfect at death, shall we not?" It is not so written here, but, "He will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ …

The Desire of the Soul in Spiritual Darkness

Isaiah 26:9

… You may even observe his death, and say, there are no bands in his death. “They are not in trouble as other men, neither are they plagued like …

A Glorious Church

Ephesians 5:25-27

… It will never die out—he says, "Till death us do part will I cherish you." But Christ will not even let death part His love to His …