Death & Dying

Question 18: What is the misery of that state whereinto man fell?

Ge 3:8; Ge 3:24; Eph 2:3; Ga 3:10; Ro 6:23; Mt 25:41

… 10 and so made liable to all the miseries in this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell for ever. # Ro 6:23 Mt 25 …

Question 80: What is the Lord's Supper?

1Co 11:23-26; 1Co 10:16

… wherein, by giving and receiving bread and wine, according to his appointment, his death is shown forth, # 1Co 11:23-26 and the worthy receivers are, not after …

Question 75: What is Baptism?

Mt 28:19; Ro 6:3; Col 2:12; Ga 3:27; Mr 1:4; Ac 22:16; Ro 6:4; Ro 6:5

… to the person baptised a sign of his fellowship with him, in his death, and burial, and resurrection, # Ro 6:3 Col 2:12 of his being ingrafted …

Eccentric Preachers

… 303 But if you knew sometimes how we desire to lay hold on men, and how willingly we would be as solemn and serious as death itself, if …

Faith Illustrated

… He had listened to his death shriek, of “It is finished,” and he felt that the atonement which Jesus offered, was more than enough to recompense for the …

Over The Mountains

… How sweet is that song, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy …

A Searching Test

Titus 1:15

… Whereas these are, both of them, ordinances to lead men to remember precious Truths of God—the death and burial of the Lord in the one case, and …

Negotiations For Peace

Acts 10:36

… For him the everlasting fire has been prepared—why must you share it? The wages of sin will be death—why continue in so unprofitable a service? May …

Warfare for Sin

… a pretended affection to entice thee into sin–beware; for its hug is death, and its clasp destruction. Sin of every kind thou art to war with–of …

Love’s Circumference

… But mark the next concentric ring–we love the household of faith: “We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren.” Look …

Concerning Deliverance from Sinning

… We must be rid of sin; but how is the riddance to be wrought? This is the life-or-death question of many. The old nature is very …

Consulting With Jesus

1 Kings 10:1-3

… Paul calls it "the body of this death." There it is and you know that it is the older of the two, and that it will not go …

Fragrant Spices From the Mountains of Myrrh

… The willing manner of His death is further confirmation of His boundless love. How Christ did delight in the work of our redemption! “Lo, I come: in the …

The Vanguard and Rereward of the Church

Isaiah 52:12

… Dost thou dread death? he has been the death of Death. Art thou afraid of hell? he has barred it against the advent of any of his children …

The Fullness and the Filling

John 1:16

… More especially did His death consummate the obedience and constitute its sterling worth, its intrinsic virtue. His death, with all its surroundings—from the bloody sweat in the …

March 30 — PRAYER, THANKSGIVING, PRAISE

Phil. 4:6

… Come life or death, poverty, pain, slander, you shall dwell in Jesus above every ruffling wind or darkening cloud. Will you not obey this dear command? Yes, Lord …

Faith Hand in Hand With Fear

Psalm 56:3

… But if, as a rule, you and I can think of death without any kind of fear, if no tremor ever crosses our minds, well then, we must …

Oct. 2 — COMFORT EN ROUTE HOME

Gen. 50:24

… But see how the pain of that sad death was alleviated! They had a promise that the living God would visit them. A visit from Jehovah! What a …

Nov. 13 — THE UNFAILING WATCH

Ps. 121:4

… By thine unslumbering care prevent my sleeping like the sluggard, and perishing like those who sleep the sleep of death.

Aug. 31 — DIVINE, EVER-LIVING, UNCHANGING

I Peter 1:25

… Here, then, we have a gospel to rejoice in, a word of the Lord upon which we may lean all our weight. "For ever" includes life, death, judgment …

Nov. 1 — PERFECTION AND PRESERVATION

I Thess. 5:24

… Who will do this? The Lord who has called us out of darkness into His marvelous light, out of death in sin into eternal life in Christ Jesus …

The Remedy for Doubts

… see them even when you walk through the valley of the shadow of death; speak, ye that have sat at His feet with Mary, or laid your head …

July 2 — REFRESHING SLEEP

Ps. 127:2

… On His bosom we sleep in perfect security, both in life and in death. "Sprinkled afresh with pardoning blood, I lay me down to rest, As in the …

June 13 — DIVINE CULTIVATION

Isa. 27:3

… an "I will" of God we can face all the hosts of sin, death, and hell. O Lord, since thou sayest, "I will keep thee," I reply, "I …

July 1 — GOD WITH US

Gen. 48:21

… When our dearest relations, or our most helpful friends, are called home by death, we must console ourselves with the reflection that the Lord is not departed from …

Sept. 2 — FOLLOW TO KNOW

Hosea 6:3

… By following on to know the Lord, we learn healing after being torn, binding up after smiting, and life after death. Experience has its perfect work when the …

July 27 — MORE THAN MERE WORDS

Acts 13:34

… Even if a promise seems as if it must drop through by reason of death, yet it never shall, for the good Lord will make good His word …

May 8 — HELP WANTED

Matt. 20:7

… He will grant present comfort and future rest; strength equal to your day, and a vision of glory when the night of death comes on. All these the …

Aug. 8 — CONFIDENCE NOT MISPLACED

Isa. 50:7

… 50:7 These are in prophecy the words of Messiah in the day of His obedience unto death, when He gave His back to the smiters, and His …

March 10 — WALK IN LIGHT

John 12:46

… If we trust in Jesus we shall no more sit in the dark shadow of death, but shall enter into the warm light of a day which shall …

Nov. 5 — WHAT IS PAINFUL WILL END

Isa. 57:16

… If He were to deal with us always as He does sometimes we should faint outright, and go down hopelessly to the gates of death. Courage, dear heart …

Dec. 24 — OVER JORDAN WITH SINGING

Deut. 33:29

… He takes great delight in telling us that death will prove too much for us. "How wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?" But there also he …

Dec. 30 — LOVED TO PERFECTION

John 13:1

… My soul, He will not cease to love thee! The text is well as it stands: "to the end," even till His death the ruling passion of love …

Oct. 12 — MARK OF COVENANT GRACE

Deut. 30:6

… Note what the result is -- "that thou mayest live." To be carnally minded is death. In the overcoming of the flesh we find life and peace. If we …

May 6 — CURE FOR ENVY

Prov. 23:17

… The death-blow of envy is a calm consideration of the future. The wealth and glory of the ungodly are a vain show. This pompous appearance flashes out …

Jan. 14 — REST IS A GIFT

Matt. 11:28

… You are "laden" -- yes, "heavy laden" with sin, fear, care, remorse, fear of death; but if you come to Him, He will unload you. He carried the crushing …

May 14 — SURGERY FOR HEALING

Hosea 6:1

… Will a surgeon make an incision, and then leave his patient to bleed to death? Will the Lord pull down our old house, and then refuse to build …

Sept. 15 — THE SAFEST SHELTER

Isa. 32:2

… We have thus escaped the wrath of God, and we shall thus escape the anger of men, the cares of this life, and the dread of death. Why …

Jan. 1 — THE BIBLE'S FIRST PROMISE

Gen. 3:15

… How terrible will be the final bruising of the serpent's head! This was virtually done when Jesus took away sin, vanquished death, and broke the power of …

Nov. 26 — HEAVENLY ALCHEMY

John 16:20

… 26 HEAVENLY ALCHEMY "Your sorrow shall be turned into joy" John 16:20 Their particular sorrow was the death and absence of their Lord, and it was turned …