Death & Dying

Prayer 16 — He Ever Liveth

… Thee, dear Savior, who wast lifted high upon the cross that by Thy death sinners might live. But, Lord, we next would pray that Thine own people should …

"Rest in the Lord"

Psalm 37:7

… Oh, to be nothing! To be less than nothing! To have no will and no desire about life or death, about sickness or health, about poverty or wealth …

'No Root in Themselves'

Mark 4:17

… But, dear Friends, if you are vitally united to the Lord, then, even if the scythe of death should cut off every minister who now preaches in God …

Angelic Protection in Appointed Ways

Psalm 91:11

… Quicken You me according to Your word. "Lord, there is nothing but life that can bring me up out of the dust, for death lurks in the dust …

Living on the Word

Deuteronomy 8:3

… And every true Christian would prefer immediate death rather than dishonor his great Lord. and Master. Now, Brothers and Sisters, according to our common notion, if we must …

Lessons From Nature

Psalm 104:17-18

… Times of fearful persecution, when to mention the name of Christ was to sentence yourself to death, have not been devoid of saints, but rather in the hottest …

The Nazarene and the Sect of the Nazarenes

Matthew 2:23

… And when he died, in his agony of death, he cried, "O Galilean, You have vanquished me!" He was obliged to confess our Lord's supremacy, though he …

'Whose Goodness Never Fails'

John 10:11

… If I read the text without referring it to the one act of His death, it seems to me to be very full of meaning. In Heaven He …

The Long Illness

… by his comment on the lines — "Peace! perfect peace! death shadowing us and ours? Jesus has vanquish'd death and all its powers." Archbishop and Mrs. Benson called …

Heart-Knowledge of God

Jeremiah 24:7

… He shall be our God even unto death." The man who only knows the Lord with his head regards Him as anybody's God, or another man's …

The Obedience of Faith

Hebrews 11:8

… Life has no trial which can turn the gracious soul from its passion for obedience! Death, itself, does but enable it to render an obedience which shall be …

Surveying the Field

Nehemiah 2:12

… You and I must die—and after death the Judgment follows—and an appearance before God. Now, my dear Hearer, be bold enough to look ahead. Oh, but …

A Hasty Expression Penitently Retracted

Psalm 31:22

… Its quiver is full and its arrows are death. It would have been wiser for David to have bit his tongue than to have said what he ought …

Shoes for Pilgrims and Warriors

Ephesians 6:15

… Let a man know that his sins are forgiven him for Christ's name's sake, that he is reconciled to God by the death of His Son …

The Spirit's Work in the New Creation

Genesis 1:2

… life that was almost dead through faintness—the Spirit has to deal with death, rottenness and corruption! Man's nature is a morgue and a sepulcher—and a …

The Spies

Numbers 13:32

… If Christ were here you would run between him and insult, yea, between him and death. Well, then, I am sure you would not wantonly expose Christ; but …

An Urgent Request for an Immediate Answer

Genesis 24:49

… My dear Friend, you are in peril of eternal death. While you are hesitating, life is ebbing. During the past few months, how many of our dear friends …

The Soul's Best Food

Isaiah 55:2

… Baptism is the symbol of the entrance upon the new life by passing through death in the type of the Savior's tomb—"buried with Him by baptism …

Grace for the Guilty

Isaiah 44:22

… The king outside said, "Give up the city, directly, or I'll hang every man of you." "No," they said, "we will fight to the death and we …

The Hedge of Thorns and the Plain Way

Proverbs 15:19

… If you keep close to God and make Him your Guide even unto death, you will have no need to trouble yourself about your way—the Lord will …

Encourage Your Minister!

Deuteronomy 1:38

… I do not know when I ever felt more gratified than on one occasion, when sitting at a Church Meeting, having to report the death of a young …

The Heavenly Singers and Their Song

Revelation 5:8-10

… worthy, for You were slain." Jesus is never more glorious than in His death! His Propitiation is the culmination of His Glory, after all, as it was the …

Faith's Firm Resolve

Psalm 71:16

… Well, if it should happen to be some disease which gives us warning and opportunity to think beforehand—we will go onward, with death in full view—without …

'The Lord Is My Shepherd'

Psalm 23:1

… They always like to be in flocks and "we know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren." Many a time have I …

The Mission of Affliction

2 Samuel 16:11

… When his adversaries are before him and with a blow he can put them to death, with unusual magnanimity he restrains his hand and will not touch them …

The Sheep and Their Shepherd

John 10:27

… Oh, what blind slaves we were when we sported with death! We did not know then what his love had ordained for us: it never entered our poor …

Prayer 15 — The Peace of God

… dark between Thy face and ours, but the veil is rent by the death of our divine Lord and Mediator, Jesus Christ, and in His name we come …

A Plain Man's Sermon

Leviticus 22:21

… He gave His body to be tortured and His mind to be crushed and broken, even unto the agony of death. He gave Himself for us, a perfect …

The Lowly King

Zechariah 9:9

… He laid down his life for us—dearest pledge of lowliness! The decease which he accomplished at Jerusalem was no famous death in battle, amid the roar of …

'Love and I' A Mystery

John 17:26

… Now, beauty wins love, and consequently when Jesus Christ makes known his holy Father, and shows us in his life and in his death the holiness of the …

Psalm 65

Psalm 65

… We do not believe that the dew weeps the death of the day; we only see jewels bequeathed by the departing day for its successor to gather up …

Psalm 45

Psalm 45

… From the same bright cloud he saw the vengeful lightnings flashing thick and dreadful, to blast and consume everything that opposed his progress; he saw sin, and death …

Incense and Light

Exodus 30:7

… This taught that access to God was not possible except by expiation—expiation by bloody sacrifice, expiation by the death of a substituted victim—expiation which must continue …

Two Ancient Proverbs

Proverbs 29:25

… Lord, "I am ready to go with You, both into prison and to death. Though I should die with You, yet will I not deny You." Yet see …

Grace Preferred to Gifts

1 Corinthians 12:31

… they could write choice hymns, did not prove that they had passed from death unto life. They might still be in the gall of bitterness and be enemies …

The Lord with Two or Three

Matthew 18:20

… It does not take them long to see the body of sin and death—and it is not a refreshing sight when they see it. But oh, to …

"Behold, He Prays"

Acts 9:11

… man really prays, we may know for sure that he has passed from death unto life. True prayer is a sure evidence of spiritual quickening—the Holy Spirit …

The Sinner's Savior

Luke 19:7

… No sooner does a man perceive the love of Christ and the perfection of His blessed Person, than straightway sin receives its death blow and is ashamed to …

The Lord And The Leper

Mark 1:40-42

… Leprosy is nothing better than a horrible and lingering death. The leper in the narrative before us had sad personal experience of this, and yet he believed that …

Strong Consolation for the Lord's Refugees

Hebrews 6:18

… Many have a very insufficient consolation, for as soon as trial or trouble arise they faint—and when they have the prospect of death before them their consolation …