Death & Dying

Heaven Above and Heaven Below

Revelation 7:16

… Great was the marvel of mercy! To enter fully into our eternal inheritance we have only to cross the narrow stream of Death—and scarcely that—for the …

Laboring And Not Fainting

Revelation 2:3

… to be dead to these spiritual realities in any degree is a dreadful death and to be callous to holy things is a terrible hardness! May God keep …

Impotence and Omnipotence

John 5:5-9

… You may be at the point of death! Who knows? How many have been suddenly struck down of late! If you would be made whole, I would that …

Among Lions

Psalm 57:4

… In the name of Jesus Christ let me beseech you to be firm and steadfast even unto death! Be comforted, for there has no new thing happened to …

Climbing the Mountain

Psalm 24:3

… while your faith is fixed on your God! What if the jaws of death be open wide, and his teeth be sharp as knives—what is that to …

Abraham's Double Blessing

Genesis 12:2

… three hundred miles seemed to them to be an event only second to death, itself. Yet when the Lord said to Abraham, "Get you out of your country …

Zechariah'S Vision Of Joshua The High Priest

Zechariah 3:1-5

… shall be out of gunshot of him, in having crossed the river of death. Now you will perceive, if you look at the passage, that this adversary selected …

The True Position of the Witness Within

1 John 5:10

… Instead of miracles we have the Presence of the Holy Spirit—men quickened from death in sin, hearts renewed, eyes enlightened, souls regenerated—these are the standing witnesses …

The Lord's Own Salvation

Hosea 1:7

… But the picture is so contrived that you discover underneath it the form of death. That which appeared outwardly so lovely is only a veiled skeleton. Just that …

God's Hidden Ones

Psalm 83:3

… And when you talk about death with pleasure, and about the eternal state with delight, they think that you are half insane! It is because they are altogether …

The Philosophy of Promise

Isaiah 42:9

… to meet Him, but He comes all the way to you in your death, your ruin, your poverty, your misery, your blindness, your captivity! He comes to achieve …

The Secret Food And The Public Name

Jeremiah 15:16

… He had been denied even bread and water—everything short of actually putting him to death had been inflicted upon him by his ungrateful countrymen. But still he …

A Round of Delights

Romans 15:13

… The world has a happiness which is a fatal sign and a peace which is the token of spiritual death. Discernment, therefore, is needed, lest we mistake the …

Loving the Law of the Lord

Psalm 119:97-100

… And may God make this Book to be your comfort when you pass through the valley of death-shade. And may you in Heaven have forever to praise …

'Who Is on the Lord's Side?'

Exodus 32:26

… To be right and yet to be poor—to be right and to be abused, or even to be put to death—is, surely, sufficient for any follower …

The Exceeding Riches of Grace

Ephesians 2:7

… Graciously He guarded us from going still further into transgression and committing the sin which is unto death. Then He called us—and when we would not come …

The Lover of God's Law Filled With Peace

Psalm 119:165

… The God of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob—"this God is our God forever and ever—He will be our Guide, even unto death." Even when He …

How to Please God

Hebrews 11:6

… Read the previous verse and you will see that it is so. "By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because …

A Weighty Charge

… Love of sin is the death of love to God! I mean by sin, not merely the grosser forms of vice, but everything which has a tendency to …

Before Daybreak with Christ

Mark 1:35-39

… live, the more do I see that, as a rule, pride is the death of all true spiritual usefulness. As you love God and would desire to honor …

"Waters To Swim In"

… Look beyond that narrow stream of death—what do you see? Moses' sight from Nebo is nothing compared with the view which faith gets of the Glory to …

The King Feasting in his Garden

Solomon 5:1

… The incarnation of the Son of God, and the death of Jesus the Savior—these are the two sacred viands whereon faith is sustained. To feed upon the …

The Deceived Heart

Isaiah 44:20

… As to death and all that is to come after it, what does he care about such things? He is not a child to be frightened with a …

Jesus Calling

Matthew 11:28

… Then shall a man seek death and shall not find it, as the Book of Revelation tells us—and he shall wring his hands in everlasting despair, to …

'Nevertheless at Your Word'

Luke 5:5

… At the death of Christ that veil was torn from top to bottom, so now there is nothing to keep us back from the Mercy Seat! We, therefore …

The Man With The Measuring Line

Zechariah 2:1-5

… It is written, "Of the rest no man dared join himself unto them." You remember the death of Ananias and Sapphira? It came in opportunely, just at the …

The Baptist's Message

John 1:29

… Notice that there were at that time only two great ministers of God, John the Baptist, he must go to prison and to death—Jesus, the Son of …

Lowly Service

Numbers 4:24-26

… We belong wholly to God—all that we are and all that we have is to be His through life and in death—and throughout eternity. 15. And …

General And Yet Particular

John 17:2

… point that God has declared His own solemn oath, "I will not the death of a sinner, but had rather that he should turn unto Me and live …

Christ Put On

Romans 13:14

… By faith the soul covers her weakness with His strength, her sin with His atonement, her folly with His wisdom, her failure with His triumphs, her death with …

The Lion-slayer—the Giant-killer

1 Samuel 17:36

… O blessed recklessness! Do you remember those early days when you could cheerfully have gone to prison and to death for Christ's sake? For Scriptural doctrines and …

A Great Bargain

Matthew 13:45

… It seemed as if he had been stricken with death. Unhappy man! His pearl had suddenly become clouded, as pearls sometimes do. It had been taken with some …

The Moral of a Miracle

Mark 11:22

… Yes, I have known decent morality outraged by such monstrous duplicity! All the leaves and foliage of a godly life—and all the death and corruption of a …

Faith Versus Sight

2 Corinthians 5:7

… earth, Death begins to drag you away and you cry to him—"Stop! I cannot leave wife, and children, and business just yet!" And when Death remorselessly tears …

Prayer, The Cure for Care

Philippians 4:6

… stung to death by wasps and bees—they never flinched! Think of that brave man who was put on a gridiron to be roasted to death, who said …

Preparation for Revival

Amos 3:3

… God thinks souls to be very precious, and his own words are, “As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of him that …

That Horrible East Wind!

Colossians 3:15

… A Church disputing is a Church committing suicide! Many and many a Church has come to its death by bleeding inwardly through strife—otherwise it might have defied …

Our Omnipotent Leader

Matthew 28:18

… Amen" Our Savior was always with His disciples until the time of His death. After His resurrection He was with them often, but not always. He came and …

A Warning to Waverers

James 1:6

… Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin; and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death. There you see the egg, the larva and the full …

Folly of Unbelief

Luke 24:25

… In the Scriptures they would have found types, and figures, and plain words, in which the death and the rising again, the shame and the glory of Christ …