Death & Dying

For the Sick and Afflicted

Job 34:31

… He spared not his own Son, but put him to a cruel death upon the tree for the sins of others: will he spare his enemies, think you …

The Lord's Name and Memorial

Isaiah 55:13

… See the second verse, "Hearken diligently." Notice the third verse, "Incline your ear." And yet again, "Hear and your soul shall live." Death came to us first through …

Greater Things Yet Who Shall See Them?

John 1:50

… through, but the facts, the indisputable facts of the Savior's life and death hold the understanding and the heart as with iron bands. As our Savior said …

When Should We Pray?

Luke 18:1

… in iniquity, you may pray! Though you are within a few days of death and of damnation unless the Grace of God shall visit you, yet you may …

Christ and His Co-workers

Mark 16:20

… And something they thought of on the road, or some sickness they have had, or a death bed scene they have witnessed, or some movement of conscience awakened …

The Secret of Failure

Matthew 17:19-21

… three eyewitnesses of His majesty, the subject of His converse was His own death and Resurrection. That was the object on which His heart's affection was set …

The Blind Beggar of the Temple and His Wonderful Cure

John 9:5

… O Soul, the moment you believe, you have passed from death to life! Quick as a flash of lightning the effectual change is worked, the eternal life enters …

The Power of Christ's Name

Acts 3:16

… Jesus had but to speak and His Word was potent with leprosies, with fevers—yes, and with death, itself—and His servants also proved the power of His …

Children Brought to Christ, and Not to the Font

Mark 10:13-16

… Set before your child life and death, hell and heaven, judgment and mercy, his own sin, and Christ’s most precious blood; and as you set these before …

Faint—but Not Faint-Hearted

Judges 8:4

… But now it devolved upon him to be an avenger of blood according to Oriental law, and to put to death those who had slain his brothers. 20 …

The Tabernacle—Outside The Camp

Exodus 33:7

… and to have the smile of men, while Jesus is hounded to His death and nailed to the accursed Cross? By the wounds of Christ, Christian, I beseech …

The Tender Grapes

Solomon 2:13

… It shall defy death, itself, yet, while it is so little, it is like the tender grape which gives a good smell. Then there comes another tender grape …

Hagar at the Fountain

Genesis 16:13

… He is come to the borders of the wilderness of death, but God intends to bring him back to peace, joy and happiness! Oh, if only the proud …

Mysterious Visits

… that He has put away our sin, and removed our guilt by His death, we feel as if we could never look up again, because we have been …

God of the Hills and God of the Valleys

1 Kings 20:28

… They say Christians take things easy and there are so many false professors, so much of a name to live while spiritual death abounds—all of which is …

The Lost Silver Piece

Luke 15:8-10

… Thus saith the Lord, “Your covenant with death is disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand.” Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be …

Hearing With Heed

Mark 4:24

… should be a savor of life unto life, becomes a savor of death unto death. 13. And He said unto them, Know you not this parable? And how …

Pray For Jesus

Psalm 72:15

… pray! I ask that He may be crowned who was obedient to death, even the death of the Cross. Can this be denied? Is not the crown well …

A Woman's Memorial

Matthew 26:13

… When I read the life of Mohamed, I see men who loved him so, that they would expose their persons to death at any moment for the false …

The Pilgrim's Grateful Recollections

Deuteronomy 8:3-6

… Has that been your experience, dear Brothers and Sisters? If it has been, then everyday give a fresh song to God, who interposes between your soul and death …

Simeon

Luke 2:25

… death is at work! And if you love not the righteous in their life, you will say, none the less, like Balaam, "Let me die the death of …

Psalm 94

Psalm 94

… They are men of such a kind that there is no curing of them, they will never have done doing mischief until they be cut off by death …

The Head of the Church

Colossians 1:18

… your life is hid with Christ in God." Separation from Christ is spiritual death, "If a man abide not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch …

Heavenly Geometry

Ephesians 3:16-19

… It stops at one sin which is unto death, but of that we know nothing and I trust we never may! With that one exception, broad as sin …

What the Farm Laborers Can Do and What They Cannot Do

Mark 4:26-29

… will be a savor of life unto life to some and of death unto death to others. I pull the net in, hauling away with all my might …

Psalm 97

Psalm 97

… In reference to the triumphs of the gospel, this text teaches us to rejoice greatly in its purifying effect; it is the death of sin and the life …

Psalm 95

Psalm 95

… He retained them in the wilderness during that period until the death of all who disbelieved his word at the return of the spies; he gave them this …

Divine and Human Ordination

… If the sentinel, by sleeping, causes the death of a single person, he is a murderer. It the prisoner escapes from his charge, he shall be required to …

The Dove'S Return To The Ark

Genesis 8:9

… They murmur at death—it is a dreadful thing to lose one's friends. They murmur at life—everybody seems to die and be happy, they say, except …

Early Wedded Life

… One in Him, in life and death ; By His Spirit taught and led. By His grace and mercy fed, Blessed and guarded by His love, Till with Him …

Under His Shadow

… terror and ghostly ill, from the arrows of war and of pestilence, from death and from destruction. Guarded by Omnipotence, the chosen of the Lord are always safe …

Jesus Asleep on a Pillow

… is a vanquished enemy; the world is overcome by our Lord Jesus, and death is abolished by Him. All providence works for our good. Eternity has no threat …

Psalm 5

Psalm 5

… Note that remarkable figure, "Their throat is an open sepulchre," a sepulchre full of loathsomeness, of miasma, of pestilence and death. But, worse than that, it is an …

Psalm 142

Psalm 142

… I am brought very low", because "he himself became obedient unto death, even to the death of the cross." He was also "brought very low", when he, that …

Psalm 81

Psalm 81

… In localities where the bare rocks of the desert alone break the sameness of the scene, and all around is suggestive of desolation and death, the traveller has …

Open-Air Preaching — Remarks Thereon

… Let the dwellers in the valley of the shadow of death perceive that light has sprung up for them. I have somewhere met with the recommendation always to …

Psalm 11

Psalm 11

… had not his excess and intemperance been so great in his life, his fiery thirst had not been so tormenting after death; and therefore, in that sad item …

The Well-Beloved's Vineyard

… Word, we should have been haled off to prison, and perhaps put to death. Our forefathers scarcely dared to lift up their voices in a psalm of praise …

A Refreshing Promise

Isaiah 27:3

… my soul thirsts after You, as a thirsty land." Remember, also, that our need of Divine watering is clearly seen when we consider what drought, barrenness and death …

The Love Of Jesus—What It Is—None But His Loved Ones Know

Ephesians 3:19

… Without exception all those who have passed from death unto life, whatever they may not know, have learned this. Without exception, all those who are not saved, whatever …