Faith

Smoking Flax

Isaiah 42:3

… It is not, "So much faith and you are saved. So little faith and you are lost." Oh, no! If you have faith as a grain of mustard …

God Justified, Though Man Believes Not

Romans 3:3

… seeing it is one God which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. Do we then make void the Law through faith? God forbid: yes …

Away With Fear

Isaiah 41:10

… And may He give you appetites to feed by faith upon these royal dainties, which, like the food that Daniel and his companions fed upon, shall make you …

S. S.—or, the Sinner Saved

Romans 9:30-33

… Why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone; as it is …

More Room for More People

Luke 14:22

… Faith crowns Christ and, therefore, Christ takes the crown off His own head and puts it upon the head of faith. "Your faith has saved you." Christ's …

The Church's Probation

Psalm 66:10

… Has not your faith been tested, Brother? An untried faith is no faith. At least, I mean if a man has had faith for some considerable length of …

Praying In The Holy Spirit

… Faith carries Prayer in her arms, and Prayer draws life from the breast of Faith. Edification in faith leads to fervency in supplication. Elijah first manifests his faith …

The Final Perseverance of the Saints

Job 17:9

… It is not true that one act of faith is all—that nothing is needed of daily faith, prayer and watchfulness. Our doctrine is the very opposite, namely …

The Census of Israel

Numbers 16:66

… No hearing, no, not hearing the Apostles, themselves, could save you without faith! "The Word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that …

'Make This Valley Full of Ditches'

2 Kings 3:16-18

… Our faith standing in the wisdom of man, the wisdom of man could easily be found, and our faith could be confirmed. But if, my Brethren, our faith …

The Covenant Pleaded

Psalm 74:20

… We were long in learning the lesson and nothing but Omnipotence could have made us willing to walk by faith and not by sight. With much patience the …

The Pierced One Pierces The Heart

Zechariah 12:10

… Repentance is in no sense a title to faith in Christ. It is, on the other hand, a legitimate consequence of faith. In certain diseases the surgeon aims …

The Great Pot and the Twenty Loaves

2 Kings 4:38

… Some have not this faith, nowadays, and until we have it, we cannot expect the blessing! Thus says the Lord, "Enlarge the place of your tent, and let …

The Sweet Uses of Adversity

Job 10:2

… let me know that I have faith.” But dost thou know thou wast praying for trials, for thou canst not know that thou hast faith, until thy faith …

The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death

Psalm 23:4

… Yes, and all the more because your faith has fed upon its fatness. I got honey out of this verse some days ago when a tempest howled around …

Good Earnests of Great Success

Acts 6:7

… Heed the battle cry; hold fast the faith; quit yourselves like men in the conflict, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against you. Only may the …

Christ's Prayer for Believers

John 17:20

… These two points I have mentioned—first, God loves His people before they have faith. And, secondly, the ministry has its use in bringing men to faith by …

Forward! Forward! Forward!

Exodus 14:15

… Brethren, a vigorous faith will often shut its eyes to difficulties. When faith looks upon a difficulty as being exceedingly great, then she turns to prayer. But, on …

"Is God In the Camp?"

1 Samuel 4:7

… Be satisfied with nothing less than a faith that swims in the deeps of Divine Revelation! A faith that paddles about the edge of the water is poor …

Coming to Christ

1 Peter 2:4

… Now the first kind of faith saves nobody; but the second faith, the practical faith, is that which, for the sake of seeking Christ, gives up the sins …

The Dream of the Barley Cake

Judges 7:13

… Poor sinner, try faith! Poor backslider, try faith! Poor desponding heir of Heaven, try faith! This barley cake of faith will smite the power of sin, break the …

The Withered Fig Tree

Matthew 21:17-20

… He would see in us love to himself, love to our fellow-men, strong faith in revelation, earnest contention for the once delivered faith, importunate pleading in prayer …

Justification, Propitiation, Declaration

Romans 3:24-26

… Little faith will save you, but Christ deserves great faith! Oh, He is a true Christ—He cannot lie. Oh, can you not lay hold of Him? Do …

The Sealing of the Spirit

Ephesians 1:13

… Note, also, that this sealing does not necessarily come at once with faith. It grows out of faith and comes, "after that you believed." We are not, in …

Grace Exalted—Boasting Excluded

Romans 3:27

… They believe in justification by faith, and their sound creed is to them a confidence. They think that because they hold the theory of justification by faith, therefore …

Memories of Maidstone and Newmarket

… Clergyman . — How do you know that? Does not the Prayer Book say that faith and repentance are necessary before baptism? And this is so Scriptural a doctrine, that …

An Immovable Foundation

Psalm 11:3

… Justification by faith alone is such a Truth of God that it must not be hidden. To obscure those words, legible in their own light—"Believe and live …

Faith, And The Witness Upon Which It Is Founded

1 John 5:9

… And if, having so believed, you would be deepened and strengthened in faith, go on to enjoy the blessings of Divine Grace and you will grow in faith …

The Song of a City, and the Pearl of Peace

Isaiah 26:3

… Further, the text means this, that when a man stays himself upon God it is not only his faith that brings him peace, but his faith is rewarded …

A Sermon to Ministers and Other Tried Believers

1 Peter 5:7

… If he can distract our minds from the peace of faith by temporal cares, he will get an advantage over us. The preface allowed of expansion, but I …

Weak Hands and Feeble Knees

Isaiah 35:8

… The way to heaven is, through faith in Christ; but after we have believed in Christ the legitimate tendency of faith is active service. Although the Christian shall …

A Distinction with a Difference

Luke 1:18

… You see at the very first that Gideon believes and he acts upon his faith. But he trembles because his faith is weak and he asks for signs …

Psalm 9

Psalm 9

… Verse 10. "They that know thy name will put their trust in thee." Faith is an intelligent grace; though there can be knowledge without faith, yet there can …

Gratitude for Deliverance from the Grave

Psalm 118:17

… The more talk we get from the mouth of faith, the better—her lips drop sweet-smelling myrrh! A silent faith, if there is such a thing, robs …

The Plumb Line

Amos 7:7

… After all human merit has been flung out, the Lord begins His gracious work by laying the foundation stone of a simple faith in Jesus Christ—and that …

Saved In Hope

Romans 8:24

… Everywhere in the Word of God we are told that we are saved by faith. See the first verse of the fifth chapter— "Therefore being justified by faith …

A Business-Like Account

Philippians 3:7-9

… Next, he was of "the stock of Israel." He was not one who had been converted to the Israelite faith, nor a descendant of Gibeonites or of proselyted …

Confidence and Concern

2 Timothy 1:12-14

… Hold fast the form of sound words, which you have heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. That good thing which was committed …

Faith in Perfection

Psalm 138:8

… My faith is sometimes tried and concerned about heavenly things now. But though that faith be tried by an inward concern about the things of God, yet it …

A Mingled Strain

Psalm 51:7

… Now, notice the next word, "Purge me with hyssop." We must have faith, which is represented by hyssop. How little David makes of faith! He thinks of it …