Faith

Heaven's Nurse Children

Hosea 11:3

… Some of us know what it is to have seen such sweet results from our little faith, that we could not but desire to try what stronger faith …

David's Sublime Consolation

2 Samuel 23:5

… He was dying as we might not wish to die in some respects, but his faith triumphed as we may well desire that our faith may triumph, whatever …

Idolatry Condemned

1 John 5:21

… And little, children, too, have faith. What a great deal of faith they usually have and how wicked it is for anyone ever to trifle with the faith …

The Two Builders And Their Houses

Matthew 7:24-27

… Next to this seek for real faith. Many things which men call faith are not the precious faith of God's elect. Sincere trust in Jesus Christ is …

Fellowship With Christ

1 Corinthians 10:16

… We enjoy this kind of communion when, by faith, we lay hold of Christ and when Christ, in honoring faith, lays hold of us. And when, under sorrows …

Tell It All

Mark 5:33

… Did that strike you? Jairus needed much faith. He was just informed that his child was dead. Some faith was wanted to believe that Christ could heal the …

Christian Baptism

Colossians 2:12

… AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Buried with Him in Baptism, wherein also you are risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God who has raised …

"If You Can"—"If You Can"

Mark 9:22

… But now, secondly, where is the "if"? THE "IF" IS IN OUR LACK OF FAITH. Jesus said to the man, "If you can believe, all things are possible …

The Truth Of God's Salvation

Psalm 69:13

… And thus, you see, prayer even becomes a confession of faith. Public prayer may thus furnish a very useful means of instruction. That is not its main purpose …

Jesus Meeting His Warriors

Genesis 14:18-20

… Carefully notice that as it is a battle of fearful odds, it is one which is carried on in faith. Abram did not venture to this fight with …

Strong Consolation

Hebrews 6:17

… We have too much, surely, instead of too little evidence for our faith. Here is more evidence than faith can want. Beloved, here is ocean-room for you …

The Free-agency of Christ

Mark 8:22-26

… Their faith was of a practical kind. They were not content to simply believe that Christ could heal this man and then to remain sitting still. True faith …

A Cheering Incident at Bethabara

John 10:39-42

… When you do this, you will believe with a grip and a hold to your faith such as an ignorant faith can never supply. Oh that we might …

Chastisement—Now And Afterward

Hebrews 12:11

… Unto You, O Lord, will I sing." Faith pulls the black mask from the face of trouble and discovers the angel beneath. Faith looks up at the cloud …

The Danger Of Doubting

1 Samuel 27:1

… Next to omnipotence is faith. No, not next to it in some respects, for faith can do all that omnipotence can, when God makes it strong. What were …

Love's Birth and Parentage

1 John 4:19

… Faith and love are second steps arising out of former steps. "Faith comes by hearing," and love comes by contemplation. It flows out of a sense of the …

Christ's Finished Work

John 19:30

… Oh, that our modern theological controversialists—the men who are desirous of contending earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints—who are putting on their armor …

Later Sermonettes

… They are all believers, whether they have great faith or little faith. They are not mere repeaters of creeds, but true, hearty believers in the Lord Jesus Christ …

Creation—An Argument For Faith

Jeremiah 32:17

… And God, even the Lord God, gives a rich reward as the result of their obedient faith. I would to God we had in the religion of these …

The Ascension of Christ

Ephesians 4:7-12

… Our Lord’s presence might thus have become a difficulty to faith, though a pleasure to sense. His going away leaves a clear field for faith; it throws …

"All of One"

Hebrews 2:11-13

… That is to say, He was a partaker of our faith. It is by faith that we are justified. It is by faith that we overcome the world …

Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth

2 Timothy 2:15

… He who talks about faith, and has no works to prove that his faith is a living faith, lies to himself and lies before God. It is faith …

The Sweet Harp of Consolation

Isaiah 41:10

… The walk of faith is one protracted miracle. The life, the conflict, the support, and the triumph of faith are all far above the vision of the eye …

Stand Fast

Colossians 1:23

… True feeling follows faith and, as such, is valuable— but faith is the root—and the life of the tree lies there, not in the branches and leaves …

The First Setting Up of the Bronze Serpent

Numbers 21:4-9

… It is by faith that we live, but as discouragement is the opposite of faith, it does not help our life. It is generally the fruit of unbelief …

Jehovah's Challenge

Jeremiah 32:27

… Faith can do its business in the light of the sun! Faith believes God under all circumstances and believes that the truest common sense is to obey His …

The Top of the Ladder

Ephesians 3:19

… But we also need to be strengthened, for, unless we become stronger in all spiritual life, how is Christ to dwell in our hearts by faith? Unless we …

A Special Benediction

… Still, they were not ashamed of their names and since they were bound to make an open confession of their faith, it is as well that they used …

'As' and 'So'

Colossians 2:6

… Faith and love—faith in Christ and love to one another—are here most happily joined together! Let us never put them asunder. 24. And he that keeps …

Satan's Punctuality, Power and Purpose

Luke 8:12

… He is not so much afraid of works as of faith. If he can lead men to work, or feel, or do anything in the place of believing …

The Beginning, Increase, and End of the Divine Life

Job 8:7

… Three ends shall I hope to serve—first, to quiet the fears of those who are but beginners in grace; secondly, to confirm their faith; and, thirdly, to …

A Desperate Case—How to Meet It

Matthew 17:19-21

… The Saviour said it was for want of faith—want of faith. No man may expect to be the means of the conversion of a sinner without having …

Jehovah Tsidkenu: The Lord Our Righteousness

Jeremiah 23:6

… I must give up justification by faith if I give up imputed righteousness. True justification by faith is the surface soil, but then imputed righteousness is the granite …

Election

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

… Those who are elect, are elect unto sanctification and unto faith; and if you have faith you are one of God’s elect; you may know it and …

Consulting With Jesus

1 Kings 10:1-3

… How can a man be saved by faith alone without works, and yet no man can be saved by a faith that is without works? Some have thought …

Nominal Christians—Real Infidels

John 8:46

… You say you cannot see how faith can save you. Do you not know that faith, in itself, does not save? Faith saves by reason of that which …

Seeing Jesus

John 14:19

… It is a brave faith that sees Him at midnight. It is poor faith that believes that Jesus is there when all prospers, but it is right faith …

The Root Of The Matter

Job 19:28

… Your little faith has made you clean every whit. It could have done no more had it been the strongest faith in the world. You have as much …

Under the Apple Tree

Song 2:3

… For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. [See Sermon #1228, Volume 21—salvation by faith AND THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT.] For …

David's Holy Wonder at The Lord's Great Goodness

Psalm 31:19

… But take away faith and we are separated from Christ, and then there can be no fruit. Therefore, because faith is the root, the seed containing the whole …