Faith

Commendation for the Steadfast

Revelation 3:8

… weak as we are in ourselves, the very fact of our possessing faith proves that we have a portion of strength. Still that strength is a matter of …

Morning, December 28

Ga 2:20

Morning, December 28 Go To Evening Reading “The life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God.” Galatians 2 …

The Priest Ordained by the Oath of God

Hebrews 7:20-22

… I do beseech you, since God's design is the confirmation of your faith, pray that your faith may be confirmed by it! No measure of faith in …

The Horns of the Altar

1 Kings 2:30

… Put no confidence in the mere fact that you hold to an orthodox faith, for a dead orthodoxy soon corrupts. You must have faith in Christ, or else …

Evening, January 13

2Ki 6:6

… Yet he was called thereto, and his faith rose with the occasion; God honoured his faith, unlooked-for aid was sent, and the iron did swim. Another of …

Two Pauls and a Blinded Sorcerer

Acts 13:12

… Notice first, opposition TO THE FAITH. The missionaries were not to have it all their own way. Bar-Jesus, who was also called Elymas, "withstood them, seeking to …

The Great Mystery of Godliness

1 Timothy 3:16

… Every heathen religion had its mystery, its secret doctrine revealed only to the initiated which was held to be the essence of the faith. The mystery of some …

Preach the Gospel

1 Corinthians 9:16

… Works, works, works—instead of “By grace are ye saved through faith,” If a penitent should come and ask me, “What must I do to be saved?” I …

A Holy Celebration

Exodus 12:42

… He will do anything for faith! Was He not overcome at the brook Jabbok by Jacob's faith? Did not faith in the woman that touched the hem …

The Power of His Resurrection

Philippians 3:10

… But he now desired that the vision of his faith might become still better known by experience. You may know a man and have an idea that he …

Evening, June 28

Ex 7:12

… What multitudes of foes has our faith had to meet! Our old sins—the devil threw them down before us, and they turned to serpents. What hosts of …

Evening, November 15

Ps 68:28

… We often forget that the Author of our faith must be the Preserver of it also. The lamp which was burning in the temple was never allowed to …

Morning, June 28

Heb 12:2

… He insinuates, “Your sins are too great for pardon; you have no faith; you do not repent enough; you will never be able to continue to the end …

Morning, November 8

Col 2:6

Morning, November 8 Go To Evening Reading “As ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord.” Colossians 2:6 The life of faith is represented as receiving—an act …

The Big Gates Wide Open

John 6:37

… Do but trust in Him and, however feeble your faith, if it is but sincere faith in Jesus, you are saved by Him, for He is all your …

Clearing the Road to Heaven

Isaiah 62:10

… If you have faith but as a grain of mustard seed, God will recognize that faith and make it grow— and that faith will save you. It is …

Light. Fire. Faith. Life. Love.

… The next thing necessary to us is FAITH; I might say the first, second, third, and last thing is FAITH. “Without faith it is impossible to please God …

The Commissariat of the Universe

Psalm 104:28

… Then David, why did you act like a madman? Ah, that was through his lack of faith, yet even lack of faith must not make us rob God …

Hold Fast Your Shield

Hebrews 10:35

… The Apostle has said, "Hold fast the profession of your faith," not merely your faith, but the profession of it. To hold a Truth of God which I …

Morning, October 19

1Co 3:1

… because your faith is so little, your love so feeble? Cheer up, for you have cause for gratitude. Remember that in some things you are equal to the …

Good Works

Titus 2:14

… Works are the evidence of our faith; by faith our souls are justified before God; by works our faith is justified before ourselves and fellow-men. Secondly, we …

Strengthening Medicine For God's Servants

Joshua 1:5

… He had been a man of faith for many years and his faith enabled him to distinguish himself by such simple truthfulness of character and thoroughly faithful obedience …

'The True Sayings of God'

Revelation 19:9

… It tells us that, "being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." I put the question to those who have been justified …

'Do I Love the Lord or Not?'

John 21:17

… I may say of faith and love, that these are like two roes that are twins—or rather of faith, and hope, and love, that these are three …

A Hasty Expression Penitently Retracted

Psalm 31:22

… It was an infant faith that could cry—a struggling faith that could plead. It was a patient faith that could wait and so it was an accepted …

Jesus At A Standstill

Mark 10:49

… We have among us a certain sort of people who seem to imagine that faith comes by sight. Acting upon this, they work upon the eyes in many …

"Eyes Right"

Proverbs 4:25

… They have never seen anything in very truth—for it is faith that sees and of faith they have none. That which is apart from faith is not …

The Roaring Lion

1 Peter 5:8

… Satan will be glad enough, no doubt, to see your faith weakened, but his aim is to destroy that faith so that you may not believe in God …

False Justification and True

Job 9:20

… Are you willing to have God's righteousness? You say, "Yes." Well, faith is the accepting of what God gives. Faith is the believing what God says. Faith …

Dwell Deep, O Dedan!

Jeremiah 49:8

… Men call this blind faith but I call it faith with her eyes open looking alone to God! When faith dwells thus deep, the heaviest shells that our …

Good Works In Good Company

Solomon 7:11-13

… The main thing is your faith. Is that faith simple? Does it depend upon Jesus only? Is it real? Is it an active, living faith? Does it work …

Three Important Precepts

Proverbs 23:19

… When you have found the Gospel-house, take care that you hear with the view of obtaining faith in the Lord Jesus. Aim at that blessed thing. "Faith …

The Superlative Excellence Of The Holy Spirit

John 16:7

… The more there is visible to the eyes, the less room for faith—the least faith, the most show. The Romish Church, which has little enough of true …

A Sacred Solo

Psalm 28:7

… But, as old Master Trapp says, faith has no tenses, because faith deals with a God who has no tenses except the present, for His name is, "I …

Psalm 130

Psalm 130

… In the first place it is the posture of faith . Here is the gracious soul hanging in faith upon God in Christ Jesus; upon the veracity of God …

The Holy Spirit’s Intercession

Romans 8:26

… The Holy Spirit also divinely operates in the strengthening of the faith of believers. That faith is at first of his creating, and afterwards it is of his …

The Long Pastorate Commenced, 1854

Here and there we meet with one to whom it is given to believe in God with mighty faith. As soon as such a man strikes out a …

Truly Eating the Flesh of Jesus

John 6:53-56

… But to really take Christ into you by the act of faith is the vitality and the pleasure of faith! In eating and drinking, a man is not …

A Seasonable Exhortation

1 Peter 1:13

… The second Grace that Christ will bring with Him when He comes is the perfect vindication of our faith—"that the trial of your faith, being much more …

Israel at the Red Sea

Psalm 106:9

… But if we have no faith, then at the most insignificant streamlet, which Faith could take up in her hands in a single moment, and drink like Gideon …