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Soul Satisfaction
Psalm 35:3
… Faith is the milk and assurance is the cream! You must get your assurance from your faith—and if it is a simple faith which relies entirely upon …
COMMENTARYPsalm 16
Psalm 16
… It may suffice to note our Lord's prayer of faith, verse 1, avowal of faith in Jehovah alone, 2, 3, 4, 5, the contentment of his faith …
SERMON • SERMON 708The Blood Of Abel And The Blood Of Jesus
Genesis 4:10
… Cain was the lover of a merely outward worship in which faith had no place. He loved a worship of show and pomp—he garnished the altar with …
SERMON • SERMON 983Moab Is My Washpot
Psalm 60:8
… Our faith may cry, “I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valles of Succoth.” All things are ours in Christ Jesus; “Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is …
SERMON • SERMON 3139A Promise for the Blind
Jeremiah 31:8
… Then touched He their eyes, saying, according to your faith be it unto yoi. Again He questions their faith and this time He throws the whole responsibility upon …
SERMON • SERMON 347Preaching! Man's Privilege and God's Power
Mark 6:20
… Above all, this will be of no avail unless you hear with faith, Now faith cometh by hearing There must be faith mingled with the hearing. But you …
SERMON • SERMON 1152A Lesson from the Life of King Asa
2 Chronicles 16:9
… You would not have thought that a man who could perform that grand action would become, a little after, full of unbelief! But the greatest faith of yesterday …
SERMON • SERMON 540The Lambs And Their Shepherd
Isaiah 40:11
… Little-Faith, Mr. Feeble-Mind, Miss Much-Afraid and the like, who are slender in knowledge, shallow in experience, and weak in faith. It is, therefore, with great …
SERMON • SERMON 1867Untitled Sermon
Exodus 15:1
… Should not the Believer sing by faith as well as live by faith? Do you not think that the Song of Moses and the children of Israel at …
SERMON • SERMON 3029God's Tender Mercy
Luke 1:78
… To be saved does not require Abraham's faith, nor the faith of Paul or Peter. It requires a like precious faith—faith similar in substance and in …
CHAPTERConfirmation
… He who gives faith strengthens and establishes it: He who kindles love in us preserves it and increases its flame. What He makes us to know by His …
SERMON • SERMON 526No Illusion
Acts 12:9
… The reality of God's mercy is only apprehended by faith. And because faith has to do with things not seen, you are apt to throw suspicions on …
COMMENTARYPsalm 60
Psalm 60
… These first two verses, with their depressing confession, must be regarded as greatly enhancing the power of the faith which in the after verses rejoices in better days …
SERMON • SERMON 2011Abram's Call—or, Half-Way—and All the Way
Genesis 11:31
… To go forth and lead a separated life will need faith and to have faith you will need the Divine Grace of God. Believe that God's command …
SERMON • SERMON 557Where to Find Fruit
Hosea 14:8
… What fruit had ye then in those days? What repentance did your natural mind bring forth? What faith in Christ did your unrenewed soul ever beget or foster …
SERMON • SERMON 715Children'S Bread Given To Dogs
Matthew 15:27
… There may be certain reasons calling for the trial of faith, rather than the reward of faith. Genuine faith may be in the soul like a hidden seed …
CHAPTERJesus Only
… The reason why we may hope for forgiveness of sin, and life eternal, by faith in the Lord Jesus, is that God has so appointed. He has pledged …
CHAPTERThe Remedy for Doubts
The best way to get your faith strengthened is to have communion with Christ. If you commune with Christ you cannot be unbelieving. When his left hand is …
SERMON • SERMON 2538An Epistle Illustrated by a Psalm
Psalm 118:13
… Faith is a dear child of the Holy Spirit and He that creates faith will not desert it, but keep it as the apple of His eye. He …
DEVOTIONALMarch 29 — DAUNTLESS FAITH
Acts 18:10
March 29 DAUNTLESS FAITH "I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee" Acts 18:10 So long as the Lord had work …
DEVOTIONALJan. 15 — MADE RICH BY FAITH
Ps. 9:18
… 15 MADE RICH BY FAITH "For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever." Ps. 9:18 Poverty is …
SERMON • SERMON 681Eyes Opened
Genesis 21:19
… It is a notion abroad that the act of faith is very mysterious. Now faith, so far as it is an act of man, (and an act of …
SERMON • SERMON 1014'Nunc Dimittis'
Luke 2:29-30
… In certain believers faith is strong and active. Now, when faith becomes “the evidence of things not seen,” and “the substance of things hoped for,” then the soul …
SERMON • SERMON 2320The Beloved Pastor's Plea for Unity
Romans 1:7
… For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. That is the sum and substance …
SERMON • SERMON 896The Coming Resurrection
John 5:28
… We are justified by faith, but not by a dead faith! The faith which justifies is that which produces holiness and, "without holiness no man shall see the …
SERMON • SERMON 2166Experience and Assurance
Psalm 63:7
… First, then, EXPERIENCE—"You have been my help." Experience is the child of faith and, strange to say, experience is the nurse of faith. No man can expect …
SERMON • SERMON 1323And Why Not?
Luke 17:22
… Miracles will not convince when men are resolved to disbelieve! Faith is not born of sight, nor can it be nourished by it. It is the gift of …
SERMON • SERMON 3132A Question for You
John 9:35
… All that is well, but it is not enough! You might even give your body to be burnt for Christ's sake, but if you have not faith …
SERMON • SERMON 1261Sow To Yourselves
Hosea 10:12
… Mind that your faith is real reliance on Jesus, for I meet with some who think that faith is to believe that you are saved, but if, indeed …
SERMON • SERMON 3147God's Glory in the Building Up of Zion
Psalm 102:16
… Christians, then, did not need a new faith but, having received the old faith, they wished to be well rooted and grounded in it and, therefore, they sought …
DEVOTIONALAug. 6 — GO; TAKE YOUR PROPERTY
Deut. 1:21
… We may be strong in faith, fervent in love, and abundant in labor; there is nothing to prevent it; let us go up and take possession. The sweetest …
SERMON • SERMON 3229The Royal Savior
Acts 5:31
… So, then, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. [See Sermon #1031, Volume 18—how can I obtain FAITH?] Salvation comes by faith, and …
DEVOTIONALJan. 11 — FAITH SEES THE BOW
Gen. 9:14
… 11 FAITH SEES THE BOW "And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud …
SERMON • SERMON 1775"My Lord and My God!"
John 20:28
… A mere outcry of confused astonishment in irreverent words would never have been received as a satisfactory proof of faith! Sin is not an evidence of faith! The …
SERMON • SERMON 1793The Glory in the Rear
Exodus 14:19-20
… The more of the visible the less is faith visible. The more you have of conscious enjoyment the less room there is for simple trust. Faith performs her …
SERMON • SERMON 2272Longing To Find God
Job 23:3
… Come, deal with God who is near you now, by faith. Believe that He is near you. Speak to Him. Gladly trust Him. Faith will apprehend all of …
SERMON • SERMON 739The Sin Offering
Leviticus 4:3
… Watts has interpreted in his well-known verse— "My faith would lay her hands On that dear head of Yours, While like a penitent I stand; And there …
SERMON • SERMON 921Nathanael And The Fig Tree
John 1:45-51
… Now the fourth thing is, NA-THANAEL'S FAITH. I must go over much the same ground again under this head. Nathanael's faith—note what it was …
SERMON • SERMON 1764The Rocky Fortress and Its Inhabitant
Isaiah 33:15
… It first describes their feet, or how they walk—"He who walks righteously." Faith has an effect upon our entire manhood. When a man believes, his faith affects …
SERMON • SERMON 1340Manoah's Wife and Her Excellent Argument
Judges 13:22
… This is the Lord's way of answering prayer for faith and Grace. He comes with rods of chastisement and makes us smart for our follies, for thus …