Faith

A Gospel Worth Dying For

Acts 20:24

… This is faith—that you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that you trust yourself with Him! "But as many as received Him, to …

The Tender Grapes

Solomon 2:13

… We must become one with Christ by an act of faith. We must be inserted into Him as the graft is placed in the incision made in the …

'Mr. Moody's Text'

Isaiah 12:2

… He who has never felt the burden of sin will, I think, never know the joy of faith. What has he to trust about? What cause is there …

Sweet Savor

Ezekiel 20:41

… His fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly purge His floor." While in tenderness He prays for His tempted disciple, that his faith may not fail …

Spiritual Glean1ng

Ruth 2:15

… And if we have not faith enough to partake of either of these sheaves, there is the most blessed sheaf of all—yes, it is many sheaves in …

Eyes Opened

2 Kings 6:17

… He is like Moses who is described as "seeing Him who is invisible." Faith is to a man like new eyes—eyes with a far wider range of …

Broken Bones

Psalm 51:8

… Our heavenly Father is pleased, sometimes, when we have sinned, to allow our faith to become weak like a broken bone. We cannot grasp the promises we once …

Our Expectation

Isaiah 53:10

… Do not let your faith be a sort of dead faith dealing with a dead man—let it be instinct with life, with warm blood in its veins …

Psalm 84

Psalm 84

… True faith can only rest on God's estimate of Christ, not on inward thoughts and feelings. That which may be called the faith of the formalist, rests …

The Only Door

John 10:9

… But let me tell you that unless they came to Christ by true faith, they are nothing better than baptized Pagans! They are still just sprinkled heathen! Why …

Heart Piercing

Acts 2:37

… It is principle, not passion—full conviction, not merely a profession of faith—that will endure unto the end. If the impression made does not prick the heart …

Abundant Pardon

Isaiah 55:7

… We cannot approach God in prayer without faith, for a prayer that has no faith in it must die on the road. To seek the Lord aright we …

Three Decisive Steps

1 Samuel 7:2-5

… And, thirdly, that they were helped to do so by faith. True, it was faith in Samuel—and you get much more help if you have faith in …

Psalm 25

Psalm 25

… Faith is the cable which binds our boat to the shore, and by pulling at it we draw ourselves to the land; faith unites us to God, and …

Both Sides of the Shield

Exodus 17:8

… In fact, I rather like a difficulty, for then there is an opportunity for the exercise of faith. It is glorious, when one is sailing, to come right …

Not Boasting, But Trusting

Ephesians 2:9

… You would have found on the other hand, the Puritan party rigidly preaching up Justification by Faith and Salvation by Grace. Now, Sirs, where did you find the …

A Timely Expostulation

Luke 24:5

… There is the point—to believe—to have faith. It is that which gives us the righteousness of which Christ is the sum total. 5. For Moses describes …

'The Lamb of God'

John 1:29

… If any of you would have your sins forgiven, and so enjoy peace with God, you must look by faith to that Sacrifice which was offered upon Calvary …

Knowing the Lord Through Pardoned Sin

Jeremiah 31:34

… Do not dream of a day when we shall not need to teach our brother and our neighbor the great Truths of our holy faith—at any rate …

The Seed Upon Stony Ground

Mark 4:5

… Untried faith is no faith. Untried Grace is no Grace. God will try His people and discern between the precious and the vile. According to the Savior's …

Five Divine Declarations

Isaiah 45:24

… He who held the Lutheran doctrine of Justification by Faith was condemned to die. He was hunted as though he had been a wolf or a mad dog …

The Destroyer Destroyed

Hebrews 2:14

… It is frightful even to him that hath the most of faith. It is only the gildings of death, the afterwards, the heaven, the harp, the glory, that …

Compel Them to Come In

Luke 14:23

… Do not believe first, and then go to Christ, or else thy faith will be a worthless thing; go to Christ without any faith, and cast thyself upon …

Psalm 36

Psalm 36

… Benevolence, and mercy, and justice, are everywhere, but the excellence of that mercy only those have known whose faith has lifted the veil and passed into the brighter …

Pride Catechized

Job 34:33

… objection is to the way of salvation by faith "I don't like that Doctrine of Justification by Faith," says one, "for I am sure that when it …

Delivered On Sunday Morning, December 4, 1864,

2 Corinthians 6:2

… I say, as a Believer, for, alas, there is a temptation to make our faith a thing of the past. It is nearly sixteen years since I first …

What Had Become of Peter?

Acts 12:18

… God grant such faith to you! II. Secondly, in consequence of this great event, THERE WAS NO SMALL STIR, "what had become of Peter?" When the Lord saves …

A Bit of History for Old and Young

Genesis 48:15

… But before this, "by faith, Jacob blessed the two sons of Joseph" at a private interview especially granted to them. Had not his tribulations abounded, his consolations would …

Things That Accompany Salvation

Hebrews 6:9

… Our faith does not cause Salvation, nor our hope, nor our love, nor our good works; they are things which attend it as its guard of honor. The …

Opening the Mouth

Psalm 81:10

… Or when he feels that his work of faith and labor of love will be good for nothing without the Divine blessing. Or when he feels that the …

The Tender Pity of the Lord

Psalm 103:13

… Their faith was so feeble—it was scarcely faith, but rather unbelief. Peter was a fair representative of them all when on that occasion he said, "If it …

"Rest in the Lord"

Psalm 37:7

… Yours must be a faith which can do as well as receive. It is through the exercise of faith that comfort comes to the heart, even as the …

Psalm 4

Psalm 4

… May we be full of faith and love, and we shall be living instruments of music. Hawker says: "The Septuagint read the word which we have rendered in …

The Preacher’s Power, and the Conditions of Obtaining It

… Have faith, not only in its truth, but in its power; faith in the absolute certainty that, if it be preached, it will produce glorious results. Closely adhering …

The Priceless Prize

Philippians 3:8

… And Jesus says He'll cast out none That come to Him by faith." II. We will now change the strain, but not the objective. Remember that ALL …

The Man of One Subject

1 Corinthians 2:2

… Now, faith in Jesus Christ can only come by preaching Jesus Christ. Faith comes by hearing, but the hearing must be upon the subject concerning which the faith …

To Those Who Are "Almost Persuaded"

Acts 26:28

… The next and, indeed, the essential point in a Christian is faith—"By faith that is in Me," says the Lord. Faith in the crucified and risen Savior …

Love to Jesus the Great Test

John 8:42

… It is a hearty trustfulness in Jesus for blessings of which we feel the need and it is, in every case, an operative faith—a faith which works …

Blessings Traced to Their Source

Psalm 87:7

… If we believe in Jesus, faith is not a flower that ever springs from the natural soil of man's heart. If we have repentance unto life, it …

An Earnest Warning Against Unbelief

Hebrews 8:18

… But if we have no faith, we cannot possess a single Covenant blessing! This day, in the proclamation of the Gospel, the demand is made of faith in …