Faith

A Frail Leaf

Job 13:25

… Your faith has made you whole. Go in peace." It was poor faith—it was very much like unbelief, but yet it was rewarded with a rich acceptance …

I Know That My Redeemer Liveth

Job 19:25-27

… I would have you, dear Christian friends, never look upon the full assurance of faith as a thing impossible to you. Say not, “It is too high; I …

A Summons To Battle

2 Samuel 11:1

… When is that? Should it not be when he has been fed with spiritual meat? Should it not be when, through that spiritual meat, his faith has grown …

How To Keep the Heart

Philippians 4:7

… But the Christian man does with faith what a man can never do himself. While the poor understanding is climbing up the craigs, faith stands on the summit …

Grieving the Holy Spirit

Ephesians 4:30

… Faith that is unsealed may be a poison, it may be presumption; but faith that is sealed by the Spirit is true, real, genuine faith. Never be content …

The Pleasures of Piety

Psalm 104:34

… And this is the victory that overcomes the world—our faith And the Apostle gives a description of what kind of faith it is that overcomes the world …

Search the Scriptures

Isaiah 8:20

… It is marvellous that the men who most of all rail at faith are remarkable for credulity. One of the greatest unbelievers in the world, who has called …

The Soul's Great Crisis

Romans 7:8

… That is, there is mingled with their faith in Christ some sort of trust in themselves. They have never seen that the Law puts an end to all …

Reminiscences as a Village Pastor

… my faith has been often tried, but God has always been faithful, and sent supplies in hours of need If any should tell me that prayer to God …

Pardon and Justification

Psalm 32:1

… The moment God gives me faith, I become justified and, being justified by faith, I have peace with God! It takes no time to accomplish this miracle of …

A Word From the Beloved's Own Mouth

… Dear friends, let not another moment pass till by faith in Jesus you have grasped this privilege. Be not content to believe that the priceless boon may be …

Repentance after Conversion

Psalm 51:17

… If so, you are greatly mistaken! Repentance lives as long as faith. Towards faith I might almost call it a Siamese twin. We shall need to believe and …

Quiet Musing!

Psalm 39:3

… Faith is the gift of God, but then faith usually comes by meditating much upon Christ. "Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God." As …

A Sermon From a Sick Preacher

1 Peter 2:7

… Your faith has only yet grasped Christ as saving you from going down to the Pit—Christ is precious to you so far—but if your faith could …

A Sermon For Spring

Solomon 2:10-13

… And a sweet savor of faith and love went up to Heaven and God rejoiced therein. Then the Master sweetly cried— "Rise up, My love, My fair one …

Majesty in Misery

Luke 22:63-65

… I will not, therefore, attempt to draw a portrait of my Lord and Master, but will simply ask you, by faith, to behold Him, clothed with the garment …

Alto and Bass

Luke 1:53

… Oh, what a faith is this! If you have like precious faith, what a joy it will give to your lives! Is there nothing to sing about today …

Instability

Genesis 49:4

… And how variable have we been in our faith! In the midst of one trouble we have declared, “though he slay me, yet will I trust in him …

The Soul Winner

… Faith is the great gospel grace ; but still we cannot forget that true faith always prays, and when a man professes faith in the Lord Jesus, and yet …

Psalm 106

Psalm 106

… A man doth not so live by his own faith, but in temporal respects the faith of another man may do him good. Masters by their faith obtained …

The Special Prayer Meeting

Acts 12:12

… O Brothers and Sisters, may we gather power in prayer by having faith in it! Let us not say, "What can prayer do?" but, "What cannot it do …

Two Choice Assurances

Genesis 15:1

… I am afraid that wherever there is faith there will also be a measure of fear, though the less of it, the better. How tenderly the Lord quiets …

The Only Atoning Priest

Hebrews 10:11-14

… There fetters no longer clank on human limbs.' Even so it seems to me that certain doctrines, and especially the doctrines of atonement and justification by faith, are …

"My Beloved Is Mine"

Solomon 2:16

… First, have you taken hold of Christ by faith? Faith is the hand with which we grasp the Lord Jesus Christ. Have you believed that Jesus is the …

The Witness of the Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 11:26

… It is God's predestinated channel of Grace to the sons of men. "Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God"—and as we speak …

If So—what Then?

1 Peter 4:18

… Indeed, wherever it is accomplished, it is a miracle of Divine Mercy and in every case saving faith is "the gift of God." Then, how difficult it is …

Christ's Past and Present Witnesses

John 15:27

… If a man has no faith, let him not talk about faith. If he has never known the Lord, let him hold his tongue till he does know …

Jesus Near but Unrecognized

Luke 24:16

… Oh, for the eyes of love—the dove's eyes of love, by the rivers of waters, washed with milk and fitly set—for faith and love together …

Crossing the Jordan

Joshua 1:10

… With a strong faith and a delightful assurance for that faith to feed upon, you will be blessed, indeed. Next, note that the people had with them a …

Christ's Resurrection and Our Newness Of Life

Romans 6:4

… At the same time, we also profess our faith in our Lord's Resurrection and that we, ourselves, are raised up in union with Him and have come …

Feeding on a Whole Christ

Numbers 9:11

… Let us go together to the Cross, view the one great Sacrifice for sin and, by faith, find salvation in Him! The subject for us to consider at …

The Fainting Hero

Judges 15:18

… Are you trusting in God, dear Friends? Are you living a life of faith? Then the walk of faith will be followed, in due time, by the triumph …

Fourfold Satisfaction

Jeremiah 31:14

… And when, by faith, we laid our hand on that dear head of His and made confession of our transgression, we received the personal assurance that our sin …

Girding on the Harness

1 Kings 20:11

… He has newly made the profession of his faith and has come forward to be baptized and united with the Church. He is girding on his harness and …

'Let Us Pray'

Psalm 73:23

… It was said of Faith, in that mighty chapter of the Hebrews, that Faith stopped the mouth of lions and the like. But one singular thing that Faith …

A Mournful Defection

John 6:67

… Why do they renounce the religious profession they once espoused? The fundamental reason is lack of Grace, a lack of true faith, an absence of vital godliness. It …

The Man Whose Hand Stuck to His Sword

2 Samuel 23:9

… It is taught us in our Baptism, for there each Believer makes his own confession of faith and, by his own act and deed, avows himself to be …

Boldness at the Throne

Hebrews 4:16

… No one begins to live the life of faith who has not also begun to pray—and as prayer is necessary at the commencement of the Christian career …

Laus Deo

Romans 11:36

… The sin is not God's, but the temporary permission of its existence formed part of the foreknown scheme and to our faith the intervention of moral evil …

The Breaker and the Flock

Micah 2:12

… So do saints go from Grace to Grace, from faith to greater faith. Note the sentence—"they have broken up, they have passed through the gate and have …