Faith

The First Note of My Song

Psalm 103:3

… When by faith we accept the Lord Jesus to be our All in All, we are as clear about God's having forgiven us our sins as we …

The Inexhaustible Barrel

1 Kings 17:16

… The hand of faith is blessed by the exercise of knocking at the gate. “Give us this day our daily bread” is a right good prayer; O for …

Jesus Christ Immutable

Hebrews 13:8

… Those who lived before Christ were not saved with a different salvation to that which shall come to us! They exercised faith as we must. That faith struggled …

A Sincere Summary—and a Searching Scrutiny

Psalm 119:168

… Christ says much in praise of faith because faith says so much in praise of Christ! And faith is used, in the Covenant of Grace, as a means …

My Prayer

Psalm 119:37

… When you could not get a grip at the promises because the hand of your faith was numbed, you needed an increased vitality. In temporal trial more Grace …

In Christ No Condemnation

Romans 8:1

… That which faith thus realizes by coming unto Christ for shelter was true before, in a blessed sense. I understand my text, when it says, "therefore," to refer …

John's First Doxology

Revelation 1:5

… I want you to recognize, in this realization of Christ by John, this teaching—that we are to regard our holy faith as based on facts and realities …

The Master Key—Opening the Gate of Heaven

Genesis 32:12

… But when we can get away to Him and tell out the whole matter—and lay hold upon Him by the hand of faith and plead His promise …

A Memorable Milestone

Psalm 40:9-11

… We read his book—shall we not at least go with him a little way? You will find, Brothers, that if you determine to hold fast the faith …

The One Thing Needful

Luke 10:42

… To sit at Jesus’ feet implies faith as well as submission. Mary believed in what Jesus said, and, therefore, sat there to be taught by him. It is …

The Messages of Our Lord's Love

Mark 16:7

… A look of faith will hold Him fast. Cast yourself on Jesus and His open arms will joyously receive you. But now to the text. I shall take …

"Persecuted, But Not Forsaken"

… God grant us Grace to keep to Grace! God grant us faith enough to live by faith, even to the end, as the freeborn children of God, for …

A Call to the Lord's Own Flock

Ezekiel 34:30

… If you believe that Jesus is the Christ, confess Him! The Gospel message is, "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved." Faith and Baptism are here …

The Sinner's Refuge

Numbers 35:11

… There was no evidence of faith in many of them and, "without faith it is impossible to please God." Is it not a sad thing that in a …

The Sprinkling of the Blood of the Sacrifice

Leviticus 4:6

… The mercy is that the Sacrifice of our Lord Jesus is suitable to you and equally suitable to me—and to all that come to Him by faith …

Goodness Going Before

Psalm 21:3

… At any rate, there must have been faith in Heaven before Christ died! The celestial spirits must have had a firm conviction that Christ would come upon the …

A Powerful Reason For Coming To Christ

Mark 3:8

… Believing so much as that, you ought to believe a good deal more and I pray the Holy Spirit, now, to lead you to that farther faith. If …

The Work of the Holy Spirit

Galatians 3:3

… He now finds that he has no hand of faith to lift, though the minister tells him to do it. He now discovers, when he is bidden to …

Hopeful, Yet Doubtful

Matthew 8:19

… but He was asleep." Here is the weakness of humanity and here is, also, the strength of faith. Jesus went to sleep because that boat was in His …

Seeing And Not Seeing—Or, Men As Trees Walking

Mark 8:22-25

… They have a sort of faith, but they have such slender knowledge that their faith brings them little or no benefit. Such people might often be blessed if …

The Sluggard’s Farm

… If you do not sow your faith by using it, how can it grow? When a man lives by faith in Christ Jesus, and his faith exercises itself …

Psalm 142

Psalm 142

… His fortunes were evidently at their lowest, and, what was worse, his repute had fearfully fallen; yet he displayed a true faith in God, to whom he made …

Characteristics of Christ's Disciples

Luke 14:26

… Well, dear Friends, though your faith may never be subjected to that supreme test, a matter of life or death, yet you may have to be tested to …

The One and the Many

Romans 5:16

… You dream, perhaps, that you are to pay to God so much prayer, so much repentance, so much faith, so much promise and resolve, so much reformation and …

Saints Guarded From Stumbling

… Many professing Christians do not know what God's Word really teaches, so they are not established in the faith. They do not know, even, the elements of …

Paul's Parenthesis

1 Corinthians 15:10

… If I have believed, my faith was the work of God. If I have perseverance in faith, that perseverance has been the effect of the work of God …

Spiritual Gleaning

… If your faith is like a great wagon, and you can carry the whole field of corn, you have full permission to take it. Alas, our faith is …

The Son Glorified by the Father and the Father Glorified by the Son

John 17:1

… He could have prayed with eyes closed if it had so pleased Him, but His were the opened eyes of faith and love which could look into the …

Speaking on God's Behalf

Job 36:2

… Is not this the message we are told to circulate, "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved"? Should you not, therefore, avow your faith and confess …

The Sluggard's Farm

Proverbs 24:30-32

… If you do not sow your faith by using it, how can it grow? When a man lives by faith in Christ Jesus and his faith exercises itself …

The Road to Honor

1 Samuel 2:30

… I am afraid that many ministers are training men to set aside faith and to live by carnal reason. This is flat treason against the Lord and His …

A Drama in Five Acts

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

… They are but light afflictions, which are but for a moment, a mere pin's prick to the man of faith. Happy is the man whose eyes are …

Jesus, The Stumbling Stone Of Unbelievers

1 Peter 2:7

… But why are unbelievers, here, called disobedient? Is faith a matter of law and because a man does not believe, does he therefore disobey? How can it be …

All the People at Work for Jesus

… No, our Brothers and Sisters must visit, too, and have their faith strengthened and their prospects brightened! He does not wish that preachers, alone, should see all the …

The Elders Before The Throne

Revelation 4:4

… Have you faith? I must thank Him for faith, I must lay it at His feet and say, "Jesus, use my faith for Your glory, for You are …

Wanted, A Guest Chamber!

Mark 14:14

… God, who determined to save, determined also to save by means—He determined to save no man without faith, and to give no man faith except through the …

God's Nearness To Us

Acts 17:27

… If you have but a grain of mustard seed of faith He will at once discern it! When the messenger of the Church cannot perceive it and before …

A Precious Promise for a Pure People

Isaiah 33:17

… Have we not by faith seen our King in His robes of mourning? Have we not seen Jesus in the sorrowful weeds of affliction and humiliation while here …

"Living, Loving, Lasting Union"

Ephesians 5:30

… If you have faith in Christ, have vital faith, or do not pretend to have any. Be real—be true to the core! Be satisfied with nothing short …

Pentecost

Acts 2:1-4

… Those who were assembled on that memorable day of Pentecost were all men of prayer and faith. But even these precious gifts are only available when the celestial …