Faith

Black Clouds and Bright Blessings

Ecclesiastes 11:3

… It grieves Him to grieve you! "He does not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men." It is easy to have a faith that acts backwards, but …

Two Wilderness Incidents

Numbers 21:1-6

… Notice what they did—they resorted to their God by simple faith They did not depend upon their own prowess in war. God had enabled them to rout …

Thinking and Turning

Psalm 119:59

… It proceeds to compare them with God's precepts and faith prompts us to revert to the way of God's testimonies. I understand our text to be …

'The Garment of Praise'

Isaiah 61:3

… And faith, too, that blessed gift of God, wherever it resides, works to the clearing away of heaviness, for faith sings, "All things are mine, why should I …

The Great White Throne

Revelation 20:11

… They need not dive into difficulties, for they have not yet laid a foundation of simplicities by faith in Christ Jesus. Better far to meditate upon the Atonement …

Lessons From Christ's Baptism

Matthew 3:16

… My death will put away their offenses and my Resurrection will complete their justification." Go, you who long for salvation, and by faith look to the Savior dying …

The Necessity of the Spirit’s Work

… I find faith just the easiest thing in the world when there is nothing to believe; but when I have room and exercise for my faith, then I …

Psalm 89

Psalm 89

… Sense sings but now and then, but faith is an eternal songster. Whether others sing or not, believers must never give over; in them should be constancy of …

Psalm 140

Psalm 140

… With this sacrifice of prayer he offers the salt of faith; for in a very marked and emphatic manner he expresses his personal confidence in the Lord as …

“Through Much Tribulation”

… When I arose, faith took the helm; from that moment, I doubted not. Faith steered me back; faith cried, “Away, away!” I cast my anchor on Calvary; I …

Our Sympathizing High Priest

Hebrews 5:7-10

… Remember how He said in the Psalm—"You will not leave My soul in Hell, neither will You suffer Your Holy One to see corruption." Jesus had faith …

Standing and Singing

Psalm 26:12

… Oh, be thankful that you have, many of you young Christians, round about you, fathers in Christ and matrons in Israel who confirm you in the faith, under …

Resurrection for the Just and the Unjust

Acts 24:15

… When their faith is constantly fixed upon the merits of their Savior, they know that their warfare is accomplished, that their iniquity is pardoned, that their salvation is …

The Way to God

John 14:6

… I do not read the Bible; I have no faith in Christ; but I spend my Sunday in the open air—in that glorious temple which God has …

Gathering Without Planting

Joshua 24:13

… Be faithful to God at all times—contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints—and let it never suffer at your hands. There is also …

"Is Anything Too Hard for the Lord?"

Jeremiah 32:26

… If the Lord lifts you up into the purity and dignity of a child-like faith, yet you will have your moments when you will cry, "Lord, speak …

Mistakes Concerning God

Psalm 1:21

… This mistaken idea of the Character of God also prevents the exercise of faith, for a man cannot have faith in one whose character he does not respect …

A Double Silver Wedding

… Professing their faith in Christ, living in His fear, dying in the faith, they gave us no cause to doubt their sincerity ; and, therefore, we may not question …

A Happy Christian

Isaiah 58:11

… There is a holier, happier, and more exalted state of triumphant faith, of sweet communion, and of hallowed earnestness! And such a state is attainable, no, it ought …

Winnowing Time

Jeremiah 23:28

… Though in his general character faith overcomes, for he is so kept that the Evil One touches him not, yet while he is preserved among the godly he …

The Allegories of Sarah and Hagar

Galatians 4:24

… The covenant gives faith, gives repentance, gives good works, gives salvation, as a purely gratuitous unconditional act; nor does our continuance in that covenant depend in the least …

Self-Humbling

2 Chronicles 34:27

… Nothing makes a man so vigorous and strong, with the exception of faith, as humility! And even faith itself cannot be strong where humility is weak. 4. Once …

Fear of Death

Hebrews 2:15

… You will generally find that in proportion as your faith gets stronger, your fear of death will vanish—and as your faith gets weak, fear will come in …

Regeneration and the Holy Spirit

… But is it not remarkable that the very chapter in which our Lord makes this sweeping declaration also contains the most explicit statement as to salvation by faith …

Blessings Manifold and Marvelous

Psalm 18:19

… What if they have their troubles, still their faith and their fellowship are the blessings, not the bane, of their mortal existence. What if they have their cares …

The First and the Second

Hebrews 10:9

… Those of them who had clear vision saw the same Christ through it whom we, by faith, see at this day. So that window was to them a …

Medicine For The Distracted

Psalm 94:19

… In times of spiritual gloom I cling more tenaciously than ever to the old faith of my fathers, the faith which I have taught you from the beginning …

Christ the Creator

Colossians 1:16

… So is it with Christ, the Sun of Righteousness! Get away, by faith, from this poor earth, and you shall see Him shining in His Glory, whether it …

Shall and Will

Psalm 91:15

… The heart is not at work, there is no faith, there is no communion! Now, if a man will obtain of God, he must ask in faith, nothing …

A Call to the Depressed

Isaiah 52:2

… I have known at such times that there will come at the back of all this some terrible doubts about the substantial Truths of our faith. "What?" You …

The Secret of Happiness

Matthew 9:2

… In the second verse, he says, "I shall not be greatly moved," but now, in this sixth verse, he says, "I shall not be moved." His faith grows …

Our King, Our Joy

Psalm 149:2

… Our faith is frequently so weak that we scarcely know whether to call it faith or unbelief. As for ourselves, we are a mass of flaws and infirmities …

Job Among the Ashes

Job 42:5

… For frequently they were moved to speak prophecies which were quite beyond their own understanding—in fact, my Brethren, are not all the great mysteries of the faith …

The Iniquity of Our Holy Things

Exodus 28:36-38

… Our God is so gracious as to call His people's love, His people's faith, His people's labor, His people's patience "holy things" because He …

Seeking Richly Rewarded

Psalm 34:10

… Well, do not expect to see it, but believeit! We walk by faith, not by sight. But the text says so. It says not that every man shall …

The Mysteries of the Brazen Serpent

John 3:14

… And now, to-day, I am about to address the mass of my congregation concerning that simple subject of faith in the Lord Jesus, whereby men are saved …

The Great Teacher and Remembrancer

John 14:26

… I like our young people to learn the Westminster Assembly's Confession of Faith. It is a "form of sound words" that is well worth committing to memory …

'Christ Is All'

Colossians 3:11

… Our faith stands not in the wisdom of man, but in the power of God! We are to follow no man, except as far as he follows Christ …

The Blessings of Public Worship

Luke 18:10

… Nevertheless when the Son of Man comes, shall He find faith on the earth? Faith enough to make such prayers as this? Faith enough to pray with importunity …

The Lord Blessing His Saints

Psalm 115:15

… And how can we do so but by faith? We believe that God has blessed all those to whom He has given His dear Son—and He has …