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Trusting Christ, weak faith, strong faith, and living by faith
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One of the Master's Choice Sayings
Matthew 14:16
… I know my faith is in Christ, but I have not the calm, unstaggering faith I desire to have. And I know that with a thousand cares, (and …
SERMON • SERMON 2660Suffering Outside the Camp
Hebrews 13:12
… How far have I progressed in sanctification during the past year? How much has my faith increased during the year? How many of my corruptions have I overcome …
SERMON • SERMON 3261The Covenant
Psalm 111:5
… In the Epistle to the Gala-tians, Paul insists upon it, "The just shall live by faith," and the Law is not of faith. Over and over again …
SERMON • SERMON 3197The Sweetness of God's Word
Psalm 119:103
… If your servants minister them, I say they are gendering bondage and I go away from them, and leave them to Arminians, or duty-faith men or something …
SERMON • SERMON 2614Strange Things
Luke 5:26
… And, seeing their faith, He worked the cure upon the sick man. It was a strange thing that it should be so, but how much I would like …
SERMON • SERMON 3451Grand Glorying
Galatians 6:14
… But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no la . Surely, neither human nor Divine …
SERMON • SERMON 2092God's Own Gospel Call
Isaiah 55:3
… With that little faith will come gleams of joy. Or if the faith is stronger, a full day will burst in upon the soul, lighting up the whole …
SERMON • SERMON 3184Maroth—or, the Disappointed
Micah 1:12
… but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it [See Sermon #2089, Volume 35—PROFITABLE MIXTURE.] They were not …
SERMON • SERMON 1146Consolation For The Despairing
Psalm 31:22
… Your faith, if you have any, is like a spark smoldering in the smoking flax. Yet pray on! I was about to say, when your faith seems dead …
SERMON • SERMON 3116Preparing to Depart
2 Kings 2:11
… We will make an appointment now, to meet each other then, where our hearts, in faith, have often met before—at the Throne of Him who has washed …
SERMON • SERMON 830Gray Hairs
Hosea 7:9
… And then to this prayer of faith, let us add a daily watchful activity. Let us guard ourselves that we slide not down the glassy precipice of declension …
SERMON • SERMON 1374"Forever With The Lord"
1 Thessalonians 4:17
… Come to Him by a humble, tearful faith. Come at once! And, lastly, what must it be to be without the Lord? What must it be to be …
SERMON • SERMON 2074Intimate Knowledge of the Holy Spirit
John 14:17
… Even for the faith which brings you all Divine Grace ask for the Spirit of God to work faith in you. "He dwells with you," for you are …
SERMON • SERMON 2118The Planter of the Ear Must Hear
Psalm 94:9
… But I can say that those who believe in ears created by an unhearing force or being, have more faith than I can muster. No, I venture to …
SERMON • SERMON 140A Simple Sermon for Seeking Souls
Romans 10:13
… There is nothing whatever puzzles me more, and tries my mind more, than the answer to that simple question, What is faith? What is believing? What is calling …
SERMON • SERMON 3389The Soul's Awakening
John 5:25
… Through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. Neither the faith nor the salvation are of ourselves. They are both the gifts of …
SERMON • SERMON 3444Keeping the Soul Alive
Psalm 22:29
… They are poor in Grace, poor in faith, poor in everything—but they draw a pension just as large as they can manage to live upon. By-and …
SERMON • SERMON 3426A Sore Grievance
Jeremiah 50:6
… It is possible for us to forget, however, to enjoy the rest which faith has made it our privilege to possess. And if we do, it is not …
SERMON • SERMON 826Christ, the Glory of His People
Luke 2:32
… May you and I have a faith that cannot be satisfied with all the green plains of Goshen, nor the granaries of Egypt, but which longs for the …
CHAPTERA New School of the Prophets
… A man of real ability as a speaker, of deep piety, and genuine faith, may be, by force of birth and circumstances, deprived of educational advantages, and yet …
CHAPTERWithout Faith No Salvation
… I have no faith in your chart, and I will have nothing to do with it. The art of navigation is only a lot of nonsense, got up …
SERMON • SERMON 1149My Restorer
Psalm 23:3
… Let us hope, also, that their faith produces enough good works to prove itself to be a living faith. But, for all that, their religion is cold, joyless …
SERMON • SERMON 3040The Happy Beggar
Psalm 40:17
… And we found no comfort till, by faith, we learned to present our Lord Jesus as the Surety for His servants for good. We could not pay even …
SERMON • SERMON 2888'Christ Is All'
Colossians 3:11
… Alas, that his faith is so incomplete and that there is mingled with it so much tradition received from his fathers! Will you wipe out that name, "Jew …
SERMON • SERMON 2792A Psalmist's Question and Answer
Psalm 130:3
… When your prayer has been most prevalent, it is then that you have seen most of its imperfection! And when your faith has been most vigorous, it is …
SERMON • SERMON 3081The Gracious Lips of Jesus
Psalm 45:2
… you, but ask what you will, you shall have as much as your faith can desire and your heart can hold, for Grace is poured into His lips …
COMMENTARYPsalm 1
Psalm 1
… But the man who delights in God's Word, being taught by it, bringeth forth patience in the time of suffering, faith in the day of trial, and …
SERMON • SERMON 1540The Mediator—Judge And Savior
Acts 10:42
… Not in words, only, was Peter plain, but the Truths of God which he taught were the first principles of the faith and it is generally by these …
SERMON • SERMON 406The Infallibility of God’s Purpose
Job 23:13
… In respect to the one, it tends to confirm us in those good old orthodox doctrines which lie at the basis of our faith. If we study man …
SERMON • SERMON 2355Christ's Negative and Positive Prayer
John 17:15
… We cannot manifest strength of faith in Heaven, for faith will be lost in sight. We can take our love into Glory—there are some flowers that will …
SERMON • SERMON 2872The Lord's Supper
1 Corinthians 11:26
… We personally avow our own vital faith in Him and we declare to you, whatever may be your judgment concerning Him, that He is all our salvation and …
SERMON • SERMON 2940'He Must Reign'
1 Corinthians 15:25
… It would not be possible for me to fully depict the royal state in which Emmanuel sits enthroned above, but I would like your faith to endeavor to …
SERMON • SERMON 2216The Lad's Loaves in the Lord's Hands
John 6:11
… Have faith in God, who is in Christ Jesus! Have faith in the compassion of the Great Mediator—He will not desert the people in their spiritual needs …
CHAPTERLetters to Father and Mother, January to June, 1850
… Yet soon I doubt again; then I am sorrowful; again faith appears, and I become confident of my interest in Him. I feel now as if I could …
SERMON • SERMON 836Sown Light
Psalm 97:11
… God would have His people believe that better times are in store for them, and, in the faith of the coming good, He would have them, even now …
SERMON • SERMON 2241A Stanza of Deliverance
Psalm 105:37
… Though you do not give up your faith, but are, still, like father Jacob, keeping your hold while the sinew is shrinking, yet you are, "sorely broken in …
SERMON • SERMON 3021Landlord and Tenant
Isaiah 38:1
… If we had more faith in God and resorted more often to Him by prayer and faith, the prescriptions of the pharmacist might be more often wise and …
SERMON • SERMON 627Justification And Glory
Romans 8:30
… Know that the act of faith justifies and be not afraid to exercise that act of faith, notwithstanding all your shortcomings and your sins. "Hear me, Jesus! If …
SERMON • SERMON 1473Forts Demolished and Prisoners Taken
2 Corinthians 10:5
… Faith is a supernatural work wherever it is found and if we think that we can beget faith in ourselves or others by the use of the fleshy …
SERMON • SERMON 374The Interest Of Christ And His People In Each Other
Solomon 2:16
… when we do not see His face, still to cultivate full assurance of faith, and never be satisfied unless we can say, "My Beloved is mine, and I …