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SERMON • SERMON 3167

The Christian's Helmet

1 Thessalonians 5:8

… And the Christian can say— "Let all the forms that men devise Assail my faith with treacherous art— I'd call them vanity and lies, And bind the …

SERMON • SERMON 19

David's Dying Song

2 Samuel 23:5

… You will hear persons say, “Well, I believe the doctrine of justification; I think that men are justified through faith.” Yes, but are you justified by faith? “I …

SERMON • SERMON 1709

The Best War Cry

Numbers 23:21

… That being supposed, we next notice that to have God among us we must be full of faith. Unbelief gives forth such a noxious vapor that Jesus, Himself …

SERMON • SERMON 1962

The Friend of God

Isaiah 41:8

… There is a fuss, worry and worldly craft about Jacob which somewhat beclouds his undoubtedly great faith, but you do not see this in Abraham—he moves majestically …

SERMON • SERMON 358

The New Park Street Pulpit

Ephesians 1:13

… You speak to them about Christ; they say, "What have I to do with Him? I have cursed Him hundreds of times." You speak to them about faith

COMMENTARY

Psalm 86

Psalm 86

… In Ps 86:1-17 he brings them in as they were a support unto his faith in his distresses from sins and miseries, to which use he …

SERMON • SERMON 2350

"Take, Eat"

Matthew 26:26

… If I had to tell you that Jesus Christ would die to redeem you, I would, perhaps, try your faith. But when I have to tell you that …

PRAYER

Prayer 16 — He Ever Liveth

… Lord, we thank Thee for the very least life to God, for the feeblest ray of faith and glimmering of hope. We are glad to see anything of …

SERMON • SERMON 562

“Alas For Us, If Thou Wert All, and Nought Beyond, O Earth”

1 Corinthians 15:19

… But, O my brethren, if there be a world to come, as faith assures us there is, how joyous it is to be weaned from the world, and …

SERMON • SERMON 1275

One Greater Than the Temple

Matthew 12:6

… We often forget that the presence of God in the most holy place was a matter of faith to all but the high priest. Once in the year …

CHAPTER

The Sciences as Sources of Illustration

… Yet we still put them down in our chart of the heavens, and we can only keep them there by faith, for as, “through faith we understand that …

SERMON • SERMON 265

The Meek and Lowly One

Matthew 11:28-30

… How opposite this is to Christ! Although he hath a right to demand man’s love and man’s faith, yet he comes not into the world to …

SERMON • SERMON 2860

Owl or Eagle?

Psalm 102:6

… Some saints have more faith than others have—and very much in proportion to their faith will be their condition of heart and mind! Such saints, having more …

SERMON • SERMON 2577

Living on the Word

Deuteronomy 8:3

… I do not infer from this Truth of God that, therefore, I ought never to eat, but to live by faith because God can make me live without …

CHAPTER

The Memorable Hymn

… One act of faith, and all the sin you have committed is blotted out. A single glance of faith’s eye to the wounds of the Messiah, and …

SERMON • SERMON 2085

A Dirge for the Down-grade and a Song For Faith

Isaiah 66:10

… But what faith can be placed in those to whom He is not a Person but a mere influence? God Himself is, by some, made into an impersonal …

SERMON • SERMON 1632

The Nazarene and the Sect of the Nazarenes

Matthew 2:23

… You and I are simpletons enough to believe that we are justified by faith in Christ Jesus, because God has told us so, and we sing— "Nothing in …

SERMON • SERMON 482

The Royal Pair in Their Glorious Chariot

Song 3:6-11

… Never did fat of rams, or the fat of kidnies of fed beasts, smell so sweetly before the Most High as the faith, the love, the courage, which …

SERMON • SERMON 1400

With the King for His Work!

1 Chronicles 4:23

… Certainly, our great King, the King of kings, has many soldiers! It is their duty to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints. They have …

SERMON • SERMON 1442

Sorrow at the Cross Turned into Joy

John 16:20-22

… If you know by personal faith that Jesus took your sins and suffered for them on the Cross so that now your debt is paid and your transgression …

SERMON • SERMON 1565

Maschil Of Ethan, A Majestic Song

Psalm 89:1

… Oh, it was a blessed day when He gave us the little faith that tremblingly touched His garment's hem! It was better when He gave us faith

SERMON • SERMON 2943

Restraining Prayer

Job 15:4

… And when we get the fervency, we so often fail to get the faith which grasps the promise and believes that God will give, that, in all these …

SERMON • SERMON 3352

A World Wide Welcome

Matthew 11:28

… But now-a-days thousands ask the question, "What is faith? What is believing in Jesus? What is coming to Him?" Many convinced souls say, "If I could …

SERMON • SERMON 342

Grace Reviving Israel

Hosea 14:5-7

… Many of you shrink from the imputation of bigotry, as if it were more awful than heresy in regard to the faith. You would as soon be called …

SERMON • SERMON 2632

"What Shall the Harvest Be?"

Hosea 8:7

… If you have believed in Christ and received eternal life by faith in Him, and if now you are trying to labor for Him, you are sowing blessed …

SERMON • SERMON 3143

Shoes for Pilgrims and Warriors

Ephesians 6:15

… Taking the shield of faith. [See Sermon #416, Volume 7—SHIELD OF FAITH.] For you need this shield to protect both your armor and yourself. 16. Therewith you …

SERMON • SERMON 2493

"A Man Named Matthew"

Matthew 9:9

… And Jesus, seeing their faith—Our Lord Jesus has a very quick eye. If there is faith anywhere, He can see it. He can even see faith in …

SERMON • SERMON 960

Iconoclast

2 Kings 18:4

… And to far more, the minister under whom they sit, and whose teachings they constantly receive, is the reason and basis of their faith. I am afraid that …

CHAPTER

The Faculty of Impromptu Speech

… In the first place the minister was my grandfather, and, in the second place, the text was-“By grace are ye saved, through faith, and that not of …

SERMON • SERMON 1334

Coming—Always Coming

1 Peter 2:4

… Come and receive a heart of flesh, for you cannot make one for yourself! "Oh, but I thought I was to bring faith." Faith, also, is the gift …

SERMON • SERMON 3228

'Oh, How He Loves!'

John 11:36

… So if you, dear Friend, cannot pray a prayer that is full of faith, pray one that has at least some faith in it! If you cannot go …

SERMON • SERMON 197

The Spies

Numbers 13:32

… Ungodly men of course do not come and by repentance and faith make a trial of the love of Christ; they do not enter into covenant with the …

SERMON • SERMON 2477

Darkness Before the Dawn

Solomon 2:17

… Much care indicates little faith. When faith is strong, she casts all her care on Him who cares for us. Oh, that we could but be rid of …

SERMON • SERMON 1863

Departed Saints Yet Living

Luke 20:37

… He was a man most firm in his faith in the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ; a man intensely active in the cause of God and the …

SERMON • SERMON 2993

'That King Ahaz'

2 Chronicles 28:22

… Have you not also found, dear Friends, that trials make your faith grow stronger We who are but striplings in the Lord's army, enlist very readily. We …

SERMON • SERMON 1151

A Revival Promise

Isaiah 44:3-6

… Our growing anxiety for Christ's Glory and our faith in the energy of His Spirit will be two hopeful signs of a coming blessing. As a Church …

SERMON • SERMON 1047

The Triumph Of Christianity

Psalm 22:27

… So far from going on to victory, we so decline that men taunt us with the decadence of our holy faith and foretell that we are nearing the …

SERMON • SERMON 1747

Marvelous! Marvelous!

Zechariah 8:6

… I wish my faith would banish it. Difficulty does crop up, now and then, through unbelief, but where God manifests Himself, difficulty vanishes! Leave it in the margin …

SERMON • SERMON 1238

Beware of Unbelief

2 Kings 7:2

… We have generally got a large quantity of faith when we do not want it, but when faith comes to be needed how much of it evaporates. The …

SERMON • SERMON 1658

Healed or Deluded? Which?

Jeremiah 8:11

… They are sound in the faith—Orthodox, Evangelical and Calvinistic! They heartily detest any doctrine that is not Scriptural. I am glad to find that it is so …