Faith

Not Bound Yet

2 Timothy 2:9

… The preachers of the holy faith of Christ have been hunted to death. They have "wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, afflicted, tormented"—but, "the Word of …

A Sight Of Self

Isaiah 64:6

… May God in His mercy empty you of self, and then faith is easy. But until you are brought there, faith is impossible. May you be brought to …

Sentence Of Death, The Death Of Self-trust

2 Corinthians 1:9

… No writer that ever lived has set in so clear a light the fact that all things are of God and that we must walk by faith and …

What We Would Be*

… Want of faith on my part may have hampered and hindered my Lord. If I have fed the saints of God, I might have fulfilled that sacred pastorate …

Small Things Not to Be Despised

Zechariah 4:10

… By-and-by another Truth is discovered and the wounded heart is bound up by faith in Christ. This faith grows to full assurance—there is a gradual …

The Sword of the Spirit

Ephesians 6:17

… Believe it with a true and real faith, not with a mere creedal faith which says, "This is the orthodox thing." Believe it as a matter of fact …

Psalm 30

Psalm 30

… A song of faith since the house of Jehovah, here intended, David never lived to see. A Psalm of praise, since a sore judgment had been stayed, and …

Blood Even on the Golden Altar

Leviticus 4:7

… Have I ever given any uncertain sound about this great central Truth of God? There is no way of salvation under Heaven but by faith in the Substitutionary …

Prayer 10 — The Music of Praise

… Blessed be Thy name forever fruit of holiness, forever work of faith, but oh! for more. Thou hast changed the tree. It is no longer a bramble. It …

First Sermons at New Park Street Chapel

… When our faith is small, we often lament; but we should recollect that love is the flower of faith, and springs from frith; and when that is feeble …

Before Sermon, At Sermon and After Sermon

James 1:21

… Being where His Truth is preached, you may hear it—and "faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God." Yet it will strike you at …

A Pastoral Letter Accompanying Sermon 221

… God has owned these services to the quickening of many souls, to the establishing of many in our most holy faith, and by them through his goodness hath …

The Marvelous Magnet

John 12:32

… Then a crushing emotion; then a faint faith; then stronger faith; then stronger yet, until, at last, we come to be firmly bound to Christ! Oh, be thankful …

The Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

… The parable does not say so, but it implies that the wounded man was a Jew, and, therefore, the Samaritan was not of the same faith and order …

Christ and His Co-workers

Mark 16:20

… And when we get the faith which can move mountains, we shall not find that God's Omnipotence has evaporated and that our faith has outrun His power …

Cords and Cart-Ropes

Isaiah 5:18

… he becomes an atheist or worse; for all capacity for faith departs from him. He is as frivolous as Voltaire, whose forte seemed to lie in ridiculing everything …

Jesus At Bethesda—or, Waiting Changed for Believing

John 5:1-9

… I pray you observe that although nothing is said about faith in the text, yet the man must have had faith. Suppose you had been unable to move …

The Christian's Glorious Inventory

1 Corinthians 3:21-23

… but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing." Try your Lord by faith. If you have no employment, no means of providing for yourself …

Daniel's Undaunted Courage

Daniel 6:10

… Those who were bone of his bone, and flesh of his flesh he brought in the arms of faith before his God. He interceded for Jerusalem. It grieved …

The Ship on Fire—A Voice of Warning

Genesis 19:17

… Dost thou sincerely ask that question—“What must I do to be saved?” Remember there is but one way of rescue—the lifeboat of faith must put thee …

Bread For The Hungry

Deuteronomy 8:3

… This is a trial for your faith. Oh, let not your faith fail you, but seek help from God this morning, that you may say, "I can starve …

Faint—but Not Faint-Hearted

Judges 8:4

… defeat their numerous foes! O Sirs, believe me, faith is not child's play! And though a simple faith, exercised from day to day about ordinary things, is …

Communion With Christ And His People

… I like sometimes in prayer, when I do not feel that I can say anything, just to sit still, and look up; then faith spiritually descries the Well …

The Voice from the Cloud and the Voice of the Beloved

Matthew 17:5

… Spirituals must grow out of spirituals—saving faith can never be produced by carnal sight and hearing. The Holy Spirit can work faith in us apart from any …

Nearness To God

Ephesians 2:13

… The soul comes to Jesus and lays hold on Him by an act of faith because Jesus has already laid hold upon that soul by the power of …

Psalm 69

Psalm 69

… If he were deserted, others who were walking in the same path of faith would be discouraged and disappointed. Unbelievers are ready enough to catch at anything which …

Lions Lacking—But the Children Satisfied

Psalm 34:10

… In the highest flights of his assurance, on the topmost pinnacle of his faith, there is something yet beyond. When he had sailed farthest into the sea of …

On Raising Questions

In these days, a simple, childlike faith is very rare; but the usual thing is to believe nothing, and question everything. Doubts are as plentiful as blackberries, and …

The Cause And Cure Of Weariness In Sunday School Teachers

Galatians 6:9

… Go to your classes with this persuasion, "I shall not labor in vain, or spend my strength for nothing." "According to your faith, so is it unto you …

Every Man's Necessity

John 3:7

… There are new feelings of contrition; there is a new faith; there is a new joy, a new hope—everything is new—"Old things have passed away and …

The Best of All Sights

Hebrews 2:9

… IN Holy Scripture faith is placed in opposition to the sight of the eyes and yet it is frequently described as looking and seeing. It is opposed to …

From The Dunghill To The Throne

Psalm 113:7

… But I saw a great company of the poor and the unknown, who were rich in faith and known unto the Lord." The Lord excludes no man from …

Pray For Jesus

Psalm 72:15

… Pray that the Churches may be knit together in holy love and may strive together for nothing but the advancement of the faith of Christ. Nor have I …

The Three Whats

Ephesians 1:18-20

… Now, the prayer of our text was offered for Christians—for converted persons, for those who had faith in Christ Jesus and love to all the saints—yet …

Following Christ

2 Samuel 15:21

… Now you may be poor yet, and you may be sore sick, but may you have such faith as that you may be able to say, "Though he …

Heaven

1 Corinthians 2:9-10

… When waves of distress, and billows of affliction pass over the Christian, there are times when his faith is so strong that he lies down and sleeps, though …

Prayer 13 — The Wings of Prayer

… Grant us also the peace-speaking word of promise applied by the Holy Spirit, that being justified by faith we may have peace with God through Jesus Christ …

Fire—the Need of the Times

Luke 12:49

… Many, if they get to a supposed saving faith, get no farther. They are saved themselves and that seems to be all they care about. Their neighbors in …

The Pilgrim's Grateful Recollections

Deuteronomy 8:3-6

… So, too, your foot has not swollen in the way of faith. Such little faith you had at first, that you might well have thought it would all …

Perfect Cleansing

Joel 3:21

… It is only because when once applied by the Holy Spirit and received by faith it makes a total, and complete cleansing from all past guilt, that it …