Faith

God in the Covenant

Jeremiah 31:33

… He gives us faith; he promises to give us the law in our inward parts, and to write it on our hearts. It is a glorious covenant, I …

The Absent Pastor’s Care for his Flock

… Bartlett, “With constant thanksgiving, I remember your work of faith and labour of love; and I pray the Lord to sustain you, and make you still a joyful …

The Powerful Truth of God

Acts 19:19

… They were prepared ground, well plowed, ready for the Seed—so he instructed them a little further in the faith and they believed in the Lord Jesus. And …

Our Lord's Posture in Ascension

Luke 24:50-53

… My imagination seems to help my faith and I bless His dear name that the last time His disciples saw Him, they saw Him with His hands emptied …

Jacob's Waking Exclamation

Genesis 28:16

… Where the sigh is heaving, where the tear is falling, where the song is rising, where the desire is mounting, where love is burning, hope anticipating, faith abiding …

Roads Cleared

Isaiah 57:14

… They always flow from faith in Christ. He that would be saved from sin, trusts Christ and his nature is changed—and so he hates the sin that …

Loyal to the Core

2 Samuel 15:21

… There are times in which the simple faith of Christ is at a great discount. At one time imposing ceremonies are all the rage, and everybody loves decorated …

"Things To Come"

1 Corinthians 3:22

… Why should you wish to see the mystic writing for yourself? Your faith is sure of the issue—let that content you. In the dark days of superstition …

The Fatherhood of God

Matthew 6:9

… Ah! Little-faith, you have often looked up to Mr. Great-heart, and you have said, “Oh that I had the courage of Great-heart, that I could …

Pressing Questions of an Awakened Mind

Acts 9:5

… right—what power have You to save? What claim have You upon my faith? Oh, tell me, for I long to know." Lack of thought ruins half of …

Confession of Christ

Matthew 10:32

… INCESSANTLY do we preach, and do you hear, that salvation is by faith in Jesus Christ, that whoever trusts in Him shall be saved. This is the great …

Dilemma and Deliverance

Psalm 9:10

… To what purpose would my preaching be—the preaching of a rickety gospel like that? To what purpose your faith—a faith in a God that cannot and …

Recruits for the King

1 Samuel 22:1-2

… And when he came forward to make a profession of his faith in Christ, he said, "I have been sailing 60 years under a very bad owner, and …

The Special Call And The Unfailing Result

1 Corinthians 1:9

… This was the act of faith to let us take hold of what Christ had. And this is the result of faith—to give us Christ and to …

Mr. Evil-Questioning Tried and Executed

2 Kings 5:12

… For, my Lord, if we are to take things upon mere credence, matters of faith upon the witness of men, indeed we shall soon make great fools of …

The Minstrelsy of Hope

Psalm 67:6

… She meddles with every matter, intruding into the bedchamber of Faith, and disturbing the banquets of Hope. Fear lodges with some as an abiding guest and is entertained …

Apostolic Exhortation

Acts 3:19

… Regeneration is the implanting of a new nature, and one of the earliest signs of that is, a faith in Christ, and a repentance of sin, and a …

Christ the Tree of Life

Revelation 22:2

… Well, the way to get the fruit from this Tree is by faith. That is the hand that plucks the golden apples! Can you believe? That is the …

The Rising Sun

Malachi 4:2

… There are times when we ask ourselves whether we know the rapture of love and we greatly question whether we ever had the assurance of faith, but even …

The Voice From Heaven

Revelation 11:12

… To be baptized is to be buried with Christ in Baptism after faith—for that which is done without faith, and not done of faith, is contrary to …

The Queen of Sheba

Matthew 12:42

… If you have not any faith, perhaps faith will come while you are reading it. "God commended His love towards us in that while we were yet sinners …

A Practical Discourse

1 Kings 5:14

… We must not neglect the cultivation of our own heart! We must watch our own growth in Grace, our own communion with Christ, our own faith, our own …

'Marvelous Loving Kindness'

Psalm 17:7

… Then, next, we ought to pray the Lord to show His "marvelous loving kindness" to our faith, that we may again confide in Him. If He will cause …

The Sparrow and the Swallow

Psalm 84:3

… Thus may we appropriate the Lord Jesus Christ—by an act of faith—and so make Him our very own! I have, at various times, learned some lessons …

God's Valiant Right Hand

Psalm 118:16

… The superstition might seem to stand like the eternal hills, but Faith has said, "Who are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain," and the …

Attention!

Matthew 17:5

… Some are troubled with doubts and, fears, and others foster them as if they were accessories to faith and proofs of a naive disposition! We have heard from …

Love's Great Reason

1 John 4:19

… The great Gospel precept is not, "Love Christ," but, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved"—not that love is less than faith, but …

Jesus Only

Matthew 17:8

… Only by faith in Jesus can you be saved, but complaining of yourselves is not faith. “Jesus only” is the way, the truth, and the life. “Jesus only …

The Memorable Hymn

Matthew 26:30

… By faith we keep the Passover, for we have been saved—we have been brought out of Egypt—and though our sins did once oppose us, they have …

Believers A Blessing

Zechariah 8:13

… I sometimes think that the infidels who shout most loudly have more faith than others and that because they are afraid they shall hear conscience speak, they make …

Unparalleled Loving Kindnesses

Psalm 89:49

… We doneed more faith, but we do not need a better ground of faith! We do desire to have more love to our Lord, but we do not …

Danger. Safety. Gratitude.

… near slipped? And Sisters in Christ, preserved as you have been in the faith of Jesus and enabled to honorably maintain your Christian character, have there not been …

Miracles Of Love

Isaiah 38:17

… At the time when faith came into our hearts, there came with it the sister Grace which always attends it, namely, repentance. Beloved, you must remember, I think …

The Doors of the Shadow of Death

Job 38:17

… They knew nothing of prayer, or of faith. Their consciences have become seared. They played bravado with God and He has given them up, so when they come …

I Will Give You Rest

… and I will give you rest.” I trust that all in this little company have come to Christ by faith; now let us come to Him in blessed …

A Young Man's Vision

Acts 2:17

… Go forth in connection with our own denominational society, but we will bear the expense year by year among ourselves! "Have you faith enough to go trusting that …

A Sweet Bow

Micah 7:18

… Look yonder, if your eyes can see as mine can, by faith—you can no more count the spirits that rejoice before the Throne of God than you …

The Desolations of the Lord, the Consolation of His Saints

Psalm 46:8-9

… The blood of our martyrs has been shed; our confessors have witnessed to the faith of the Lord Jesus; at the hands of bloodthirsty and cruel men they …

The Well-Beloved

… At the thought thereof our soul takes wing, and our imagination soars aloft, while our faith, with eagle eye, beholds the glory. As we think of that glad …

Christ Our Peace

Ephesians 2:14

… Oh, live like heavenly ones together here! You profess to have one Lord, one faith, one Baptism. You say that you are filled with the Holy Spirit—then …