Faith

God's Prison, Warden and Prisoner

… I am persuaded that your faith will be justified the more you examine it, till you will discover that faith in God is nothing, after all, but sanctified …

A New Creation

Revelation 21:5

… But if we can go with strong faith in a great God, and bring great sinners in our arms and put them down before this mighty Regenerator of …

Christ's Transfigured Face

Matthew 17:2

… Oh, that we would all look, by faith, upon His blessed face and receive all the benefits that He is waiting and willing to bestow upon us! IV …

Psalm 55

Psalm 55

… The Lord is all, and more than all that faith can need as the foundation of peaceful dependence. Lord, increase our faith evermore. EXPLANATORY NOTES AND QUAINT SAYINGS …

Lame Sheep

Hebrews 12:13

… THERE are some Believers with strong and vigorous faith. Soaring high, they can mount up with wings as eagles. Fleet of foot, they can run and not be …

The Lamb Our Leader

Revelation 14:4

… A man does not follow another unless he has faith in him. Brethren, your way to Heaven lies in trusting yourself with Christ as a Sacrifice for sin …

Good News for the Destitute

Psalm 102:17

… Now by faith the Son embrace, Plead His promise, trust His Grace." Still, perhaps, there will be some here who say, "I do not feel in a fit …

The Great Birthday

Luke 2:10

… To whom, then, is it a joy? I answer, to all who believe it and especially to all who believe it as the shepherds did—with that faith …

Over Against the Sepulcher

Matthew 27:61

… Now that the case seemed desperate, they show their faith in Jesus and pluck up courage to honor their Lord. Lambs become lions when the Lamb is slain …

Meeting Of Our Own Church

… We have endeavored to give expression to our firm faith in the unity of all the faithful in Christ. We have sought, moreover, to give prominence to our …

Pedigree

2 Corinthians 11:22

… However, were I here tonight as a convert to the Christian faith with Jewish blood within my veins, I would speak with no bated breath concerning it, nor …

'The Blood of the Testament'

Hebrews 9:19

… blood of Christ sprinkled upon you? It cannot be done literally, but faith does it. Faith is the bunch of hyssop which we dip into the basin and …

Temptations On The Pinnacle

Matthew 4:5-7

… The devil whispers to Him, "If—if You are the Son of God." Faith is the Christian's strength. He who doubts not, staggers not. Unbelief is the …

A Day to Be Remembered

Luke 19:9

… It is not every man who can say for certain that he is saved, for faith is a thing of growth and assurance may not come at once …

Psalm 88

Psalm 88

… Now then, to work faith in such a one; for this poor soul, being thus dead, to go out of himself, and by naked and sheer faith to …

A Fatal Deficiency

Romans 8:9

… Therefore is the Holy Spirit the Spirit of Christ, because, wherever the faith of Christ and the mystical body of Christ are found, there you will find spiritual …

Figs and Olives

James 3:12

… for I am God, and there is none else"—and do as I did, then—look and live! Look this very instant, by faith, to Jesus hanging on …

Christ with the Keys of Death and Hell

Revelation 1:18

… Yes, but you yourselves are very frail, you say, and you fear that in some dark hour that frailty may overcome your faith. Yes, but He ever lives …

The Christian's Great Business

Psalm 51:12-13

… In preaching justification by faith he roared like a lion in the glory of his strength, for the joy of the Lord in his own soul had become …

The Great Miracle Worker

John 11:47

… constantly telling us that to preach up salvation by Grace and justification by faith in Jesus is to endanger morality. Ah, me! I marvel not that the darkness …

Bochim—Or, the Weepers

Judges 2:4

… All this required strong faith and untiring perseverance and, in these virtues the Israelites were greatly deficient. And so, in certain places, they said to the Canaanites, "Let …

Watching For Christ's Coming

Luke 12:37

… little faith! But you have some faith, otherwise the Savior would not have said to you, "O you of little faith!" The man who has no faith may …

More and More

Psalm 71:14

… See well, my brethren, to your faith, and your faith and hope, for otherwise God will be robbed of his praise. It will be in proportion as you …

Exposition: 1 John 3:1-10

… you must live simply by naked faith on Christ. “Beloved, now are we the sons of God.” With all these things against us, with the foot of the …

God'S Witnesses

Isaiah 43:10

… The horse laugh is heard the moment you talk about the efficacy of prayer and faith. "Why," some say, "the wind that drives the pirate on the rock …

A Life-Long Occupation

Hebrews 13:15

… Let us praise Him for we are satisfied that He is not unrighteous to forget our work of faith. Let us praise Him by being perfectly satisfied with …

Ancestry and Genealogy

I sing of the noble Refugee, Who strove in a holy faith, At the altar of his God to bow, When the road was marked with death. When …

God's Foreknowledge of Man's Sin

Isaiah 48:8

… Instead of faith, confidence in an arm of flesh." We have, if we look at what we thought we should be and at what we are, reason to …

Christ Precious to Believers

1 Peter 2:7

… Many a man who says in his heart, “I have not a martyr’s faith,” has really that noble virtue; and let him but once come to the …

A Vile Weed and a Fair Flower

Hebrews 13:5

… The trial of our faith will soon be over—a long life of affliction is but a pin's point of time. Be it ever so painful, we …

Psalm 7

Psalm 7

… Show the action of faith in procuring defence and protection, and of that defence upon our faith by strengthening it, etc. Verse 11. The Judge, and the two …

The Dumb Singing

Isaiah 35:5

… May your faith be large and plentiful, and so will be the answers! Amen.

Lost Through One-Saved Through One

Romans 5:16

… If He demands faith at one moment, He bestows it at another. So Grace is always God's free gift and that suits a man who has not …

Notable Lectures and Addresses, 1857-1878 (Continued)

… I understand what they mean, and do not make too heavy a draft upon their faith by long delays in explaining myself. The men who were around me …

The Blind Man'S Earnest Cries

Mark 10:47

… If you cannot as yet cast yourself on Him—then pray for more enlightenment! Pray to be led to faith. Pray that faith may be given you. But …

The Pity of the Lord—the Comfort of the Afflicted

James 5:11

… This arithmetic is only known to faith and must be learned of the Lord Jesus. "We," that is, the Church of God, count them happy who are counted …

Strength And Recovery

Zechariah 10:12

… I notice that whenever the Lord strengthens a man with Divine strength, it makes him strong in faith. He believes the promise, believes it intensely. It becomes a …

Positivism

1 John 5:18-20

… Myriads of our fellow creatures are unaware of the first principles of the faith, scarcely knowing that there is a God, and altogether ignorant of the wondrous plan …

All Comers To Christ Welcomed

John 6:37

… Let Him be all your salvation, all your desire and you will be surely saved! I have sometimes tried to explain to you what the life of faith …

Unabated Affection between Pastor and People

… May our whole church prove itself to be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might, by unceasingly carrying on its work of faith and …