Faith

The Plea of Faith

2 Samuel 7:25

… If you should say to faith, “Faith, why do you expect God to do as he has said it, why do you expect it?” Faith would answer, “I …

The Secret of Failure

Matthew 17:19-21

… Faith is our connection with Christ! Break the connection and then what can we do? It is by faith that God works in us and through us! But …

The Power of Christ's Name

Acts 3:16

… Faith always crowns Christ and, therefore, Christ crowns faith. "Your faith has saved you," said Christ to the woman that was a sinner. "No," says someone, "it was …

Three Homilies From One Text

Matthew 4:23-25

… I do not think Christians exercise this power enough; they are so busy with faith about their troubles, faith about their sins, faith about their personal experiences, that …

A Single Eye And Simple Faith

Matthew 6:22

… First, with THE EYE OF OUR FAITH. Faith to the spiritual man is his eye. It is with that he looks to Christ— looks unto Him whom he …

Faith Necessary

“Whatsoever things are lovely, and pure, and of good report,” try and gain them; but remember that all these things put together, without faith, do not please God …

None But Jesus—Second Part

John 3:18

… Your faith will be exercised. An untried faith will be no faith at all. God never gave men faith without intending to try it. Faith is received for …

Praying And Waiting

1 John 5:13-15

… It exercises their faith and brings hope into the field. And so answers to faith exercises our watching faith and trains our hope to look up. The devil …

The Main Matter

John 20:30

… First, this morning, let me speak a little with you upon the design of all Scripture, which is faith. Secondly, upon the great Object of true faith, which …

A Sermon For Men Of Taste

1 Peter 2:1-3

… That is faith in its touch. Then come enjoyments, peace, delight, communion—which are faith in its taste. Any one of these acts of faith is saving. To …

All of Grace

Ephesians 2:8

… PRESENT SALVATION BY GRACE MUST BE THROUGH FAITH. A present salvation must be through Grace and salvation by Grace must be through faith. You cannot get a hold …

Alive or Dead—Which?

1 John 5:12

… Faith, again, is the mouth of the soul; by faith we feed upon Christ. Jesus Christ is digested and inwardly assimilated, so that our soul lives upon him …

Our Lord's Question to the Blind Men

Matthew 9:27-30

… The Lord's power just kept touch with their faith. If their faith was true, His cure was true. If their faith was complete, His cure was complete …

Ziklag—or David Encouraging Himself In God

1 Samuel 30:6

… Another lesson is this—though we shall be tried, yet faith in God is an available resource at all times. Faith is a shield which you may use …

Greater Things Yet Who Shall See Them?

John 1:50

… There is a growth in faith which renders it not the less faith and yet approximates it more and more nearly to sense. I mean, "sense," in its …

A Look and Its Lessons

Isaiah 51:1

… Know you therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. Those who are justified by faith in Jesus. Those whose faith is …

Evening, February 14

Lu 8:47

… little as was her knowledge, her faith, because it was real faith, saved her, and saved her at once. There was no tedious delay—faith’s miracle was …

Mature Faith—Illustrated By Abraham's Offering Up Isaac

Genesis 22:2

… He educates our faith, testing it by trials which increase little by little in proportion as our faith has increased. He only expects us to do man's …

Life And Walk Of Faith

Colossians 2:6

… By faith it comes in. By faith it is kept in. Faith gives me what I have, keeps what I have. Faith makes it mine, faith keeps it …

The High Rock

Psalm 61:2

… Why, Man, if your faith were twice as great as it is, Christ would be a warrant for it all! No, if your faith could be multiplied a …

The Warrant of Faith

1 John 3:23

… my going to the bank is faith. Thus faith is accepting God’s great promise, contained in the person of his Son. It is taking God at his …

Faith First, Confession Following

Romans 10:10

… How dare I profess to have faith if I do not possess it? How dare I assume a form of godliness unless I have proven its power in …

The Touch

Mark 5:28

… The Lord is strengthening the faith of another of His children, or it may be He is actually working faith in a convicted soul when He is accepting …

Seeing Is Not Believing, But Believing Is Seeing

1 Peter 1:8

… If you have a faith which has left you what you used to be, throw your faith to the dogs! If you have a faith in Christ which …

The Blessing of Full Assurance

1 John 5:13

… We need workshop faith, as well as prayer-meeting faith. We need faith as to the common things of life, and the trying things of death. We could …

A Sense of Pardoned Sin

Isaiah 38:17

… On the other hand, there are other brethren who constantly insist upon the doctrine of salvation by faith, and by faith alone, but almost forget to testify to …

The Evidence of Our Lord's Wounds

John 20:27

… His faith had grown to be so little that, if he continued insisting upon this and that, as a sign or evidence, that faith of his would get …

The Judgment Upon Zacharias

Luke 1:20

… No man ever obtained such a reputation except by faith. "The just shall live by faith." No other righteousness than that which is faith is of any esteem …

Encouragement for the Depressed

Zechariah 4:10

… You that have a little faith and do not want more faith—do not value faith at all—you are despising it! On the one hand, do not …

The Savior's Silence

Matthew 15:23

… This woman, too, had a humble but determined faith. Our Lord admired and extolled this, for He said, "Oh, woman, great is your faith!" She had faith before …

The Hope Laid Up In Heaven

Colossians 1:5

… We should, therefore, be rich in faith, which is the root of every Grace and, to this end, we should daily pray, "Lord, increase our faith." We should …

Eternal Life Within Present Grasp

1 Timothy 6:12

… We fight the good fight by firm faith in the Lord our God—"This is the victory that overcomes the world, even your faith." That fight is the …

"If There Is No Resurrection"

1 Corinthians 15:12-19

… If He did not rise, your faith rests on what never happened, and is not true! And certainly your faith will not bear that, or any other trial …

The Curse and the Curse for Us

Galatians 3:10-14

… It is not said that the just shall rejoice by faith but they shall "live by faith." Their very existence as just men hung upon their faith. They …

The Scarlet Line in the Window

Joshua 2:21

… This woman's obedience also arose out of real faith and was the exponent of that faith, for when she tied the scarlet line in the window, she …

Faith in Christ's Ability

Matthew 9:28

… The question meant did they believe that Christ was able to cure their blindness? Among professing Christians, there is much so-called faith that is not really faith …

The Call of Abraham

Hebrews 11:8

… When men have no faith, God invites them to reason, but when they have faith, reasoning with God becomes a sin. Abraham asked no question: he was not …

Only Trust Him! Only Trust Him!

Luke 17:12-14

… Neither the gloom of horror nor the blaze of delight is to be looked for before faith! Faith is to precede all and that faith is a simple …

Jesus Knew What He Would Do

John 6:6

… He would thus try his faith. As one has well said, "He wanted not food of Philip, but faith." The Master enquires, "Where shall we buy bread, that …

April 20 — BY FAITH NOT FEELING

Rom. 1:17

April 20 BY FAITH NOT FEELING "The just shall live by faith" Rom. 1:17 I shall not die. I can, I do believe in the Lord my …