Faith

"Behold the Lamb of God"

John 1:29

… I have faith in the Lord Jesus for myself, a faith burned into me as with a hot iron. I thank God what I believe I shall believe …

An Ancient Question Modernized

Ezekiel 24:19

… feed on Him? Have you any better bread? Have you any firmer faith than the faith we have in His atoning Sacrifice? Have you a deeper peace than …

"Lead Us Not Into Temptation"

Matthew 6:13

… This my faith ought to know and believe—and yet for several reasons there rises to my mind a fear lest His Providence should conduct me where I …

The Power of a Sigh

Psalm 12:5

… No, David did not deliver himself from Saul's oppression—and it is a splendid evidence of faith when faith can hold her hand! Perhaps you, also, have …

Labor In Vain

Jonah 1:12

… There must be faith in Jesus or else you will row hard with your prayers, and you will never bring the ship to land. Then there are others …

From Twenty-five to Thirty-five

Matthew 20:3

… Then you have to leave out the very earliest hours—that period of life in which God does not call children to intelligent faith because they have not …

Christians, and Their Communion With God

Isaiah 26:8

… Ignorance is the enemy of faith, but a knowledge of God greatly strengthens and increases our confidence in Him. You do not grow in Grace, my Brothers and …

Christian Resignation

Matthew 26:39

… Are we not saved by trusting our Lord Jesus Christ? Has not faith in Christ been the means of saving me from sin and Hell? Then surely I …

Psalm 24

Psalm 24

… It is to be feared that many professors have perverted the doctrine of justification by faith in such a way as to treat good works with contempt; if …

Accepted In The Beloved

Ephesians 1:6

… Unless the foundations can be removed, you cannot be moved, for if you depend on Him by a living faith, you are so a part of Christ that …

The Preacher's Last Sermon for the Season

John 7:37

… Your salvation lies in that Divine Person whom, by faith, I see at this moment, clothed in the splendor of Heaven, yet still wearing the marks of His …

The Magnanimity of God

Job 36:5

… My faith, I fear, will always be weak. My love will always be chill, my character will be imperfect." Well, beloved Friend, then you will owe more to …

A Promise For Us And For Our Children

Isaiah 44:1-5

… Our faith may be flagging—our graces may be withering. It will be so, it must be so when we forsake our God. If we leave the flowing …

Psalm 80

Psalm 80

… There is one spirit, one faith, one baptism, one God, and Lord of all, who is all in all. Visit, then, this vine, for thy visitation preserves her …

The Lord's Name and Memorial

Isaiah 55:13

… Yet if preaching is the Word of God, it should of right be something more than any and every simpleton might accomplish! Now, any fool has faith enough …

Comfort Proclaimed

Isaiah 40:1

… Thy only refuge is faith in Jesus Christ, whereby thou shalt be assured that Christ did really and actually shed his blood for thee. And if you are …

Turning Back in the Day of Battle

Psalm 78:9

… We have sought to teach you young men to use God’s Word both in prayer and in other exercises of your holy faith; but, beloved, if you …

Believers—Lights In The World

Philippians 2:14-16

… Be not ashamed to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints, but never do it in a spirit of mere debating—never because you wish …

The Heavenly Wind

John 3:8

… The one is the necessity of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and the fact that whoever believes in Him is not condemned. This is a vital doctrine …

The Perseverance of the Saints

Philippians 1:6

… desire which ultimately blossoms into the fragrant flower of earnest prayer and humble faith is the work of God. No, Sinner, you shall never be before God! The …

The Touchstone of Godly Sincerity

Job 27:10

… If he prays, it may be safely inferred that the breath of prayer arises from the life of faith. The process of spiritual quickening has at least begun …

Supposing Him to be the Gardener

John 20:15

… How came it to be—here an oasis of life in a desert of death? how came faith in the midst of unbelief, and hope where all is …

God's People—or Not God's People

Hosea 2:23

… But you are not beneath that crimson sign! You have never looked to Christ by faith! No blood is on the lintel and on the two side posts …

The Exeter-Hall Sermon to Young Men

Psalm 116:16

… He has much more need of faith of a certain sort than we have, for skepticism has far harder problems than faith! And look at the free-liver …

Recruits for King Jesus

1 Chronicles 12:16-18

… By a sincere, simple, undivided faith, you really come to Jesus—have you such a faith? Let Jesus Christ be first and last with you! Take Him to …

The Value and Rank of the Believer

Isaiah 43:4

… You that have no faith, He comes to give you faith. You that have no repentance, He comes to give you repentance— "True belief and true repentance, Every …

Look to Christ

Would you be free from doubts? Would you rejoice in the Lord with faith unmoved, and confidence unshaken? Then look to Jesus ! Certain I am that if we …

Brought Out to Be Brought In

Deuteronomy 6:23

… There are also many of God's saints who are spared in times of pestilence, or who are delivered by an act of faith out of great dangers …

The Holy Spirit Compared To The Wind

John 3:8

… You can only trust Christ with a feeble faith. If it is such a poor trembling faith that it does not grip Him, but only touchesthe hem of …

Temple Glories

2 Chronicles 5:13

… Oh, that now, tonight, though no visible cloud shall be seen, though no fire shall burn the bullock and the ram, yet may faith discern the cloud, and …

Hearing, Seeking, Finding

Psalm 132:6

… So where are you to get that spotless robe? It is in Christ, for faith is imputed for righteousness to him who believes in the Son of God …

Question 29: How does the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ?

Eph 2:8; Eph 3:17

… How does the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ? A The Spirit applies to us the redemption purchased by Christ, by working faith in us …

Ten Wrong Kinds of Hearers

Isaiah 58:1

… You have heard about faith, but you have not believed. You have heard about repentance, but you have never repented. What do you come for, if you never …

Question 72: How is the Word made effectual to salvation?

Ps 19:7; 1Th 1:6; Ro 1:16

… and converting sinners, # Ps 19:7 and of building them up in holiness and comfort, # 1Th 1:6 through faith to salvation. # Ro 1:16 Topic No. 05973

A Home for the Fatherless

… I am much encouraged by precious Scriptures: ‘Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it;’ and ‘According to your faith, be it unto you;’ with many others …

The Beatific Vision

1 John 3:2

… We walk here by faith, and not by sight. It is pleasant to believe his grace, but we had rather see it. Well, “We shall see him.” But …

The Message from the Lord's Mouth

Ezekiel 3:17

… It would be impossible that there should be so many divisions if we all held to the one Lord, one faith, one Baptism—but there are sad mixtures …

Divine Sovereignty

Matthew 20:15

… But there is another with little faith who is in danger of tumbling down over every straw. We trace eminent faith entirely to God. One is born with …

Spiritual Transformations

Isaiah 4:13

… They talk of faith in Christ, but we are afraid it is a delusion. We would convince them of sin if we could. We remind them of the …

Zealots

Luke 6:15

… They did not know the force and strength of the great principle of Divine Grace working through faith and therefore they neglected it—and with all their struggling …