Faith

The Principal Wheat

… Perform to your faith, to your hope, to your love, and to all the plants that are in your soul every other service which the husbandman renders to …

Ploughing the Rock

… They hear about faith, but they never believe. They are good judges of what the gospel is, and yet they have never accepted it for themselves. They will …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage (Concluded)

… His dear son in the faith, Pastor Hugh D. Brown, of Dublin, speaks truly when he says of him, in a lately-published eulogy, “So wonderful a man …

The Sound in the Mulberry Trees

2 Samuel 5:24

… Seek help of God, that you may he more earnest in duty, when made more strong in faith; that you may be more constant in prayer, when you …

What Are the Clouds?

Nahum 1:3

… He will give you works, if you will have but faith—even faith is his gift. O may he give it to you now, my hearers, for; he …

Psalm 105

Psalm 105

… He believed the promise, but his faith was sorely exercised. A delayed blessing tests men, and proves their metal, whether their faith is of that precious kind which …

Hope in Hopeless Cases

Matthew 17:17

… They appear to have had some faith or they would not have attempted the task, but their faith was not at all equal to the emergency. Scribes and …

The Fullness and the Filling

John 1:16

… Some for patient endurance, others for diligent labor—and yet all inspired by a common faith— all of them aglow with fervent gratitude! All of them looking with …

Good Cause for Great Zeal

Ezra 4:14

… little while, for you shall eat the delicacies of angels! Yes, and by faith you do even now feast upon the fat things full of marrow and the …

Life’s Great Object

… To live for wealth? Yes, but to be rich in faith. You may lay up treasure, but lay it up in heaven, “where neither moth nor rust doth …

The Father's Will

John 6:39

… This includes the man with great faith, but it equally includes the babe with little faith. This includes the man of reputable character, but it equally includes the …

Their Desired Haven

Psalm 107:30

… He has changed the hurricane for the haven, the danger for the calm confidence of safety! Oh, if you only knew the peace which faith brings, it would …

On the Choice of a Text

… At our morning exercise this day, I read and gave some illustrations of Romans xii., which afforded me an opportunity of stating the connection between faith and practice …

Prompt Obedience

Psalm 18:44

… It used to be a very common notion, and the idea still prevails in some churches, that in order to have faith in Christ there must be long …

The Saints' Riches

Romans 8:32

… Ask now! Ask in faith! Ask in the name of Jesus and all your need shall be given to you! V. A fifth time let me try to …

The Two Effects of the Gospel

2 Corinthians 2:15-16

… But when he did preach salvation by faith, by shoals the drunkards came from their cups, and swearers refrained their lips from evil speaking; thieves became honest men …

'A Kind of First Fruits'

James 1:18

… MARTIN LUTHER, the great defender of the faith, who passionately loved the Doctrine of Justification by Faith, once grew so thoroughly out of temper with the opponents who …

Oct. 19 — REGULATED CHASTISEMENT

Jer. 30:11

… limited suffering, so is it with each afflicted member of the household of faith--every stroke is counted. It is the measure of wisdom, the measure of sympathy …

Nov. 2 — HEAVENLY WEALTH

Ps. 84:11

… If we have not these, it is from want of faith to receive, and not from any unwillingness of God to give. A calm, a heavenly frame, great …

Jan. 24 — CARE OF OUR FEET

I Sam. 2:9

… If we give ourselves up by obedient faith to be His holy ones, He will Himself be our guardian. Not only will He charge His angels to keep …

Nov. 23 — ACQUIRING PERSEVERANCE

Deut. 7:22

… He will do by degrees, that we may learn perseverance, may increase in faith, may earnestly watch, and may avoid carnal security. Let us thank God for a …

Aug. 16 — UNCOVER AND CONFESS SIN

Prov. 28:13

… Not for confession, nor for reformation, but in connection with them we find pardon by faith in the blood of Jesus.

An Awful Contrast

Matthew 26:67

… There are some who say, "We do not need pardon, we do not need to be justified by faith in Christ—we are already good enough." Or, "We …

May 24 — ONE A MAJORITY!

Joshua 23:10

… If we have faith, we have God with us, and what are multitudes of men? One shepherd's dog can drive before him a great flock of sheep …

July 31 — AN APPEAL; DELIVERANCE

Ps. 50:15

… We believe it, and the Lord honors faith. Here is an ultimate result: "Thou shalt glorify me. Ah! that we will do most abundantly. When He has delivered …

May 30 — HOLY FORESIGHT

Matt. 26:64

… 26:64 Ah, Lord, thou wast in thy lowest state when before thy persecutors thou wast made to stand like a criminal! Yet the eyes of thy faith …

True Unity Promoted

Ephesians 4:3

… The unity of the Spirit has for its pillars, among other things, the witnessing of spiritually enlightened saints to the one faith which God has revealed in His …

May 21 — RAIN WITHOUT CLOUDS? NEVER!

Eccl. 11:3

… art in the cloudy and dark day! Love beholds thee, and is glad. Faith sees the clouds emptying themselves and making the little hills rejoice on every side.

Jan. 2 — CONQUEST TO VICTORY

Rom. 16:20

… What a joy to crush evil! What dishonor to Satan to have his head bruised by human feet! Let us by faith in Jesus tread the tempter down.

July 19 — HEAVY DUTY SHOES

Deut. 33:25

… This word given to Asher is given to us also who have faith wherewith to appropriate it. Let us rise to the holy boldness which it is calculated …

April 6 — ONE KING, ONE LORD

Zech. 14:9

… Let us go our way to our daily work and warfare made strong in faith.

June 6 — HE ALWAYS LISTENS

Ps. 6:9

… Let me grasp it by the hand of faith: "The Lord will receive my prayer." He will accept it, think of it, and grant it in the way …

Dec. 6 — "THROUGH" NOT ENGULFED

Isa. 43:2

… Behold, in faith I commit myself unto thee, and my spirit enters into rest.

Dec. 12 — A QUIET HEART

Isa. 30:15

… wise decision? We are sinking by our struggles when we might float by faith. Oh, for grace to be quiet! Why run from house to house to repeat …

Beauty for Ashes

Isaiah 61:3

… Repentance and faith are two inseparable companions—they flourish or decay together like the two arms of the human body. If faith could enter Heaven, repentance would certainly …

June 21 — A WOMAN'S WAR

Judges 4:9

… unusual text, but there may be souls in the world that may have faith enough to grasp it. Barak, the man, though called to the war, had little …

July 2 — REFRESHING SLEEP

Ps. 127:2

… 127:2 Ours is not a life of anxious care, but of happy faith. Our heavenly Father will supply the wants of His own children, and He knoweth …

Aug. 24 — GOD ABOVE HUMAN PHILOSOPHY

I Cor. 1:19

… The professedly learned are for ever trying to bring to nothing the faith of the humble believer, but they fail in their attempts. Their arguments break down, their …

The Security of the Church

Psalm 125:2

… Bishop Hooker sweetly says “Blessed for ever and ever, be that mother’s child whose faith hath made him the child of God. The earth may shake, the …

Penitence, Pardon and Peace

Luke 7:37-38

… death, and her paths unto the dead." Yet as Rahab was saved by faith, even so was she, for Grace covers even a harlot's sins! She was …