Faith

First, King of Righteousness, and after That, King of Peace

Hebrews 7:2

… Now, by faith, as many of you who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ are as righteous as He is righteous in the sight of God—as righteous …

Psalm 12

Psalm 12

… without accepting so fanciful an interpretation, we may read this song of complaining faith in the light of His coming who shall break in pieces the oppressor. The …

The Honored Servant

Proverbs 27:18

… He that has faith shall have more faith. He that has a secret taste for heavenly things shall have a greater love for them. He that has some …

The Lion and the Bear—Trophies Hung Up

1 Samuel 17:36

… Work as if you were to be saved by your works—and then trust Christ, only—since it is only by faith in Him that you are capable …

The Voice Behind Thee

Isaiah 30:21

… it is a bit of cloud-land, and you may make what you like out of it’God’s grace or man’s merit, faith in Christ or …

The Shame and Spitting

Isaiah 50:6

… Surely we shall need faith in heaven to believe this wondrous fact. Can it have been true, that the glorious Son of God was jeered and jested at …

The Stony Heart Removed

Ezekiel 36:26

… A heart of stone can bear to see its fellow creatures perish and despise their destruction; but the heart of flesh is very tender over others. "Faith its …

A Heavenly Pattern for Our Earthly Life

Matthew 6:10

… Reasons are not made known to us, else were there no scope for our faith; and the Lord loves that this noble grace should have ample room and …

Forgiveness Made Easy

Ephesians 4:82

… The blessed purity of our holy faith is conspicuous, not only in its precepts, but in the character of the God whom it reveals. There is no excellency …

Christ Is All

Colossians 3:11

… He is all, not only in the first steps of my faith, but in the last. “He is Alpha and Omega; he is the beginning and the ending …

Holiness, The Law of God's House

Ezekiel 43:12

… I will bring out its meaning by degrees, but I shall not do better than the poor Irish lad who had been converted to the faith. When he …

"Goodness, as a Morning Cloud"

2 Chronicles 24:2

… If my repentance is but a seeming repentance and my faith but the mere shadow of faith, and not the substance of it, Lord, by Your good Spirit …

Psalm 129

Psalm 129

… Thus some enemies and persecutors of the Christians have been holily confounded and turned to the faith of Christ; as St. Paul, who full of wrath and slaughter …

Light in the Cloud

… The Lord aimed also at the trial of Job’s faith. Many weights were hung upon this palm-tree, but it still grew uprightly. The fire had been …

Small Rain for Tender Herbs

Deuteronomy 32:2

… Had he spoken gently to them, one by one, concerning faith in God—had he gone to their doors and spoken of the great love of Jesus Christ …

Where True Prayer is Found

2 Samuel 7:27

… You cannot always pray the prayer of faith in reference to any one thing—that prayer is often the distinct gift of God for an occasion. Others may …

God of the Hills and God of the Valleys

1 Kings 20:28

… Now, don't you think this is making God to be a local God? Ought we not have the same faith in God as Abraham, Isaac and Jacob …

The Faithful Saying

1 Timothy 1:15

… But surely we must believe in Christ? Yes, and there is salvation for believing sinners—but no man believes in Christ until that faith is given to Him …

The Lessons of the Foot-washing

John 13:3-5

… And yet when faith is broad and large, love knows that all matters which grieve the minds of His servants touch the heart of the Master and that …

The Best Burden for Young Shoulders

Lamentations 3:27

… To receive the righteousness of Jesus Christ by faith is to be clothed with peace now. To be reconciled to God is to have a spring of consolation …

Meal-time in the Cornfields

… How does he do this? By his gracious Spirit, he first of all inspires your faith . You are afraid to think that it can be true that such …

Diary, April to June, 1850

… He believed and trusted God absolutely, and his faith was honored in a God-like fashion. Deeply realizing his own weakness, he rested with child-like and complete …

For the Candid and Thoughtful

Mark 12:34

… I rejoice in your discovery of shortcoming, failure, and inability, for these lie near that hearty penitence which is the sister of saving faith, and the sure herald …

The Strait Gate

Luke 13:24

… From God's wrath there is but one escape—and that is by a simple faith in Christ. Believe in Him and the sword is sheathed, and the …

Sunshine in the Heart

Psalms 37:4

… These Cainites bring such as they are forced to bring, and mingle no faith in Jesus’ blood with their offerings; they come with leaden heels to the house …

Plain Words With the Careless

Luke 8:28

… You have down deep in your heart, even though you may deny it, a consciousness that faith in Jesus is worth having and that it would be worlds …

Messengers Wanted

Isaiah 6:8

… In order that this remedy should be of any avail to any man he must receive it by faith—for without faith men perish even under the Gospel …

Satan in a Rage

Revelation 12:12

… Now, it came to pass that the opposition which he immediately received from the world strengthened his faith in the Bible and became a sort of missing link …

Peace at Home, and Prosperity Abroad

Psalm 147:14

… Alas! if her doctrines be tainted, her faith will not be maintained, and the Church being unsound, can tell what next may occur. But not to tarry longer …

Psalm 17

Psalm 17

… In all the appointed ordinances and duties of our most holy faith, may the Lord enable us to run through his upholding grace! "That my footsteps slip not …

Evening, December 31

Je 8:20

… Consecrate these last hours to lonely thought, and if deep repentance be bred in you, it will be well; and if it lead to a humble faith in …

Light at Evening Time

Zechariah 14:6-7

… Well, then, your faith may look out for such a deliverance as nobody else ever experienced. If you have an excess of grief, you shall have the more …

Love

1 John 4:19

… There are two inquisitors there who say to you, “Are you prepared to renounce your heretical faith, and to return to the bosom of the church?” I conceive …

Psalm 97

Psalm 97

… Jesus has come, and all power is given unto him in heaven and in earth, therefore men are bidden to yield him their obedient faith. Saints draw comfort …

Psalm 145

Psalm 145

… Herein is rest for faith. "The Lord sitteth King for ever." And thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. Men come and go like shadows on the wall, but …

Light—Natural And Spiritual

Genesis 1:1-5

… His faith is extolled, but nothing is said about his equivocation. In the case of Rahab, her faith is magnified, but nothing is said about her lying. Why …

Preface to the First Series

… We hold by the doctrines of grace and the old orthodox faith, and have no sympathy with the countless theological novelties of the present day, which are novelties …

The Fullness Of Christ—Received!

John 1:16

… Put the question to David and Samuel—come on through the Prophets, to Isaiah and Jeremy— ask them all, "From where came your faith? From where your power …

The Evil and Its Remedy

Ezekiel 9:9

… What! do you say you cannot do it? Oh may God enable you, may he give you faith, sink or swim, to cast yourself on that. “Well! but …

God Justifieth the Ungodly

… To him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. I call your attention to those words, "Him that …