Faith

The Scales of Judgment

Daniel 5:27

… He knows you, and he would have you know that a summer-time religion is not sufficient; he would have you see whether your faith can stand the …

The Triumphal Entry Into Jerusalem

… There were many who, though they did not believe in Christ with a spiritual faith, nevertheless hoped that perhaps he might be to them a great temporal deliverer …

Another Royal Procession

Matthew 21:5

… The poor of this world have been rich in faith in him. In the old days of persecution, and of burning, who were the men that played the …

The Axe at the Root—A Testimony Against Puseyite Idolatry

John 4:23-24

… The two stood by their altars; Abel by faith, exercising spiritual worship, offered a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain; Cain’s offering was possibly even more fair to …

'Here I Am!'

1 Samuel 3:4

… and we accepted it! Where the Gospel spoke of simple faith and we exercised the simple faith which God had given to us! Where the Gospel spoke of …

Psalm 92

Psalm 92

… The good man is quite silent as to what he expected to hear; he knew that what he should hear would vindicate his faith in his God, and …

A Call To Prayer and Testimony

Isaiah 62:6

… He will hear! He must hear, if we will pray with persistent faith! Importunity on our part is the sign of coming action on God's part. Sometimes …

A Miniature Portrait Of Joseph

Genesis 39:2

… He, like the rest of the Patriarchs, died in faith, looking for the promised inheritance and, for its sake, renouncing the riches and glories of the world, for …

The Ever-present Crisis

2 Peter 3:17

… And unless God, in His infinite mercy, shall preserve us, we, too, shall apostatize, forsake the faith and become worse than infidels. IV. Now, in the fourth place …

The Arrows of the Bow Broken in Zion

Psalm 76:3

… May the Holy Spirit quicken us, raise our courage, strengthen our faith and confirm our confidence in Him while we think upon what God has done and is …

Special Thanksgiving to the Father

Colossians 1:12

… The remembrance of that bleeding body hanging upon the cross is ever present to our faith. The nails and the spear, his griefs, the anguish of his soul …

The Spur

John 9:4

… Send up your prayers, breathe out your desires, and He will reply, "According to your faith, so be it unto you." Reading this cure of the blind man …

Good News for the Lost

Luke 19:10

… We would have had to say the Son of Man "will come," and then you would have needed extraordinary faith to believe that the Son of God would …

A Poor Man's Cry—and What Came Of It

Psalm 34:6

… Spurgeon laughed and replied, Only in my faith growing far stronger and firmer than ever. It is not a matter of faith with me, but of knowledge and …

The Minister'S Stock-Taking

Acts 28:24

… He then came forward and made a profession of his faith. It was a happy day when he saw the pastor and told his experience, when he was …

The Objective of Christ's Death

Galatians 1:4

… He is about to write to these Galatians concerning their leaving the Gospel—what is the best way to make them sorry for turning aside from the faith …

Secret Sins Driven Out By Stinging Hornets

Deuteronomy 7:20

… But you may overcome them through the blood of the Lamb! "This is the victory which overcomes the world, even our faith," and our faith will be able …

The King-Priest

Zechariah 6:13

… At this moment it will be well for our faith to open her eyes and look up into Heaven, itself, and see our great exalted Priest-King sitting …

The Rose and the Lily

Solomon 2:1

… I might say the same of faith, or patience, or humility. Wherever Christ is highly esteemed all the faculties of the spiritual man exercise themselves with energy. I …

Fearing and Hoping

Psalm 147:11

… It should be the one aim of your life to be able to say, "I do always those things which please Him." Walk with God by faith, as …

Life Proved by Love

1 John 3:14

… I am not very clear about the distinction they draw between knowledge and faith, nor do I care to enquire because I assert that, in matters relating to …

The Saint One With His Savior

1 Corinthians 6:17

… The Lord Jesus who is God's Covenant is yet to be revealed to the eye of their faith, and a living union to Christ is yet to …

Fear Not

Revelation 1:17

… The path of faith, to my mind, is very like that of a man walking on a tight-rope high up in the air and you always seem …

The Blind Eye and the Deaf Ear

… Faith in God should tone down our concern about temporalities, and enable us to practise what we preach, namely “Take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or …

God Pleading For Saints, And Saints Pleading For God

Lamentations 3:58

… now to be too many for you! Now is the time to exercise faith upon a living God! Your God is not worth having if He cannot help …

Defiled and Defiling

Haggai 2:13

… Hence David says, "Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean." Faith is, as it were, that little bunch of hyssop. Hyssop was a small plant, as …

The First Five Disciples

John 1:37-51

… Follow Christ in your doctrines—believe what He teaches! Follow Christ in your faith—trust Him implicitly with your soul! Follow Him in your actions—let Him be …

The Believer's Death Day Better Than His Birthday

Ecclesiastes 7:1

… we are the Lord's own people and are walking the walk of faith. Jesus says, "I have engraved you upon the palms of My hands." That is …

The Sinful Made Sinless

1 John 3:4

… Oh, what joy to know that the medicine for our souls is taken in at the eyes of faith and by the sight of Christ we are healed …

The Heart Full and the Mouth Closed

Ezekiel 16:62

… for I will pardon them whom I reserve." Through faith in Jesus, your transgressions are all removed as far from you as the east is from the west …

Hagar at the Fountain

Genesis 16:13

… She must have seen his true and real faith in God and the way in which he endeavored to order his household aright. Whatever faults she may have …

No Room for Christ in the Inn

Luke 2:7

… It is little marvel when bishops undermine the popular faith in revelation; this is neither their first nor last offense. Who burned the martyrs, and made Smithfield a …

The Holy Spirit Glorifying Christ

John 16:14

… From the first of January to the last of December the minister bitterly contends for the favorite corners of his faith. Doctrine, with certain friends, is everything, and …

The Shrill Trumpet of Admonition

Jeremiah 48:11

… O you who never ask whether you are Christians, begin to question yourselves! Examine yourselves whether you are in the faith! Let not presumption hold you in its …

Other Sheep and One Flock

John 10:16

… But another, who had more faith, said to his Brother, "Do you ask what we can do? Do you say that we are so few? I do not …

The Samaritan Woman and Her Mission

John 4:27-30

… Indeed, if you only try to do what you can do, you will do little! But when, in faith, you attempt what you cannot, alone, accomplish, God will …

Psalm 72

Psalm 72

… Would to God we had more faith and more generosity. Prayer also shall be made for him continually. May all blessings be upon his head; all his people …

Pleading For Prayer

Romans 15:30-33

… He had been the rising hope of the Jewish party and he had become a Christian—therefore the bigoted Jews regarded him as an apostate from the faith …

Baptism’A Burial

Romans 6:3-4

… They had faith, and a glimmer of knowledge sufficient to make them right recipients of baptism, but they were not well instructed in the teaching of baptism; perhaps …

Work

John 9:4

… He estimates the work of faith and labor of love done for Him as of great price. I. I shall ask your attention to the text, taking and …