Faith

A Woman's Memorial

Matthew 26:13

… I think her love was more conspicuous than her faith. It strikes me that in these words we have rather the construction that Christ put upon her act …

Prayer 8 — A Prayer for Holiness

… Enable those that contend against great difficulties only to greater grace, more faith, and so to bring them nearer to God. Lord, we will be holy. By Thy …

On Whose Side Are You?

Exodus 32:26

… I honor both Churches and holy men, but not as dictators to my faith! This one book, the Bible, contains the religion of the true Christian, so far …

The Lord,—the Liberator

Psalm 146:7

… at once; yea, more, I perceived that there was a secret spring called faith, and if the man could but touch it, though it were but with a …

Our Motto

Ephesians 6:7

… This is the practical beauty of our holy faith—that when it casts the devil out of a man it sends him home to bless his friends by …

Life In Earnest

2 Chronicles 31:21

… They drew their scimitars from their scabbards and swore that they would not rest till they had brought men by edge of steel to the faith of their …

The Head of the Church

Colossians 1:18

… And opening the treasure house of God's mercy to those who seek Jesus Christ by faith, those treasures shall be freely given according to the Church's …

Why Saints Persevere

… As husband and wife are one, so is Jesus one with all those who are united to Him by faith; one by a conjugal union which can never …

Christ’s Estimate of His People

Solomon 4:10-11

… Do not imagine, however, that Christ despises our faith, or our hope, or our patience, or our humility. All these GRACES are precious, to him, and they are …

The Fair Portrait of a Saint

Job 23:11

… I set not forth obedience to the Law as the way of salvation, but I speak to those who profess to be saved already by faith in Christ …

Prayer 2 — Thanks Be Unto God

… We do not ask to be entranced nor to see an angel in shining apparel, but we do ask that by faith we may see Jesus and may …

God Forgiving Sin

Isaiah 55:7-9

… Look to Jesus with the eye of faith at once! The Lord help you to do so! Your thought is that salvation is to be won through months …

Law and Grace

Romans 5:20

… In vain the minister cries, “Repent,” Our hard heart will not melt; in vain he exhorts us to believe; that faith of which he speaks seems to be …

Personal Service

Psalm 116:16

… If your faith is not fixed in Jesus, your best works will be but splendid sins. All the performance of duties will not affect your salvation. Cease from …

Psalm 107

Psalm 107

… No matter what divides, the Lord will gather his own into one body, and first on earth by "one Lord, one faith, and one baptism", and then in …

Posture, Action, Gesture, Etc.

… Practice is a great remedy, and faith in God is a still more potent cure. When the minister becomes accustomed to the people he stands at ease because …

An Indictment with Four Counts

Zephaniah 3:2

… Where there is no faith in Jesus, peace is presumption. He that dares to hope till he has believed in Christ, hopes in vain. But ah, there are …

The Miracles of Our Lord's Death

Matthew 27:50-53

… If we have but faith in it and perseverance to keep on with the preaching of the Word, it is but a matter of time when the name …

Christ's Marvellous Giving

Titus 2:14

… You must not say that he gave himself for you unless these signs are manifest in you, and the first sign is that of simple faith in the …

Psalm 146

Psalm 146

… But when by faith we know the Lord to be ours, then we are "rich to all the intents of bliss." Verse 6. Which made heaven, and earth …

The Dual Nature and the Duel Within

Romans 7:23

… comes the devil upon you like a roaring lion, hoping to destroy your faith. He knows how to time the temptation and the flesh knows how to rise …

The Eternal Name

Psalm 72:17

… and the self-same truth which moved the lips of Chrysostom, the old doctrine that ravished the heart of Augustine, the old faith which Athanasius declared, the good …

The Believer Not An Orphan

… a happy time when the emblems of bread and wine have assisted my faith, and kindled the passions of my soul into a heavenly flame. I am equally …

Samuel and the Young Man Saul

1 Samuel 9:27

… If the Spirit of God shall lead you in penitence to confess your sin and in humble, childlike faith to lay hold on Christ, you shall become, in …

Sermons — Their Matter

… The entire gospel must be presented from the pulpit; the whole faith once delivered to the saints must be proclaimed by us. The truth as it is in …

The Parable of the Sower

… they leap into Christ on a sudden, and profess an instantaneous faith in him, and that faith has all the appearance of being genuine. When we look at …

The Corn of Wheat Dying to Bring Forth Fruit

… Have you any faith in yourself? It must die. The sentence of death must be in yourself, and then you shall enter into life. The withering power of …

The Parable of the Sower

Luke 8:4-8

… they leap into Christ on a sudden, and profess an instantaneous faith in him, and that faith has all the appearance of being genuine. When we look at …

Salt For Sacrifice

Leviticus 2:13

… Once you feel your love to God dying out and the Presence of God withdrawn from you, you can live by faith, but you cannot work with comfort …

Prayer 1 — Help from On High

… Thy servant is often very heavy in heart because of the departures from the faith. Oh! bring them back. Let not Satan take away any more of the …

The Blood-Shedding

… I know ‘tis only by a desperate struggle that faith takes hold of the promise, but the very moment a sinner believes, that conflict is past. It is …

Psalm 49

Psalm 49

… That such a ransom was to be provided, the faith of the church had always anticipated: "He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities." Ps 130:8. W …

Psalm 53

Psalm 53

… The faith of the saints, and their hope and power touching this great evil (Ps 53:6). There will come a Saviour, a great salvation, a salvation from …

The Cholera Year in London

… any plague come nigh thy dwelling. ” The effect upon my heart was immediate. Faith appropriated the passage as her own. I felt secure, refreshed, girt with immortality. I …

Kept From Iniquity

Psalm 18:23

… You must be born again, you must go by faith to Jesus Christ and ask for cleansing in His precious blood and renewal by the Holy Spirit. I …

Psalm 110

Psalm 110

… We have now reached the heart of the psalm, which is also the very centre and soul of our faith. Our Lord Jesus is a Priest King by …

Loved and Loving

… Jesus is present and, by faith, we see Him. Our marriage union with husband or wife cannot be more clear, more sure, more matter of fact than our …

All of Grace

God’s people, after they are called by grace, are preserved in Christ Jesus; they are “kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation;” they are …

The New “Helensburgh House,” Nightingale Lane

… From my children in the faith,—as a love-token such as a tender father treasures. From the church,—it is offered as a sacrifice of sweet smell …

Frost And Thaw

Psalm 147:16-18

… the Law. The Law is to the soul as the cutting north wind. Faith can see love in it, but the carnal eye of sense cannot. It is …