Faith

Jesus, the Example of Holy Praise

… Nothing can glorify God more than an Abrahamic faith which staggers not at the promise through unbelief. O you wrestling seed of Jacob, see to it that you …

The Sequel to Divine Sovereignty

Psalm 99:1

… You "precious sons on Zion, comparable to fine gold," look by faith to your King as He sits upon the Throne! And first, rejoice that you are His …

Strangers and Sojourners

Psalm 39:12

… is a grand thing to be able to argue with God in prayer! Faith grips the Angel of the Covenant, but it is by well-grounded arguments that …

Christ’s Prayer for His People

John 17:15

… However weak we are, however poor; however little our faith, or however small our grace may be, our names are still written on his heart; nor shall we …

The Redeemer's Prayer

John 17:24

… Now all that is wanted to help my feeble description of being with Jesus, is this—if you have faith in Christ, just think over this fact, that …

A Vivid Contrast

John 7:53

… poor, for "has not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith," to be "heirs of the Kingdom which He has promised to them that love …

Intelligent Obedience

1 Chronicles 28:8

… It is that which saves you! Faith alone saves. After you have believed, then come and declare your death and burial with Christ through Baptism, according to His …

Clinging to Christ

John 6:67

… You see how some who left the harbor with a fair wind and all sails set have made shipwreck of faith because they never knew the Grace of …

The Child Samuel'S Prayer

1 Samuel 3:9

… Beloved, when we see any trace of good in our youth, then, like Eli, we should be the more earnest to have them trained up in the faith …

The Believer Not An Orphan

John 14:18

… My soul pants to sit with you at that Table because I remember many a happy time when the emblems of bread and wine have assisted my faith …

The Pierced Heart of Jesus

John 19:32-37

… They think to confute our Doctrines—they do but confirm our faith in their verity! Where they think they shall prove us fools, they help to make us …

The Heart Perfumed

Romans 5:5

… Is it not, also, very probable that our little faith prevents this love of God from being shed abroad in our hearts? If we trusted Christ more and …

Psalm 87

Psalm 87

… The Lord alone deserves to wear the title of Defender of the Faith; he is the sole and sufficient Patron and Protector of the true church. There is …

Facts and Inferences

Psalm 37:35-37

… Our senses, like everything else within us, are imperfect, so that it is safer to walk by faith than by sight. Especially is this the case with regard …

The Uses of the Law

Galatians 3:19

… Wherefore? Because the one hath sought it by faith, the other hath sought it by the deeds of the law, where justification never was to be found. Hear …

A Bad King's Good Son

1 Kings 14:13

… A gentleman wishing to illustrate faith and to show what it really is—that it is trusting—says that he attended a lecture upon chemistry and the lecturer …

Bright Prospects for Young Believers

Malachi 4:2

… And as to going before a Christian Church and avowing my faith in Jesus, I am afraid I could not do that—my lips would be tightly closed …

Man Humbled, God Exalted

Isaiah 2:17

… When the Holy Spirit gives faith—joy and peace come immediately. But I believe that, as a general rule, God strips before He clothes, and when He means …

The Sealed Hand—a Winter Sermon

Job 37:7

… return to our work with more tenderness and humility, with more prayer and faith—and looking alone to God we shall see His hand outstretched to save! We …

"This Year Also"

Luke 13:6

… is surely the heritage of every living man—blessed are they who, by faith in Jesus, are able to face the bar of God without a thought of …

'Tempted of the Devil'

Matthew 4:1

… It will often happen that after the public avowal, after our public confession of faith, there will come a time of unusual struggling and conflict. You are not …

The Amen

Revelation 3:14

… If you have Christ you have entered into rest. "Being justified by faith we have peace with God." You that have Christ have peace with God this morning …

Things Present

1 Corinthians 3:22

… If our mind, enlarged and stimulated by faith, can stretch its arms like seas and grasp the whole shore of the present and of the future—and seize …

The Relationship of Marriage

Jeremiah 3:14

… that the life I now live in the flesh, by faith in the Son of God, might become a poem and a grateful response to Him that loved …

The Oil and the Vessels

2 Kings 4:6

… set any boundary to the bountiful marvel—the poor widow was not lacking faith in God, but in her supply of empty vessels! Nothing else in the universe …

'Repentance and Remission'

Luke 24:47

… There are some, nowadays, who seem to think that repentance is a sort of preparation for faith in Christ, but that is not as we understand the Word …

God's Thoughts and Ours

Psalm 139:17

… You say that you cannot see any preciousness in that—but if you judged according to faith, and not according to sense, you would say—"Yes, Lord, this …

A Safe Prospective

Daniel 8:19

… I rather refer to those whose heroic faith has endured an agony of physical suffering with a sacred composure of mind. Have you ever heard of the infirmities …

The Peculiar Sleep of the Beloved

Psalm 127:2

… Some persons put faith in dreams: and, certainly God doth warn us in dreams and visions even now. I am sure he does. There is not a man …

Evangelical Congratulations

Philippians 1:18

… and women, and "a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith." What happened at Ephesus? The name of the Lord Jesus Christ was glorified, and …

The Great Reservoir

Proverbs 4:23

… Bend your knee at night, and with a full confession of sin, express your faith in Christ, then you may “dread the grave as little as your bed …

God's King Magnified

Psalm 132:18

… And there have been such men since, who, in life and in death, have been clothed with shame because they have apostatized from the faith and, after making …

The Gazelles and the Deer

Song 2:7

… Jesus as your Savior, or you can never know Him as your Bridegroom. Faith must trust Him before love can embrace Him. You must be brought to be …

Life, and the Path to It

Psalm 16:11

… for in You do I put my trust Notice how the Psalmist urges the prevailing plea of faith. A trusted God will be a preserving God. If you …

The Voices of Our Days

Job 32:7

… Hand on the inheritance—what your faith gave you, pass on to your sons, that they may teach the same to their heirs! Or did you learn from …

The Multitude Before the Throne

Revelation 7:9

… I think many Believers belong to the tribe of Benjamin— doubting fearing, little in faith and confidence—but Benjamin still has his men. 9. After this I beheld …

A Voice from the Hartley Colliery

Job 14:14

… There is one season when we must walk by faith and not by sight, and be fed with manna from heaven; but blessed be God there is not …

Accomplices in Sin

1 Timothy 5:22

… Let us renew our faith in the precious blood of Jesus, for if we never had any faith in it before, may God graciously grant it to us …

A Troubled Prayer

Psalm 25:18

… I mean let your faith in the great Surety, and your love to Him who suffered so much for you, be the power with which you do conflict …

The First Cry from the Cross

Luke 23:34

… Observe, further, that our Lord, in the prayer before us, remains in the vigour of faith as to his Sonship. The extreme trial to which he now submitted …