Faith

Asleep and Yet Awake—a Riddle

Solomon 5:2

… My sheep hear My voice and I know them and they follow Me and I give them eternal life." God bless you, dear Friends, with a faith that …

Paul Cheered in Prison by His Lord

Acts 23:10-13

… Holy Spirit that the Lord is not unrighteous to forget our work of faith and labor of love. IV. A fourth comfort remained for Paul in the words …

My Hourly Prayer

Psalm 119:117

… Equal necessity is there to you young men who meet with conceited ones who talk philosophy and rail at our old-fashioned faith. You should pray, "Lord, hold …

The Question Between the Plagues

Exodus 10:3

… all your lifetime with the mimicry of repentance, with the mere pretense of faith? Will you always be trying to play fast and loose with God? Will you …

The Dawn of Revival, or Prayer Speedily Answered

… The Lord, when He has given great faith, has been known to try it by long delays. He has suffered His servants' voices to echo in their ears …

The Last Words of Christ on the Cross

Luke 23:46

… It is the act of faith which saves the soul, that act which a man performs when he says, "I trust myself to God as He reveals Himself …

The Open Fountain

Zechariah 13:1

… Blessed be God, the doctrine of justification by faith is now so openly declared that priestcraft cannot hold us captives. The nations no longer need to crouch at …

The Double "Come"

Revelation 22:17

… Somebody else brought the Gospel to you, for faith comes by hearing and you heard the report and, therefore, you live. Are you not under a moral obligation …

God's People Melted and Tried

Jeremiah 9:7

… heart-work in it, no repentance of sin, no love to God, no faith in Christ. The robe of their self-righteousness clings to them and prevents their …

Self-destroyed, Yet Saved

Hosea 13:9

… is almighty and He can do everything! Cast yourself upon Him! This is faith—to go out of yourself to God, to get away from all this hampering …

Backsliding Healed

Hosea 14:4

… Lastly, return again by simple faith to God in Christ, remembering that in Him the fatherless find mercy. If you are like an orphan, having none to help …

Certain Singular Subjects

Joshua 24:4

… Give me Christ and I ask for nothing else! Having faith in Jesus, I can leave all things with the great Disposer of events. Christ and a crust …

Christ's Pastoral Prayer for His People

John 17:9

… uttermost, I trust Him." Christ is more glorified by a sinner's humble faith than by a seraph's loudest song! If you believe, you glorify Him. Child …

Christ's Work No Failure

Isaiah 42:4

… How many times since Pentecost has the Church started aside after the wisdom of men and, after a while, painfully returned to her first faith? At the present …

Our Heavenly Father's Pity

Psalm 103:13

… for You are the God of my salvation." There is another grip of the hand of faith. I have taken You to be my salvation, O my God …

The True Tabernacle, and Its Glory of Grace and Peace

John 1:14

… In the person of the Lord there is a glory which is seen by our faith, which is discerned of our renewed spirits, and is made to operate …

Looking for One Thing and Finding Another

1 Samuel 9:3

… They had not the faith to expect that He would raise the dead. The young man, being dead, was far beyond the possibility of seeking help for himself …

The Righteous Father Known and Loved

John 17:25

… Him, Father, in spirit and in truth till first he possesses a living faith and some kindling of Divine love. Submission and trust compose a condition of character …

The Miracle of the Loaves

Mark 6:52

… By faith I open my mouth wide that I may eat of Your flesh and drink of Your blood"—then assuredly you shall be fed! Never was such …

Unpurchasable Love

Solomon 8:7

… And he will not accept a faith which is so superlatively pure that it demands that sin be given up and tells him that even when given up …

Ingratitude of Man

John 1:11

… They made jests upon His Person—they insulted His faith—they mocked His prayers! O You dear Christ of God, gladly would we have covered Your sacred body …

"Lo, I Come"—Application

Psalm 40:7

… You are trying to work yourself up to repentance and faith, but you cannot succeed. Let Him come and He will bring every good thing with Him. It …

The Best House-visitation

Mark 1:29-33

… Why should it not be? Have you faith to pray this moment that it may be so? How much do I wish you would! More good by far …

Why They Leave Us

John 17:24

… I see tender hands reaching after us this morning; they are invisible to sense, but palpable to faith. Cords of love are being cast about the chosen, and …

The Alter

Matthew 23:19

… human bosom could not make an offering to be received of God unless faith found an altar in Jesus and relied for acceptance upon the grand Sacrifice and …

Partnership With Christ

1 Corinthians 1:9

… If we would but walk by faith and carefully observe His Laws, we would find Him abiding with us and we would be abiding with Him. Spoke I …

Christ Our Life—Soon To Appear

Colossians 3:4

… Jesus is our Alpha, as well as our Omega—He is the Author of our faith, as well as its Finisher. We should have been to this day …

The Three Hours of Darkness

Matthew 27:45

… I feel thankful for those three hours of light, for otherwise the enemies of our faith would have questioned whether, in very deed, the blessed body of our …

The King Feasting in his Garden

Solomon 5:1

… In a quiet manner, without any outward outcries, souls have been smitten down with conviction of sin, and have been comforted as they have received Christ by faith …

The Divine Call for Missionaries

Isaiah 6:8

… Out of the thick darkness my ears can hear that sound mysterious and Divine, "Whom shall I send?" If you will but listen with the ear of faith …

Posture, Action, Gesture, Etc. (Second Lecture)

… Some preachers appear to be fighting the good fight of faith every time they stand before a congregation. They put themselves into a fencing attitude, and either stand …

Spiritual Knowledge and Its Practical Results

Colossians 1:9

… FOR the Church that was at Colosse, Paul gave hearty thanks to God for many most important blessings, especially for their faith, their love and their hope. It …

Seeing and Testifying

1 John 4:14

… The fact is, Brothers and Sisters, genuine faith comes not merely by the ear, or the eye, or the hand, but it is flashed into the soul—perhaps …

Out Of Egypt

Matthew 2:14

… Ah, Brothers and Sisters, the chief work of God with us is to make us willing to go out, willing, by faith, to follow Jesus—willing to count …

Ask and Have

James 4:2

… in our prayers! Many prayers fail of their errand because there is no faith in them. Prayers which are filled with doubt are requests for refusal. Imagine that …

Strange Ways of Love

Hosea 2:14

… a wilderness to us, yet if God continues to scatter the manna and faith has but hands with which to gather it, and a joyful mouth with which …

'The Zeal of the Lord'

Isaiah 9:7

… with which to shake the very gates of Heaven! Men of prayer and faith, learn how to use this! The next time you are wrestling with the Angel …

Our Change of Masters

Romans 6:18

… Dear Hearers, how I wish that you would all enter my Lord's service by faith in His name! III. In the third place and very practically, I …

Micah's Message for Today

Micah 6:8

… Only through faith in Christ does a man learn to do righteously, to love mercy and to walk humbly with God—and only by the power of the …

A Revival Sermon

Amos 9:13

… The young convert shall that ver day come forward to make a profession of his faith; perhaps before a week has passed over his head you will hear …