Faith

Overwhelming Obligations

Psalm 116:12

… the end that you are not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises." As for those of you, my Hearers, who are …

Our Lord's Preaching

Isaiah 61:1

… He preached glad tidings concerning resurrection and bade men look for endless bliss by faith in Him. He cried, "I am the Resurrection and the Life...and whoever …

A New Year's Benediction

Hebrews 13:5

… God is about to alter His previous dispensation! Out with them, poor Little-Faith! Away with your doubts! Put away those black suspicions! He is a God that …

A Divided Heart

Hosea 10:2

… They have no faith, though they have a creed. They have no life within, and they supply its place with outward ceremony. What wonder therefore that they fiercely …

Restless! Peaceless!

Isaiah 57:20

… May the Lord graciously give to each of you the sweet rest of meditation and contemplation—that blessed rest to which faith attains when it grows into firm …

Holy Violence

Matthew 11:12

… bless the men who seek the gates of heaven, with the violence of faith and prayer. Oh, reflect, that all the saints above have been led by divine …

Going Home—A Christmas Sermon

Mark 5:19

… any with whom he could sympathise, for the Lutherans had swerved from the faith of Luther, and gone aside from the truth of God. But he went there …

God's Knowledge of Sin

Psalm 69:5

… that Last Great Day without some trembling? Does it not take all your faith in the atoning blood and in the Divine Substitute to gird up your loins …

Jesus in Gethsemane

John 18:1

… trouble, fly straight away to their God upon the wings of fear and faith! Your great strength does not lie in your hair, otherwise you might feel as …

Tearful Sowing and Joyful Reaping

Psalm 126:6

… of Jesus Crucified to the sons of men, knowing that our work of faith cannot be in vain in the Lord! O you who are not saved at …

God's Unspeakable Gift

2 Corinthians 9:15

… He has justified you—you are a justified man tonight! "Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." "By His knowledge shall …

Words Of Expostulation

Jeremiah 2:18

… the weight which you can ever build thereon? Christian, be single in your faith! Have not two trusts, but one! Believer, rest only on your God, and let …

God in Nature and in Revelation

Psalm 19:7-9

… should rail, what does it matter? If they drive us away from our faith, it would matter—but if they drive us to our Bibles, it is a …

Foretastes of the Heavenly Life

Deuteronomy 1:25

… Have you not beheld Him exalted on His Throne? Have you not, by faith, beheld Him as the Judge of the quick and the dead? And as the …

Fifteen Years After!

Job 1:21

… But when our faith can pierce the veil and see the Great First Cause, then our comfort begins! If you strike a dog with a stick, he will …

The Divided Heart

Hosea 10:2

… Let us all be members unto edification of the same one Lord, one faith, one Baptism. May the same Spirit abide in us and work with us to …

'Stewards'

1 Corinthians 4:1

… us to lay down our swords and cease to fight for the old faith? Like the Greeks to Xerxes, we answer, "Come and take them!" The other day …

Praise Comely to the Upright

Psalm 33:1

… it is to stand upright, for this, alone, can produce stability of principle—faith in the living God—and the believing man stands where all others fall! Oh …

Christ Lifted Up

John 12:32

… And, once again, Christ looked upon his crucifixion with the eye of firm faith as the hour of triumph. His disciples thought that the cross would be a …

Ho! Ho!

Isaiah 55:1

… If we speak in faith, in the name of Christ, men must be saved, they must run to Christ. It is not left to their option—there is …

A Visit to the Tomb

Matthew 28:6

… Now, let it be known and understood that our faith is that those very limbs that lay stiff and cold in death became warm with life again—that …

Declension from First Love

Revelation 2:4

… but had not a right to it? And I never had the loving faith that unites me to the Lamb of God. And may it not have been …

The New Song and the Old Story

Psalm 96:1-3

… And have we not, dear Brothers and Sisters, new graces? Then let us sing with our new faith, our new love and our new hope! Some of you …

Beggars Becoming Princes

1 Samuel 2:8

… are realizing our spiritual poverty now? Never will a man became rich in faith until first he has learned that he is penniless so far as his own …

'Ever This Our War Cry—victory, Victory!'

Isaiah 53:12

… His Cross today towers over the wrecks of time and He, Himself, rises before my faith's vision so much above all the sons of men that I …

On Spiritualizing

… before a ruler—that is to say, a legal preacher, or a duty-faith man, it would be the worse for him.” “But how about the knife, John …

With Golden Band Girded

Revelation 1:13

… Bartholomew!" Now the force of the religion of Jesus, under God the Holy Spirit, it seems to me, is never fully brought out except when our faith greets …

God's Word Not to Be Refused

Hebrews 12:25

… The Author and Finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the Cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the …

Hiding Among the Stuff

1 Samuel 10:22-23

… unworthy of their crown? "When the Son of Man comes shall He find faith upon the earth?" If He came now, how many of us would be found …

'Return Unto Your Rest'

Psalm 116:7

… after the Spirit." I mean that, as he also says, "Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." And that peace includes …

Christ's One Sacrifice for Sin

Hebrews 9:26

… If you do but lay hold of it and firmly grasp it by faith, your souls are saved. I shall have to speak to you briefly upon five …

Mourning at the Sight of the Crucified

Luke 23:48

… We will by faith put ourselves at the foot of the little knoll of Calvary. There we see in the center, between two thieves, the Son of God …

The Lamb In Glory

Revelation 5:6

… as to leave it in the dark as a second-rate article of faith. But we hold it to be the first and foremost teaching of inspiration, the …

A Message From God To His Church And People

Habakkuk 3:2

… to put their trust in the Lamb slain, and to find salvation by faith in Him whom God has appointed to be the Savior of men! This, however …

Confession and Absolution

Luke 18:13

… the righteousness of Jesus Christ—even the righteousness which is of God by faith. The fact is, that the moment the man prayed the prayer, every sin he …

A Song Concerning Loving Kindnesses

Isaiah 63:7

… Next, these memories will act as stays to your faith. When you grow doubting and troubled and I suppose you do, sometimes, then you can remember the Lord …

Enquirers and Converts (Continued)

… He was for some years a useful member of the church at the Tabernacle ; and, at length, he passed away in the full faith of the gospel."

The Snare of the Fowler

Psalm 91:3

… You may have been the worst of men; but if you have faith in Christ those sins are all forgiven, and you may take this promise to be …

The Captive Savior Freeing His People

John 18:8

… taken with a rebate, or discount, but with such blessed interest as your faith is able to put to them! The grant of eternal life includes such providential …

Christ Glorified

Isaiah 55:5

… Now just lean your whole weight on Him and, with a faith that does not stagger, rely on the efficacy of His blood, the power of His arm …