Faith

Four Contrasts

Isaiah 43:1-4

… All do not acknowledge in the same way their faith in God, but it is a great blessing when our offspring acknowledge it. Let us end our reading …

Filling With the Spirit and Drunkenness With Wine

Ephesians 5:18

… He can gird you with spiritual strength—the strength of faith. And there is no strength like it—for all things are possible to him that believes. He …

A Bold Challenge Justified

Romans 8:34

… your heart and soul, and then say as Paul did, "Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." And "there is therefore …

Rehoboam the Unready

2 Chronicles 12:14

… And even when that faith is given, the right preparation is to serve God always with thoughtfulness and care—not to go blundering on any way, hit or …

The Third Beatitude

Matthew 5:5

… House of the Lord, or perform any menial service for the household of faith. I know some professing Christians who are very harsh and repellent. You would not …

"I Will," Yet, "Not As I Will"

John 7:24

… those who are given to Christ— and you may know that by your faith in Him—shall be among that blessed company! I shall have finished with this …

The Redeemer Described by Himself

Isaiah 50:2-6

… How could a man come closer to the very essentials of the faith than by saying, "My creed is in the 53rd of Isaiah"? I trust that many …

God, the Husband of His People

Jeremiah 31:32

… us! Shame on us! The Lord forgive us our unbelief, and strengthen our faith! Once more, is there not this sin very common among professors—that even the …

The Redeemer's Face Set Like a Flint

Isaiah 50:7

… Multitudes of weary ones shall find rest by coming unto Me, and troubled spirits shall be filled with joy as, by faith, they behold Me dead and risen …

Let Him Alone

Hosea 4:17

… Having put his faith in infidelity, he fortifies his heart against fear—he takes care not to trouble himself about religion. No qualms or questioning. No doubts or …

A King Sent in Love

2 Chronicles 2:11

… I am inclined to think that Hiram must have been a proselyte to the faith of Israel. At any rate, the dispatches between these two neighboring kings contain …

Judgments and No Repentance— Repetance and No Salvation

Revelation 16:9

… It has in it no trace of submission, no touch of faith, no breath of love. There is nothing evangelical about it—it is legal all through—and …

Needless Fears

Isaiah 51:12

… It is a pity, however, that any who are taught of God and who have had faith in Christ given to them, should fall into so guilty and …

The Heavenly Rainbow

Revelation 4:3

… When a man gets into the fining-pot and the crucible is put into the fire, they will show what faith he has! Ah, it is hard when …

The Sixth Beatitude

Matthew 5:8

… Here it is, O Sinners, that you will find a double cure from the guilt and from the power of sin! When faith looks to the bleeding Savior …

A Wise Desire

Psalm 47:4

… Again, it was a true faith that made the Psalmist say he relied upon God. He knew him to be worthy of his trust, so he said, “Thou …

Why Should I Weep?

Luke 23:27-31

… It does not cause the putting away of sin, nor create real and saving faith in Jesus Christ. Many tears are shed under powerful sermons that are so …

The Fourth Beatitude

Matthew 5:6

… If he has by faith laid hold upon the Savior, then he has grasped that which always brings the blessing with it. "He shall be filled." It is …

Attention!

… I read the other day the diary of a German lady who has been converted from Lutheranism to our faith, and she speaks of a certain village where …

'Good Judgment'

Psalm 119:65

… That is a phase of faith that is very seldom spoken of and it means that, notwithstanding all David's troubles, he had believed God's sacred Law …

A Triumphal Entrance

Psalm 24:9

… their inclination as sinners than be purified and brought into the obedience of faith. Among those I address tonight there may be individuals, perhaps, who would not like …

The Betrayal

Luke 22:47

… Since slander and ingratitude are common calamities, we can come to Jesus with lull assurance of faith; he knows these sore temptations, for he has felt them in …

Beauty for Ashes

Isaiah 61:3

… Only have confidence in an anointed Savior, rely upon him who came not here to destroy but to bless, and thou shalt yet through faith become a tree …

The King Passing Over Kidron

2 Samuel 15:23

… have some spiritual discernment, have, nevertheless, in some instances, been found driving their faith into the belief of the absurd fable of transubstantiation! Jesus Christ means, "This represents …

The Saint'S Horror At The Sinner'S Hell

… And there will be times to the pardoned man, even though he has faith in Christ, when he will begin to think—"What if, after all, those sins …

God'S First Words To The First Sinner

Genesis 3:9

… a smoking flax will I not quench, I have come to give you faith." "But, Lord, I am in such a state that my prayers can never be …

Grace Abounding Over Abounding Sin

Romans 5:20

… And according to your faith, so be it unto you. I address another, who does not answer either of these two descriptions exactly. But he has lately begun …

The Hungry Filled, the Rich Emptied

Luke 1:53

… And they are superlatively good, for even Heaven, itself, has no better things than God gives to poor hungry souls when they come to Him by faith in …

The Keynote of the Year

Psalm 103:1

… May the Lord convince you of the necessity that He should bless you before you can bless Him! May you receive His blessing in a moment by faith …

A Vexed Soul Comforted

Job 27:2

… It is necessary, sometimes, that we should be "in heaviness through manifold temptations." Not only are the temptations needed for the trial of our faith, but it is …

Christ in Bonds

John 18:24

… their conversion? Let us be holy, dear Friends, for then we shall, by faith, see the holy God freely moving and working among us—and doing great deeds …

Invitation to a Conference

Isaiah 1:18

… is all a delusion." There has never, since the foundation of our blessed faith, been one who, in the valley of the shadow of death, has said," I …

'The Star Out of Jacob'

Numbers 24:17

… heart and soul and strength for the right and for the true, for faith, for holiness, for the Cross and all that that Cross indicates among the sons …

The Crown of Thorns

Matthew 27:29

… so many diamonds in His esteem, for He loves repentance and He loves faith. Let us make a wreath, this morning, with our praises, and crown Him as …

Pilate and Ourselves Guilty of the Savior's Death

Matthew 27:24

… to be large-hearted towards all religions—but their unmitigated scorn of the faith of Jesus is displayed on every possible occasion—proving that the spirit of persecution …

Awake! Awake!

1 Thessalonians 5:6

… us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love.” So, then, it seems, it is war-time; and therefore, again, it …

Jesus, The King of Truth

John 18:37

… great store on externals and miss the essential spiritual life of our holy faith. Christ's kingdom is not meat and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy …

A Very Early Bible Society

2 Chronicles 34:15

… they have not destroyed the Book! With all their inquisitions and torture chambers, faith in Scripture has survived! Still the Book teaches and preaches with a Divine Unction …

Good Advice For Troublous Times

Isaiah 26:20

… You remember Little-Faith being robbed down Dead-Man's Lane? Bunyan says that when the three sturdy rogues, Faint-Heart, Mistrust, and Guilt, fell upon him, they …

Filling Up the Measure of Iniquity

Genesis 15:16

… not affected your hearts—or at least not sufficiently to lead you to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Depend upon it, you sermon-hearers are bringing a …