Family & Children

Night-and Jesus Not There!

John 6:17

… Do you believe that we are children of God today because we are happy, and that we may be children of the devil tomorrow because we may then …

Shoes of Iron, and Strength Sufficient: A New Year's Promise

Deuteronomy 33:24-25

… SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington On Thursday Evening, March 29th, 1888. "And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to …

Trials Expected and Conquered

Isaiah 43:2

… But rest assured that all God's children will be baptized with fire! He has had one Son without sin, but He has never had one child without …

The Mission of Affliction

2 Samuel 16:11

… When a father has his own child in rebellion against him, one says, "Whatever may have been his fault, this is not the time to mention them." When …

God Our Portion and His Word Our Treasure

Psalm 119:57

… If God is ours, we seek to be like He is—we become followers of God as dear children. "He that has this hope in him purifies himself …

The High Priest Standing Between the Dead and the Living

Numbers 16:47-48

… The authority of Moses and Aaron had been disputed by an ambitious man belonging to an elder branch of the family of Levi, who had craftily joined with …

Good Works In Good Company

Solomon 7:11-13

… This is not child's play. If you would find out the trickery of your deceitful heart you must be very careful and watchful. If you would know …

The Foundation and Its Seal—a Sermon for the Times

2Timothy 2:19

… Let your family life, your personal life, your business life be as holy as Christ, your Lord, would have it to be. The text is very decisive—it …

God’s Barriers Against Man’s Sin

Jeremiah 5:22-23

… The new family goes out to people the earth: will not the world now be clean and holy? Wait a little, and ye shall see. One of these …

The Nature and Design of Divine Chastening

1 Corinthians 11:32

… about him." This is what is inculcated upon our children. How often does the father pat his child upon the head and, pointing to an alderman who is …

The Man Greatly Beloved

Daniel 10:19

… This is but common honesty—if we eat the bread of children, we must render the obedience of sons. Now let us proceed to the words themselves. In …

The Alarum

Psalms 42:8

… When the three holy children sung in the fire, their song was sweet indeed; yet had they not been thoroughly in earnest, they had poured forth no holy …

Is It True?

Daniel 3:14

… each person of the family has to take sides and acknowledge to whom he belongs. The most timid wife, or the most unassuming child will be compelled to …

What Is Your Life?

James 4:14

… But a death in the Royal Family has a voice to the whole nation. It will be heard, it must be heard! In this great city, the crowds …

The Gospel'S Healing Power

Luke 5:17

… He shall be more glad to receive you, you wandering prodigal child, than He has joy even over that righteous son who remained always in the father's …

A Stir-and What Came of It

Matthew 21:10

… True, the proclamation was uttered by children and by the common people and not by the officers of the State, yet He was proclaimed—and wherever Jesus Christ …

"Out of Darkness into Light"

Isaiah 49:9

… It may be that some time ago a death happened in the family, or sickness came, or if it was neither of these things, at any rate, the …

Untitled Sermon

Psalm 119:144

… It would suit a child and be equally becoming from a venerable father. It might fall from the lips of those in whom there is but the faintest …

The Unwearied Runner

Isaiah 40:31

… No one expects every bloom to become a fruit and we cannot expect everyone who is impressed under our ministry to become really a living child of God …

Jesus!

Matthew 1:21

… It is the name His Father gave Him! It is the name His mother gave Him—Jesus, the Child Jesus. We also belong to His family for he …

Citizenship In Heaven

Philippians 3:20

… A certain young man is sent out by his father to trade on behalf of the family—he is sent to America, and he is just now living …

A Caution for Sin-sick Souls

Hosea 5:13

… It was not long before, in the midst of the thick darkness, the children grew weary. And the child who had taken hold of the father's hand …

Unbinding Lazarus

John 11:43

… As a father smiles to see his little children imitating him and endeavoring to assist him in his work, so is Jesus pleased to see our lowly efforts …

Praying In The Holy Spirit

… children, so the Lord pities them that fear Him." He takes notice of our frailties and of our failures in the work of supplication. He sees His child …

Who Loves Christ More?

Luke 7:41-43

… Coming to Christ like that and trusting in Him, you shall be saved, you shall be adopted into the Divine family, you shall be sanctified in Christ Jesus …

Joy Hindering Faith

Luke 24:41-45

… Another time they say to me, "Oh, you are a child of God, that is certain!" And then I get as proud as Lucifer—and that a child …

The First Setting Up of the Bronze Serpent

Numbers 21:4-9

… wilderness, and though not all spiritually His children, yet they were types of His chosen, representatives of the whole believing family. Well, Brothers and Sisters, the Lord, in …

The Young Man'S Prayer

Psalm 90:14

… But they will not be satisfied till they see all their children married. And when they have seen all their children married, they will not be at rest …

"Do You Love Me?"

John 21:16

… You have been made the child of God, but your adoption has only made you feel more akin to the Elder Brother, through whom you are made heirs …

God's Love to the Saints

1 John 3:16

… I can understand a mother dying for her children. "Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb …

The Blood of Sprinkling

Hebrews 12:24

… blood upon the house of the Israelite, he bade the destroyer pass that family by, and leave their first-born unharmed. The sprinkled blood meant preservation: it was …

The Life, Walk and Triumph of Faith

Genesis 17:1

… consider my children." "Walk before Me," says the Lord, "and be you upright." "Oh, but a man must take care of himself and his family." Be upright, Brother …

Portraits Of Christ

Romans 8:29

… it has not come to the perfect stature—just as the new-born child is a man, and in a certain sense perfect and bears completely the image …

Unto You, Young Men

1 John 2:14

… Ofcourse certain talents are necessary for certain positions, but it is a rule without exception that every child of God may be useful in the Divine family. God …

A Sad Interior and a Cheery Messenger

Mark 16:10

… Do not merely say to your children and neighbors, "Christ is risen," but tell them what He has done for you! Tell what a gracious influence His death …

How Hearts Are Softened

Zechariah 12:10

… He is able, of these stones, to raise up children unto Abraham. But until He works, you are dead and insensible. Even now I perceive the goings forth …

Christ's Triple Character

Isaiah 55:4

… favored family of the Jews! The Gentiles seemed to have been passed by and left to perish. But now, behold this wonder—"more are the children of the …

The Vision of the Field

Ezekiel 36:9

… Perhaps he will be a respectable sinner and, if so, he will selfishly spend all his life in trying to provide for himself, alone, or for his family …

And Why Not?

Luke 17:22

… Those are blessed days when the family circle is gracious, when husband and wife and children can speak together of the things of God and there is no …

Lingerers Hastened

Genesis 19:16

… But many others are unwise children and tarry long in the place of danger, loitering where they ought to hasten and wasting time which they should diligently redeem …