Family & Children

A Sermon of Personal Testimony

Deuteronomy 32:47

… And we have found that, "like as a father pities his children," so the Lord has pitied us, loved us and cared for us. We must always speak …

Our Life, Our Work, Our Change

Job 14:14

… I fear that frequently we act like lineal descendants of those children of Ephraim who, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. We …

Grace for the Guilty

Isaiah 44:22

… He who never knew himself to be a child of God, who never could say, "I believe in Jesus," never could see his sins blotted out—I think …

Today! Today! Today!

Psalm 95:7

… Taking the little child on his knee, he said, "My boy, seek the Lord betimes; seek Him now." "Grandpa," he said, "have you sought Him?" "No, child," he …

Faintness and Refreshing

1 Kings 19:8

… But when a wish to die is merely the result of passion, a sort of quarreling with God as a child sometimes quarrels with its parents, it has …

Peace—How Gained, How Broken

Psalm 85:8

… If you pray aright, in the name of Jesus, expect the Lord to hear you, even as you would hear your child, if he asked bread of you …

Elijah Fainting

1 Kings 19:4

… I may be, at this time, addressing some of the Lord's children who have prayed Elijah's prayer. I know one who, in the bitterness of his …

The Sad Plight and Sure Relief

Romans 5:6

… cannot deny us inferior blessings now that we are His own dear children! Go, child of God, go with confidence to your heavenly Father! He gave you Jesus …

Psalm 84

Psalm 84

… us; and how doth every child of God delight to hear his Father's voice! In the sacrament God kisseth his children with the kisses of his lips …

Sihon and Og, or Mercies in Detail

Psalm 136:17-22

… But the Lord has said, "No, I will smite My children, but I will not let you smite them. I will chasten them and send fiery serpents, but …

The Two Gatherings

Psalm 50:5

… I have four children—as smiling and happy children as you ever saw—and I love to hear their musical voices and their pretty prattle. But if I …

Christ's Motive and Ours

2 Corinthians 8:9

… If He thus loved me, and lived for me, nothing that I can do is too much for Him— "When often, like a wayward child, I murmur at …

How They Conquered the Dragon

Revelation 12:11

… The dragon is watching for the expected birth, he is eager to devour the man-child as soon as it is born,—the ideal man, the offspring of …

A Visit From the Lord

Psalm 106:4

… I have been told, again and again, of men who are said to have been children of God one day, and children of the devil the next. Now …

Pricked in Their Heart

Acts 2:36-37

… The prince came back from the hunt, and missed his infant child, but saw marks of blood everywhere. Suspecting his dog Gelert of having killed the child he …

The Mysteries of the Brazen Serpent

John 3:14

… This much I know, that when we would teach children to speak, we are accustomed to call things, not exactly by the names by which they are known …

The Old Gospel for the New Century

Matthew 11:28

… And then the child enquired, "But how will Jesus know me?" The little ones were rather puzzled because there were such long rows of beds in the children …

Psalm 95

Psalm 95

… Now shall the children of this world be wiser in their generation than the children of light? Do we commend this course in mundane affairs, and neglect it …

The Father's Will

John 6:39

… We must open our hearts as children open their understandings to their father's teaching, feeling that if the Gospel were such that we could make it into …

Jubilee Joy—or, Believers Joyful In Their King

Psalm 149:2

… The text, under the term, "children of Zion," indicates all who fear God, put their trust in Him and yield joyful service to His crown. Are we "children …

Religion–a Present Enjoyment

… Was there ever a child of God who could deny this? We have heard of many infidels who grieved over their infidelity when they came to die: did …

Barriers Obliterated

Isaiah 44:22

… The child thinks that the clouds have destroyed the sun, but high up above the clouds it is as bright as ever—always glowing like a mighty furnace …

'David's Spoil'

1 Samuel 30:20

… belongs to the least of God's children than to the very highest of God's servants. To be a child of God—oh, bliss!—there is no …

A Solemn Warning for All Churches

Revelation 3:4

… Ah! we have abundance of cold, calculating Christians, multitudes of professors; but where are the zealous ones? where are the leaders of the children of God? where are …

The Plowman

Isaiah 28:24

… And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child; and the children shall rise against their parents, and cause them to be …

Mercy for the Meanest of the Flock

Micah 4:6

… A lame person cannot travel quickly and, oh, how slowly some Christians move! What little advance they make in the Divine Life! They were little children ten years …

Stephen's Martyrdom

Acts 7:55

… To stand still with the children of Israel at the Red Sea and see the salvation of God. All this is hard, so hard that only the Divine …

The Powerful Truth of God

Acts 19:19

… He said that the little children of London were very weighty ones, and where a missionary could not go, the little children could and, clambering on their father …

Heavenly Rest

Hebrews 4:9

… The world may rock, the tempest may sway it like the cradle of a child; but there, above the world, above the perpetual revolution of the stars, the …

Compel Them to Come In

Luke 14:23

… Well did Melanchthon say, “Old Adam was too strong for young Melanchthon.” As well might a little child seek to compel a Samson, as I seek to lead …

Light. Fire. Faith. Life. Love.

… It is the child of the horseleech, and it crieth evermore, “Give, give.” Do not starve it. If such mind-hunger never happens to you, I suspect that …

The Fourth Beatitude

Matthew 5:6

… Christians, and admit that they are the children of the Father who is in Heaven. Indeed, he is a child of God who can bless the unthankful and …

'Good Judgment'

Psalm 119:65

… Lord." Of course He has dealt well with us as His children, giving us the child's portion and the heir's portion! He has dealt well with …

Sweet Peace For Tried Believers

John 16:33

… The Lord has made some of His children fond of their cross. It was so with Rutherford. He said at last that he was half afraid lest his …

Pride the Destroyer

Habakkuk 2:4

… Teach a Sunday school child, teach a servant girl, teach an old woman, teach a laborer if you please, but as for himself—well, to tell the whole …

The Great Jail—and How To Get Out Of It

Galatians 3:22

… he becomes, at once, a child of God, a son of the Most High. And since God will never cast away His children, nor reject those whom He …

Faith Omnipotent

Mark 9:23

… When we come to know the overflowing love of the Father towards His beloved children—we shall not look upon sin as being less sin than before, but …

Solitude, Silence, Submission

Lamentations 3:28

… any man, or woman, or child here—I like to say, "child," as well as, "man, or woman," because I believe that children are often the best part …

The Model Home Mission and the Model Home Missionary

Acts 10:38

… Notice, moreover, that our Lord's Mission work did not overlook the children. Our noble system of Sunday school work is not only justified, but even enforced by …

A Promise for the Blind

Jeremiah 31:8

… We sometimes hear a great deal said about possessing a full assurance of being a child of God and then, every now and then, we hear of others …