Family & Children

Sin Condemned And Executed By Christ Jesus

Romans 8:3

… It is as though there were a certain poisoned river and a parent had often said to his children, "Drink it not, my children, it is sweet at …

The Weaned Child

Psalm 131:2

… Neither shall we sigh for position and influence—whoever heard of a weaned child doing that? Let it lie in its parent's bosom and it is content …

The Son Glorified by the Father and the Father Glorified by the Son

John 17:1

… Yon laughing valleys with their lowing herds and bleating flocks—"These are Your glorious works, Parent of good, almighty," You get Glory from every flickering blade of grass …

Depths and Heights

Hebrews 1:2

… Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of …

Heaven's Nurse Children

Hosea 11:3

… a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.” We are, according to the inspired apostle, “predestinated unto the adoption of children by Jesus …

Joy in a Reconciled God

Romans 5:11

… Did you ever feel towards God as the child does to its parent? At this moment my soul is lying on God's bosom, and I am happy …

Conversion

James 5:19-20

… Saul, on his journey towards Damascus, upon his horse, fiery and full of fury against the children of God, is hastening to hail men and women and cast …

The Key-Note of a Choice Sonnet

Luke 1:46

… Leave to your children the heirloom of gratitude. Tell them how good the Lord was to their father, and how good he will be to his children: tell …

Faith—What Is It? How Can It Be Obtained?

Ephesians 2:8

… and become as little children, you shall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven." Faith takes Christ at His word, as a child believes his father, and trusts …

Two Loving Invitations

John 1:39

… You can keep a set of children as happy as the birds of the air with a picture book—when they would probably go to sleep if you …

The Leading of the Spirit, The Secret Token of the Sons of God

Romans 8:14

… times when even children of God will not be led! They are willful and headstrong, and start aside. The healthy condition of a child of God is to …

Nominal Christians—Real Infidels

John 8:46

… Secret unbelief, as the mother and foster parent of all open infidelity, requires to be watched and wept over. Let us mourn over the professed unbelief of the …

Confession Of Sin Illustrated by the Cases of Dr. Pritchard and Constance Kent

Psalm 32:5

… Our first parent could not deny that he had taken of the forbidden fruit, but he laid the blame upon Eve: “The woman whom thou gavest to be …

Concerning Death

Job 30:23

… I would have every child remember that he is not too young to die. Let others know that they are not too strong to die. The stoutest trees …

The “Down-grade” Controversy Foreshadowed

… Playing fast and loose, as many do, believing this to-day and that to-morrow, is the sure mark of children of wrath ; but having received the truth …

Strong Meat

Hebrews 5:14

… What joy there is in its tender cry! But suppose that our children were always to remain infants—that would be no happiness to the parent. If you …

Always and for All Things

Ephesians 5:20

… was called, and that one God has made the spiritual parent of many thousands of His children. I am surprised to find this House so full today, it …

Ben-Hadad'S Escape—An Encouragement For Sinners

1 Kings 20:31-34

… How does your child come to you when he wants anything? Does he open a big book and begin reading, "My dear, esteemed and venerated parent. In the …

Preparation for Revival

Amos 3:3

… Before God appeared upon Mount Sinai, the children of Israel had to cleanse themselves for three days. Before Israel could take possession of the promised rest of Canaan …

Our Gifts and How To Use Them

2 Timothy 1:6

… What an influence the parent has! To a great extent you mold your children's lives. Some of us owe what we never can repay to our mothers …

'Here I Am!'

1 Samuel 3:4

… such children as Samuel was! It is to be noticed how obedient Samuel was to his guardian who stood to him in the place of a parent. We …

Achsah's Asking—a Pattern of Prayer

Judges 1:12-15

… of water." I can imagine a Christian parent here saying, "Lord, I thank You for my wife and my children. I thank You that You have given me …

The Devil's Last Throw

Luke 9:42

… Alas, the Lord Jesus Christ was away! The parent's heart was heavy when he found that the great healer to whom he looked was for a while …

Separating the Precious From the Vile

Exodus 11:7

… the sinner dead in sin, and the child of God quickened by the Spirit, who has been adopted into the family of the Most High. Concerning this distinction …

The Hope Laid Up In Heaven

Colossians 1:5

… Brothers and Sisters, I have already said to you that this hope is the parent and nurse of love because the text says, "The love which you have …

Election no Discouragement to Seeking Souls

Exodus 33:19

… Sinful man is not now in the position of a well-deserving or innocent child, neither does God occupy the place of a complacent parent. We will suppose …

God's Heart the Source of All Blessing

2 Samuel 7:21

… into My family." And it is even so. God did not adopt us because of any merit in us which entitled us to be His children—but because …

The Heavenly Wind

John 3:8

… Faith gives us the rights of the children of God, but the new birth must be experienced that we may have the nature of children! Of what use …

Honey From A Lion

Romans 5:15

… of the race and the children should honor the parent. Let us not think too little of the head of the human family! Yet what is the first …

The Prophet Like Unto Moses

Deuteronomy 18:15-19

… When we are right-minded we cannot bear to be like fatherless children, born into the world by a parent of whom we know nothing whatever. We long …

Cheer for the Worker and Hope for London

Acts 18:9

… And as a parent, I am to repay that obligation by teaching my own children. I owe very much to a very excellent teacher in a day school …

Where True Prayer is Found

2 Samuel 7:27

… If the Lord should especially prompt you to any one desire—laying your child, perhaps, more than usual upon your heart, or causing the name of a friend …

A Warning Against Hardness Of Heart

Hebrews 3:13

… A child that is full of love to its parent cannot endure a frown. An angry pat is heavy—a stroke cuts to the very heart. A reproaching …

May I?

Matthew 9:21

… Now, faith comes at the moment that the child is born into God's family; it is synchronized with the new birth. One of the first signs and …

Psalm 147

Psalm 147

… Let each reader feel that he and his family ought to constitute a choir for the daily celebration of the praises of the Lord. Verse 2. The Lord …

Abram And The Ravenous Birds

Genesis 15:11

… Cry unto Him! Cry unto Him as a little child cries to its parent when it has attempted something which it cannot perform. Say, "Farther, help me! I …

The Way of Salvation

Acts 4:12

… It finds us broken in pieces by the sin of our first parent, defiled, stained, accursed: it first heals our wounds, it removes our diseases, it takes away …

Psalm 10

Psalm 10

… Lord should shine upon us while he is afflicting us? Should the parent comfort his child while he is correcting him, where would be the use of the …

Public Meeting Of Our London Baptist Brethren

… supposition of there being some covenant between God and the believing parent together with his children. It was assumed that there was a faith in the parents, but …

Reminiscences as a Village Pastor

… you, and yet you call yourselves the children of God. One of the first evidences that anyone is a child of God is that he hates sin with …