Family & Children

The Essence of Simplicity

John 9:35

… Jesus, teach a little child to pray and forgive the sins which I have done," the Savior loves to say, "Suffer these little children to come to Me …

Moab Is My Washpot

Psalm 60:8

… If we regard Moab as representative of the unregenerate people among whom we dwell, we do well, like the children of Israel, on their march to Canaan, to …

A Sabbath Miracle

Luke 13:10-13

… If ever a man might cry, "Eureka! Eureka!" it was not the old philosopher, but the new-born child of God! Oh, what bliss it is to find …

Salvation by Grace

Ephesians 2:5

… We believe that they are children of God, but they are, somehow or other, "cut on the cross." They are crotchety and weak in many ways. Now, we …

Psalm 63

Psalm 63

… These words are a notable metaphor, taken from women with child, to note his earnest, ardent, and strong affections towards God. Thomas Brooks. Verse 1. O God. This …

Dead, Yet Alive

Romans 6:11

… We were under condemnation, "the children of wrath, even as others," but now that Jesus Christ has risen from the grave we are no longer dead unto God …

The Royal Pair in Their Glorious Chariot

Song 3:6-11

… God maketh his Churches the golden candlesticks, and saith unto his children "Ye are the lights of the world," is certainly as ever God said "Let there be …

Our Sanctuary

Jeremiah 17:12

… If you were to go to a school in the East, you would find that the children have no slates and very few of them have wax tablets …

The Agreement Of Salvation By Grace With Walking In Good Works

Ephesians 2:9

… The duties—let me rather say, the high and holy privileges—which come to us as children and servants of God—these should be maintained and fully preached …

Mouth and Heart

Romans 10:9

… If the children of Israel in Egypt had been screened from serving with rigor, had been fed to the fullest and made content in their slavery, would it …

"A Man Named Matthew"

Matthew 9:9

… Perhaps you had been there regularly since you were a child! Yet it was not till that one particular day of Grace that anything special happened to you …

His Name—The Counsellor

Isaiah 9:6

… SPURGEON at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his …

The Blessed Guest Detained

Luke 24:28

… The nobleman, when he came about his son, pleaded with tears till he cried, "Lord, come down before my child dies." It has been often so with our …

The Sure Triumph Of The Crucified One

Isaiah 52:13-15

… He was a Man among men, transparent, childlike, "the holy Child Jesus." But for all that He was ever prudent and "committed Himself unto no man, for He …

The Heavenly Singers and Their Song

Revelation 5:8-10

… I rejoice in this, that if the thunders are let loose, if plagues and deaths around us fly, the child of God is still under the Mediator's …

Good Cheer From Christ's Real Presence

Mark 6:45-52

… gentlest possible manner toward them and treating them as a nurse does her child. Ah me, that we should be afraid of Jesus! The Lord, after all, was …

Jesus Christ Himself

Ephesians 2:20

… How cheering to read, "For as much as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He, also, took part of the same." The humanity of Christ has …

A Strange Yet Gracious Choice

Psalm 135:4

… About this point, we are not left to speculation, for Paul has told us that "the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil …

The Incomparable Bridegroom and His Bride

Solomon 5:9

… My mother's children were angry with me. You have been persecuted until your spirit is broken. 6. They made me the keeper of the vineyards. Perhaps you …

Burden-bearing

Galatians 6:2

… Blessed are they who never exalt themselves over the weak and afflicted among the children of God! Nor do I think, dear Friends, that our text could be …

A Traveller’s Letters Home (Continued)

… Indeed, the people then had all we have now; even earthen money-boxes with a slit in the top, such as the children have in our country villages …

A Home Question and a Right Answer

John 6:66-69

… Well said the Prophet, "Let them not turn, again, to folly." But, alas, these burned children ran to the fire, again! The silly moths made another dash at …

The Unsearchable Riches Of christ

Ephesians 3:8

… Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Me, but for yourselves, and for your children." Can you see Him bearing that heavy Cross, ready to faint beneath the burden …

Jesus, the Judge

Acts 10:42

… He goes on to commence his sermon by saying, "The Word which God sent unto the children of Israel." He had come, therefore, not with a Word of …

I Was Before

1 Timothy 1:13

… When you enjoy Church privileges; when you come to the Communion Table, think, "Here comes one to sit with the children of God who once was like a …

Our Place—at Jesus' Feet

Luke 7:38

… Even though we have been redeemed by His precious blood and shall never come into condemnation if we are, indeed, Believers, yet we "were by nature children of …

A Sermon For Men Of Taste

1 Peter 2:1-3

… Let nothing satisfy you till, by the infallible witness of the Holy Spirit bearing witness with your spirit, you are certified that you are a child of God …

All-Sufficiency Magnified

Philippians 4:13

… Every child of God, by faith, may say, "I can suffer all things." What, though today we are afraid of a little pain; though perhaps the slightest shooting …

Believers Sent by Christ, As Christ Is Sent By the Father

John 17:18

… Where the horned oxen fed, there must the Holy Child be cradled. The royalties of Heaven are left behind—the rest which He enjoyed in the bosom of …

Marvelous Light

1 Peter 2:9

… Newborn children have no malice. They have no guile or craftiness; they have no hypocrisies, nor envies, nor evil-speaking. They are clear from all these evils. Would …

The Final Perseverance of the Saints

Job 17:9

… The glorious Truth of the Final Perseverance of the Saints has survived controversy and, in some form or other, is the cherished belief of the children of God …

God—All in All

Job 34:29

… Many fathers and mothers here have had to weep for joy because their children have declared themselves to be on the Lord's side. Satan's kingdom has …

The Lord And The Leper

Mark 1:40-42

… Of these stones he can raise up children unto Abraham. His moral and spiritual miracles are often wrought upon cases which seem beyond all hope, cases which pity …

Heaven Above and Heaven Below

Revelation 7:16

… Listen a while, you children of God, for I speak to you and not to others. To unbelievers, what can I say? They know nothing of spiritual things …

A Seasonable Exhortation

1 Peter 1:13

… You can have a Sunday school and teachers and children can be asleep. You can have a tract-distributing society, with visitors going round to the doors all …

Strong Consolation for the Lord's Refugees

Hebrews 6:18

… If you have only newly fled to Christ for refuge and if, by a child-like faith, you have freshly laid hold upon the hope that is set …

Confidence and Concern

2 Timothy 1:12-14

… These Scriptures are the swathing-bands of the Holy Child Jesus. Unroll them and there He is! This Book is a royal pavilion within which the Prince of …

Between the Two Appearings

Hebrews 9:26-28

… As He grew up, the children of Nazareth beheld Him as a Child, obedient to His parents and, by-and-by, He was made manifest to men by …

The First Day Of Creation

Genesis 1:4

… If it should occasionally prove a very serious question—"Am I in the light or not?"—we need not marvel, for often have sincere children of God put …

The Philosophy of Promise

Isaiah 42:9

… In fact, they were not even born in the days of Isaiah! It is a case like that of Jacob quoted by Paul, "The children not being yet …