The Gospel

What the Farm Laborers Can Do and What They Cannot do

… We need grace to learn the gospel aright, and to teach the whole of it. To different men we must, with discretion, bring forward that part of the …

The Men that “Sell the Books”

… On one of these occasions, the beloved President referred in detail to the various branches of the colporteurs’ work, — preaching the gospel, conducting Sunday-schools and Bible-classes …

Religion—a Reality

Deuteronomy 32:47

… We will not take you abroad now to tell you of the effects of the gospel of Christ in the South Sea. We need not remind you of …

A Portrait No Artist Can Paint

Revelation 1:16

… I believe that the very Gospel that comforts saints is the Gospel that saves sinners—that there is but one Gospel for all purposes and all people and …

Other Sheep and One Flock

John 10:16

… I claim you for Myself." My hope arises from the freeness of Grace—not from the freedom of the will! A poor haul of fish will any Gospel …

May 14 — SURGERY FOR HEALING

Hosea 6:1

… The law comes before the gospel; the sense of need before the supply of it. Is the reader now under the convincing, crushing hand of the Spirit? Has …

The Multitude Before the Throne

Revelation 7:9

… If there shall be in Heaven a multitude surpassing all human arithmetic, out of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, how certain the Gospel is to …

The Wedding Garment

Matthew 22:11-14

… Alas, how many are willing enough to receive gospel blessings, but they are still at enmity with God and have no delight in the only Begotten Son. Such …

Sept. 12 — WHAT OF MY HOUSE?

Acts 16:31

… 12 WHAT OF MY HOUSE? "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house" Acts 16:31 This gospel for a man with …

The Work of Grace the Warrant for Obedience

John 5:11

… This stands for our defense—the Savior commands it! The same apology applies to all the doctrines of the Gospel. I say again, ungodly men will not admit …

Lecture I: Illustrations In Preaching.

… If we are faithful to the spirit of the gospel we labor to make things plain: it is our study to be simple and to be understood by …

Fickle Followers

Luke 9:57-62

… I think that these three are put together, here, for the comfort of those of us who preach the Gospel—that when we are disappointed, we may perceive …

The Bridgeless Gulf

Luke 16:26

… Those who preached the Law, as well as the Gospel, in the Puritan times, were the most fruitful soul winners. We find our blessed Lord and Master, whose …

A Comforting Message for the Closing Year

Psalm 37:7

… But that Gospel which says, "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved," and makes no, "ifs," and, "ands," about it—that Gospel which promises eternal life …

The Preacher’s Power, and the Conditions of Obtaining It

… Young men are more impressed by the old gospel than by ephemeral speculations. If any of you wish to preach a gospel that will be pleasing to the …

Enquirers and Converts (Continued)

… May I trust Him to save me?" " Of course you may, for you are commanded to do so by the gospel, which says, ' Believe on the Lord Jesus …

Alas! I Can Do Nothing!

… This, to a widow who could hardly get bread to eat! Now, it sometimes seems to the troubled heart that the simple gospel of "Believe and live," is …

The Minister's Trumpet Blast and Church Member's Warning

Hosea 8:1

… praise Him upon the high-sounding cymbals." The minister of the Gospel should also understand how to blow the silver trumpet to proclaim that the year of jubilee …

The Minister’s Self-Watch

… If I want to preach the gospel, I can only use my own voice; therefore I must train my vocal powers. I can only think with my own …

Light—Natural And Spiritual

Genesis 1:1-5

… And if they cannot see, they cannot receive—for looking to Jesus is the Gospel mode of receiving. So, Beloved, the making of light was absolutely necessary in …

Morning, November 5

Is 54:17

… old time before them.” Thou hast made this nation the home of the gospel; and when the foe has risen against her, thou hast shielded her. Help us …

A Call to the Depressed

Isaiah 52:2

… It is that which causes the rejection of the Gospel. Men will not have the humbling Gospel—the sinners' Gospel. They are too fine, too good, too lofty …

The Parable of the Ark

Genesis 7:15

… There is more hope for you in the pure Gospel of the blessed God than there is in those fancies and fictions of men which are nowadays preached …

Pricked in Their Heart

Acts 2:36-37

… THIS WAS THE FIRST public preaching of the gospel after our Lord was taken up into glory. It was thus a very memorable sermon, a kind of first …

Morning, May 29

Ps 45:7

… Christ is in the Gospel, and that Gospel is opposed to wickedness in every shape. Wickedness arrays itself in fair garments, and imitates the language of holiness; but …

Varying Voices–Pro and Con

… I believe every man who preaches the gospel from his heart is eloquent, so I have used a wrong word ; I mean, however, that great oratorical powers are …

The Errand of Mercy

Luke 19:10

… Even the preaching of the Gospel does not suffice to bring them to a consciousness of their condition. Their conscience has become seared and their heart hardened by …

The Followers of the Lamb

Revelation 14:4

… Is this the Gospel? It is one version, evidently, of the Everlasting Gospel. "The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom." Truly, to worship Him as He …

God's Glory and His Goodness

Exodus 33:18-23

… Oh, how they caricature God as a Moral Governor! Oh, how they burlesque the Gospel as a proclamation of good tidings to the children of men! The love …

Debtors and Debtors

Luke 7:41

… But think of the position of a minister of the Gospel, the man to whom the souls of men are committed. If he is unfaithful to his Master …

A Visit to Christ's Hospital

Psalm 107:17-22

… May we view the most guilty and impenitent with yearning hearts and grieve with mingled hope and anxiety over those who are under the sound of the Gospel …

What We Have, and Are to Have

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… He desired that all the professed converts should be real converts and that the members of the churches in the various countries where the Gospel had been preached …

Free Grace

Ezekiel 36:32

… There is not reason in us why we should have the gospel preached to us more than any other nation. Today, some of us have received the gospel …

Evening, June 27

1Co 7:20

… Every lawful trade may be sanctified by the gospel to noblest ends. Turn to the Bible, and you will find the most menial forms of labour connected either …

Morning, July 14

Ex 20:25

… tastes of fallen nature; instead, however, of improving the gospel carnal wisdom pollutes it, until it becomes another gospel, and not the truth of God at all. All …

Evening, September 2

Jn 4:48

… The gospel which they so greatly needed they would not have; the miracles which Jesus did not always choose to give they eagerly demanded. Many nowadays must see …

What Had Become of Peter?

Acts 12:18

… What a shade of darkness is he in who has never heard the Gospel! But, alas, there are some who have heard it, often heard it, and yet …

The Lamb Our Leader

Revelation 14:4

… Whatever he says is gospel to them! Whatever he has written is, of course, infallible. "Be you followers of me," says the Apostle Paul, but then he adds …

The Man Whose Hand Stuck to His Sword

2 Samuel 23:9

… I wish that some of our converts would get hold of the Gospel in a better manner. A missionary said to me, the other day, "There are numbers …

Evening, February 15

Ps 45:8

… you give him to see of the travail of his soul; proclaim his gospel, and you are a sweet savour unto him; go among the ignorant and lift …