The Gospel

A Discourse to the Despairing

Genesis 42:1

… And there is far too much Gospel preaching that is like that. It is so far before you get to Christ and when you do get to Him …

My Prayer

Psalm 119:37

… Remember his voluntary exposure to a thousand risks—his suffering and his labors for the propagation of his Master's Gospel. Where are we, and what are we …

The Water of Life

John 4:15

… O my God, what is it? Tell me what it is!" Friend, if you are in this condition, the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is just the …

'Who Is on the Lord's Side?'

Exodus 32:26

… Our Captain's own words, as recorded in the Gospel according to Mark, are these—"He that believes and is baptized shall be saved"—and what He has …

Shutting, Sealing and Covering—or, Messiah's Glorious Work

Daniel 9:24

… And within another period of like length, the Gospel was preached throughout all nations and Messiah's peculiar relation to Israel was cut off. At another time it …

Witnessing Better Than Knowing the Future

Acts 1:6-8

… Mind that you do not tell any other! You are not sent to be "an original thinker," to make up a Gospel as you go along—you are …

Conversion

James 5:19-20

… For what is the end of the gospel ministry? Some will say it is to convert sinners. That is a collateral end. Others will say it is to …

Understandest Thou What Thou Readest?

Acts 8:30-33

… A negro worded it thus, "Christ die, me not die," and that is the gospel; Christ dies that you may not die. Only trust him, and you are …

The First Appearance of the Risen Lord to the Eleven

Luke 24:36-44

… certainty, for, if you spirit this away, you have done away with the Gospel altogether! If He is not risen from the dead, then is our preaching vain …

Shining Christians

Isaiah 60:1

… not anything left that is worth keeping! I should not care about the Gospel if that essential feature of it were gone. That Truth of God seems to …

Death and Its Sentence Abolished

Colossians 2:13

… We even find those who consider themselves to be learned divines rejecting the Gospel and saying that it is not consistent with their philosophy. We never thought that …

Though He Were Dead

John 11:24-26

… that is not their line of temptation; they accept the gospel as true, but then they never expect to see its promises practically carried out; it is a …

'Non Nobis, Domine!'

Psalm 115:1

… Say, "For Christ's sake, for God's name's sake, for His love's sake, for the Gospel's sake"—for all these are mightily prevalent pleas …

Heart Disease Curable

Isaiah 61:1

… This, it strikes me, is the reason why the passage is not mentioned in the original Gospel of Luke and, if so, the omission is most instructive. Take …

Two "I Wills" In Isaiah 41

Isaiah 41:18

… Only let all ministers preach the old Gospel, preach it earnestly, and preach it simply, and the people will come back again! God will bring them to hear …

Only Trust Him! Only Trust Him!

Luke 17:12-14

… Then followed joy and peace, but if we had waited till we felt joy and peace before we came, we should have been standing out against the Gospel …

A Second Word to Seekers

Jeremiah 29:13

… If you attempt to mix Law with Gospel, self with Christ and merit with mercy, you will certainly miss your aim— your whole soul must concentrate itself upon …

"A Man Under Authority"

Matthew 8:8

… You look around, or you look abroad and try to find men who shall proclaim the Gospel vigorously during the next 20 years—and you say you cannot …

The Lover of God's Law Filled With Peace

Psalm 119:165

… The same Gospel is in Genesis as in Matthew. The Old Testament was perfect in itself as the Law of the Lord and the New Testament is but …

God's People Melted and Tried

Jeremiah 9:7

… The Gospel is preached, you believe it. Christ is set before you, you accept Him, you trust Him, you are saved. Without any violence, your heart is opened …

Questions of the Day and THE Question of the Day

Matthew 22:42

… When we preach the Gospel, men do not repel us point blank by telling us that there is no importance in our message—instead they suggest difficulties, propound …

The 'Beau Ideal' of Life

Psalm 90:14

… There are some who argue that the Gospel cannot bless them. I frequently hear this kind of talk from poor working people. One says, "Well, Sir, if I …

The Cleansing of the Leper

Leviticus 13:12-13

… This is a singular paradox, but not a paradox to him who understandeth the gospel. We have great reason to thank God that terrible disease, leprosy, which was …

Love Thy Neighbour

Matthew 19:19

… Many of the sermons of Christ—and what sermons shall compare with them—have not what is now currently called “the gospel” in them at all. Our Saviour …

Is It Nothing To You?

Lamentations 1:12

… Go ahead! If you have a gospel, do not hide it! What? You have no zeal in that direction. But why not? There is no particular use in …

A Waiting God and a Waiting People

Isaiah 30:18

… die?" Has it not been so with some of us? We heard the Gospel when we were quite young and we have continued to hear it till we …

Our Heavenly Father's Pity

Psalm 103:13

… He does not pity them when they hear His Truth—when they have real Gospel fare, however roughly the meat may be carved, and however it may be …

The Very Friend You Need

Luke 7:34

… We have a fuller Gospel to preach than John had and we may expect to see greater results from the preaching of that Gospel than John could hope …

The New Park Street Pulpit

Revelation 1:12-17

… The celestial Pleiades of the Gospel are always in Christ's hand. And who can pluck them from there? Church of God! Be it always your prayer that …

"Lo, I Come"—Application

Psalm 40:7

… But after the serpent has done his deceitful work and has ruined the race, then we hear that ancient Gospel of God and see the only hope of …

Immeasurable Love

John 3:16

… The gospel is the fair white linen cloth which covers the table on which the Communion Feast is set. The higher truths, those truths which belong to a …

Love's Labours

1 Corinthians 13:7

… Yet I know some who are not half so eager to publish the gospel as to publish slander. Love stands in the presence of a fault, with a …

Divine Forgiveness Admired and Imitated

Colossians 3:13

… That is a wretched kind of Gospel! By the true Gospel we may know we are forgiven and be sure of it—surer than if we saw, written …

Mercy's Master Motive

Isaiah 48:9-11

… Neither law nor gospel, providence nor conscience, has sufficed to turn you from your perverse ways. Your neck would not bend before either the terrors or the mercies …

Lecture V: The Sciences As Sources Of Illustration.

… This science ought to be the special delight of ministers of the gospel, for surely it brings us into closer connection with God than almost any other science …

The Drawings Of Divine Love

John 6:44

… They hear the Gospel preached in this manner, "Look and live," or, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved." This comforts them and they …

Jesus Calling

Matthew 11:28

… You whose poor, heavy hearts have been made heavier than they were before because you have had a false gospel preached to you—it is you whom Jesus …

Out Of Egypt

Matthew 2:14

… It is remarkable that early in the Gospel day the Truth of God was gladly received in Egypt. Egypt became the land of saints and divines and, as …

Hopeful, Yet Doubtful

Matthew 8:19

… If God has not shut them out of our commission and He certainly has not, for He has bid us preach the Gospel to every creature, then let …

Always and for All Things

Ephesians 5:20

… I am surprised to find this House so full today, it is clear proof that you love to hear the Gospel and it encourages me to hope that …