The Gospel

The Soul's Crisis

Luke 18:37

… More especially is it a time of Christ's passing by when the Gospel is preached with power. If this evening the Gospel should so come to you …

The Ploughman

… Gospel sorrowing leads on to gospel hoping, believing, rejoicing, and the rejoicing knows no end. God will not chasten all day, but he will lead you on from …

The Need and Nature of Conversion

Isaiah 55:7

… This is not a merely legal demand—it is a Gospel demand found in the center of a Gospel Chapter in the writings of the most Evangelical of …

Belief, Baptism, Blessing

Acts 16:33

… THE Gospel, attended by the Spirit of God, is always victorious, but it is very pleasant to make notes of its victories. The Gospel came to Lydia, a …

Sight For Those Who See Not

John 9:39

… Where the Gospel comes, some hearts receive it at once and are judged to be "honest and good ground"—men who are willing to accept the Gospel come …

A Dirge for the Down-grade and a Song For Faith

Isaiah 66:10

… The latter-day Gospel is not the Gospel by which we were saved. To me it seems a tangle of ever-changing dreams. It is, by the confession …

The World Turned Upside Down

Acts 17:6

… Oh! that we knew the gospel! Oh! that we felt the gospel! For it would be the upsetting of all self-righteousness, and the casting down of every …

Mouth and Heart

Romans 10:9

… I shall need you to notice in our text, first, that the Gospel, as Paul here sets it forth, is a Gospel of faith. And THIS GOSPEL OF …

Soul-satisfying Bread

John 6:35

… God be thanked for the simplicity of the Gospel! The longer I live the more I bless God that we have not received a classical Gospel, or a …

A Searching Test

Titus 1:15

… It is so with God, but it is equally is so with the Gospel The Doctrines of the Gospel are, to the Believer, very pure. There is not …

Holding Fast the Faith

Revelation 2:12

… If it is so with the Law, how much more is it so with the Gospel? The Gospel is the gold ring, but Christ Jesus is the diamond …

Jesus Only

Matthew 17:8

… Here is a stimulus sufficient for martyrs and confessors, “Jesus only.” Brethren, it is all the gospel we have to preach—it is all the gospel we want …

Holy Work For Christmas

Luke 2:17-20

… It was revealed to them by that notable Gospel preacher who led the angelic host and testified, "Unto you is born this day, in the city of David …

'Marvelous Things'

Psalm 98:1

… THE invitations of the Gospel are invitations to happiness. In delivering God's message, we do not ask men to come to a funeral, but to a wedding …

Self-righteousness—a Smoldering Heap of Rubbish

Isaiah 65:5

… His proud notions come not from the Law and certainly not from the Gospel, for the Gospel knows no man after the flesh as righteous. It regards all …

The Old Gospel for the New Century

Matthew 11:28

… Now follow me while I dwell, for a few minutes, upon THE SIMPLICITY OF THIS GOSPEL. Jesus Christ says to all who labor and are heavy laden, "Come …

A Savior Such As You Need

Hebrews 10:15-18

… This is the difference between the Law and the Gospel. The Law says, "You shall, or you shall be punished." But the Gospel says, "I have loved you …

The Common Salvation

… If there are certain high doctrines, speculative theories and dogmas which are rather outgrowths of the Gospel than the Gospel, itself, let them be preached in due proportion …

Joy in Salvation

Psalm 9:4

… The salvation which is revealed in the person of Jesus Christ, in the gospel is every part of it in all its architecture the fruit of divine skill …

The Holy Spirit—the Need of the Age

Micah 2:7

… The Gospel has not only been much to us, it has been everything to us. Personally, I do not believe and preach the Gospel because I have made …

Evening, May 29

Jos 6:26

… In our fathers’ days the gigantic walls of Popery fell by the power of their faith, the perseverance of their efforts, and the blast of their gospel trumpets …

The Seed Upon Stony Ground

Mark 4:5

… THE Gospel seed, according to the parable, falls upon all kinds of soil. Some of its precious grains drop upon the hard pathway, some upon the rock, some …

The Door

John 10:9

… They said, "That was a rich Gospel sermon," but they did not trust the Christ who was preached! They looked at the door—that was all. There are …

Election no Discouragement to Seeking Souls

Exodus 33:19

… Furthermore, if we understand the gospel at all, the gospel lies in a nutshell. It is this:—“Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved …

A Luther Sermon at the Tabernacle

Habakkuk 2:4

… The Gospel of Habakkuk is the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ! A clearer light was cast upon this Truth of God by the giving of the Holy …

Prayer 26 — Prayer Answered and Unanswered

… God bless this land with more of Gospel light and with more of Gospel life and love. Thou wilt hear us, O Lord. Then would we pray for …

The Necessity of Regeneration

John 3:7

… Brothers and Sisters we must be born-again because the Truth of the Gospel cannot be understood and the commands of the Gospel cannot be obeyed except where …

Paul, the Ready

Romans 1:15

… The Apostle was ready to go anywhere with the Gospel, but he was not ready to preach another gospel—no one could make him ready to do that …

Independence of Christianity

Zechariah 4:6

… Who can tell but that, at the point of the British bayonet, the Gospel will be carried, and that, by the edge of the true sword of valiant …

The Stone Rolled Away

Matthew 28:2

… Thus only is a true Gospel to be delivered. Christ is the Word and the Gospel is a Gospel of words and thoughts. It does not appeal to …

The Glorious Gospel

1 Timothy 1:15

… No threatening and no thunders compose the theme of the gospel minister. All is mercy; love is the sum and substance of our gospel—love undeserved; love to …

The Christian's Great Business

Psalm 51:12-13

… Is zeal for preaching the Gospel diminishing among us? Brothers, it ought not to be! That Society needs many more who will proclaim the Gospel of Jesus by …

The Great Miracle Worker

John 11:47

… Christians had patience and Grace enough to endure all manner of trials—and courage enough to continue to bear testimony to the Gospel they believed till, at last …

Our Lord's Preaching

Isaiah 61:1

… Now, the Lord has anointed the Lord Jesus on purpose to preach the Gospel to such as these. If any of you are good and deserving, the Gospel …

The King's Sharp Arrows

Psalm 45:5

… The Truth of God is His sword and the Truth of God is His arrow! There are some Truths which Jesus Christ proclaims in the Gospel and which …

Evening, December 7

1Co 9:22

… To compass their salvation, he gave himself up with untiring zeal to telling abroad the gospel, to warning and beseeching men to be reconciled to God. His prayers …

Paved With Love

Solomon 3:10

… The spirit of the Gospel is always the spirit of holiness. It wages determined war against the lusts of the flesh and consequently the Gospel is abhorred by …

'Repentance and Remission'

Luke 24:47

… repent you, and believe the Gospel." So no true minister of Christ need be either afraid or ashamed to tell sinners—even the very worst sinners—that they …

The Security of the Church

Psalm 125:2

… The man effects to be so supremely wise, that he in his own brain can devise a gospel better, fairer than the ancient gospel of the blessed God …

Plowing Rock

Amos 6:12

… I have preached the Gospel thousands of times and I have nothing to preach but the Gospel—but these people will not have it, so what more can …