Grace

Pride and Humility

Proverbs 18:12

… Consider what thou wouldst have been, even now, if it were not for Divine grace. And, consider, that thou will yet be lost in hell if grace does …

Good Earnests of Great Success

Acts 6:7

… Well might great grace rest upon them all, for they loved each other with a pure heart fervently. Such unanimity, as a rule, I consider essential to church …

Ecce Rex

John 19:14

… Behold your King, then, as He lays deep in His own pain and death the basis of His Throne of Grace. Nor is it only pain, for He …

Though He Were Dead

John 11:24-26

… Who taught you what you know? He that has taught you did it of His infinite love and grace and pity, and He was very tender with you …

The Swift Camels

1 Kings 4:20-28

… If the Lord sends you a little trial, dear Brother, you shall have Grace enough. And if He sends you a huge trial, you shall still have Grace …

Faith and Repentance Inseparable

Mark 1:15

… It is a blessed grace of God the Holy Spirit, and it is absolutely necessary unto salvation. The command explains itself. We will take, first of all, repentance …

There Go The Ships

Psalm 104:26

… Activity in Christian work is the result and design of Grace in the soul. How I wish we could launch some of you! You are, we trust, converted …

Only Trust Him! Only Trust Him!

Luke 17:12-14

… So, also, we see how Christ must come first and ceremonies second—first the work of Grace—and then the outward showing of it. The Lord's tenderness …

A Procession of Cross-bearers

Mark 10:21

… Only Divine Grace can enable us to take it up—and when we do take it up, we are fulfilling the words of the text, "Take up the …

Receiving the Holy Spirit

Acts 19:2

… By Divine Grace we are not now what we used to be—we have new thoughts, new wishes, new aspirations, new sorrows, new joys—and these are worked …

The Heart—a Den of Evil

Matthew 15:19

… He sa ved you from your lost estate, His loving kindness, oh how great!" Why, Beloved, it must be Sovereign Grace from top to bottom! Grace must be …

Driving the Vultures Away from the Sacrifice

Genesis 15:11

… Oh that the Spirit of All Grace may bless this discourse to us, that we may thereby be excited to holy watchfulness! I. First, with regard to THE …

Untitled Sermon

Ephesians 1:12

… Beloved Friends, I would have you notice in this verse the remarkable object which is set before us as the grand design of predestinating Grace. Observe the singular …

The Miracle of the Loaves

Mark 6:52

… May these suggestions be blessed by the Holy Spirit to induce some hungry sinner to join with the rest of the company and feast on Free Grace. II …

The Joy Of Jesus

Luke 10:21

… Jesus rejoiced in this, that the blessings of Divine Grace were being revealed by the Father! Further, our Savior's joy lay very much in this, that this …

"Lo, I Come"—Application

Psalm 40:7

… Oh, that you may have Grace to take home these thoughts to yourselves, for if you do, they will, by the Spirit's power, bring the light of …

Immeasurable Love

John 3:16

… The Ethiopian may change his skin, and the leopard his spots, but only grace divine can work the change; and when divine grace has done the deed the …

The Prodigal's Climax

Luke 15:17

… But, for my part, I am glad when "the rake's progress" has reached this point, for often, in the Grace of God, it is the way home …

The Friend of Sinners

Isaiah 53:12

… Wherefore salvation if men be not lost, and for whom salvation but for the ruined? The plan was based in grace, but how " grace " unless it was meant …

Hidden Manna

Jeremiah 15:16

… May our hearts be so moulded by divine grace that the words of the weeping prophet in this verse may be proper language for us to use. Especially …

A Merry Christmas

Job 1:4

… May God's Holy Spirit give you the Grace! The time is now. And the Grace being given, may you fall before the Cross and find pardon and …

Jesus Calling

Matthew 11:28

… for so it seemed good in Your sight. "Jesus answered"—Sovereign Grace is the answer to abounding guilt. With rejoicing spirit Jesus sees how Sovereign Grace meets the …

“In Labours More Abundant”

… The Author and Finisher of our faith Himself taught most blessed truth which well agreed with Paul's declaration, " By grace are ye saved." The doctrine of grace …

Strange Ways of Love

Hosea 2:14

… But he who understands that salvation is notof works, nor in any degree of human merit, but entirely an act of the free and Sovereign Grace of God …

Sheep Among Wolves

Matthew 10:16

… But here is a reptile of the dust united with a bird of the air—"Be you therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves." Grace knows how …

Man Transient—god's Word Eternal

Isaiah 40:8

… As much as if he said, "Lord, I do not forget You—do not forget me." Your Grace has kept my memory—let your Grace keep me altogether …

Comforted and Comforting

2 Corinthians 1:3

… Peace without Grace is a very dangerous possession. But a peace that grows out of the possession of Grace is a gracious peace and will lead to the …

The Personal Pentecost and the Glorious Hope

Romans 5:5

… Patience is a pearl which is only found in the deep seas of affliction and only Divine Grace can find it there, bring it to the surface and …

General And Yet Particular

John 17:2

… And power to bring all men to the footstool of His Grace and to give them pardon if so it seems good in His sight. We do not …

A Woman of a Sorrowful Spirit

1 Samuel 1:15

… The more heartily, therefore, do I admire in true Christian people the Grace which sweetens them so that the more they suffer, the more gentle and patient they …

"The Sure Mercies of David"

Acts 13:34

… There is not a grain of Grace in a hundred tons of human nature. You may go on sifting, sifting, sifting, to all eternity and you shall find …

The Truth Of God's Salvation

Psalm 69:13

… To God, His salvation is, in the highest sense, full of Grace and His Truth. If I may venture to speak concerning Him of whom we can know …

Prayer to God in Trouble an Acceptable Sacrifice

Psalm 50:15

… Habit may keep a man outwardly religious long after his mind has forgotten the Lord! Yes, the conscious lack of inward and vital Grace may drive a man …

Crowning Blessings Ascribed to God

Psalm 65:11

… The Lord knows every one of your hearts—where you have come short He knows and may His Grace forgive—but where, as I most honestly bear witness …

Evangelical Congratulations

Philippians 1:18

… And, the Spirit of all Grace concurring with that which had been preached, the Apostle was fully persuaded in his own mind that they had heard words whereby …

A Call To Prayer and Testimony

Isaiah 62:6

… IN the opening verses of this chapter our Lord declares that He will not rest till His purpose of Grace is accomplished. "For Zion's sake will I …

The Broad Wall

Nehemiah 3:8

… He was an heir of wrath, but he has now become a child of Grace. Being of a distinct nature, he is required to separate himself from the …

Accepted In The Beloved

Ephesians 1:6

… Some sins, mortal on the Arminian theory, so as to put a man out of Divine Grace, and other sins venial, so that they can keep in Grace …

Growth in Faith

Luke 17:5

… They were as we are—and if they excelled us it was by Divine strength, alone, by strength which we also may receive—by Grace which is as …

Receiving the Kingdom of God as a Little Child

Luke 18:17

… Jesus waits to bless! He is not changed in Character, or impoverished in Grace—as He still receives sinners, so does He still bless children—and let none …