Grace

The Priest Dispensed With

1 John 5:10

… If you believe His Word you shall know the sweets of Divine Grace. To ask for more evidence, first, is as though a man should say, "Here is …

The Dying Thief in a New Light

Luke 23:40-42

… He did not take any of us from Nature to Grace and from Grace to Glory, in a day. We have had to wait a good while. There …

A Prayer for the Church Militant

Psalm 28:9

… And while we say, "Let Your saving health be known among all nations," it becomes us also to recollect the doctrine of Discriminating Grace, and to say, "Save …

God's People Melted and Tried

Jeremiah 9:7

… It is the simple way of following the call of Grace. This should be your way. I hope it is. The Gospel is preached, you believe it. Christ …

Psalm 98

Psalm 98

… Anon arrayed in robes of grace He rides the trampled plain, With pity beaming from his face, And mercy in his train. Mighty to save he now appears …

The 'Beau Ideal' of Life

Psalm 90:14

… In contrast to this kind of building and weaving, it would be a blessed thing to have such Grace and such wisdom given that the very first course …

Mediation of Moses

Exodus 32:14

… It is one thing to be willing to besiege the Throne of Grace, but it is quite another thing to get the ammunition of prayer. Sometimes you cannot …

The Middle Passage

Habakkuk 3:2

… It seems as if the middle passage of communities cannot be safely passed except by a miracle of Divine Grace. The morning comes with a dawn of bright …

The Sunday School and the Scriptures

2 Timothy 3:15

… The work of God's Grace in Timothy COMMENCED WITH EARLY INSTRUCTION—"From childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures." Note the time for instruction. The expression, "from …

Crowding to Touch the Savior

Mark 3:10

… This brings me, in the third place, to notice THE GRACE WHICH INVITES us, this morning, to complete the parallel of the text. Christ is healing souls. Grace …

The Best Friend

Proverbs 27:10

… But, sometimes, quietly to myself, I glory in my pedigree because I can trace the line of spiritual Grace back as far as I can go to men …

The Sprinkling of the Blood of the Sacrifice

Leviticus 4:6

… Save them that they may escape from endless misery and that they may display the power of Your Grace. Save them, also, that Your Word may not return …

The Joy of the Lord, the Strength of His People

Nehemiah 8:10

… his power, my protection; his wisdom, my guidance; his faithfulness, my foundation; his grace, my salvation.” He is a God who cannot lie, faithful and true to his …

An Old-Fashioned Conversion

Job 33:29

… But they are desperately set upon their sins and sod in carnal security, therefore they do despite to His Grace and ruin their own souls! In those ancient …

The Whole Machinery of Salvation

Romans 10:14

… By His mighty Grace, our Lord Jesus Christ has made us kings and priests unto God! And it is our duty, as well as our privilege, to exercise …

God's Gentle Power

1 Kings 19:11-13

… It is a solemn thing when a season of grace is not a season of grace to us. When we lie, like Gideon's fleece, all dry, while …

From Death To Life

1 Samuel 2:6

… Say grace over a table which is not so well loaded as it used to be. Say grace over broken bones and aching heads, over pains and pangs …

A Last Look-Out

2 Timothy 4:6

… Besides, grace desires it; for it were a poor experience of his kindness as our best and truest friend that did not make us long to see our …

Tell It All

Mark 5:33

… He is so prolific of Divine Grace, that like the sun which shines as it fulfils its course, His path is radiant with loving kindness. He is a …

The Works of the Devil Destroyed

1 John 3:8

… We ought to know the differences, which the Lord has made by Grace, and whether or not He has made us to differ from the unrenewed. Every man …

Co-workers With God

Psalm 127:1

… The Believer must never think that he will naturally and necessarily grow in Grace because he uses the means of Grace. I just now insisted upon the reading …

Psalm 125

Psalm 125

… the line of faith is the line of grace, those who trust in the Lord are chosen of the Lord. The two verses together prove the eternal safety …

Christ's Universal Kingdom and How It Comes

Psalms 2:8

… Notice the text, for it is very explicit—"Ask of Me and I shall give You." The power and Grace of God will be conspicuously seen in the …

Lowly Service

Numbers 4:24-26

… Make this burden to be the means of our growth in Grace, part of our spiritual training for a better world." II. There is much more that might …

The Holy Child, Jesus

Acts 4:30

… Brethren, let us come boldly unto the Throne of the heavenly Grace, to obtain Grace to help in every time of need. Another thing I cannot leave out …

Christopathy

Isaiah 53:5

… But I know that I shall find no benefit in the means of Grace unless the Lord, who is the Giver of Grace, shall come to me and …

The Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ

2 Corinthians 4:6

… Where everything is mild and gentle—full of Grace as well as Truth. How softly breaks the Divine Glory through the human life of Jesus—a babe in …

Sabbath-work

John 5:9

… I shall only be able to say a little upon my second point which is that THESE CURES REPRESENT VARIOUS PROCESSES OF GRACE. The way in which Christ …

Prayer 24 — "Deliver Us from Evil"

… And oh! may such of us as are called to preach have grace equal to that responsibility. Lord, make every Christian to be clear of the blood of …

Seeing And Not Seeing—Or, Men As Trees Walking

Mark 8:22-25

… There is a narrow line between the two errors, and ask for Divine Grace to see it. Ask for Grace neither to fall into the whirlpool nor to …

Sincerity And Duplicity

1 John 2:3

… Only in proportion as Divine Grace makes you obedient will Divine Grace make you an assured Christian. Your holiness and your confidence will keep pace together if your …

Fellowship With God

1 John 1:3

… They who have by his grace believed, and have by the precious blood been washed, have peace with God through Jesus Christ our Lord, they are “no more …

Travailing for Souls

Isaiah 66:8

… The Lord give me a dozen importunate pleaders and lovers of souls, and by his grace we will shake all London from end to end yet. The work …

Divine Destruction and Protection

Ezekiel 17:29

… Admirable in their conduct, their temper amiable, and their disposition generous, a salvation by free grace would be wasted on them. The Lord will abase thee, be thou …

Prayer 17 — To Be Like Christ

… Lord, slay sloth within us and never let us find a pillow in the doctrines of grace for ease while yet a single sin remains. Besides, great God …

Learning in Private What to Teach in Public

Matthew 10:27

… Oh, to preach Christ in a Christly way—to tell of mercy in the spirit of mercy and to preach Divine Grace in a truly gracious way! Here …

Helps to Full Assurance

1 John 5:13

… I have been in a state of mind in which I have questioned the possibility of there being a grain of Grace in me and yet, I have …

Preparation for Revival

Amos 3:3

… May we be enabled to claim this privilege which divine grace has bestowed on us: power to walk with God in daily, habitual, friendly, intimate, joyous communion. Believer …

"Clear Shining After Rain"

2 Samuel 23:4

… Yet, as a usual rule, the work of Grace begins in the heart with a time of gloom. Clouds gather—there is a general dampness round about—the …

Forgiveness

Isaiah 43:25

… But our Master is more merciful than this; for if he had manifested grace only while a small light would burn, where should we have been? There be …