Grace

Our Lord's Preaching

Isaiah 61:1

… He preached from the bloody tree—with hands and feet fastened there, He delivered the most wonderful discourse of Justice and of Love, of Vengeance and of Grace …

Fullness of Joy Our Privilege

1 John 1:4

… Holy activity is the mother of holy joy! And growth in Grace, again—why, when is a man happier than when He grows in Grace? To be at …

Jesus, The Stumbling Stone Of Unbelievers

1 Peter 2:7

… You are humbled, it is true, by Christ, and laid low—but He exalts you in due time—and when He exalts you, by His Grace, there is …

Meditation on God

Psalm 104:34

… My Brothers and Sisters, there is nothing more needed to make Christians grow in Grace, nowadays, than meditation. Most of you are painfully negligent in this matter. You …

Holy Violence

Matthew 11:12

… Understand that what they are, they have been made by divine grace. They are not so naturally of themselves. But there has been a secret work of grace …

A Safe Prospective

Daniel 8:19

… The top stone of your life-work shall be brought out with shouting of, "Grace, Grace," unto it! You shall lay your crown at His feet from whom …

"Living, Loving, Lasting Union"

Ephesians 5:30

… Therefore I do not say it for the man, but in praise of the Grace of God which helped him, whether he was active or passive, to still …

Preach, Preach, Preach Everywhere!

Mark 16:15

… Therefore He issues a decree of Divine Grace, calling on all people of every nation and kindred to believe the Gospel with a promise of personal salvation to …

Eyes Opened

Genesis 21:19

… Our condition is thus most terrible, but at the same time it affords ample room for a display of the splendors of Divine Grace. We are so naturally …

The “Down-grade” Controversy Foreshadowed

… Brown should hold to ‘ the doctrines of grace, in the broad, full, Evangelic sense of the term,’ as he here professes to do ; and that he should, at …

The Fatherhood of God

Matthew 6:9

… Jesus Christ taught it not to all men, but to his disciples, and it is a prayer adapted only to those who are the possessors of grace, and …

'A Time to Love'

Ecclesiastes 3:8

… As He sets forth the beauties and charms of His Church, may the same beauties and charms be found in everyone of us through the Grace which He …

Psalm 143

Psalm 143

… Memory, meditation, and musing are here set together as the three graces, ministering grace to a mind depressed and likely to be diseased. As David with his harp …

Life, and the Path to It

Psalm 16:11

… The palms will forever be waving and the harps forever ringing out, "Glory, glory, glory to the mighty Grace which has triumphed from the first day even until …

The Root That Bears Wormwood

Deuteronomy 29:18

… Remember the Egypt out of which we have been redeemed by mighty Grace! Remember the sins which once had the mastery over us! Do we wear no relics …

Psalm 126

Psalm 126

… At the moment when he turns our captivity, the heart turns from its sorrow; when he fills us with grace we are filled with gratitude. We were made …

Faith's Way of Approach

Romans 10:17

… Possibly they have read Bunyan's Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners and have noted that he went through a very terrible season of distress before he …

The Blessed Christ

Matthew 21:9

… It may be that God is about to chastise His Church, because when we had a revival we had not Grace enough to keep it. Almost universally there …

Joseph And His Brothers

Genesis 45:3-5

… And if You give me these, I shall be compelled to say, forever and ever, that You gave Divine Grace to the most undeserving—the most unworthy rebel …

Over the Mountains

Song 2:16

… By His Divine Presence in the means of Grace, He full often comes again. By-and-by, if we die, He will come again to meet us. And …

Fifteen Years After!

Job 1:21

… They are gifts in the fullest sense of the word—the gifts of God's Grace. They are not given to us because we have merited them, for …

Apostolic Exhortation

Acts 3:19

… Hear it as a gospel summons— “True belief and true repentance, Every grace which brings us nigh; Without money Come to Jesus Christ and buy.” “And yet,” say …

All Or None—or, Compromises Refused— a Sermon With Five Texts

Exodus 10:26

… He is quite as loath as Pharaoh and he must be driven to it by force of arms—I mean by force of Divine Grace—before he will …

Earnestness: Its Marring and Maintenance

… If we have not exercised ourselves in the word of God, we shall not preach with the fervour and grace of the man who has fed upon the …

Declension from First Love

Revelation 2:4

… Is it not marvellous, that when you grew richer and had more business, you began to have less grace? Oh, friends, it is a very serious thing to …

The Queen of Sheba

Matthew 12:42

… Let us give over our enmity and cast down the weapons of our rebellion! And let us say by Grace — "Oh, King of Grace, my heart subdue— I …

'Trust in the Living God'

1 Timothy 4:10

… He is the God who rules and overrules in Nature, Providence and Grace. He is the true God, the only real God—no dream God, no phantom or …

The Bridgeless Gulf

Luke 16:26

… As the sharp needle prepares the way for the thread, so the piercing Law makes a way for the bright silver thread of Divine Grace. The lancet is …

The Almighty Warrior

Psalm 45:3-5

… O my Soul, praise God for redemption! If you cannot sing about anything else, sing of "free Grace and dying love." Keep on ringing "those charming bells." 4 …

Psalm 91

Psalm 91

… Those who through rich grace obtain unusual and continuous communion with God, so as to abide in Christ and Christ in them, become possessors of rare and special …

God's Valiant Right Hand

Psalm 118:16

… What a wonderful instance of what God's Grace can do can be seen by anyone who chooses to see it in such spots as Seven Dials, where …

Our Life, Our Work, Our Change

Job 14:14

… But here they fulfill their life's design if through abundant Grace they learn to bear their woes without a murmur, and to wait their appointed time without …

The Call of Abraham

Hebrews 11:8

… When those who have moved in court circles, have suddenly become the subjects of the enlightening Spirit of grace, what opposition they have had to encounter! Many have …

The Compassion of Jesus

Matthew 9:36

… He raises up men, themselves saved from great sin, trophies of redeeming Grace, who feel a sympathy with their fellow men who are reveling in sin, reckless of …

Mourning at the Sight of the Crucified

Luke 23:48

… Beloved, aspire to this! May God's Grace bring you to see in Jesus Christ no other than God made flesh, hanging upon the Cross in agony to …

Psalm 130

Psalm 130

… There is not a more God honouring grace of the Christian character than patience —a patient waiting on and for the Lord. It is that Christian grace, the …

The Scarlet Line in the Window

Joshua 2:21

… You have a measure of Grace, but you have not yet believed that Christ can sanctify you wholly—spirit, soul and body. We are stinted and stunted, lean …

The Minister in These Times

… If you go to the very ground and root of it, grace is taken away, and human merit is substituted. The gracious act of God in pardoning sin …

The Unrivalled Friend

Proverbs 17:17

… There have been times in which we have honored Him, His Grace has abounded and our holiness has been manifest. But alas, there have been other seasons in …

Peace—How Gained, How Broken

Psalm 85:8

… Oh, for the ear which is opened to hear the Lord, for this is the sure mark of Divine Grace! Does not Jesus say, "My sheep hear My …