Grace

"This Thing Is From Me"

1 Kings 12:24

… There is no necessary transmission of gifts and talents, much less of Grace, from one generation to another. 1 Kings 12:1-3 . And Rehoboam went to Shechem …

The Believer in the Body and Out of the Body

2 Corinthians 5:5-10

… Nature, when it acts apart from Grace, shrinks from the thought of dying. But death can have no terrors for the man whom it lands in a condition …

Concealing the Words of God

Job 6:10

… It was not self-righteousness which led Job to speak thus, but only such a use of the sure evidences of Grace as would be natural and proper …

Greater Things Yet Who Shall See Them?

John 1:50

… May it be ours through Grace to be as little children, even as Nathanael was, for so shall we behold the Kingdom of God! With those prefatory remarks …

The Blind Befriended

Isaiah 42:16

… And since then I have not known the way, have not expected to know the way—for the way of Grace that lies before us may be described …

Something Worth Seeking

Matthew 6:33

… If God makes us rich, we shall say, "Well, I never asked for wealth, but now that it has come, I only long for Grace to use it …

The Marvelous Magnet

John 12:32

… A work of Grace in the heart is absolutely necessary before the Sacrifice of the Lord Jesus will be accepted by any one of us. Jesus said, "You …

Pentecost

Acts 2:1-4

… In this manner, then, to grace the triumph of Jesus, the Spirit of God was liberally poured out upon the Church below. Perhaps you remind me that our …

Believers—Lights In The World

Philippians 2:14-16

… But you who would help His kingdom—you who love His name—you who are the debtors of His Grace—help the cause everywhere, and help it this …

The Shame and Spitting

Isaiah 50:6

… O Holy Spirit, work this tender grace in all our hearts. II. And now, secondly, I want to set the Lord Jesus before you in another light, or …

Holiness, The Law of God's House

Ezekiel 43:12

… It is found in a state of Grace on earth and in full Glory in Heaven. Below it is the holy Church militant—above it is the holy …

Putting the Hand Upon the Head of the Sacrifice

Leviticus 1:4

… the offense of one, many are dead, much more the Grace of God, and the gift by Grace, which is by one Man, Jesus Christ, has abounded unto …

The Believer's Death Day Better Than His Birthday

Ecclesiastes 7:1

… You may be led astray by temptation, or by Divine Grace you may cleanse your way. You may be useful and honorable, or you may be dissolute and …

Godly Fear and Its Goodly Consequence

Proverbs 14:26

… So shall you leave the mark of Grace wherever your footstep is put. Let us endeavor to be so minded and refrain from sorting out our actions, saying …

Brought Up from the Horrible Pit

Psalm 40:1-3

… He is worth waiting for. ‘Wait’ is a short word, but it takes a deal of grace to spell out its full meaning, and still more grace to …

God's Fire and Hammer

Jeremiah 23:29

… Preach the whole of the glorious Gospel of the blessed God as it is revealed in the Covenant of Grace and you will be doing fire-and-hammer …

The Peacemaker

Matthew 5:9

… Lord, give us grace to climb to this seventh beatitude! Purify our minds that we may be "first pure, then peaceable." Fortify our souls, that our peaceableness may …

Prayer 7 — "Let All the People Praise Thee"

… If there be any virtue, it is the result of grace. If there be anything whatsoever that lifts us above the devil himself, it is the work of …

On Raising Questions

… in the head, but truth in the heart; not help over difficulties, but grace to make us hate sin and seek reconciliation. Here let me add a warning …

The Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus

2 Timothy 2:8

… brought out of the bondage of corruption into the liberty of life and Grace, the Lord, having worked in you gloriously, "according to the working of His mighty …

Prayer 13 — The Wings of Prayer

… we may spend the time of our sojourning here in holy fear, that grace may be upon us from the commencement of our Christian life even to the …

Wakeful and Watchful Eyes

Psalm 121:4

… to human nature—it is the giftof God and the work of Sovereign Grace! I think that both looks are to be regarded as miracles of mercy. For …

"After Two Days Is the Passover"

Matthew 26:2

… And all bore Him witness, and wondered at the Words of Grace which proceeded out of His mouth: and they said, Is not this Joseph's son? And …

Future Punishment A Fearful Thing

Hebrews 10:31

… But when they came under the heavy blows of the hammer of God's Law their flinty hearts were broken into shivers and, by God's Grace, before …

The Heavenly Race

1 Corinthians 9:24

… WE ARE CONTINUALLY insisting upon it from day to day, that salvation is not of works, but of grace. We lay this down as one of the very …

Threshing

… This needs a divine hand, and nothing but the grace of God can make the threshing effectual. Something is done by threshing when the soul ceases to be …

The Head of the Church

Colossians 1:18

… In this sense, right well is our Lord saluted as the "Head." He is fairer than the children of men—Divine Grace is poured into His lips. In …

Heavenly Geometry

Ephesians 3:16-19

… Brethren, by experience, by prayer, and by all other hallowed exertions which Divine Grace has ordained to be the channels of communication between the heirs of the kingdom …

The Use of the Bow

2 Samuel 1:17

… This, by God's Grace, is the cure for spiritual decline—teach the people the use of the bow! Let us learn lessons from defeat. Let us learn …

Psalm 79

Psalm 79

… Thus mayest thou plead with God, and say, O Lord, when I shall with saints and angels be praising thy pardoning grace in heaven, it will not grieve …

Christ’s Estimate of His People

Solomon 4:10-11

… When God puts grace into your heart you may try to hide it, but hide it you cannot. It will be like fire in the bones, and will …

“Westwood”

… Spurgeon gave an address upon the mother-fern, in which he urged his hearers to seek to be spiritually what it was naturally, and, by the grace of …

Elijah's Plea

1Kings 18:36

… We have gone forth, each one, to bring in souls to You, and we have lived in godliness of life by the help of Your Grace. Now, therefore …

Tender Words Of Terrible Apprehension!

Psalm 9:17

… If once forgetfulness of God became a burden and a plague, then you would seek Divine Grace that you might escape it! But instead, it sits so sweetly …

Posture, Action, Gesture, Etc.

… they felt as if they must laugh at the bidding of nature, and then they felt that they ought to cry from the impulse of grace when they …

An Inscription for the Mausoleum of the Saints

Hebrews 11:13

… the last. "These all died in faith"—in every one of these instances Grace lived to the last and triumphed at the close! Does it not mean, also …

God Fighting Sin

Isaiah 63:10

… I cannot say how far a man who has tasted of the Grace of God may go in sin but, I pray you, do not experiment with it …

A Real Hindrance to Faith

… His grace has already changed the direction of your desires: in fact, your heart is renewed. Therefore, rest on him to strengthen you to battle with temptations as …

The Messages of Our Lord's Love

Mark 16:7

… Oh, that those who do not know our Lord may now come, by His Grace, hungering after His surpassing sweetness! He is willing to come to you. A …

An Indictment with Four Counts

Zephaniah 3:2

… If the heart is not changed, if the Grace of God goes not with outward ordinances, those who are exalted to Heaven may yet be cast down to …