Heaven

The Lifting Up of the Bowed Down

Luke 13:10-13

… Nobody is ever lugged into Heaven by his ears, or carried there asleep on a feather bed! God deals with us as with responsible, intelligent beings. That is …

Early Criticisms and Slanders

… Well, perhaps he has; but then, if a real angel from Heaven were to preach another gospel, he is not to be received… “Concerning Mr. Spurgeon’s ministry …

Praying and Pleading

Jeremiah 14:7

… No springs were bubbling up from the earth and no rain dropped down from Heaven. This dire privation had produced universal distress. "Judah mourns, and the gates thereof …

Christopathy

Isaiah 53:5

… now be led out if he is to breathe the fresh air of Heaven. He who once could cut with the axe, or pound with the hammer, must …

A Good Confession.–Baptism

… God requireth this; and though men are saved without any baptism, and multitudes fly to Heaven who are never plunged in the stream; though baptism is not saving …

Preaching in the Open Air

… Certainly, Moses and Joshua found their most convenient place for addressing vast assemblies beneath the unpillared arch of heaven. Samuel closed a sermon in the field at Gilgal …

Prayer 17 — To Be Like Christ

… they may "see our good works and glorify our Father which is in heaven." The Lord grant us this! We beseech Thee, bless the unconverted among us. Bring …

The Power of a Sigh

Psalm 12:5

… Do not be astonished if your way is rough on the road to Heaven! Rather wonder if you come to a smooth portion— and when people begin to …

The Conditions Of Power In Prayer

1 John 3:22-24

… You must get rid of selfishness before God can trust you with the keys of Heaven. When self is dead, then He will enable you to unlock His …

A Singular Plea in Prayer

Psalm 41:4

… But this saying in our text needs no retracting! It only needs repeating and, until we enter Heaven, we may keep on saying it—"I said, Lord, be …

Right Replies To Right Requests

Luke 11:11-13

… does it really affect the heart of God? Do replies actually come from Heaven in answer to the entreaties of God's children? The answer is given by …

The Golden Lamp and Its Goodly Lessons

Zechariah 4:1-3

… Rest you well assured that the lighthouse which God has lighted to guide men across the boisterous sea and preserve them from the peril of eternal shipwreck shall …

The Saint One With His Savior

1 Corinthians 6:17

… When we are reading the sixteenth verse one seems to remember Sodom, its infamy, and the fire and brimstone that came down from Heaven upon it. But here …

The Sciences as Sources of Illustration

… Picture a church growing, as some churches do grow, without any light from heaven, a cavern full of strange birds and blanched vegetation. What a terrible place for …

Hope for the Worst Backsliders

Jeremiah 3:22

… Oh, then, let it be so at once! Will you keep your sins and go to Hell, or leave your sins and go to Heaven? Will you have …

God of the Hills and God of the Valleys

1 Kings 20:28

… and gone, even so new infidelities have flourished and decayed, but God's eternal Truths shine on the same as ever, like the sun in the heavens, without …

Job's Resignation

Job 1:20-22

… While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from Heaven, and has burned up the sheep, and the servants …

“Westwood”

… The yelping of a dog pitted against the artillery of heaven ! Poor foolish creature, to think that his bark could silence the thunder- clap, or intimidate the tempest …

Psalm 52

Psalm 52

… David knew God's mercy to be eternal and perpetual, and in that he trusted. What a rock to build on! What a fortress to fly to! Verse …

Four Choice Sentences

Genesis 28:15

… I am with you." You are in Your courts above and You make Heaven, Heaven by Your Presence, and yet You say, "I am with you." What more …

Help for Your Sickness

Matthew 8:16

… Though He is in Heaven He is just as tender as He was on earth. I never heard of anybody losing tenderness by going to Heaven. People get …

The Messages of Our Lord's Love

Mark 16:7

… Though reigning in Heaven, He is still conversant with His people below. He is a Brother born for adversity. Spiritually He communes with us. Do you know what …

The Orphan's Father

Hosea 14:3

… You will get Heaven, too, for you will get Christ, too, since His mercy endures forever! "In you the fatherless finds mercy." Learn another lesson, you that need …

The Pastor's Life Wrapped Up with His People's Steadfastness a Pleading Reminder for the New Year

1 Thessalonians 3:8

… put forth were true, I do not know whether there would remain either Heaven, or Hell, or earth, or God, or man—for all these have been removed …

Lecture V: The Sciences As Sources Of Illustration.

… Picture a church growing, as some churches do grow, without any light from heaven, a cavern full of strange birds and blanched vegetation. What a terrible place for …

Difficulty in the Way of Believing

… I risk my soul’s eternal fate upon the truth of the gospel, and I know that there is no risk in it. My one concern is to …

The Unkept Vineyard—or, Personal Work Neglected

Solomon 1:6

… I have lived and worked for God, for Christ, for the Kingdom of Heaven. But has it been so? And is it so now? Many are working very …

Psalm 53

Psalm 53

… God looked down from heaven upon the children of men. He did so in ages past, and he has continued his steadfast gaze from his all surveying observatory …

The Cholera Year in London

… She was singing,— though she knew she was dying, — and talking to those round about her, telling her brothers and sisters to follow her to Heaven, bidding good …

The Increase of Faith

… man saw it all at once, and believed in the Lord Jesus unto eternal life, because he perceived that he had good warrant and authority for believing. So …

Exposition: 1 John 3:1-10

… Behold!” ye angels! stop, ye seraphs! here is a thing more wonderful than heaven with its walls of jasper. Behold, universe! open thine eyes, O world. “Behold, what …

Unabated Affection between Pastor and People

… This assertion needs proof, and you will prove it. " May God, the Eternal Spirit, abide over you all, beloved, and cause you to be strong by the anointing …

Prayer 22 — The Presence of God

Our Father, which art in heaven, our hearts are full of gratitude to Thee for Thy Word. We bless Thee that we have it in our houses, that …

Public Testimony—a Debt To God and Man

2 Kings 7:9

… The faith that saves is not a sneaking faith, which tries to get to Heaven by keeping off the road and creeping along behind the hedge. The true …

Rahab's Faith

Hebrews 11:31

… We have, in one place, faith triumphing over death; Enoch entered not the gates of hades, but reached heaven by another road from that which is usual to …

False Professors Solemnly Warned

Philippians 3:18-19

… This man has soared high; how low must he tumble when he finds himself mistaken! He who thought to put to his mouth the nectared cup of heaven …

Christ Before Annas

John 18:12

… not have been contrary to Jewish law, it was certainly contrary to the eternal laws of right and wrong! A prisoner should not thus be questioned with the …

Concerning Deliverance from Sinning

… again to the ground, so do I, though I am sent up to heaven by earnest preaching, return again to my insensible state. Alas! I am easily fascinated …

Mr. Spurgeon as a Literary Man (Concluded)

… Reader, meet me in Heaven ! " One of the many instances of the usefulness of the little volume, of which the Pastor knew before he was " called home," was …

Faith in the Person of the Lord Jesus

… even so do we lean upon the real and true work of Jesus, the most substantial thing under heaven. We come to the Lord Jesus by faith, and …