Heaven

A Message from God for Thee

Lamentations 4:22

… the Law in its condemnation of every subject under its sway, and the Gospel in its gracious invitation and command to every creature under heaven. Yet, at the …

Am I Clear Of His Blood?

Genesis 4:10

… Hear how they swear and defy Heaven! They are ashamed of nothing for their lord. And yet we, who have Heaven for our reward, and such a Christ …

A Golden Prayer

John 12:28

… A Voice was heard out of Heaven saying, "I have both glorified it and will glorify it again." That Voice speaks of the past—the Incarnation of Christ …

Two Choice Benedictions

Numbers 6:23-27

… With the thunder and lightning it seemed as if Heaven would be torn in pieces and all the earth shaken, and then, suddenly, it is all over and …

The Interest Of Christ And His People In Each Other

Solomon 2:16

… It is not a questionable property, a matter to be put into dispute with Heaven's chancery; beyond question Christ is the property—the rightful heritage—of every …

Self-Examination

2 Corinthians 13:5

… It is an everlasting hazard; it is a hazard of heaven or of hell, of God’s eternal favour, or of his everlasting curse. Well might the apostle …

Needless Fears

Isaiah 51:12

… eternal life—can they take that promise from you, or make it of no value? They may frown at you, but can they keep you out of Heaven …

Songs in the Night

Job 35:10

… But when we get to Heaven they will seem to us just nothing at all! We shall talk to one another about them in Heaven and find all …

Alone, Yet Not Alone

John 16:31

… to the right, His foes to the left—and pronounces eternal wrath upon rebels and opens Heaven to Believers, then shall all worlds know that the Man of …

Faith—life

Habakkuk 2:4

… An unbelieving step is not a step towards Heaven. All the progress that is made by any child of God is due to faith. The Christian is also …

The Winnowing Fan

Hebrews 12:14

… He will not be able to enjoy eternal fellowship with God, he will not be permitted to enter Heaven— "Those holy gates forever bar Pollution, sin, and shame …

Pricked in Their Heart

Acts 2:36-37

… Woe to the man when his heart is turned to stone! When flesh turns to stone, it is a conversion unto eternal death; just as the turning of …

Two Coverings and Two Consequences

Proverbs 38:13

… your guilt is known in heaven, and you shall be judged and condemned in that great day which shall decide your eternal destiny. Seek not, then, to cover …

Compassion on the Ignorant

Hebrews 5:2

… just going into Heaven. The Lord reveals our danger to us by degrees—we stand on a dreadful slope where a single slip means eternal destruction! And if …

Jubilee Joy—or, Believers Joyful In Their King

Psalm 149:2

… covered with eternal light, and I feel a sweet content, yes, an overflowing joy! I see a world of wonders meeting in my Lord—Heaven come down to …

Christ and His Co-workers

Mark 16:20

… First, then, THEY WORKED—"They went out and preached." The disciples did not say, "Well, the Master has gone to Heaven, so the eternal purposes of God will …

Psalm 16

Psalm 16

… Our portion fills heaven and earth, and is infinitely above heaven and below earth, and beyond both. Poor men boast and pride themselves of a kingdom, but we …

Psalm 36

Psalm 36

… The descent to eternal ruin is easy enough, without making a glissade of it, as self flatters do. Until his iniquity be found to be hateful. At length …

Love to Jesus the Great Test

John 8:42

… I say until God, Himself makes you love Christ, He cannot give you heavenly happiness, for the very essence of Heaven lies in the love of that which …

A Procession of Cross-bearers

Mark 10:21

… If you expect to go to a land where you will have no trials to bear, there is but one such place that I know of, except Heaven …

Law and Grace

Romans 5:20

… He hath made us sit together in heavenly places—the plains of heaven exceed the fields of paradise in the ever-new delights which they afford, while the …

The Blessings Of Following On

Hosea 6:3

… As long as you are this side of Heaven there will be room for progress and something yet beyond you after which you will labor. "Then shall we …

Joy in Salvation

Psalm 9:4

… All on earth who are saved, and all in heaven who are saved, will ascribe their salvation entirely to the ever blessed God, and join with Jonah, who …

The Believer's Death Day Better Than His Birthday

Ecclesiastes 7:1

… Blessed be God, death is the end of that—no transgression or iniquity shall follow us into Heaven. Life is longing, sighing, crying, pining, desiring. Heaven is enjoying …

Life's Ever-Springing Well

John 4:14

… The life on earth which is the bud of the eternal life in Heaven. I. Our first observation is that THE SPIRITUAL LIFE IS A DIVINE GIFT. Observe …

The Apple Tree in the Woods

Solomon 2:3

… Heaven, and yet to say, "I lack nothing! There is nothing I desire, nothing I pine after! I am saved! I am a child of God—the eternal …

Solace for Sad Hearts

Isaiah 61:3

… Holy mourning is the blessed pillar of cloud which accompanies the redeemed of the Lord in their glad march to Heaven! Dear Brothers and Sisters, to some extent …

A Bold Challenge Justified

Romans 8:34

… you are God's own child, and on your way to Heaven, and a crown of eternal life is yours"—I feel as if this crazy steeple of …

Fine Pleading

Psalm 106:4

… Why am I to expect to go to Heaven by a smooth, grassy road, while others have had to tread the flints that cut their feet?— "Must I …

Are You Prepared To Die?

Jeremiah 12:5

… Photographed in Heaven is every action that you perform. Your very thoughts are photographed upon the eternal mind. And in the day when the book shall be opened …

What Are We At?

… We are not going to talk about law, and duty, and punishment, but about love, and goodness, and forgiveness, and mercy, and eternal life. Do not, therefore, act …

The Voice from the Cloud and the Voice of the Beloved

Matthew 17:5

… Sometimes, I dare say, you have wished that God would speak out of Heaven in your hearing, or that He would work some extraordinary marvel before your eyes …

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2 Corinthians 6:2

… by eternal union—ONE! I would to God we realized our present privileges! We are thinking about the Heaven that is to come and forgetting the Heaven below …

The Condescension of Christ

2 Corinthians 8:9

… They loved to serve him, and it is not all fiction that when there was war in heaven, and when God cast out the devil and his legions …

God's Remembrance of His Covenant

Psalm 106:44

… He died to make the eternal Covenant sure. Paul speaks of "the blood of the everlasting covenant" and when we come to the communion table we hear our …

A Precious Drop Of Honey

Isaiah 49:16

… There can be no erasures, no crossing out of what God has written, no blotting out of what the Eternal has decreed. Fixed, and fixed forever must be …

Resurrection for the Just and the Unjust

Acts 24:15

… When we look back from the hilltops of Heaven, I suppose life itself will seem to be infinitesimal. Those great troubles of ours will look like pin's …

An Observation of the Preacher

Ecclesiastes 7:8

… In the day when the crown shall be set upon the head of "the King eternal, immortal, invisible," one ray of glory shall stream from you, for you …

The Glorious Right Hand Of The Lord

Numbers 11:23

… It were an error, indeed, to look to the sea for fish, instead of waiting upon Heaven for the promise; to look to the flocks for food, instead …

Sunshine in the Heart

Psalms 37:4

… These are the men who have the keys of heaven, and of death, and of hell. These are the men that can open heaven or shut it up …