Heaven

The Holy Ghost—The Great Teacher

John 16:13

… Poor ignorant things, they little knew that their own vile stuff was the most licentious doctrine under heaven. If they knew the grace of God in truth, they …

Sudden Sorrow

Jeremiah 4:20

… Nothing is abiding except that which comes down from Heaven. All things change as they pass before us and perish in the using. At this moment your ship …

'Christ Is All'

Colossians 3:11

… The new life in Christ Jesus is an eternal life and it links all those who possess it with the eternal realities at the right hand of God …

Abram And The Ravenous Birds

Genesis 15:11

… shall be a preparation for the eternal enjoyment of the perpetual feast of the glorified at the table of God in Heaven. Now, for this reason—because they …

Confidence and Concern

2 Timothy 1:12-14

… He knew also that this blessed Person was pre-eminently satisfactory to the heart of the eternal God. What manner of perfection must concentrate itself in Him in …

The Holy Spirit's Chief Office

John 16:14

… we come, in fact, to the eternal Godhead! The Father has all things and all power is given to Christ in Heaven and on earth, so that He …

The Blessings of Public Worship

Luke 18:10

… Watts, and say— "I have been there and still would go, 'Tis like a little Heaven below." That little Heaven below shall help to prepare us for the …

Christ the Destroyer of Death

1 Corinthians 15:26

… The strongest man has no elixir of eternal life to renew his youth amid the decays of age. Nor has the wealthiest prince a price with which to …

The Necessity of the Spirit’s Work

… If God should offer heaven to man, simply upon the terms of repentance of sin, heaven would be as impossible as it is by good works; for a …

None But Jesus—Second Part

John 3:18

… Oh, ravishing, soul-transporting thought! There are some clusters of this vine which we shall not be able to gather till we go to heaven; but this is …

Our Motto

Ephesians 6:7

… is presented upon the sea of glass before the Eternal Throne by spirits to whom the courts of Heaven are their familiar name. I suggest my text to …

Asleep and Yet Awake—a Riddle

Solomon 5:2

… and never rise again! Oh, take care, you that are looking for Heaven and eternal life, that you yield not to sleep, for your Master comes and it …

The First Recorded Words of Jesus

Luke 2:48

… We are children of the same family and when we pray we are to say, "Our Father which are in Heaven," but our Lord Jesus has still a …

Psalm 69

Psalm 69

… Consider the examples of the saints of old, who have taken heaven by force. David broke his sleep for meditation. Ps 119:148. His violence for heaven was …

Nominal Christians—Real Infidels

John 8:46

… Brethren, let me add, Christ has brought to light the hope of immortality, eternal life and Heaven. What glowing pictures does the Word of God give of the …

'The Lamb of God'

John 1:29

… the pangs of Hell and the eternal wrath which is due to sin. There is no other way of salvation under Heaven but this! God cannot relax His …

The Open Fountain

Zechariah 13:1

… The washing which takes away the offense before heaven removes also the love of offending. Herein is double joy, for does not every true penitent feel that mere …

Eternal Faithfulness Unaffected By Human Unbelief

2 Timothy 2:13

… He has promised to preserve them to His eternal kingdom and Glory and He will preserve them. He says, "I give unto My sheep eternal life and they …

The General Convocation Around Mount Zion

Hebrews 12:22-24

… What is the contrast to this? "But you are come to the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in Heaven." Perhaps you do …

The Two Builders And Their Houses

Matthew 7:24-27

… The rain typifies afflictions from Heaven. God will send you adversities like showers, tribulations as many as the drops of the dew. Between now and Heaven, O Professor …

The Sinner's Refuge

Numbers 35:11

… I have no Christ to trust to, no robe of righteousness to wear, no Heaven to hope for!" My Hearer, give me your hand! Never did father plead …

God's Overtaking Mercy

Genesis 16:8

… though it must be God or devil that night—Heaven or Hell that night—eternal joy or eternal misery that night! On some such strange occasion as this …

The Sealing of the Spirit

Ephesians 1:13

… Men will not risk their estates and no spiritually sensible man will endure to have his soul and its eternal affairs in jeopardy for an hour—therefore this …

Moab Is My Washpot

Psalm 60:8

… When we learn that pride turned angels into devils, we have a lesson in humility read to us from heaven and hell. When we read of profane Esau …

The Parable of the Sower

… No man could create the smallest grain that ever grew upon the earth, much less the celestial seed of eternal life. The minister goes to his Master in …

Meditation on God

Psalm 104:34

… is to be developed in Heaven. Imagine the hour to have come when you shall— "Greet the blood-besprinkled band, On the eternal shore" and forever range the …

Consolation In The Furnace

Daniel 3:25

… What multitudes of saints have mounted to Heaven like Elijah in a chariot of fire? Their seraphic spirits found a safe way to Heaven through the flames, for …

“Through Much Tribulation”

… I have not many relations in Heaven, but I have one whom I dearly love, who, I doubt not, often prayed for me, for she nursed me when …

Faith Justifying Speech

Psalm 116:10

… May other men be excited about gold or government and may we never be excited about God and His Truth, about Heaven and Hell, about the eternal welfare …

The Two Gatherings

Psalm 50:5

… He says, "Gather My saints together unto Me." Is it not the very joy of Heaven, the quintessence of its bliss, that we are to be gathered unto …

A Blast of the Trumpet Against False Peace

Jeremiah 6:14

… I believe if I were to die I should go to heaven as well as anybody else.” I know that those men are living in the commission of …

“Thus Saith The Lord:” Or, The Book of Common Prayer Weighed in the Balances of the Sanctuary

Ezekiel 11:15

… to shut his eyes, he shall not, if an heir of heaven, be rejected from eternal salvation, but he shall be cast off from much of the usefulness …

The Exaltation of Christ

Philippians 2:9-11

… earth’s mountains into heaven, but from her valleys. It was not from heights of bliss on earth that he strode to bliss eternal, but from depths of …

The Reception of Sinners

Luke 15:22

… The Nature of God—being as much above ours as the Heaven is above the earth—the expression of His joy is, therefore, all the loftier and His …

The Parable of the Sower

Luke 8:4-8

… No man could create the smallest grain that ever grew upon the earth, much less the celestial seed of eternal life. The minister goes to his Master in …

Joshua's Obedience

Joshua 1:7

… But to be a Christian, indeed, through and through—to eat, and drink, and sleep eternal life, to live the life of God on earth—this is the …

What Had Become of Peter?

Acts 12:18

… the inheritors of the Kingdom of Heaven. And in the life to come you shall go into the harbor of eternal peace like a ship with all her …

Love at Its Utmost

John 15:9

… His love which came to us from heaven to earth will bear us up from earth to heaven. Heart cannot conceive what love has laid up for those …

The Lamb Our Leader

Revelation 14:4

… And Abraham saw in his own offering of his son whom he so dearly loved, a faint image of that greater Offering of the Eternal Father when He …

The Dumb Singing

Isaiah 35:5

… the pit of eternal torment as punishment for their iniquities! The only reason why there is a difference between those who are in Heaven and those who are …