Heaven

From Death To Life

1 Samuel 2:6

… Perceiving his sins, he fears an angry God looking down from Heaven, no, with His sword drawn, reaching down from Heaven, to smite him on account of his …

The Stone Rolled Away

Matthew 28:2

… are persuaded that— "Raised from the dead, He goes before; He opens Heaven's eternal door; To give His saints a blest abode, Near their Redeemer and their …

"As We Have Heard, So Have We Seen"

Psalm 48:8

… Sentiment kicks against eternal punishment. But conscience cries, "Amen" to the righteous sentence of the Law. When the Spirit of God awakens conscience, it ceases to trifle with …

Go Back? Never!

Hebrews 11:15

… Whatever we may find in this world, we shall never find a Heaven here. We may hunt the world through and say, "This looks like a little paradise …

Resurrection—Christ The First Fruits

1 Corinthians 15:20

… He who won Heaven for earth when He died, wins Heaven for the dead when He descends into the grave. Sound His praises! Proclaim His victories! Let Heaven …

Refuges of Lies and What Will Become of Them

Isaiah 28:17

… How dare they hope? If they sow iniquity shall they reap perfection? Can a man go to Heaven who is not heavenly? Can lovers of worldly pleasure enter …

Praises and Vows Accepted in Zion

Psalm 65:1-2

… There the song went up, not so much from each separate worshipper as from all combined; there the praise as it rose to heaven was not only the …

Psalm 94

Psalm 94

… but when, after calling upon heaven and earth to help, we meet with no succour but such as comes from the eternal arm, we are led to prize …

The Great Itinerant

Acts 10:38

… It was the eternal purpose of the Lord Jesus Christ, before the lamps of Heaven were kindled or stars began to glitter in the vault of night, that …

Ephraim Bemoaning Himself

Jeremiah 31:18

… Not such is Jehovah, the God of Heaven and of earth! He compasses our path and our lying down, and is acquainted with all our ways. "The ways …

Prayer 5 — To The King Eternal

… Oh! at times Thou dost manifest Thyself to us so charmingly that heaven itself could scarce be happier than the world becomes when Thou art with us in …

Sinners Bound with the Cords of Sin

Proverbs 5:22

… What, heaven given for believing? What, heaven’s gate opened only for knocking, and boons all priceless bestowed for nothing but the asking? Yet they will not ask …

Mistrust of God Deplored and Denounced

Numbers 14:11

… He has lifted His hand to Heaven and sworn by Himself because He could swear by no greater, that by two immutable things wherein it was impossible for …

The Blood of Christ's Covenant

Zechariah 9:11

… Those whom He has chosen unto eternal life were given to Christ in the Covenant of Grace, in that eternity of which we can form so slight a …

The Christian's Great Business

Psalm 51:12-13

… The pleasant story of a Savior who came from Heaven to earth to lift us up from earth to Heaven. The story of our own conversion, the story …

Commendation for the Steadfast

Revelation 3:8

… they that have wilfully broken one of the least of his commandments, and have taught men so, shall be least in the kingdom of heaven. Blessed and happy …

The Danger Of Doubting

1 Samuel 27:1

… That can be no small offense which charges the Creator of Heaven and earth with perjury. And yet, if I mistrust His oath, and will not believe His …

God's Tender Mercy

Luke 1:78

… The Heaven of God is wide and large, so there is room for you there." Mercy thus pleads with the Sinner, "God will be glorified in your salvation …

The Echo

Psalm 27:8

… were ordained unto eternal life—for their believing is the response to God's Gospel—and the evidence of their being the favorites of Heaven. They, and they …

Paul As a Pattern Convert

1 Timothy 1:16

… Men personally elected unto eternal life by Divine Grace are also elected that they may become chosen vessels to bear the name of Jesus unto others. While our …

A Safe Prospective

Daniel 8:19

… We should be crossing all the bridges between here and Heaven long before we came to them. We should be reefing all the sails before the storm came …

Waiting, Hoping, Watching

Psalm 130:5

… Enlarge my heart till it is as large as Heaven and then, since, "the Heaven of heavens cannot contain You," make my soul as large as seven heavens …

Psalm 34

Psalm 34

… In heaven it is enjoyed to the full, and earth is like heaven where it abounds. Verse 4. I sought the Lord, and he heard me. It must …

The Saint's Trials and the Divine Deliverances

Psalm 77:1-20

… He oftentimes seemed to lie at Hell's gates, but then, again, the man seemed as if he had looked Heaven in the face and lived in perpetual …

The Spur

John 9:4

… enter Heaven through my agency. They will never enter there in any other way. God has given His Son power over all flesh to give eternal life to …

Harvest Joy

Isaiah 9:3

… Their notion is that the way to Heaven is very narrow, as, indeed, it is, and that, therefore, they must not expect many to find their way. I …

The Tenses

2 Corinthians 1:10

… Your "light affliction, which is but for a moment," will seem scarcely like a feather's weight to you when you anticipate the "far more exceeding and eternal …

Patience, Comfort and Hope From the Scriptures

Romans 15:4

… You may not have to sit among the ashes as he did, or to endure such trials as fell upon him, but, between here and Heaven, you may …

Number 1500, Or Lifting Up the Bronze Serpent

Numbers 21:9

… There is not beneath Heaven, nor in Heaven, any hope for any one of you unless you will believe in Jesus Christ! Whoever you may be, however much …

Conceit Rebuked

Job 34:33

… Sometimes you get greatly distressed about the general state of affairs and you wish you could alter it—but the Lord looks down from His eternal Throne and …

The Matchless Mystery

Ephesians 5:30

… It is a text to be treated as the manna was that fell from Heaven, namely, to be tasted, to be eaten, to be digested and to be …

The Best Christmas Fare

Psalm 119:103

… But, "Your Word is settled—settled in Heaven," with the eternal settlements. No truth of it can fail, no promise of it can be broken. What a joy …

Psalm 31

Psalm 31

… For an house of defence to save me, wherein I may dwell in safety, not merely running to thee for temporary shelter, but abiding in thee for eternal …

Peter's Prayer

Luke 5:8

… Sit not down here, for You have a right to sit on the Throne of Heaven in the midst of angels that shall sing Your praises day and …

Psalm 8

Psalm 8

… The solid fabric of the universe leans upon his eternal arm. Universally is he present, and everywhere is his name excellent. God worketh ever and everywhere. There is …

Both Sides of the Shield

Exodus 17:8

… Because of this, God said, "I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under Heaven." But, on the other hand, this assault was the result of …

The Royal Prerogative

Deuteronomy 32:39

… will fail to comfort a bleeding soul until the eternal Lord shall bow Himself from His Throne in Heaven and bind up the broken in heart! I know …

Psalm 57

Psalm 57

… He shall send from heaven. If there be no fit instruments on earth, heaven shall yield up its legions of angels for the succour of the saints. We …

Christ the Seeker and Savior of the Lost

Luke 19:10

… Eternity within a span! Summer in winter! Day in night! Heaven in earth! And God in man! Great Little One, whose glorious birth Lifts the earth to Heaven …

Coming Judgment of the Secrets of Men

Romans 2:16

… Paul perceives that there are other gospels, and he makes short work with them, for he saith, "Though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel …