Heaven

Good Cheer For Outcasts

Psalm 147:2

… And when He has done that, He gathers them into Heaven. What a surprise it must be for any man to find himself in Heaven when he remembers …

A Round of Delights

Romans 15:13

… God give you the joy of joys, the light of delight, the Heaven of Heaven! Then notice the comprehensiveness of his prayer. "All joy"—that is joy in …

Shutting, Sealing and Covering—or, Messiah's Glorious Work

Daniel 9:24

… to be far off from Heaven and happiness! Sin is misery. In it lies both the root and the fruit of eternal woe. Purity is paradise—to be …

Means for Restoring the Banished

2Samuel 14:14

… Willfully and wickedly have we rebelled against the majesty of Heaven. We are, therefore, in our natural estate, banished ones—expelled from His love and favor—waiting the …

Personal and Effectual Calling

John 10:3

… He has gone up to Heaven to plead for them and to present before His Father the memorials of His death. Yet He is still with them, according …

The Exceeding Riches of Grace

Ephesians 2:7

… He held it forth that the same results would follow in all ages from the preaching of the same Gospel with the same power from Heaven and, therefore …

To Souls In Agony

Psalm 116:3

… Prayer can overcome Heaven and bend Omnipotence to its will. Only pray, Brothers and Sisters, believingly and in the name of the Well-Beloved, and answers of peace …

Knowledge Commended

Daniel 11:32

… If it is a torch, you may carry it with you to kindle the flame of Tophet's fire, or, on the other hand, by that Heaven-lit …

Bright Prospects for Young Believers

Malachi 4:2

… And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tempted Him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in …

Questions Which Ought To Be Asked

Job 35:10-11

… Two little boys were once speaking together about Elijah riding to heaven in the chariot of fire. One of them said, ‘I think he had plenty of courage …

Strange Things

Luke 5:26

… s progress to the Eternal City of God. Strange things do the people of God see in their own lives as they find Heaven on earth! It is …

Fragrant Graces

Songs 1:12

… He is seated at His table in Heaven, eating bread in the Kingdom of God. Surrounded now not by publicans and harlots, but by cherubim and seraphim, not …

Conversions Desired

Acts 11:21

… It may seem very commonplace, but it is, in fact, one of the grandest designs under Heaven. He who contemplates it has a higher aim than philosopher, Reformer …

The Lower Courts

1 John 3:20

… And these men, in like manner, do not like us to talk about judgment, Heaven, and Hell. O Sirs, you are like the silly ostrich that buries its …

Psalm 68

Psalm 68

… Was there a thunderclap just then heard in heaven? Or, did the poet's mind flash backward to the time when from the heaven of heavens the voice …

"I Will," Yet, "Not As I Will"

John 7:24

… Who but the eternal Son of God may dare to say, "Father, I will"? There speaks Incarnate Deity! That is the sublime utterance of the well-beloved Son …

Decision—Illustrated by the Case of Joshua

Joshua 24:15

… eternal misery if all the rest of the world should be lost with us! Company in Hell will be the reverse of consolation! If we lose Heaven for …

Job's Sure Knowledge

Job 19:25

… There must be a just God in Heaven who will see me righted and even though worms devour my body until the last relic of it has passed …

Spiritual Transformations

Isaiah 4:13

… of this world so important in your estimation that you will lose Heaven and Eternal Life? I pray you "seek the Lord while He may be found: call …

Why Are We Saved By Faith?

… The belief and the receiving relate only to an apple; but they make up precisely the same act as the faith which deals with eternal salvation. What the …

Psalm 9

Psalm 9

… Praise is to be offered to God alone; we may be grateful to the intermediate agent, but our thanks must have long wings and mount aloft to heaven …

Marrow and Fatness

2 Samuel 7:18-22

… If this is dreaming, let me dream on, my God, forever! Eternal love welling up in infinite blessing to the chosen race—pouring forth, forever, inexhaustible rivers of …

All of Grace

… God through faith unto salvation;” they are not suffered to sin away their eternal inheritance, but as temptations arise, they have strength given with which to encounter them …

The Whole Machinery of Salvation

Romans 10:14

… God help us to do so! Hear that which is really aimed at your heart and conscience! Hear that which tells of Christ, Heaven and the way there …

A New Year's Benediction

Hebrews 13:5

… But '"He has said," that is to say, God has said—Immutable Truth and eternal fidelity have said God, who made Heaven and earth, and who changes not …

Seeing and Testifying

1 John 4:14

… out of His own bosom, the Son out of the glories of Heaven! The Eternal Son of God, commissioned by the Father, came to earth! And with what …

Household Salvation

Acts 16:32-34

… IT SOMETIMES HAPPENS that a good man has to go alone to heaven: God’s election has separated him from the midst of an ungodly family, and, notwithstanding …

Girding on the Harness

1 Kings 20:11

… And many a time do I breathe the prayer to God that I may die and be gathered at once into Heaven, sooner than be permitted to fall …

The Lord No More Angry with His People

Isaiah 54:9

… Earth, itself, and Heaven and Hell are but one vast dungeon for the man who is the object of the wrath of God and against whom the sentence …

Sowing in the Wind, Reaping Under Clouds

Ecclesiastes 11:4

… You may unduly consider circumstances in reference to the business of your own eternal life. You may, in that matter, observe the winds, and never sow. You may …

Psalm 20

Psalm 20

… His warfare is now accomplished in his own proper person, but in his mystical body, the church, he is still beset with dangers, and only the eternal arm …

Boldness at the Throne

Hebrews 4:16

… It is— "His watchword at the gates of death, He enters Heaven with prayer." I suppose that even there we shall continue to pray. At all events, we …

Psalm 84

Psalm 84

… an enduring inheritance in heaven. I learn, in short, from God as a Sun, that if I have "wages, "I must have eternal death; but from God as …

The Infallibility of God’s Purpose

Job 23:13

… Does it not seem, when you sit down to think of yourself as being in heaven, as a pretty dream that never will be true? What! shall these …

A Vexed Soul Comforted

Job 27:2

… So he looked up to Heaven and he said, "The Almighty has embittered my soul. That is the end of the controversy. I can see from where all …

Christ's Loneliness and Ours

John 16:31

… They left His lone prayer to ascend to Heaven unattended by sympathetic cries. He was alone, too, when put upon His trial. False witnesses were found to bear …

Psalm 78

Psalm 78

… holy life, if ever they would escape eternal death! Alas! how is it possible they should ever arrive at heaven if they know not the way thither? The …

A Word in Season

Job 22:29

… They are too shy and reserved, too proud and unapproachable, or perhaps too profane and blustering to allow you to say a word to them about eternal things …

To Die Or Not To Die!

2 Corinthians 5:8

… One of them said he should be glad to go to Heaven. He wished that his time was come. He did not see anything here worth living for …

Invitation to a Conference

Isaiah 1:18

… His Son, His only-begotten and well-beloved Son came down from Heaven, took upon Himself our nature and became a Man. And being found in fashion as …