Heaven

The Sheep Before The Shearers

Isaiah 53:7

… He had only to have lifted His eyes to Heaven, or to have felt a wrathful wish and legions of angels would have chased out the ribald soldiers …

Christ's Curate In Decapolis

Mark 5:17-19

… You would like to be in Heaven. Oh, yes, and it is a laudable desire, to wish to be with Christ, for it is far better than being …

The Thorn in the Flesh

2 Corinthians 12:7

… What do these grovelers know? What are they, compared with me? I am the favorite of Heaven. I have been indulged by the Eternal with an admission into …

Vile Ingratitude!

Ezekiel 16:1-2

… Oh, that day, that day of days, as the days of heaven upon earth, when our eyes looked to Christ and were lightened, when the burden rolled from …

An Objection and an Answer

Galatians 5:6

… God has made and fixed this fast and firm— there is no other salvation. "There is no other name given under Heaven among men whereby we must be …

The First Day Of Creation

Genesis 1:4

… May the eternal light of the Holy Spirit shine upon us, now, that by His light we may see light. Man's fallen nature is a very chaos …

A Song at the Wellhead

Numbers 21:16-18

… anticipation of Heaven makes earth become endurable! And the sorrows of time lose their weight when we think of the "far more exceeding and eternal weight of Glory …

Mary Magdalene

Mark 16:9

… If we are saved, it is not because we have the first motions of desire towards Christ, but because eternal love casts its cords around us and draws …

My Prayer

Psalm 119:37

… The garments of a man may frighten birds, but only the heart and soul of manhood can avail with Heaven! Without the living soul of sincerity and earnestness …

Meal-time in the Cornfields

… to do thy will, O Lord.” Heaven is made up of serving God day and night, and a foretaste of heaven is enjoyed in serving God on earth …

Our Expectation

Isaiah 53:10

… Keep it and you shall find that it makes life below like Heaven above! When you live with the living Christ, you will live, indeed! In Him is …

Ecce Rex

John 19:14

… was King before all worlds as Lord of all by right of His eternal power and Godhead. He had a Throne when worlds were made, as King of …

Death and Its Sentence Abolished

Colossians 2:13

… In Christ we are delivered from the curse of the Law of God and we have an eternal inheritance already secured to us. I must not dwell on …

The Substance Of True Religion

Job 19:28

… Beloved, this is a cardinal point of saving faith, that Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, is next of kin to us poor, guilty men! His name …

Strengthening Words from the Savior's Lips

2 Corinthians 12:9

… It was one of His few rejoicing notes, "I saw Satan, like lightning, fall from Heaven." It was by the name of Jesus that devils were expelled after …

The Spirit of Bondage and Adoption

Romans 8:15

… From that we shall never be altogether delivered, for with holy awe we shall bow before the Divine Majesty, even when we come to be perfect in Heaven …

Preach, Preach, Preach Everywhere!

Mark 16:15

… You remember Christ's own parable, "The kingdom of Heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants and delivered unto them …

God's People Melted and Tried

Jeremiah 9:7

… Oh, that the Lord would give them another mind! "Except you are converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven." O …

Self-destroyed, Yet Saved

Hosea 13:9

… in the clouds to let them see into Heaven. "In Me is your help," says Christ on yonder eternal Throne! "In Me is your help," says the Father …

The 'Beau Ideal' of Life

Psalm 90:14

… There is time enough for the most hard-worked man to lift his eyes to Heaven and to cry, "O Lord, for Jesus Christ's sake, accept me …

Apart

Zechariah 12:12-14

… may hide himself away from the tempests of eternal wrath." God bless you, Beloved! May we meet in Heaven to sing together, though on earth we must mourn …

Mediation of Moses

Exodus 32:14

… His eternal will must forever be the same, for He cannot alter, since He would either have to alter for the better or for the worse. He cannot …

The Middle Passage

Habakkuk 3:2

… Make known Yourself, Eternal Father, as You receive prodigals into Your bosom and kiss them with the kiss of love and make high festival concerning their return to …

A Worthy Theme for Thought

Psalm 48:9

… God says, "Heaven is My Throne, and earth is My footstool: what house will you build Me? Or what is the place of My rest? Have not My …

The Commissariat of the Universe

Psalm 104:28

… The natural man thinks that he has to earn Divine favor, that he has to purchase the blessings of Heaven, but he is in grave error—the soul …

Psalm 40

Psalm 40

… Now, when the purpose of heaven is come to the birth, and the decree breaks forth, and the fulness of time is come, he makes heaven and earth …

Unprofitable Servants

Matthew 25:30

… And he that is filthy, let him be filthy, still." In another world there is permanence of character—enduring holiness is Heaven but continual evil is Hell. This …

The Private Tutor

John 14:24-26

… What are human sciences but glimpses at transient and shadowy things? But spiritual meditation yields us views of eternal and substantial Truths of God! As I walk through …

The Sprinkling of the Blood of the Sacrifice

Leviticus 4:6

… David says—"Against You, You only, have I sinned," and the prodigal cries, "I have sinned against Heaven and before you." The Sacrifice of Christ is so mainly …

The Greatest Wonder of Grace

Ezekiel 9:8

… Somebody has said there will be three great wonders in Heaven—first, to see so many there whom we never expected to meet in Glory. Secondly, to miss …

The Royal Savior

Acts 5:31

… Speaks on this wise, Say not in your heart, Who shall ascend into Heaven? (That is, to bring Christ down from above). Or, Who shall descend into the …

Divine Forgiveness Admired and Imitated

Colossians 3:13

… They are, first of all, "elect of God," that is to say, chosen according to His eternal purpose. They are made choice ones by being thus chosen. Next …

The Three Hours of Darkness

Matthew 27:45

… It must have grieved the heart of the Eternal God to see such wanton cruelty of men towards Him who went about doing good and healing all manner …

Strength And Recovery

Zechariah 10:12

… I speak of Him, now, not as the eternal God alone in Himself, but as He is pleased to reveal Himself to us—in dispensations of Law and …

The Blind Befriended

Isaiah 42:16

… Before the light from Heaven shone upon them they were in the gross darkness of their natural state. Now, it is not every man that knows that he …

Joseph And His Brothers

Genesis 45:3-5

… Do you not know, Sinner, every time you prefer the pleasures of this world to the joys of Heaven, you spit in the face of Christ? Every time …

A Generous Proposal

Numbers 10:29

… If you ask me, "How do you know that there is a Heaven?" I must answer you, I believe it on God's testimony. I have no other …

Over the Mountains

Song 2:16

… Heaven itself would not be Heaven if You were absent. Abide with us! The world grows dark, the glooming of time draws on. Abide with us, for it …

The Friend of God

Isaiah 41:8

… Let us enjoy Heaven on the road to Heaven! Why not? Instead of being fished up as castaways, stranded upon the shores of mercy, let us take our …

God's Providence

Ezekiel 1:15-19

… The meaning of the passage, "In Heaven their angels do always behold the face of My Father which is in Heaven," surely is that every Christian has a …