Heaven

Confession Of Sin Illustrated by the Cases of Dr. Pritchard and Constance Kent

Psalm 32:5

… Your offenses have been insults against the King of heaven. Your transgressions have been undermining, as far as they could, the throne of the eternal majesty. Look at …

The Hospital of Waiters Visited with the Gospel

John 5:8

… Their notion seems to be that men are taken to Heaven by their ears, or dragged by force and, because we speak of cords of love and bands …

The Children and Their Hosannas

Matthew 21:15

… The spirit which looks down upon any class of people who sincerely love the Lord, is not from Heaven! Neither would the Lord Jesus sanction it for a …

The Hexapla Of Mystery

1 Timothy 3:16

… but 1 speak concerning Christ and the Church." Thrice blessed union with Jesus, may our souls find their Heaven in Your holy mystery— "Oh teach us, Lord, to …

Moses' Dying Charge to Israel

Deuteronomy 8:2

… What? I have a good hope of Heaven? I who now stand trembling on the brink of the abyss? What? Be numbered with the children, when it will …

Indwelling Sin

Job 40:3-4

… There is one nature which cannot sin, because it is born of God—a spiritual nature, coming directly from heaven, as pure and as perfect as God himself …

The Baptist's Message

John 1:29

… He says, "Though we, or an angel from Heaven, preach any other Gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed." That …

The Warrant of Faith

1 John 3:23

… First then, THE MATTER OF BELIEVING, or what is it that a man is to believe in order to eternal life. Is it the Athanasian creed? Is it …

Alto and Bass

Luke 1:53

… And he asked a farmer, "What have we to overcome in order to get to Heaven?" "Well, Sir," he replied, "you are a clergyman and I think that …

Never! Never! Never! Never! Never!

Hebrews 13:5

… But to be forsaken of God! Oh, may you and I never know it! To be without a friend in heaven; to look to that throne of glory …

Consider Before You Fight

Luke 14:31

… Mark what God does when He stirs up the great deep and seems to bring Heaven down and lift the earth up till the elements mingle in a …

Joyful Transformations

Isaiah 42:16

… I was tempted in all points like as you are, though without sin." Who can tell the encouragement given to the heir of Heaven by the fact that …

Our Lord's Prayer for His People's Sanctification

John 17:17

… If they walk not in the light of the Lord's countenance, how can they know the heaven below which comes of true godliness? Oh, it is a …

Final Perseverance

Hebrews 6:4-6

… And what are they? Why, there is the power of faith, which commands even the heavens themselves to rain, and they rain, or stops the bottles of heaven …

Prepared to Meet God

Amos 4:12

… But here, it is God Himself who is speaking and out of Heaven He addresses His erring people and says to them, "Because I will do this unto …

Chastisement

Hebrews 12:5

… Like one of old they say, “If it be so, why am I thus?” forgetful that it is “through much tribulaltion” they must “enter the kingdom of heaven …

Praise for Jesus

Genesis 49:8

… We have offended our Father who is in Heaven, and it is in vain for us to attempt to approach Him as sinners without an intercessor. But our …

The Devil's Last Throw

Luke 9:42

… there is bat one name under heaven whereby we must be saved. Many are the pretended salvations, but only one is real. "There is a name high over …

An Indictment with Four Counts

Zephaniah 3:2

… If the heart is not changed, if the Grace of God goes not with outward ordinances, those who are exalted to Heaven may yet be cast down to …

Man Unknown To Man

Proverbs 14:10

… The deeper the waters, the higher our ark mounts towards Heaven. The darker the night, the more we prize our lamp. We have learned to sing in the …

The Sea! the Sea! the Wide and Open Sea!

Psalm 95:5

… the Lord is upon many waters." When men mount up to Heaven and go down again to the deep, then is God present to them and they cry …

A New Song For New Hearts

Isaiah 12:1

… One by one we receive eternal life and peace. "You," the individual, "you," singled out to feel in your conscience God's wrath. You are equally selected to …

Lessons From the Malta Fire

Acts 28:2

… As Montgomery's well-known hymn reminds us, it is the Christian's— "Watchword at the gates of death— He enters Heaven with prayer." If your heart is …

Israel's Hope—Or, The Center of the Target

Psalm 130:7

… eternal salvation, behold, you have it in your Lord! Nothing that is needed for a soul between this present state of trial and the perfection of Heaven is …

War With Amalek

Exodus 17:8

… They were gentlemen-commoners upon the bounty of Heaven—courtiers fed from the table of the King of kings! They were lifted up to eat angels' food—they …

"My Beloved Is Mine"

Solomon 2:16

… This little sonnet might be sung in Heaven and the golden harps would be well employed if every string went with the accompaniment. How I wish you could …

Jesus and His Brethren

Genesis 45:1-5

… Erskine, I heard you at the communion with such delight! You seemed to take me to the very gates of Heaven and I was fed with the finest …

Salvation All of Grace

Ephesians 2:8

… all worlds even to his admission to the Heaven of rest. Grace, all along, "reigns through righteousness unto eternal life," and, "where sin abounds, Grace does much more …

Harvest Men Needed

Matthew 9:37

… And the very last thing He did for us when He went to Heaven was to give us men, for it is written, "He received gifts for men …

Jacob and Doubting Souls a Parallel

Genesis 45:28

… The third day He rose from the dead, no more to die, and ascended into Heaven, where He sits at the right hand of God. To this fact …

Gadding About

Jeremiah 2:36

… You cannot get the flavor of the Bread of Heaven in your mouth and afterwards contentedly feed on ashes! He who has never tasted anything but the brown …

Justice Vindicated And Righteousness Exemplified

Romans 3:24-26

… To angels in Heaven and to saints on earth, God never appeared so infinitely wise as in the ordaining of the plan of salvation by the substitution of …

Obeying Christ's Orders

John 2:5

… And lastly, I do believe that learning to obey is one of the preparatives for the enjoyments of Heaven. Why, in Heaven, they have no will but God …

Beauty for Ashes

Isaiah 61:3

… The infinite Jehovah came down from heaven and became an infant, lived among us, and then died for us. Behold in the person of the incarnate God the …

Repentance Must Go With Forgiveness

… Repentance and forgiveness are riveted together by the eternal purpose of God. What God hath joined together let no man put asunder. Repentance must go with remission, and …

The Hungry Filled, the Rich Emptied

Luke 1:53

… Do they need anything on earth or in Heaven? Then it shall not be denied to them, seeing that, in giving Christ to them, God has given them …

Pride and Humility

Proverbs 18:12

… So far from the bottom of the sea being a place over which we cannot be carried to heaven, it is one of the nearest places to heaven …

Is Conversion Necessary?

2 Corinthians 5:17

… There is to be a new Heaven and a new earth, for the first Heaven and the first earth shall pass away. And can we believe that the …

The Centurion—Or An Exhortation To The Virtuous

Luke 7:4-9

… And we shall ultimately—Glory be to His name!—sit together in the same Heaven whether we have earned a good reputation or not! Whether we have crept …

Christ Precious to Believers

1 Peter 2:7

… The superlative of all things is heaven, and if it could be possible to put Christ in competition with heaven, the Christian would not stop a moment in …