Heaven

Good Advice For Troublous Times

Isaiah 26:20

… and that little," so long as your soul is safe, your eternal welfare is safe, your Heaven is safe, why, surely, you will thus be helped to bear …

The Fair Portrait of a Saint

Job 23:11

… holy"—and again, "Be you perfect, even as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect." Job had observed the steps of God's Justice that he might …

One Trophy for Two Exploits

Psalm 18:29

… How comparatively short were His sufferings! Compare them with the eternal weight of punishment and misery which we ought to have endured. What a stride was that which …

Belief, Baptism, Blessing

Acts 16:33

… And many of our crawling friends, I trust, will be found in Heaven, and will be really saved, although they are a long while in coming to Christ …

A Wilderness Cry

Psalm 63:1

… Till we are perfected we shall not be always at our highest point, otherwise earth would be turned to Heaven and time would have forgotten itself and merged …

More and More, or Less and Less

Matthew 13:12

… If I have received the light of Heaven into my soul, however small its beginnings, the Lord will add a gracious increase. And as I follow on to …

The “Down-grade” Controversy Foreshadowed

… We are, therefore, called upon to judge it as a hymn-book ; and it is our firm opinion that, until Butler’s Hudibras is sung in Heaven, Mr …

Living on the Word

Deuteronomy 8:3

… And now my Heavenly Father will not rest until He has made Heaven ready for me—and made me ready for Heaven—and all that I need on …

The Test of Taste

1 Peter 2:3

… And He passed by and said to us, "Live," and we did live through His eternal Word of Life. He began to deal with us when we had …

Till We Meet Again

Revelation 22:21

… men shall need between earth and Heaven to fight against Hell, to trample on the world and to enter into eternal perfection is found in Christ! May His …

Ruth's Reward—or, Cheer for Converts

Ruth 2:12

… Every advance in holiness is an advance in secret happiness! To be a little more meet for Heaven is to have a little more of Heaven in the …

Happy Childhood at Stambourne

… Those who have daubed up the windows will yet be surprised to see Heaven’s light beaming on the old truth, and then breaking forth from it to …

The Maintenance of Good Works

Titus 3:3-8

… That being justified by His Grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. This is a faithful saying and these things I will …

Restless! Peaceless!

Isaiah 57:20

… Believing in Christ Jesus unto eternal life, he knows that his sin is pardoned, that he is a child of God, that Omnipotence will preserve him even to …

"Eyes Right"

Proverbs 4:25

… According to Divine teaching, as gracious as it is certain, we learn that the way of eternal life is Jesus Christ. Christ Himself says, "I am the Way …

The Broad Wall

Nehemiah 3:8

… Your treasure is laid up in Heaven and available for eternity. Your best hopes overleap the narrow bounds of time and fly beyond the grave—your spirit must …

Your Own Salvation

Philippians 2:12

… Shall I bide with that which cost him his life? If he came from heaven to earth, shall I be slow to look from earth to heaven? Shall …

Our Miseries, Messengers of Mercy

Hosea 6:1-2

… Give it up altogether, and if you cannot be happy one way, try another; you clearly perceive that you are shut out of heaven, well, make the best …

The Root That Bears Wormwood

Deuteronomy 29:18

… I read the other day, in a lecture against this doctrine, that Augustine was the author of the doctrine of eternal punishment. It was a great piece of …

The Sheep and Their Shepherd

John 10:27

… Unless our bread drop down from heaven, and our water flow out of the living rock, we must die. Our weakness and our want we keenly feel: still …

The Voices of Our Days

Job 32:7

… Lay hold on eternal life." The declining strength, the teeth long gone, the limbs trembling, the eyes needing glasses to aid them, the hair snowy with many winters …

The Desire of the Soul in Spiritual Darkness

Isaiah 26:9

… I tell you there are times when a Christian will be ready to creep into a mousehole if he might but get into heaven; when he would be …

Holy Longings

Psalm 119:131

… Oh, to be rid of every sin! What is that but Heaven? Oh, to escape cleanly from every tendency to it and from every trace of it! This …

Joy Hindering Faith

Luke 24:41-45

… And then there is a great Heaven. Oh, what a Heaven! Have any of us any idea of what it will be like? We sit and meditate upon …

The First Setting Up of the Bronze Serpent

Numbers 21:4-9

… How could they be better off than to have Heaven for their granary, the rocks for their wine cellars, and God, Himself, for their Provider? They were gentlemen …

Portraits Of Christ

Romans 8:29

… To seek to follow a Job in all respects would not bring you to be perfect, even as your Father who is in Heaven is perfect. There remains …

Apostolic Exhortation

Acts 3:19

… Thou canst not have thy sins and go to heaven. Which shall it be? Wilt thou leave thy sins and go to heaven, or hold thy sins and …

Christ’s Estimate of His People

Solomon 4:10-11

… Jesus Christ has banquets in heaven, such as we have never yet tasted, and yet he does not feed there. He has wines in heaven richer far than …

Freshness

Job 29:20

… Their prayers will go to Heaven, for they came from Heaven! God has inspired them and their originality is a part of the manual of the Spirit. I …

Two Arguments Against Sin

Jeremiah 44:4

… They did, in effect, say to Jehovah, the Maker of Heaven and earth, the good and gracious God, "We will not worship You, but we will worship that …

Seeing Christ's Day

John 8:56

… Now look forward and see, by faith, that sight which the Apostle describes, "For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of …

Faith in Perfection

Psalm 138:8

… That which is born of the flesh is flesh and cannot enter heaven; only that which is born of the Spirit is spirit, and is, therefore, capable of …

Between the Two Appearings

Hebrews 9:26-28

… Our Lord's Second Advent will make that bridge far broader, until Heaven shall come down to earth and, ultimately, earth shall go up to Heaven. At these …

Psalm 88

Psalm 88

… Prayers must be directed to heaven with earnest care. So thought Heman—his cries were all meant for the heart of his God. He had no eye to …

The Welcome Visitor

John 11:28-32

… Let Me see your face, for sweet is your voice and your countenance is comely." I tell you it is Christ's Heaven to hear the voices of …

The Great Attraction

John 12:32

… Finally the uplifted Redeemer draws us away from earth to Heaven. Earth holds us fast—we cannot escape from its hold, but we feel a heavenward drawing. It …

Christ—The Power and Wisdom of God

1 Corinthians 1:24

… The orbs that float aloft in ether, those ponderous planets, and those mighty stars, were placed in their positions or sent rolling through space by the eternal strength …

Jesus The Shepherd

Isaiah 40:11

… Jacob slept and dreamed that he saw a ladder, the foot of which stood upon the earth, while the top reached to Heaven, from where a Covenant God …

The First Appearance of the Risen Lord to the Eleven

Luke 24:36-44

… The preacher went on to describe the way in which the man of God had ascended to Heaven at the moment of death—his spirit fashioning for itself …

A Call to the Lord's Own Flock

Ezekiel 34:30

… To dwell with Him is Heaven! Is it not so with you, my Brothers and Sisters? Have you not lifted up your hands unto the Lord so that …