Heaven

Solitude, Silence, Submission

Lamentations 3:28

… The gate of Heaven, though it is so wide that the greatest sinner may enter, is, nevertheless, so low that pride can never pass through it. You must …

The Church As She Should Be

Solomon 6:4

… May we, every one of us, be soldiers filled with vigor to the fullness of our manhood, by the eternal power of the Holy Spirit; and may we …

Unparalleled Suffering

1 Peter 3:18

… Hell, from earth, from Heaven—I was going to say—from time and from eternity, for there was a certain sense in which eternal pangs passed through the …

Tokens For Good

Psalm 86:17

… Now, throw the great bower anchor into the depths! Let it go right down out of sight and let it get a grip upon eternal faithfulness and your …

A Double Silver Wedding

… There had been no food for us if the Lord had not given us manna from Heaven. There had been no comfortable rest for us if He had …

The Nazarene and the Sect of the Nazarenes

Matthew 2:23

… If we do not come out from among them and be separate, we cannot expect to be housed beneath the wings of the Eternal! But if we do …

Psalm 22

Psalm 22

… to pardon, to heaven. In this the dying Saviour finds a sacred satisfaction. Toiling servant of God, be glad at the thought that the eternal purpose of God …

A Word with those who Wait for Signs and Wonders

Luke 11:29

… get oratorical gifts, then how foolish you are to shut yourself out from Heaven because you cannot play the orator! Because you cannot be a preacher, do you …

'Whose Goodness Never Fails'

John 10:11

… In Heaven He gave His life for them. He had a life in Heaven, such as we may guess at from a distance, but can never fully understand …

Dead, Yet Alive

Romans 6:11

… It is not easy work to get to Heaven, even by Grace, for, though we are saved, yet it is a pilgrimage to Heaven and a stern fight …

The Gentleness Of Jesus

Matthew 12:19

… One of His followers, who loved Him much, said, "Let us call fire from Heaven upon these Samaritans." But Jesus said, "You know not what spirit you are …

Psalm 56

Psalm 56

… Sometimes eternal life in heaven. Joh 8:12, "He that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." "To walk before God …

The Healing of One Born Blind

John 9:32

… In consequence of our natural self-sufficiency we all aspire to enter Heaven by efforts and merits of our own. We may deny human merit as a doctrine …

How Is Salvation Received?

Romans 4:16

… I have laid hold on the promises, I have seen Christ, I have gazed into Heaven, I have enjoyed foretastes of eternal joys! But (she says) I am …

Christian Conversation

Psalm 145:11

… Remember that you have been a soldier in the army of the Lord and that, in the Last Day, when He gives away the medals in Heaven, you …

Breakfast With Jesus

John 21:12

… If we may but see Him in Glory, that shall be the Heaven of Heaven. If I were the dying thief I would be happy to die with …

"I and the Children"

Isaiah 8:18

… The separating process continues and will continue until the eternal purpose has been completely fulfilled. Those whom the Lord has chosen feel the attractions of the Savior and …

Enlivening and Invigorating

Psalm 119:25

… In fact, they get fewer as the good people go home to Heaven. Any attempt to do anything there would be looked upon as "an innovation." Yet they …

The Fullness and the Filling

John 1:16

… The inhabitants of Heaven would echo back the strain, "Of His fullness have we all, the glorified spirits, received, and Grace for Grace." This is the testimony of …

Concerning Prayer

Psalm 86:6

… Prayers that are indistinct, inharmonious, broken, made up of sighs and cries and damped with tears—these are the prayers which win with Heaven. Prayers that you cannot …

Fire! Fire! Fire!

Isaiah 43:2

… Across that prairie lies the pathway to heaven, beneath that blazing sky the whole Church of God must make its perpetual journey. It started at the first in …

Sham Conversion

2 Kings 17:25

… In the highest regions, also, where we have to do with spiritual and eternal things, there are even worse cheats than anywhere else! That old enemy of God …

The Wicked Man’s Life, Funeral, and Epitaph

Ecclesiastes 8:10

… If there be a place under high heaven more holy than another, it is the pulpit whence the gospel is preached. This is the Thermophylae of Christendom; here …

Christ's Hospital

Psalm 147:3

… That which is the occupation of Heaven must be happy employment. "It is good to sing praises unto our God." "It is pleasant" and certainly nothing is more …

Mistakes Concerning God

Psalm 1:21

… Manhood is not a mirror broad enough or long enough to reflect the majesty of the Eternal. We are like God as a spark of fire is like …

The Anxious Enquirer

Job 23:3

… On the other hand, I know that I cannot enter Heaven unless I have a perfect righteousness. I am absolutely certain I shall never have one of my …

The Superlative Excellence Of The Holy Spirit

John 16:7

… We have no miracles on our side—we do not want them—the Holy Spirit is enough! We call no fire from Heaven— no earthquake shakes the ground …

A Stir-and What Came of It

Matthew 21:10

… There are, at certain times and seasons, blessed blowing of the sacred wind from Heaven through the garden of mankind and I think, at this period, London is …

Safe, Though Surrounded By Sin

Psalm 28:1

… They talk not of the preciousness of His blood— they speak not of His eternal and unchangeable love. You speak not, either, and therein you become like they …

Our Thoughts About God's Thoughts

Psalm 139:17

… Lies not all my hope, my very Heaven, that way? The glances of Your eyes, are they not the very medicine that shall cure my soul-sickness, or …

Grieve Not the Holy Spirit

Ephesians 4:30

… Although the word, "grieve," is a painful one, yet there is honey in the rock! For it is an inexpressibly delightful thought that He who rules Heaven and …

Comfort for Those Whose Prayers Are Feeble

Lamentations 3:56

… We will close with a fourth practical lemon—FEEBLE PRAYERS ARE HEARD IN HEAVEN. Why is it that feeble prayers are understood of God and heard in Heaven …

The Sealed Hand—a Winter Sermon

Job 37:7

… sealed from its occupation that our heart may be unsealed towards God, Heaven and eternal things!— "It needs our hearts be weaned from earth. It needs that we …

The Silver Trumpet

Isaiah 1:18

… Who was the man whom He converted after He had gone to Heaven? There is only one case in the Bible where a man was converted personallyby Christ …

The Dove'S Return To The Ark

Genesis 8:9

… And to lay hold on folly till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the Heaven all the …

A Witness and a Partaker

1 Peter 5:1

… Brothers and Sisters, the next best thing to being actually in Heaven is to be assured that you will be there, and also to have this thought at …

First Forgiveness, Then Healing

Luke 5:20

… Speak of physiognomies—the Grace of God is such an eternal beautifier that the face from which you would have turned away in disgust and said, "There can …

Psalm 142

Psalm 142

… our judgments lose their balance, but the eternal mind is always clear. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me. This the …

A Message From God

Judges 3:20

… There lives not a man under the cape of Heaven that should be so free from the fear of his fellow creatures as God's minister! To him …

In Christ No Condemnation

Romans 8:1

… It is there striving and warring, vexing and grieving, and it will be there till he is taken up into Heaven! It is there as an alien and …