Heaven

Ruth Deciding for God

Ruth 1:16

… His name?— "Ashamed of Jesus? That dear Friend On whom my hopes of Heaven depend? No, when I blush, be this my shame, That I no more revere …

The Loved Ones Chastened

Revelation 3:19

… Ah!” says the old Puritan, “there is nothing like a side wind to drive God’s people to heaven. A fair wind only fills a part of their …

The Great Teacher and Remembrancer

John 14:26

… It is but a slight advance that we make towards Heaven. Believe me, it is one of the greatest joys of my heart to see you here so …

Proving God

Malachi 3:10

… the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of Heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to …

Prayer, the Proof of Godliness

Psalm 32:6

… But when the Spirit of God comes upon you and you say to yourself, "I must find Jesus Christ, I must get forgiveness and lay hold of eternal …

Our Glorious Leader

Luke 19:28

… Our Lord has gone to Heaven to prepare a place for us—and I believe He has prepared all the road as well as a place at the …

Heart-communing

1 Kings 10:2

… Were half the breath thus vainly spent To Heaven in supplications sent, Our cheerful song would more often be, 'Hear what the Lord has done for me!'" You …

True Worship

Psalm 50:14

… The poet here pictures it, but it will be so in very deed. "The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from Heaven in flaming fire, taking vengeance upon you …

"Jehovah-Rophi"

Exodus 15:26

… Surely, then, the bitterness of life or of death will be past when the mind is subdued to the Eternal will! These people said, "What shall we drink …

Independence of Christianity

Zechariah 4:6

… Ay, and then I thought I have the angels coming down from heaven. And I was not long before I finished my reverie by hearing the shout—“Hallelujah …

A Mournful Defection

John 6:67

… Yet here we are, as happy as anybody out of Heaven! We have not been injured by any or all the calumnies that have been heaped upon us …

Individual Sin Laid On Jesus

Isaiah 53:6

… The Eternal who lived, and bled, and died as the representative of all who put their trust in Him. Now you will say, perhaps, that still, albeit this …

A Day to Be Remembered

Luke 19:9

… Yes, be exceedingly glad! If anything can make a man leap for joy, it ought to be the assurance of his eternal safety. If salvation has come to …

The King Passing Over Kidron

2 Samuel 15:23

… His eyes were the suns of Heaven, and His Presence was the Glory thereof. But He came down among His creatures, who were fallen, seeking nothing but their …

'Prisoners of Hope'

Zechariah 9:11

… They are not satisfied with themselves, but they are satisfied from themselves, from that "well of water" which springs up within them "unto life eternal." What a mercy …

Joy in Place of Sorrow

John 16:22

… It is not a falsehood if we say, "Happy are you, O Israel!" True Christians are the happiest people under Heaven. They have many sorrows, but there is …

The Standard Uplifted In The Face Of The Foe

Isaiah 59:19

… It is true of you! It is true in your present darkness! You shall find it true! And in Heaven you shall bear testimony that the Spirit of …

Pride the Destroyer

Habakkuk 2:4

… I am more afraid of a lofty pride of self than of anything else under Heaven. He that is down need fear no fall, but he that rises …

Church Increase

Isaiah 49:20

… For, first, some are being drafted from us to supply the choirs of Heaven with fresh musicians. That is a happy source of loss which we would not …

The Crown of Thorns

Matthew 27:29

… He is in Himself God over all, blessed forever, the eternal Word by whom all things were made and by whom all things consist. Though Heir of all …

Memory—The Handmaid Of Hope

Lamentations 3:21

… Do you not remember your mother? She is now in Heaven and you, her son, are toiling and struggling onward here below. Do not you recollect what she …

Psalm 35

Psalm 35

… The whole Psalm is the appeal to heaven of a bold heart and a clear conscience, irritated beyond measure by oppression and malice. Beyond a doubt David's …

An Earnest Entreaty

Psalm 17:7

… your soul with humble contentment, but He provided for you a Heaven of delights—a Heaven which eyes have not seen, of which ears have not heard, neither …

Soul-threshing

Isaiah 28:27

… Heaven anything that defiles, therefore every sort of imperfection must come away from us by some means or other before we can enter into the state of eternal …

The Model Home Mission and the Model Home Missionary

Acts 10:38

… It was always the Lord's intention that the Gospel should be preached to every creature under Heaven, but, so far as His own work was concerned, He …

A New School of the Prophets

… It is your soul, your own soul, your eternal welfare, your Heaven or your hell, that is at stake. " There is the cross, and a bleeding God-man …

The Sermon of the Seasons

Genesis 8:22

… The ordinances of heaven have continued with us as with our fathers. No student of nature can doubt that to this hour, despite occasional extremes of heat and …

A Dirge for the Down-grade and a Song For Faith

Isaiah 66:10

… They talk as if we were to blame for the Hell we proclaim! Will they give us an equal share of honor for the Heaven we preach? We …

Friendship's Guide

John 15:14

… Heaven! 50. And I know that His commandment is life everlasting: whatever I speak, therefore, even as the Father said unto Me, so I speak.The eternal authority …

The Man Of Sorrows

Isaiah 53:3

… And in John, love for his Lord would call fire from Heaven on his foes. Deficiencies and exaggerations exist everywhere but in Jesus! He is the perfect Man …

How Saints May Help the Devil

Ezekiel 16:54

… and what can they do? They must somehow or other answer the Bill which we have filed against them in Heaven’s Chancery, and they do it by …

"The Lord Is Risen, Indeed"

Luke 24:5

… Let your conversation be in Heaven. Set not your affection on things on the earth, but set it upon things above where Christ sits at the right hand …

Think Well And Do Well

Psalm 26:3

… Loving kindness is high as Heaven, to which it shall lift you. It is deep as Hell, from which it has redeemed you. It is wide as the …

Consecration to God—Illustrated by Abraham’s Circumcision

Genesis 17:1-2

… can,” but this, “Be you perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” Hath any man ever attained to it? Truly we have not, but …

Saving Faith

Luke 7:50

… This is the appointed way; follow it, and it leads to heaven; refuse it, and thou must perish. This is God’s sovereign determination, ‘He that believeth on …

Adorning the Gospel

Titus 2:10

… As says the Prophet, Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool: what house will you build Me? says the Lord: or what is the place of …

Startling!

2 Kings 8:12

… Heaven, there I may be with You." Sinner, He will do it! He will hear your cry and answer your petition, and you, in the heights of Heaven …

Have You Forgotten Him?

Genesis 41:9

… He told us that we had a sentence of death in ourselves because God intended never to pass that sentence in the Court of Heaven and had, instead …

Compassion on the Ignorant

Hebrews 5:2

… They were taken from among men, not from among angels, and they were taken from men compassed with infirmity—not from absolutely perfect men like those in Heaven …

Causes and Cure of Fainting

Isaiah 40:29

… If they could get to Heaven in a one mile race, they would surely win the prize, but they have no staying power in them. They are like …