Heaven

Christ is Glorious—Let Us Make Him Known

Micah 5:4

… Lo! at his girdle swing the keys of heaven, and death, and hell, for “the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful …

Introduction

… When saints are apparently laid in the earth; they quit the earth, and rise and mount to Heaven-gate, and enter into immortality. No, when the sepulcher receives …

A Warrant for Your Apprehension

Zephaniah 2:5

… Or where shall I flee from Your Presence? If I ascend up into Heaven, You are there. If I make my bed in Hell, behold, You are there …

Truth Stranger Than Fiction

Joel 2:25

… Oh, that one could, from the very earliest openings of one's eyes have seen the light of the Eternal! Oh, that the first pulsing of life had …

'A Song of My Beloved'

Solomon 2:16

… When the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from Heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not …

The Private Thoughts and Words of Jesus

Matthew 20:17-19

… Sa vior's face Almost in every page." We cannot look up to Heaven and see Jesus amid the celestial splendors, but He lovingly looks down from the …

The Exodus

Exodus 12:41

… Have I lost heaven in Adam? I shall have heaven in Christ; for Christ came not only to seek and to save the people that were lost, but …

A Distinction with a Difference

Luke 1:18

… If your walk through life is the walk of faith, as Abraham's and Enoch's were, you shall have a grand life—grandly full, eternal and Christly …

The Gazelles and the Deer

Song 2:7

… His restful Presence is Heaven below and the best foretaste of Heaven above—in it we find everything that is pure, lovely and of good report. It is …

Watch-Night Service

Psalm 90:1-22

… And hast thou not promised that thy ministers shall not labour in vain? For thou hast said that “as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven …

"Take, Eat"

Matthew 26:26

… who covers the Heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains. He gives to the beast his food, and …

Serving The Lord

Romans 12:11

… the livery of princes! But what must it be to have God, the Eternal, for your Master? To have Jesus Christ as your gracious Helper? To have the …

'The Old Testament 'Prodigal'

2 Chronicles 33:12

… And he built altars for all the host of Heaven in the two courts of the House of the Lord." Oh, the infinite patience of the Most High …

The Savior's Thirst

John 19:28

… Repentance and faith go hand in hand all the way to Heaven. Repenting and believing make up a large measure of the Christian life. First, let us read …

Salvation to the Uttermost

Hebrews 7:25

… You think that if sometimes you are sincere, if now and then you put up an earnest cry to heaven, God will accept you; and though your life …

The Lambs And Their Shepherd

Isaiah 40:11

… His people in this fashion! What condescension is here! The Lord God, the Eternal and Infinite, acts the part of a Shepherd. But let us read on. The …

Silver Sockets—Redemption the Foundation!

Exodus 30:11-16

… This is the deepest joy of earth and the grandest song in Heaven. "For You were slain and have redeemed us unto God by Your blood." I beg …

Why Is Faith So Feeble?

Mark 4:40

… Is it so? Do you think too little of the invisible and the eternal? Are your thoughts incessantly occupied with business—and is God thus shut out? Are …

Our Position and Our Purpose

2 Corinthians 7:1

… Blessed is His name, this walking of Christ with His people is one of the daily privileges of the heir of Heaven! Another promise we have obtained is …

Certain Curious Calculations About Loaves and Fishes

Mark 8:19-21

… I hear a voice from Heaven, saying, "you shall see greater things than these." "And greater things than these shall you do, because I go unto the Father …

The Man of One Subject

1 Corinthians 2:2

… Let a man know Christ crucified, and he knows Him who to know is Life Eternal! This is a subject which does not awaken one part of the …

Gratitude for Deliverance from the Grave

Psalm 118:17

… When saints are apparently laid in the earth, they quit the earth and rise and mount to Heaven's gate and enter into immortality! No, when the sepulcher …

The Savior's Charity

Mark 10:51

… And said unto him, One thing you lack go your way, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven: and …

Hoping in God's Mercy

Psalm 33:18

… But since it is one of the jewels in His crown which gladdens His heart and brings Him honor in the sight of glorified saints in Heaven, depend …

Christ and His Table-Companions

… What! are ye to live together for ever in heaven, and will ye show no affection for one another here below? It is your Master’s new command …

His Own Funeral Sermon*

Acts 13:36

… Though our citizenship is in Heaven, yet as we live on earth, we should seek to serve our generation while we pass as pilgrims to the better country …

Regeneration and the Holy Spirit

… that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. The eighteenth verse repeats the same doctrine in the broadest terms: He that believeth on him …

Abundant Pardon

Isaiah 55:7

… The forgiveness is valid! It is valid on earth, in the court of conscience, and above, in the court of Heaven! The pardoned sinner is truly pardoned and …

Jacob's Fear and Faith

Genesis 32:11

… on his way, and the angels of God met him." Messengers from the eternal Throne of God came to salute God's favorite! And, I suppose, to escort …

Building “Our Holy and Beautiful House”

… I pray that God may give him grace, every day, that he may know his own title to the Kingdom of Heaven to be clearer and clearer as …

Following Christ

John 21:22

… When sin is pardoned and the eternal safety of the soul is ensured, the next thing is to seek the purity of the soul and to secure a …

The Seed Upon Stony Ground

Mark 4:5

… Remember, next, that hearing is not enough. "Hearers only" will not enter Heaven—there must be a doing of the Word as well as a hearing of it …

Setting Jesus at Nothing—Treating Him with Contempt

Luke 23:11

… The mean soldier in the petty army of a petty prince made unholy mirth of Heaven's high Lord and earth's Redeemer. What a sorrowful and shameless …

The Redeemer's Face Set Like a Flint

Isaiah 50:7

… Hobson, for Christ's sake, you would set your face like a flint in your holy resolve not to go to Heaven alone, feeling that you must have …

Preach the Gospel

1 Corinthians 9:16

… If he has the call of heaven, if he has no congregation, he would preach to the rippling waterfalls, and let the brooks hear his voice. He could …

Paul, the Ready

Romans 1:15

… The Lord Jesus no sooner called to him out of Heaven, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?" than he answered, "Who are You, Lord? " Almost directly after …

The Fainting Hero

Judges 15:18

… Oh, simpletons that we are! The table is daintily spread and the manna of Heaven lies close to our hands, but because there is a little tear in …

First Healing and then Service

Matthew 8:14

… profession of faith, they are enacting a falsehood in the sight of high Heaven, seeing they have no such faith. "Unto the wicked, God says, What have you …

A Voice With Four Messages

1 Kings 19:11-13

… Although the fire of the Lord had fallen from Heaven and had consumed Elijah's sacrifice, burned up the very stones of the altar and licked up the …

A Bit of History for Old and Young

Genesis 48:15

… Why, my Brother, you will not be able to do so much good in Heaven as you can on earth, for they all know about it up there …