Heaven

Our Gifts and How To Use Them

2 Timothy 1:6

… That which is expended in the Master's service is laid up in Heaven where neither moth nor rust can corrupt. But I am not going to speak …

Christian Resignation

Matthew 26:39

… We remember the saying of a good man that the angels in Heaven are so completely given up to obedience to God that if there should be two …

The Free Agency of Christ

Mark 8:22-25

… I have no doubt that he got to Heaven even through a lunatic asylum, but there are other and better ways of getting there! Mr. Bunyan tells us …

Prayer 10 — The Music of Praise

… expect and long for heavenly things, and our treasure shall all be in heaven and our heart be there. Take our highest manhood, Lord, and saturate it in …

Believers—Lights In The World

Philippians 2:14-16

… His conversation should be such that all who are about him should perfectly understand the way to Heaven. Things that men will not see and cannot see without …

"Noli Me Tangere" ("Touch Me Not")

John 20:17

… That same Jesus who went up from us into Heaven, will so come in like manner as they saw Him go up into Heaven. With the trumpet of …

The Touchstone of Godly Sincerity

Job 27:10

… Many tolerated amusements lead to outrages upon the morals of earth, and are an insult to the holiness of heaven. Who could think of praying about them? Herein …

The First Five Disciples

John 1:37-51

… IF it is true that "Order is Heaven's first law," I think it must be equally true that variety is the second law of Heaven. The line …

Prayer 8 — A Prayer for Holiness

… May they see the eternal light for the first time and they will remember it even in eternity. Father, help us. Bless us now for Jesu's sake …

First Literary Friends (Continued)

… He 'tabernacled on earth in the flesh,' so now that He is in Heaven, He continues to call labourers into His vineyard from the working-men of polished …

On Whose Side Are You?

Exodus 32:26

… If we have power with God for men, we shall have power with men for God! He that can overcome Heaven by prayer—what is there that he …

Reform

2 Chronicles 31:1

… The pure becomes alloyed with the base, that which is genuine with that which is spurious, divine revelation with human tradition, and the inspired decrees of heaven with …

The Triumphal Entry Into Jerusalem

… Say not—“Who shall go to heaven to find him, or into the depths to bring him up?” He is near you; he will hear your prayer even …

Small Things Not to Be Despised

Zechariah 4:10

… be with you, but I charge every one of you, meet me in Heaven! Amen. EXPOSITION BY C. H. SPURGEON: ISAIAH 54:1-10. Verse 1. Sing, O …

Watching to See

Habakkuk 2:1-4

… City of Destruction! Or that I could so speak about the glories of Heaven and the preciousness of Christ, that men would straightway run to Him, even to …

Farm Laborers

1 Corinthians 3:6-9

… Watered with the drops of the Savior's bloody sweat, shall we not bring forth a hundred-fold to His praise? Kept by the eternal Spirit of God …

Alas! I Can Do Nothing!

… They cannot travel the road to Heaven, for their bones are broken. "None of the men of strength have found their hands;" in fact, they are "without strength …

Anecdotes from the Pulpit

… To whom came a voice from heaven, saying, ‘Anthony, thou art not so perfect as is a cobbler that dwelleth at Alexandria.’ Anthony, hearing this, rose up forthwith …

The Secret of Failure

Matthew 17:19-21

… He was still none other than the all-glorious Lord of Heaven and earth, whose clothes, if He chose to make them so, would be whiter than snow …

The Heart Perfumed

Romans 5:5

… But oh, the wondrous love! Angels marvel at it! To think that God should love His sinful creatures! You will marvel at it, even in Heaven! When you …

Divine and Human Ordination

… It is the ultimatum of the King of Heaven to us in our doubts as to our calling. It is our Emperor’s protocol to all His legions …

Nazareth—or Jesus, Rejected by His Friends

Luke 4:28-30

… But in so doing they reject their own mercy! They reject the only hope of Heaven, and they seal their own destruction! I wish the time did not …

Seeing Is Not Believing, But Believing Is Seeing

1 Peter 1:8

… We did not see Him in the garden in His agony, nor behold Him upon the Cross when the cry of, "Lama Sabacthani!" startled Heaven and earth. But …

God Fighting Sin

Isaiah 63:10

… Is it not a shocking thing that the favored people of God should backslide? Is it not sad that they who have eaten the bread of Heaven should …

Hagar at the Fountain

Genesis 16:13

… Whatever that house may have been, it was the best place, then, upon the earth! It was almost the only spot under Heaven where the Lord God was …

The Great Assize

2Corinthians 5:10

… Daniel in the night visions beholds the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven, and drawing near to the Ancient of Days; then he sits upon …

Brought Up from the Horrible Pit

Psalm 40:1-3

… He gave a quid pro quo, a something which in God’s esteem, reckoning the dignity of His mighty person, stood instead of the sinner’s eternal suffering …

A Mingled Strain

Psalm 51:7

… Appropriate as our text is to the sinner, it is equally appropriate to the saint and we may continue to use it till we get to Heaven! Remember …

A Threefold Slogan

Luke 10:44

… To obtain one thing, one comprehensive blessing from Heaven, has been the objective of many a saintly prayer, like that of David, "Unite my heart to fear Your …

Christ's Glory Turned to Shame

Psalm 4:2

… Oh, for more crowns to put upon His blessed head!— "Crown Him with many crowns, The Lamb upon His throne." It shall be the Heaven of Heaven to …

Prayer 25 — The Washing of Water By The Word

… Let the blessed Gospel of the eternal God prevail, let the whole earth be filled with His glory. Oh! that we may live to see that day. The …

Prayer 20 — The Great Sacrifice

… Our prayer can never cease until we reach this point, "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." Nothing less than this …

Thanksgiving And Prayer

Psalm 65:11

… Happy are the reapers who fill their arms with the liberality of Heaven. The Psalmist tells us that the harvest is the crowning of the year. What if …

Stambourne Meeting-House

… It may be among the joys of Heaven for my venerated grandsire, that he can now compose and sing new songs unto the Lord. When we say we …

Ripe Fruit

Micah 7:1

… The nearer we are to Heaven in point of sanctification, the more we mourn our infirmities, and the humbler is our estimate of ourselves. Lightly laden vessels float …

The Blessed Christ

Matthew 21:9

… The Word became Incarnate and stooped from the Throne of Heaven to the manger of Bethlehem's stable. I know not that these words precisely were used, but …

The Believer Not An Orphan

… Do your souls hunger to-night? Jesus gives you the bread of heaven. Do you thirst to-night? The waters from the rock cease not to flow. “Come …

My Comfort In Affliction

Psalm 119:50

… It would be a pleasant thing to have a grassy path all the way to Heaven and never to find a stone in the road—but though pleasant …

The Personality of the Holy Ghost

John 14:16-17

… Nor do I find it difficult at times to realize the person of my Jesus sitting on his throne in heaven; or girt with clouds and wearing the …

The Almighty Warrior

Psalm 45:3-5

… And now, even though in Heaven, He is in a state of rest. Yet here, as the Head of the Church Militant, His mystical body, He is still …