Hope

The Whole Machinery of Salvation

Romans 10:14

… I could not see that there was any way of hope for me. I thought that I must be left out, that I was too sinful, or too …

Christ Our Life—Soon To Appear

Colossians 3:4

… Paul says that during his disastrous voyage, "neither sun nor stars for many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on them and all hope that they should …

Why Some Seekers Are Not Saved

Isaiah 59:1

… I know that with some of my most hopeful hearers, it is just as I have been describing it—they hear the Gospel and they pray to God …

The Believer's Heritage of Joy

Psalm 119:111

… A hopeful godly man is a continual source of joy to other people. When a man can inspire hope in his fellows—and he cannot do that unless …

The Church Encouraged and Exhorted

Isaiah 43:6

… I said to a Sister who brought the last of her children to join the Church, "You are a favored woman, for I know some who, I hope …

Household Salvation

Acts 16:32-34

… A little persuasion would succeed in many cases, and once bring them here, we would hope to hold them. If I could not be the instrument of converting …

Self-Delusion

Luke 13:24

… No, verily, I rather hope that the rough winds of self-examination may help to drive them away. It is not security, but carnal security, which we would …

By The Fountain

Genesis 49:22

… Hereditary religion is hopeful when it is also personal religion, but not else. If you are not living in God on your own account, your religion may as …

The Ministry Of Gratitude

Luke 4:39

… I do not know that she sat down and sang a hymn, perhaps she did—good women before her have done so and I hope they will after …

Unseasonable Prayer

Exodus 14:15

… It is a very shocking thing, but I have known the case of a man, I hope a Christian, knowing such-and-such a thing to be right …

"The Sure Mercies of David"

Acts 13:34

… Though He is still cast out and persecuted, He is the one hope of our spirits! Bear with me while I also say that our salvation lies in …

Sentence Of Death, The Death Of Self-trust

2 Corinthians 1:9

… Why is it that one of the first works of Grace on a man is to take away all his comfort and hope? I will soon tell you …

What We Would Be*

… Let them rise to a higher scale of expectancy, lest they readily become self-satisfied, and thus destroy all hope of a great life. Believe me, young brother …

Life's Need and Maintenance

Psalm 22:29

… They fear that their faith is expiring, their love is dying out, their hope is withered and their joy departed. They compare themselves to the smoking flax and …

Travailing for Souls

Isaiah 66:8

… Brethren, there is no hope for China, no hope for the world, no hope for our own city, while the church is sluggish and lethargic. Through the church …

Sermon 463. Christ'S Servant—His Duty And Reward

John 12:26

… How pleasant and hopeful are such marks of interest—but how far are many of these enquirers from true discipleship—for their unhumbled hearts are not obedient to …

Number One Thousand; Or, “Bread Enough and To Spare”

Luke 15:17

… If we could shut up unconverted men to those two thoughts, what hopeful congregations we should have. Alas! they forget that there is mercy only with God, and …

The Scales of Judgment

Daniel 5:27

… But mortal life can ne’er describe the miseries of a disappointed blasted hope, when that hope is lost—it involves the loss of mercy, the loss of …

The Two Yokes

Jeremiah 28:13

… The two pilgrims, Christian and Hopeful, when they went on their way, came to a place where the road was full of flints that cut their feet, and …

Christian Resignation

Matthew 26:39

… Or the Sunday school teacher has, by the Grace of God, been the means of bringing his class into an interesting and hopeful condition—yet, just when the …

The Search For Faith

Luke 18:8

… It sounds through the chambers of my soul like the death of many a grand hope and pleasant imagination. Lord, what is man, that centuries of mercy can …

A Sunday School Sermon

Isaiah 40:11

… Therefore have I selected this subject this morning in the hope that God the Holy Spirit may bless it, not only to those who are teachers, but to …

Separating the Precious From the Vile

Exodus 11:7

… hope that if the rest of the sermon shall fall dead upon you, this, at least, may quicken your conscience. This is an age which has many hopeful …

Psalm 42

Psalm 42

… there is room and reason for hope. Who is the health of my countenance, and my God. This is the same hopeful expression as that contained in verse …

Questions and Answers Concerning Zion

Isaiah 14:32

… I hope, dear Brothers and Sisters, that we shall always be ready to give an answer with meekness and fear to every man who asks of us a …

The Tent Dissolved and the Mansion Entered

2 Corinthians 5:1

… An instructed Christian man is rational even in his ecstasies—ready to give a reason for the hope that is in him—and that hope seems to rise …

The Spur

John 9:4

… No, if I would do good, as Jesus did, I must take His bravely hopeful view of things, and so keep my heart whole, and my loins girt …

Farm Laborers

1 Corinthians 3:6-9

… and away go our hopes of a crop—it is just so with hopeful converts. He who presides over a great Church and feels an agony for the …

A Poor Man's Cry—and What Came Of It

Psalm 34:6

… But yet he was a hopeful man. There must have been some hope in him, though he could not perceive it, for people do not cry for help …

The Minister'S Stock-Taking

Acts 28:24

… Of course, it is a hopeful sign to see the people weep under the Word, especially if it is the Gospel that moves them to weep and not …

The Free Agency of Christ

Mark 8:22-25

… I am very hopeful concerning you, for, although you cannot yet see, the Lord has taken you by the hand. All the faith that this poor man had …

Esther's Exaltation—or, Who Knows?

Esther 4:13

… The Gospel assures us that the great Householder has committed talents "to every man according to his several ability." Our hope of success, this morning, in our sermon …

The Mustard Seed: A Sermon for the Sabbath-School Teacher

Luke 13:18-19

… Sow the seed of precious truth in the garden of the child's mind, for much more will come of it than you have dared to hope. It …

On Humbling Ourselves before God

1 Peter 5:6

… The most hopeful way of avoiding the humbling affliction is to humble yourself. Be humble that you may not be humbled! Put yourself into a humble attitude and …

Salvation All of Grace

Ephesians 2:8

… If it is your misery and not your merit which He considers, then you are yet in the land of hope! However fallen you may be, you may …

Who Are The Elect?

1 Samuel 16:12

… Many lovely blossoms never become fruit and hopeful saplings prove not to be plants of the Lord's right-hand planting and therefore are plucked up. At times …

God's Nearness To Us

Acts 17:27

… But, listen, this shows us how vain is all hope of escape from God! What if a man says there is no God? God is all the same …

The Trees in God's Courts

Psalm 92:13-15

… The aged Christian ought to have and I hope he often has, the fruit of patience. After having suffered so long and enjoyed the mercies of God so …

First, King of Righteousness, and after That, King of Peace

Hebrews 7:2

… never was a Believer that was too peaceful, too serene, too confident, too hopeful! You cannot drink too much of this heavenly nectar. Oh, that you would but …

The Blind Beggar of the Temple and His Wonderful Cure

John 9:5

… My Friend, you, too, are on hopeful ground at this time, for you are found in the place where my Lord has often been and where He is …