Hope

Desires Towards God—a Sermon For The Weak

Psalm 38:9

… I know you have some hope and, therefore, if you have no hope anywhere else I am persuaded that you have a hope in God! That thought of …

Light for Those Who Sit in Darkness

Matthew 4:15-16

… As the casting away of the Jews was the salvation of the Gentiles, so the leaving of these privileged ones shall open a door of mercy and hope …

Divine Surprises

Isaiah 64:3

… This was the birth of hope. So, too, when the Lord Jesus comes to any one of us by His Spirit, our hope begins! We see Him as …

My Comfort In Affliction

Psalm 119:50

… I like to see him ready to give a reason for the hope that is in him with meekness and fear, saying—"This is my comfort in my …

Fellowship With God

1 John 1:3

… May the Holy Spirit grant that we may not say a word which is not strictly verified by our experience! but I hope we can say we have …

Christ's Finished Work

John 19:30

… Those words speak hope to the hopeless, pardon to the guilty, acceptance to the lost; they tell you, O poor sin-smitten, burdened sinner, that there is hope …

Scriptural Salvation

Romans 10:11

… Such a person fled in haste because he was ashamed of his hope. Paul puts aside the drapery of the metaphor to let the uncovered sense stand out …

Memories of my Father

… I still have in my possession a silver medal, bearing the following inscription:— Presented to Master Charles Spurgeon by the United Kingdom Band of Hope Union, January, 1865 …

Appreciative Correspondents, 1855-1890 (Continued)

… Enclosed I send you a circular that a minister here is sending out in the hope that it will stir up some interest in Britain. " In regard to …

"A People Prepared for the Lord"

Luke 1:17

… That is a great preparation for coming to Christ just as you are, to be set a-thinking! We have always hope of men when they once begin …

To the Saddest of the Sad

Exodus 6:9

… Hope thou! Hope thou! Hope thou! Thou art not beyond hope of salvation. See, O soul, thou'rt yet alive, Not in torment; not in hell. Still doth …

An Earnest Invitation

Psalm 2:12

… but suppose it should see Noah standing looking through the window with crossbow to destroy it,—then where were its hope? Its only hope hath proved the gate …

Appreciative Correspondents, 1855-1890

… Truly, it was good to be there ! " I am looking forward, with great interest, to the evening when we hope you will preach in Finsbury Chapel. When we …

The Plague of the Heart

1Kings 8:38-40

… In drought, or when the crops were consumed by locusts or by caterpillars, or when blast and mildew destroyed the hope of harvest, or in time of war …

From Death To Life

1 Samuel 2:6

… I should have forged a lie had I comforted your friends by holding out a fraction of hope concerning your soul's salvation, for alas, are there not …

God's Overtaking Mercy

Genesis 16:8

… And now abides faith, hope, charity, these three. Three abiding Graces. Some have said that faith and hope will not be found in Heaven. Why not? Why not …

Satan's Arrows and God's

Lamentations 3:12

… This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. [See Sermon #654, Volume 11— MEMORY—THE HANDMAID OF HOPE.] Notice the gracious change that has taken place …

Christ in You

Colossians 1:27

… SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Christ in you, the hope of glory." Colossians 1:27 . THE Gospel is the grand secret—the mystery of mysteries! It was …

'Our Light Affliction'

2 Corinthians 4:17

… We are perplexed, but hope has not gone from us. Dum spiro spero, was the old Latin proverb—"While I live, I hope." But the Christian proverb is …

Sounding Out the Word of the Lord

1 Thessalonians 1:8

… Kindly look at the third verse—"Remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope." The three Divine sisters—Faith, Hope, Love …

The Lord’s Hand behind the Maid’s Mistake

… Spurgeon yesterday, and now write, through you, in the hope that you will lay this note before him. I cannot, of course’., in any way pledge our Committee …

Salvation As It Is Now Received

1 Peter 1:8

… It is ours by the grip of faith and the Grace of hope—that living hope which is sure of realization—that well-grounded hope which cannot be …

Salvation By Works, A Criminal Doctrine

Galatians 2:21

… Self-salvation, either by his personal worthiness, by his repentance or by his resolves is a hope ingrained in human nature and very hard to remove. This foolishness …

The Sinner's Only Alternative

2 Kings 7:4

… Let us go to the camp of the Syrians—here is a little hope in that direction, though it may be a very slender one. The Syrians may …

The Portion Of The Ungodly

Isaiah 47:14

… Where their worm dies not and their fire is not quenched." No hope! When a woman has no hope, we wonder not that she seeks the cold river …

Psalm 33

Psalm 33

… Upon them that hope in his mercy. This one would think to be a small evidence of grace, and yet it is a valid one. Humble hope shall …

The One Foundation

1 Corinthians 3:11

… Thirdly, there is no hope of salvation but what is built on Christ. And fourthly, there is no Christian but what is built on Christ. I. First, there …

Vessels Of Mercy—A Sermon Of Self-Examination

Romans 9:23

… Oh, dear Brothers and Sisters! You who have hope of Heaven hereafter, and a foretaste of it even now—look back to the hole of the pit from …

A Lift for the Prostrate

Mark 1:31

… They cannot believe that there is mercy for them—they have relinquished all hope of that. They did, at one time, have some measure of hope, but it …

Consolation in Christ

Philippians 2:1

… Or, speak we of the joys of hope? and certainly hope can console us when nothing else can do it. He is our hope. We cast the anchor …

March 3 — NOT LEFT TO PERISH

Ps. 16:10

… Our inward death as to joy and hope may proceed very far; but it cannot run on to its full consequences, so as to reach the utter corruption …

The Faculty Baffled, The Great Physician Successful

Mark 5:25-28

… I hope this morning, if never before, they will hear of Jesus who is able to heal the most desperate cases, and that they will be resolved to …

Joy in God

Romans 5:11

… For we are saved by hope. Hope contains the major part of our salvation within itself. 24-26. But hope that is seen is not hope: for what …

The Philosophy of Promise

Isaiah 42:9

… Many poor souls would actually die before they were saved if they did not get some little hope, every now and then, while they are in a seeking …

Good Cheer for Christians

Isaiah 25:6

… We have provided for us the pleasures of hope, a hope most sure and steadfast, most bright and glorious—the hope that what we know today shall be …

A Sight Of Self

Isaiah 64:6

… He will say—"Your sins which are many are forgiven you." Oh, there is hope yet, lost Soul. There is hope yet! To the very gates of Hell …

Letters concerning Settlement in London

… I hope to be at home three days. I think of running down from London on Tuesday (January) 3rd, and to go home by Bury on Friday, 6th …

Creation’s Groans and the Saints’ Sighs

Romans 8:22-23

… We have hope, which sparkles, a hope most sure and steadfast. We have love, which sweetens all the rest. We have that work of the Spirit within our …

Unanswered Prayer

Psalm 22:2

… The New Zealander has a word for hope which means, "the swimming thought," because when all other thoughts are drowned, hope still swims. She lifts her head out …

The Two Appearings and the Discipline of Grace

Titus 2:11-14

… We may hope on and hope always! A certain warrior was found in prayer and when his king sneered, he answered that he was pleading with his majesty …