Hope

A Christmas Question

Isaiah 9:6

… Ah! miserable wretch, without a hope, without Christ, without God. Unto thee there is no Christmas mirth, for thee no child is born; to thee no Son is …

Confession and Absolution

Luke 18:13

… Is that thy case my friend this morning? Are you afraid to pray? Do you feel as if you could not hope that God would have mercy on …

Ploughing the Rock

… That may be readily enough done; perhaps some of you are making arrangements even now for your own removal from the field of hope. Another way is to …

Martha and Mary

Luke 10:41-42

… I only hope they will mind my homely advice and attend to their home duties—then they will make their husbands smile with satisfaction and their families will …

A Frail Leaf

Job 13:25

… Well, but your hope shall not be destroyed because it is clouded. You can say, "Lord, will You destroy my hope because it is dim?" No, that He …

Death and Life in Christ

Romans 6:8-11

… Oh! gad not about to find any other hope! Here are four great stones for you; build your hope on these; you cannot want surer foundations—he dies …

The Approachableness of Jesus

Luke 15:1

… I never feel that there is any distance between him and me, nor do you, I hope, feel so with regard to your brothers. Even so, is it …

Seeing Jesus

John 14:19

… Well, I hope I know something about these things—not what I want, or what I wish, or what I hope I shall know—but still, I know …

Blessings Manifold and Marvelous

Psalm 18:19

… You will be able to lay hold of this sentence, full many of you, I hope, with the hands of appropriation and be enabled, by God the Holy …

God's Glorious and Everlasting Name

Isaiah 63:12

… Know your God, then, for here your hope, your comfort, your holiness, your Heaven will be found! God may well desire to make to Himself a name—that …

God Alone the Salvation of his People

Psalm 92:2

… If God alone is my hope, sure, I will put all my hope upon God; if the love of God is alone that which saves, sure, he shall …

The Song of Songs

Isaiah 44:23

… Nor did they hope in vain, for anon the Lord fulfilled, as in a moment, the word wherein it is written, "I have blotted out as a thick …

The Saint's Trials and the Divine Deliverances

Psalm 77:1-20

… Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly setting God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, King Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews …

The Errand of Mercy

Luke 19:10

… There is no hope for us." Herein they betray both their ignorance and their unbelief—their ignorance, for to be lost is nothing so peculiar that they should …

God in Heaven, and Men on the Sea

Psalm 65:5

… Human nature is waterlogged and ready to sink—and in God, alone, is our hope. The text tells us where salvation is, namely, in God. God is the …

The Loved Ones Chastened

Revelation 3:19

… We say, “Well, we hope.” Sometimes we tell great lies, for we know we do not hope at all. We wish it may be so, but we can …

A Call to the Unconverted

Galatians 3:10

… Oh! there is no man here that can hope to escape. We must every one of us bow our heads before God, and cry, “Guilty, Lord, guilty—every …

The Stern Teacher

Galatians 3:24-26

… Brothers and Sisters, the Law says, "You shall not indulge the hope of being saved by me. I will whip it out of you." And it does this …

Angelic Interest in the Gospel

1 Peter 1:12

… Peter here tells the elect strangers that they were "begotten again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible …

"If You Can"—"If You Can"

Mark 9:22

… In fact, I hope you may, for when death strikes every carnal hope and you utterly despair of salvation in yourself, then is the very moment when the …

Knowledge Commended

Daniel 11:32

… Look at hope again. How can I hope for a thing if I do not know of its existence? Hope may be the telescope, but then. till I …

The Nail in a Sure Place

Isaiah 22:23-25

… Seeing that she was sick and ,near to die, he asked her, "Have you a good hope?" "Oh, Sir, yes! A good and blessed hope." "And pray," he …

The Spiritual Resurrection

John 11:43

… And we shall recognize it as such— "Oh, sacred hope! Oh, blissful hope, That Jesus' Grace has given; The hope, when days and years are past, We all …

The Sea! the Sea! the Wide and Open Sea!

Psalm 95:5

… You may well smile at my tale and I hope you will keep a gleam of that pleasant look for the next time death stares you in the …

"Your Rowers Have Brought You Into Great Waters"

Ezekiel 27:26

… Despondent, ashamed, haunted with nameless terrors, afraid to hope, they dare neither live nor die. They are overcome with alarm as they look forward, for if it is …

Spared!

Ezekiel 9:8

… After that, a brother was taken—he had no hope in his death—all was darkness and despair before him. And so, Sinner, you have outlived all your …

The Church'S Love To Her Loving Lord

Solomon 1:7

… We shall hope this morning to speak of our own experience, as well as of the Church who is here speaking. You will perceive that she begins with …

A New Creation

Revelation 21:5

… And we may be stirred up to action, or, if not to action, it may awaken earnest hope that the infusion of a new start into our lives …

“In Labours More Abundant” (Continued)

… It cured them for the time being, and I hope for ever, much to their pastor’s joy. On one of my many early journeys by the Eastern …

Fourfold Satisfaction

Jeremiah 31:14

… We shall be on the look-out for them and hope that they will speedily come and tell us what God has done for their souls. But, on …

Three Texts, But One Subject— Faith

Psalm 57:1

… Neither have I cared for anything but to win souls to my Lord Jesus, but when I came to Him at first, I had no hope but in …

Good News for the Destitute

Psalm 102:17

… He is stripped of hope, itself, and the man who has lost hope has lost all—He is destitute with a vengeance—for him there remains neither in …

The Fear of Final Falling

… if Jesus be our hope for everything, except one thing, we shall utterly fail, because in that one point we shall come to nought. I have no doubt …

Thoughts on the Last Battle

1 Corinthians 15:56-57

… Having told us, then, that there is no hope of our escape, he braces up our nerves for the combat; but he gives us no hope that we …

The Breaker and the Flock

Micah 2:12

… But can I hope I shall ever enter the gates of Heaven? Those gates of pearl whose mild, pure radiance chides my perturbed and guilty heart—can I …

A Vexed Soul Comforted

Job 27:2

… You would willingly die at your post if you had a hope of gaining the honor to which you aspire, but this is denied you. On the very …

Cheering Words and Solemn Warnings

Isaiah 3:10

… If there is but a spark of life he cannot be numbered with the dead—he lives, and he will, let us hope, live to a better purpose …

Effects Of Sound Doctrine

Matthew 24:24

… We hope that if they think we are mistaken, too, they will reciprocate the same Christian courtesy. And when we meet around the Cross, we hope that we …

A Worthy Theme for Thought

Psalm 48:9

… Possibly some of your former associates are now where hope and mercy can never reach them. Why was it not your lot to reject Christ and to perish …

The Double Forget-me-not

1 Corinthians 11:24

… I hope none of you are under the impression that, at the close of the present service, I am going to administer the Lord's Supper God forbid …