Hope

The Saint's Heritage and Watchword

Isaiah 54:17

… I hope you love to "contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints." I know what is the case with many of you—when you come …

The Wailing of Risca

Jeremiah 4:20

… Now if such is the remorse of a spirit before it feels the wrath of God—if the first drops are sufficient thus to destroy all hope and …

A Proclamation from the King of Kings

Jeremiah 3:12

… I might as well hope to count the drops that make the ocean as to tell the number of my sins." Make this confession heartily and explicitly. Do …

Peter's Shortest Prayer

Matthew 14:30

… I am going to talk about the characteristics of this prayer in the hope that there may be many who have never yet prayed aright, who may make …

Presumptuous Sins

Psalm 19:13

… The putting off a thing which should be done to-day, because you hope to live to-morrow, is a presumption. You have no right to do it …

Thoughts and Their Fruit

Jeremiah 6:19

… Blessed is the man that trusts in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that …

The Day of Atonement

Leviticus 16:34

… I desire to give, instead of any attempt at criticism or deep explanation, a simple exposition of this Chapter, bringing out of it, I hope, some Truths of …

Guidance To Grace and Glory

Psalm 73:24

… Above all, avoid the superstition which some practice by opening the Bible at random in the hope of being guided by the text which comes first to sight …

Particular Redemption

Matthew 20:28

… It shall be now my endeavour to show the greatness of the redemption of Christ Jesus; and by so doing, I hope to be enabled by God’s …

The Whole Band Against Christ

Matthew 27:27

… I hope that there is not a workshop in London without one man, at least, who will stand forward and defend his Master's cause. But if I …

The Old Way of the Wicked

Job 22:15-17

… There is no hope for those with whom God deals in justice—no expectation—no, not a ray of expectancy can ever reach the gloomy chambers of their …

Religion a Present Concern

… shall be saved then, unless I am saved now? How can I have hope that heaven shall be my eternal inheritance, unless the earnest be begun in my …

Christ Made a Curse for Us

Galatians 3:13

… There those miserable spirits who have refused repentance and have hardened themselves against the Most High, are forever banished from their God and from all hope of peace …

How to Read the Bible

1 Timothy 4:13

… In doing so we shall hope to consider seven precepts all bearing powerfully upon this important matter. Our first precept shall be— I. READ AND DEPEND on the …

The Holy Spirit in Connection with Our Ministry

… If we had not believed in the Holy Ghost we should have laid down our ministry long ere this, for “who is sufficient for these things?” Our hope …

A Marvelous Change

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

… And while the sinner is, in Infinite mercy, spared, encouraged to hope, and wooed by almighty love, sin is denounced as a dreadful thing, an abominable thing which …

For or Against?

Matthew 28:4-6

… But now you have but one way of hope and that is repent and be reconciled to God, for if you will not, neither Heaven, nor earth, nor …

A Most Needful Prayer Concerning The Holy Spirit

Psalm 51:11

… The Holy Spirit is our Sanctifier, and when we feel sin raging within, how can we hope to conquer without His aid? If He should leave us, if …

The Pearl of Patience

James 5:11

… Yet, as I thought of the patience of Job, it caused me to hope! If Job was patient under trial and affliction, why should I not be patient …

A Sermon From a Sick Preacher

1 Peter 2:7

… I hope you are panting more and more after the resurrection life, that you may no longer regard the dead things of this world, but live for eternal …

Abraham's Trial—a Lesson for Believers

Genesis 22:1

… In fact, I hope you will say, concerning Abraham, "Where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people …

The Only Door

John 10:9

… He gets a little hope. He hears of a Savior, but that is not enough. He will never rest, he will never say he is at peace until …

The Hunger and Thirst Which Are Blessed

Matthew 5:6

… Brothers and Sisters, I hope you have been able to follow, by your own knowledge, the various movements of this absorbing passion for righteousness, which I have thus …

Heart Piercing

Acts 2:37

… So, when a man is cut to the heart, I hope that he will soon be cut in the heart, but if the sword of the Spirit does …

Man's Scorn and God's Succor

Job 16:20

… Not tears for tears' sake, but tears like those of the penitent, tears in the privacy of one's loneliness, tears only unto God! I hope, dear Friends …

The Statute of David for the Sharing of the Spoil

1 Samuel 30:21-26

… I hope we are prepared to stand to this rule today. If there is ridicule and reproach for the Gospel of Christ, let us be willing to be …

Majesty in Misery

Luke 22:63-65

… I hope that some spiritual profit may come to us while we are considering this terrible part of the suffering of our Lord. And, first, I want you …

Christ's Care of His Disciples

John 18:8

… I am permitted to have a good hope through Divine Grace and, more than that, "I know that when this earthly house of my tabernacle is dissolved, I …

'Christ Is All'

Colossians 3:11

… Your great aim must be to glorify Christ on earth, in the hope and expectation of enjoying Him forever above. But as it regards some of you, Christ …

Christ the Seeker and Savior of the Lost

Luke 19:10

… I hope that among those who read these pages, there will be many whom the Lord Jesus has specially redeemed with His most precious blood—and I trust …

'Jesus Our Lord'

Romans 4:24

… I hope I may say that the members of this Church are all seeking the Glory of God. Then, let us remember what our Lord said to His …

Christian Baptism

Colossians 2:12

… we submitted Baptism to the decision of such a council as that! I hope that no one is so silly as to suppose that we are necessarily in …

Spiritual Appetite

Proverbs 27:7

… It is a grand thing to hear of ten and twenty thousand rushing to hear the Gospel! I hope it is because they are hungering for it. When …

Psalm 97

Psalm 97

… Other reigns have produced injustice, oppression, bloodshed, terror; the reign of the infinitely gracious Jehovah is the hope of mankind, and when they all yield to it the …

Free Grace

Ezekiel 36:32

… No mercy was ever presented to them, no sacrifice ever offered for them; but they were without hope and mercy, forever consigned to the pit of eternal torment …

Love's Reward

Psalm 91:14

… to His commands, seeking His honor and endeavoring to promote His Glory." I, hope, Beloved, if the Lord Jesus were to appeal to you, as He did to …

Strange Things

Luke 5:26

… due to the guilty! This is the ground of our hope and the only foundation of hope for sinners, that He, the innocent Christ, was made sin for …

A Promise and a Providence

Ezekiel 34:15

… I will." Your flesh and carnal reason will doubtless say, "Well, I hope and trust." Away with your hoping and trusting! Do not halt and hesitate, but believe …

The Prodigal's Return

Luke 15:20

… Your hope of self-salvation is a fallacy, and you are not addressed in the words of the text. It is the man who knows himself lost, but …

A Door Opened In Heaven

Revelation 4:1

… The door is still open! While there is life there is hope. You cannot climb to Heaven and see if your name is left off the roll—therefore …