Hope

Psalm 86

Psalm 86

… How sweet is that title, "my God", when joined to the other, "thy servant"; and how sweet is the hope that on this ground we shall be saved …

Prayer 16 — He Ever Liveth

… Lord, we thank Thee for the very least life to God, for the feeblest ray of faith and glimmering of hope. We are glad to see anything of …

The Sciences as Sources of Illustration

… There are a great many brethren, who are not Jesuits, and who yet are not anxious to know the whole truth; but I hope that you and I …

Three Precious Things

1 Peter 2:7

… There is no hope to a convicted spirit till Jesus shows His atoning blood. There is no clear knowledge of the way of salvation till Christ brings the …

The Sin-Bearer

… We can never give up the doctrine of Christ’s substitutionary sacrifice, for it is the power by which we hope to be made holy. Not only are …

Faith and Life

2 Peter 1:1-4

… Charity would make us hope for many Unitarians, but honesty compels us to condemn them without exception, so far as vital godliness is concerned. It matters not how …

"Forever With The Lord"

Philippians 1:23

… Our hope is founded upon the righteousness of Christ, upon the Grace of God, upon the promise of our heavenly Father. Well, I dare to say it—he …

Jehovah-Shammah—a Glorious Name for the New Year

Ezekiel 48:35

… If they were to speak from their hearts and could hope for a satisfactory answer, they would ask, "Where can I flee from His Presence?" If a spot …

"All the Day Long"

Proverbs 23:17

… Sometimes you think that your conscientiousness hinders you—and I hope it is nothing else. You see another person scheming and cheating—to him honesty is mere policy …

Strengthening Medicine For God's Servants

Joshua 1:5

… I hope your mouths are watering after the good things of the Covenant. I hope, as you see the promises of God on the table and see how …

Priest and Victim

Hebrews 7:27

… Now, that is a truth, a great truth, a terrible truth and hence it is that the mind of the convinced sinner is driven to the hope of …

Paul's Doxology

Ephesians 3:20

… Who is He that chose us? Who is He that has begotten us again unto a lively hope? It is God the Father! And when you mention Him …

The Healing of One Born Blind

John 9:32

… But, alas, by all his researches he found no ground for hope. Having learned the whole history of blindness and its cure, this man had come to the …

Our Service For Christ Never Finished

Luke 17:7-10

… To hope to serve Christ so as to win salvation is a fallacy, a delusion of our proud hearts. But to be saved by His Grace as a …

God's Tender Mercy

Luke 1:78

… I have sometimes thought that if I had been the father of a prodigal son, I could have forgiven him when he came home and I hope I …

Concern For Other Men's Souls

Romans 9:1-5

… I will open by-and-by,' but His final reply will be, 'Verily I say unto you, I know you not.'" There is no hope of blessing for …

'Pray Without Ceasing'

1 Thessalonians 5:17

… And, if you are engaged in God's service, what work is there in which you can hope for success without his blessing? To teach the young, to …

Silver Sockets—Redemption the Foundation!

Exodus 30:11-16

… The holy just and sacred Three Are terrors to my mind! But if Immanuel's face appears, My hope, my joy begins! His name forbids my slavish fear …

'The True Sayings of God'

Revelation 19:9

… and hope, and love, and all the other Christian Graces. "This is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith." "Every man that has this hope in …

Saving Faith

Luke 7:50

… There are differences of operation, but the same Lord; there are differences of capacity and differences of calling, and by this reflection I hope you will be enabled …

To Those Who Are "Almost Persuaded"

Acts 26:28

… We should make them, therefore, especially the subjects of supplication and then we might hope to see consecrated coronets far more frequently. Should a preacher be called to …

"What Shall the Harvest Be?"

Hosea 8:7

… Brothers and Sisters, I hope that I am addressing those who have enough wit and wisdom to look at the consequences of what they are doing. This is …

Our Banner

Psalm 60:4

… But there is good hope of things going right when Jacob, who is the better of the two brothers, is also the humbler of the two. 6, 7 …

Love to Jesus the Great Test

John 8:42

… Blessed be His name, I know I do." Can you not speak with assurance as to that point? Tell me, then, have you any other hope besides that …

The Mighty Power Which Creates And Sustains Faith

Ephesians 1:19-23

… We trembled with a new fear, rejoiced with a new joy, believed with a fresh confidence and hoped with a Divine hope. We lived! And oh, can we …

Open House For All Comers

Luke 15:2

… And now mercy is a thing of the past and you are shut up where hope can never come, in the flames of Hell! But as long as …

Without Money and Without Price

Isaiah 55:1

… They must become despairing or they can never hope for mercy. Thus they make unbelief, which is a sin, into a preparation for Grace—and despair—which is …

Fencing the Table

1 Corinthians 11:28

… I mention these things—although I hope, to the most of you, they are unnecessary—because they are necessary to a certain class of persons who, in one …

Iconoclast

2 Kings 18:4

… But blessed is the man that trusts in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is." And there is another text of the same tone—"Cease you from …

The Two "Comes"

Revelation 22:17

… We shall not have dealt honestly with the words before us unless we regard them, first, as spoken upwards towards our Lord whose coming is our great hope …

A Challenge and War Cry

1 Corinthians 15:55-58

… I fondly hope that no one will be so perverse as to take encouragement that does not belong to him, but that every man will be wise enough …

More and More

James 4:6

… But we are the children of the free woman and we are not moved to holiness by the hope of gaining Heaven, or the fear of being sent …

The Infallibility of Scripture

Isaiah 1:20

… As for us and for our house, this priceless Book shall remain the standard of our faith and the ground of our hope so long as we live …

The Model Soul-winner

John 4:7

… I hope that I also address many more who, although they have not yet learned this wisdom, are anxious, if possible, to be used of God to bless …

A Royal Funeral

John 19:38-42

… I hope that these details do not seem trivial to you, for nothing is trivial that concerns our Lord and His cause. In the Tabernacle and the Temple …

Christ's Manifestation to Mary Magdalene

John 20:17

… I will cast myself upon my knees, I will open the Word of God—I will seek the Spirit to rest upon me and I will hope that …

"Lo, I Come"—Exposition

Psalm 40:6-8

… The last of man is the first of God and when we have come to the end of all our power and hope, then the Eternal Power and …

Universal Fatherhood—a Lie!

John 8:38

… and sinners drew near to Him to hear Him! The first words of hope they ever heard fell from His dear lips. The teachers of the Law were …

Free Pardon

Isaiah 43:25

… I may look to my present condition and perceive not even a glimpse of improvement, or even a ray of hope that I shall be better in the …

"Better Than Wine"

Solomon 1:2

… foot of the Cross, broken in pieces, and you thought there was no hope for you. But you looked up to the crucified Christ and those blessed wounds …