Hope

A Good Confession.–Baptism

… Therefore I left my relations, and became what I am today, a Baptist, so-called, but I hope a great deal more a Christian than a Baptist. Many …

Sincerity And Duplicity

1 John 2:3

… Why do you say, "I hope I am a child of God, yet I do not know. I hope, yet I do not know that I am forgiven …

"Behold the Lamb of God"

John 1:29

… My hope, my joy, my very being hinge on my Lord's Substitution. This truth is woven into the warp and woof of my being. Jesus suffered in …

The Perpetuity of the Law of God

Matthew 5:18

… Certain modern theologians have taught this, I hope, by inadvertence. Has God issued an imperfect Law? It is the first imperfect thing I ever heard of His making …

Job's Regret and Our Own

Job 29:2

… I shall have to trouble you with many divisions this morning; but I shall be brief upon each one, and I hope that our thoughts may be led …

The Great Birthday and Our Coming of Age

Galatians 4:3-6

… The Birth of Jesus not only brings us hope, but the certainty of good things. We do no merely speak of Christ's coming into relation with our …

Good News for the Aged

Matthew 20:6

… The windows out of which lust once looked have become darkened and you cannot hope that the fire of life shall light them up again. Consider how little …

Full Redemption

Exodus 10:26

… Are you wholly Christ’s then? “Oh,” saith one, “I hope so.” Ay, but take care it is not mere hope, but that it is the fact; and …

"Clear Shining After Rain"

2 Samuel 23:4

… We might never be able to hope, again, if we fully knew all the depravity of our hearts! Now, for a man to have plenty of rain to …

A Drama in Five Acts

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

… On this rock will I build all my hope; secure me this portion, and I cheerfully renounce the dreamy joys of religion." We whisper in his ear that …

Love's Logic

1 John 4:19

… I hope it is not necessary for me to pursue this argument any further. Love to God is as natural to the renewed heart as love to its …

Once Dead, Now Alive

Ephesians 2:1

… Even as you are called in one hope of your calling. You have only one ground of confidence and you have only one Heaven in which you hope …

Songs in the Night

Job 35:10

… There is another sweet tomorrow of which we hope to sing in the night. Soon, Beloved, you and I shall lie on our dying bed and we shall …

The Head and the Body

Ephesians 4:15

… Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection …

Grace For Grace

1 Corinthians 2:12

… The only hope for man was that God should interpose. And He has interposed, as though He began a new creation, or worked a resurrection out of the …

Jacob and Esau

Romans 9:15

… his path, does he commence cutting away at its base, in the vain hope that ultimately it will become a level plain before him? No, on the contrary …

The Holy Spirit Glorifying Christ

John 16:14

… Your comfort lies in this, "He will receive of Mine"—that is, of Christ's—"and shall show it to you." Your hope of transformation, of gaining a …

Psalm 30

Psalm 30

… Even the joys of hope need to be mixed with the pains of experience, and the more surely so when comfort breeds carnal security and self confidence. Nevertheless …

Blood Even on the Golden Altar

Leviticus 4:7

… I hope you feel the same. You do not need any words at such seasons. You have been reading a chapter of the Bible and God has spoken …

Psalm 9

Psalm 9

… Satan tells poor tremblers that their hope shall perish, but they have here the divine assurance that their expectation shall not perish for ever. "The Lord's people …

An Infallible Sign Of Revival

Isaiah 2:11

… I shall take the text out of its connection, not, I hope, unduly, and show that on a large scale there are several days in which the Lord …

The Winnowing Fan

Hebrews 12:14

… They indulged in an unsanctified passion, and so, though they were laid in the grave like sheep, they died with a false hope, and missed eternal life. This …

The Rule and Reward of Serving Christ

John 12:26

… I hope that no one here kicks against that Truth of God! Surely it is one of our highest delights on earth to serve our Lord and this …

Prayer 10 — The Music of Praise

… The Lord give us to have every grace, not only love, but faith, and hope, and holy gentleness, meekness, patience, brotherly love. Build us up, we pray Thee …

The Reason Why Many Cannot Find Peace

James 4:7-10

… Some men would never win the race of life if they had an ounce of gold to carry! The only hope for their running at all lies in …

Obedience Rewarded

Matthew 28:8-10

… Here, tonight, I hope that some of you can see the place where the Lord appeared to you. 7. And go quickly, and tell His disciples that He …

Prayer 14 — "Bless The Lord, O My Soul!"

… of sinners am, but Jesus died for me." May this be our one hope, that Jesus died and rose again, and that for His sake we are accepted …

The Love Of Jonathan and the Love Of Jesus

2 Samuel 1:26

… Using the first personal pronoun, because it is in the text—"Your love to me was wonderful." I hope that many here will be helped to use that …

Some Marks of God's People

Psalm 68:28

… I hope, Beloved, that we have no question about this matter and that we can say, without the slightest hesitation, "Yes, Jehovah, He is the God; Jehovah, He …

The Great Mystery of Godliness

1 Timothy 3:16

… that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God …

A Hard Case

Job 33:14-18

… They have their own purpose and their own hope, and their own scheme—how can we get them away from them? He that will not be healed, who …

The Withered Hand

Matthew 12:10

… Now, my Lord and Master does not say to any of you sinners tonight, "Go home and pray." I hope you will pray, but that is not the …

Pentecost

Acts 2:1-4

… We hope yet to see the Spirit of God mysteriously at work, and we hope to hear the sound thereof, the glad tidings cheering our hearts. We love …

Believers—Lights In The World

Philippians 2:14-16

… I hope that you have often, when men have scarcely known it, pointed them the way to Christ, by saying, "Behold the Lamb of God." Lights are also …

The Heavenly Wind

John 3:8

… Truth of God which peoples Heaven, but yet it leaves you without a hope of eternal life! Yet be you sure of this, the Kingdom of God has …

Withholding Corn

Proverbs 11:26

… Jesus Christ—that if you get sorely whipped in Providence, I can only hope you may be blessed by it! But I would not pray that the rod …

Hands Full of Honey

Judges 14:8

… In the love of Christ; in pardoned sin; in acceptance in the Beloved; in resting in God; in perfectly acquiescing in His will; in the hope of Heaven …

Despised Light Withdrawn

John 12:36

… which is regeneration, or the spokes of the wheel, which are faith, repentance, hope, love and so on—when the wheel moves, it all moves at once! If …

Comfort To Seekers From What The Lord Has Not Said

Isaiah 45:19

… Many timid persons have been vexed by the suspicion that there may be something in God's decree which shuts them out from all hope—some secret, written …

Confession With The Mouth

Romans 10:10

… If a man went to hear Luther, you might have hope of him that he was a Christian. And especially in England, when the Lollard preached to the …