Hope

A Precious Promise for a Pure People

Isaiah 33:17

… It is then, I think, that this blessed hope will be fully verified, "Your eyes shall see the King in His beauty." As Job puts it, "I know …

A Miracle of Grace

… Manasseh's name signified "forgetfulness." I hope his father did not forget his training, and leave him to those young courtiers who always hang about kings' palaces, and …

Our Magnificent Savior

Isaiah 53:11

… Our only hope of Justification lies in this—God says, "That man's sins I laid upon Christ. I punished Christ for that man. He is not guilty …

Jesus, the Example of Holy Praise

… Then shall come the latter days of which we know so little, but of which we hope so much. Then, in that august period there will be a …

Jehovah Tsidkenu: The Lord Our Righteousness

Jeremiah 23:6

… He is Jehovah, or, mark you, the whole of God’s word is false, and there is no noun for a sinner’s hope. We know, and this …

Effectual Calling—Illustrated by the Call of Abram

Genesis 12:5

… But when I hearken for myself and the Truth of God comes home to me, describing my case, revealing my misery, inspiring my desire, enkindling my hope— then …

Concerning Deliverance from Sinning

… or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?" A man might as well hope to hold the north wind in the hollow of his hand as expect to …

Pleading With the Indifferent

Lamentations 1:12

… Ah, but I have no hope of you for any day but today! And I wish you, too, knew that procrastination is of all things fatal. I would …

The Good Man’s Life and Death

Philippians 1:21

… to Christ, we shall never see God’s kingdom come, nor shall we hope to see his will done on earth, even as it is in heaven. Now …

Regeneration

John 3:3

… I will hope that I shall be born again after I am dead .” O, sir, believe me, you will be a miserable fool for your pains. When men …

The Believer Not An Orphan

John 14:18

… This is the brightest hope of His people. This will be the fullness of their redemption, the time of their resurrection. Anticipate it, Beloved, and may God make …

The Sound in the Mulberry Trees

2 Samuel 5:24

… away by these two men, who seemed afraid lest I should get any hope, for they were just pulling that sermon to pieces that would have brought me …

Trust In God—True Wisdom

Proverbs 16:20

… offer prayer, he could not even indulge a hope—though, alas, poor soul, I fear he had no hope even then! Yet, so it is. God will honor …

The New Wine of the Kingdom

Matthew 26:29

… work was scarcely begun, and I had fondly mapped it out in the hope of much service to You and Your Church, but if You bid me come …

Lecture II: Anecdotes From The Pulpit.

… He hath sworn the greatest oath that can come out of his blessed lips, even by himself, that such as "flee for refuge" to hope in him shall …

Daniel Facing the Lions' Den

Daniel 6:10

… So, young man, you say, "I will not do wrong." You hope to escape unscathed. Yet it may be that you will be discarded by your friends, and …

Faith in the Person of the Lord Jesus

… We must open wide the door, and take Christ Jesus in; for “Christ in you” is “the hope of glory.” Christ must be no myth, no dream, no …

Facts and Inferences

Psalm 37:35-37

… And as they passed away from everything in which they took pleasure, here, it is reasonable to infer that whatever expectation and hope they may have cherished with …

The Exaltation of Christ

Philippians 2:9-11

… I hope to see the time, when it shall be said, “Shout, for the great Shepherd reigns, and his unsuffering kingdom now is come”—when earth shall be …

The Lord's Eternal Rest

Psalm 132:14

… I hope, Beloved, you will never exalt one member of the ever-blessed Trinity above either of the rest—it is quite a mistake to ascribe the work …

Love's Commendation

Romans 5:8

… I do not conceive that one of them would have ventured to hope that God himself would assume flesh and die. I do not think it could have …

Exposition of the Doctrines of Grace

… We do not say to him there is no hope. Oh, no! I rejoice in that thought at this very moment. God has remembered us in our lowest …

The Sinner's Friend

Matthew 11:19

… But the gardener came by, one who had watched over the tree, and had hope of it even yet, and he said, “Spare it—spare it yet a …

The New Heart

Ezekiel 36:26

… Now we have in this subject a grand field of hope and encouragement to the very vilest of sinners. My hearers, let me very affectionately address you pouring …

God's Fatherly Pity

Psalm 103:13

… Well, that is good, and I hope you will have plenty of it, you that like it. But the father is the one who can bear with his …

The Faithful Olive Tree

Judges 9:8

… When Satan sees us happily established, he will have the less hope of overthrowing us. I have been preaching some practical Truths of God which may not be …

Love Joying In Love

Solomon 5:1

… us! "The Lord takes pleasure in them that fear Him; in those that hope in His mercy." That is a thought to be rolled under the tongue as …

A Threefold Slogan

Luke 10:44

… If he had a little hope, he aimed to obtain more. If he had some degree of virtue, he coveted more. Oh, Christians, never be satisfied with being …

The Sealed Hand—a Winter Sermon

Job 37:7

… Anger without a cause is murder!" If this fact comes with power to the heart—the hand is sealed and all hope of salvation by works is gone …

'Tempted of the Devil'

Matthew 4:1

… I hope you are not sitting down and saying, "Now, my battle is over—my victory is won forever!" Beloved, if you do, you reckon without your adversary …

The Pleiades and Orion

Job 38:31

… He may plow with industry and cast in the good seed with hope, but unless the sweet influences of Heaven shall be given he can reap no harvest …

The Believer's Glad Prospects

Song 2:17

… I hope you won't say it is tiresome to read them. Remember He that wrote this Book is the Father of them, and children's names are …

Under His Shadow

Psalm 91:1

… Here faith develops and hope grows bright, while love shines abroad all the fragrance of her sweet spices. Oh, get you to the Apple Tree and find out …

A Holiday Drive to the New Forest

… Oh, that you were here! One of these days, I hope and pray you may be able to come. From Alresford, we have driven here (Winchester), along the …

Faith Hand in Hand With Fear

Psalm 56:3

… I think I may remind you of Cowper's lines— "He has no hope who never had a fear And he that never doubted of his state, He …

A Merry Christmas

Job 1:4

… I hope not. If there is a man here who falls into drunkenness—in God's name let him tremble—for there is no admittance for the drunkard …

Meditation on God

Psalm 104:34

… But if Immanuel's face appears, My hope, my joy begins! His name forbids my slavish fears, His Grace forgives my sins." Precious Jesus, what can be a …

A Divided Heart

Hosea 10:2

… I hope they are not imagining that they shall stand accepted before the bar of God and deceive the Omniscient. Alas for them! Their heart is divided. This …

Restless! Peaceless!

Isaiah 57:20

… You attend their funeral and the thought strikes you, "Shall I die as they have done, without Christ and without hope? Shall I pass away from under the …

Holy Violence

Matthew 11:12

… lay myself down by the side of the pool of Bethesda, in the hope that the Holy Spirit will stir the pool and enable me to step in …