Hope

Walking in the Light of the Lord

Isaiah 2:5

… I survived that operation, however, and now that I am, myself, getting old, when some enthusiastic young spirit begins to wake me up, I hope I shall not …

Christ's 'New Commandment'

John 13:34

… I hope that none of you will ever be found complaining of God's servants who are doing their best to help their Lord's cause. There are …

Grappling Irons

Psalm 119:88

… of their fathers! This poor world may experience great delay to her grand hope if Christian men in the present are unfaithful to the Truth of God. Ages …

In Christ No Condemnation

Romans 8:1

… old doctrine of Jesus of Nazareth and have found for us a 'larger hope.' Hurrah for Paul! He is in advance of his age—he is the man …

Jesus The Shepherd

Isaiah 40:11

… We propose to illustrate the great doctrine of the text in a Scriptural, and therefore we hope in an interesting, manner. First, we shall consider in connection with …

Faith—What Is It? How Can It Be Obtained?

Ephesians 2:8

… I hope I shall not be guilty of that fault. Faith is the simplest of all things and, perhaps, because of its simplicity it is the more difficult …

Poverty and Riches

2 Corinthians 8:9

… Your hope of Heaven lies in that Grace! Your daily comfort lies there. If Christ were not gracious, you would be graceless. If you did not know His …

"There Is No Difference"

Romans 3:22

… I cannot hope to see many converted among those who are so devoted to Confucianism." Why not? "There is no difference." After all, it is the same sort …

A Bundle of Myrrh

Solomon 1:13

… Yes, you must say—I hope you can say as you go down those steps this morning, and enter again to-morrow into that busy, giddy world—you …

The Exceeding Riches of Grace

Ephesians 2:7

… They were far off, as Paul says, having no hope and really and truly without God in the world—and yet these were the very men whom the …

Death and Its Sentence Abolished

Colossians 2:13

… It also stimulates us to hope for more blessings in the future. It puts a keener edge upon our prayers and helps us to plead with greater confidence …

A New Leaf for the New Year

Genesis 42:21

… If so, I hope that they, too, will soon be able to say with the Psalmist, "Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept …

The Swift Camels

1 Kings 4:20-28

… That one experiment satisfied him and I hope you will profit by his experience. Do not try running away on your own account, for if you endeavor to …

The Sitting of the Refiner

Malachi 3:3

… Oh, blessed hope! Where should we dare to indulge it but in the Presence of an almighty Savior whose Immutable oath has bound Him to carry out the …

Fragrant Graces

Songs 1:12

… The First Advent is her faith—the Second Advent is her hope. The First Advent with the Cross lays the foundation—the Second Advent with the crown brings …

The Priest Dispensed With

1 John 5:10

… We feel ourselves sinful and rejoice that our great Substitute bore our sin, and suffered on its account, and we say, "That substitution is full of hope to …

The One Thing Needful

Luke 10:42

… We must rely on him; he must be our hope, our salvation, our all in all. This one thing is absolutely necessary: without it we are undone. A …

Eternal Faithfulness Unaffected By Human Unbelief

2 Timothy 2:13

… His loving kindness, oh, how good!"? I could sing that with all my heart and I hope many of you could earnestly join with me. You have a …

A Prayer for the Church Militant

Psalm 28:9

… I should need to preach 20 sermons on such a text as this, but I will just mention two or three points upon which I hope we pray …

Ezekiel'S Deserted Infant

Ezekiel 16:5

… Lost, lost, lost! Howl its requiem, you lost ones who have gone before, for help or hope there is none, unless the Eternal One shall interpose. I would …

"Persecuted, But Not Forsaken"

… When I have spoken on that theme, I shall hope to say something about the wicked flourishing, but perishing. Those two words—flourishing, perishing—describe the condition of …

Feeble Faith Appealing to a Strong Savior

Mark 9:24

… There is no hope for me." Is it possible that you, poor despairing Sinner, think that your despair proves that you are humble? It is not so. Despair …

Peace—a Fact and a Feeling

Romans 5:1

… We do not love Him as we wish to do, nor as we hope to do, but we do love Him for all that. We can say, "Lord …

The Common Salvation

… I feel inclined to stop the sermon and ask you to join in singing Charles Wesley's verse— "Partners of a glorious hope, Lift your hearts and voices …

"Forget You, I Will Not"

Isaiah 44:21

… With no comfort in this world, with nothing worth living for, here, how can you exist without a good hope for the hereafter, without a Savior to trust …

The Miracle of the Loaves

Mark 6:52

… Lord, I look up with the hope that You will look down." After our Lord had looked up to Heaven, we find that He blessed and then He …

The Best Friend

Proverbs 27:10

… I hope that we shall turn the text into a solemn resolve and say, "My own Friend, and my father's Friend, I will not forsake." I. First …

The Flight to Zoar

Genesis 19:23

… both to God and to his own heart! He has no ray of hope. He believes he is shut out from God forever and he thinks that God …

The Everlasting Arms

Deuteronomy 33:27

… I want you to let all that go, to give up every hope you have that comes out of yourself. "Oh," you say, "but I shall fall." Yes …

The Alter

Matthew 23:19

… You believe yourself, therefore, to be among the good and the righteous, and you hope to be accepted at the bar of God. Yes, I see your sacrifice …

Divine Forgiveness Admired and Imitated

Colossians 3:13

… better spirit prevailed and he cried, "I cannot renounce my hope of Heaven! I cannot renounce my hope of forgiveness! Therefore my enemy shall pass by my castle …

The Lifting Up of the Bowed Down

Luke 13:10-13

… He knows there is no hope of your destruction, for you are beyond shot of his gun, but if he cannot wound you with the shot, he will …

The Conversion of Saul of Tarsus

Acts 26:14

… He toiled from morning to night; then spent all night in prayer; then rose again to labour—and all this without reward—with no hope of getting anything …

Who Is This?

Jeremiah 30:21

… the immediate Presence of God on his own merits? We have not, I hope, the presumption to imagine such a thing! "There is one Mediator between God and …

The Friend of Sinners

Isaiah 53:12

… I hope he has; I trust he has, so that ere we go we may all join in singing this one verse, and then separate;— "A guilty, weak …

No Difference

Matthew 5:45

… Now, secondly, we may gather fresh hope and encouragement from THE FACT ITSELF. When the sunlight comes upon a wicked man's field and the rain descends upon …

Co-workers With God

Psalm 127:1

… They are throwing all away for some vain hope of becoming rich, that they may be talked of among men! Oh, happy and blessed is the man who …

"All Hail!"

Matthew 28:9

… First, that, when we are running on our Master's errands, we may hope that He will meet us. And, next, when He does meet us, we may …

Eternal Life!

John 17:3

… I hope we can say that we have never finished praying but that we feel we must begin singing, and that we have never finished singing but that …

Always and for All Things

Ephesians 5:20

… And, as the Father, He is the Progenitor of the spiritual seed, for He has begotten us, again, unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ …