Hope

Behold The Lamb!

John 1:36

… Happy are the men who see Jesus set forth manifestly crucified among them, for they have good ground to hope in Him! Now then, Sinner, look at this …

The Dew of Christ's Youth

Psalm 110:3

… pulpits there will never be anything taught that is flattering to you! I hope each one of us will be able to say, with the Apostle Paul, "I …

Why May I Rejoice?

Luke 10:20

… Neither gives He to any ungodly man the liberty to hope that he is written among the elect of God. We must have evidence, not dreams and airy …

Christ's Rest and Ours

Isaiah 11:10

… are yet in store for the Church of the living God! Let us hope on, pray on and work on, never doubting, for, as John Wesley said, "The …

Alpha And Omega

Revelation 22:13

… you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him." Your first hope was through looking to Jesus, will you now look to your sanctifications, to your …

The Marriage Supper of the Lamb

Revelation 19:9

… If your faith is resting on His first coming and your hope is in His second coming—if you see your sin put away by His coming as …

Jesus Sitting on the Well

John 4:6

… For a few minutes I must believe for you, in the hope that what I tell you—and know to be true—God the Holy Spirit may enable …

Let Him Deliver Him Now

Matthew 27:43

… On the cross he cried, "Thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breast." Jesus lived by faith. We are sure that he did …

Joy, a Duty

Philippians 4:4

… you cast down, O my Soul? And why are you disquieted in me? Hope you in God, for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His …

Proclamation of Acceptance and Vengeance

Isaiah 61:2

… from both these things. "To comfort all that mourn." Now, I have no hope of interesting, much less of doing any good, to any in this House of …

A Grateful Summary of Twenty Volumes

Ephesians 3:8

… excused! Paul, himself, said of it, "If in this life, only, we have hope, we are of all men most miserable." Yet so content was he to preach …

The Keeper of the Vineyard

Isaiah 27:3

… I hope you have not come here for nothing. I trust that the Lord meant to bless you when He induced you to come up those steps and …

The Looking Glass

James 1:23-25

… He who sports with Heaven and Hell will soon lose all hope of the one—and be hurried down to the other. Yes, but let me remark that …

Christ Set Forth As A Propitiation

Romans 3:25

… By effectual Grace your eyes have been opened—by infinite love your stubborn heart has been melted; you have been turned from every other hope and every other …

Jacob's Model Prayer

Genesis 32:9-12

… bring you down to that dark hour in which the night covers every hope that is born of human confidence, for then will the Lord appear to you …

Life Eternal

John 10:28

… And as for the eternal life spoken of in the text, it is a gift too high for the fingers of human merit to hope to reach! If …

The Holy Spirit's Chief Office

John 16:14

… give him a new thought, a fresh Revelation of Christ! How can he hope for the Divine blessing under such circumstances? Oh, it were better for us to …

Cheering Words

John 15:9

… My comfort is and I hope it always will be, to labor to be the means of bringing others in. Oh, to bring sinners to Christ! Oh, to …

God's Handwriting Upon David

1 Chronicles 28:19

… What a Covenant this was under which Solomon stood! Alas, he was not as true to God as he should have been and though we hope he was …

The Way of Wisdom

Job 28:7

… If we were to describe to them our despair and our hope, our rejoicing and our depression, they would say, "You must be mad to have such experiences …

Special Protracted Prayer

Luke 6:12

… He was so popular that He could not hope in any city or village to be free from innumerable followers. He was so great a benefactor that He …

Waking to See Christ's Glory

Luke 9:32

… You are dependent upon Him every instant and for everything—for consistency of life, for the smallest grain of faith, for hope, for love, for peace, for joy …

Fat Things, Full of Marrow

Isaiah 54:7-10

… If the Lord Jesus had not been made unto us both our justification and our sanctification, we could have had no hope of seeing the face of God …

David's Five-stringed Harp

… He does not say, "I hope He will," but, "I know He will, I am confident of it." And that makes him say, in the last verse, "Surely …

Man, Whose Breath Is In His Nostrils

Isaiah 2:22

… Every man must cease from himself, first, and then he must cease from all men as his hope and his trust because neither ourselves nor others are worthy …

Counting the Cost

Luke 14:28-30

… If you have no Divine Grace, I hope you will have enough of common honesty not to stick to a practical falsehood. I should grieve, indeed, if that …

Abijah, or Some Good Thing Towards the Lord

1 Kings 14:13

… going in and out before them, and had said, "He is Israel's hope; there will be better days when that boy becomes a man"; so that when …

Imitators of God

Ephesians 5:1

… But the Lord has "begotten us, again, unto a lively hope." We are "born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will …

The Glorious Master and the Swooning Disciple

Revelation 1:17-18

… But, lastly, he is also the penitent's hope; for now, to-day, if you would be forgiven, the exalted Savior presents himself to you most freely. He …

The Captain of Our Salvation

Hebrews 2:10

… God will bring no sons to Glory except through this Captain! None may ever hope to enter Glory except by Christ Jesus! He Himself has said, "I am …

The Lord's Chosen Ministers

Luke 10:21

… Him? Will you take His Cross and rest upon it as your only hope? Then, blessed are you, for you are in the election of Grace! You are …

The First Appearance of the Risen Lord to the Eleven

Luke 24:36-44

… Note well that this is also our grand hope concerning those who are asleep. You have buried them forever if Christ was not raised from the dead! They …

The Rent Veil

Matthew 27:50-51

… Without Christ you are without God, and without hope. Jesus Himself assures you, "If ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins." God …

Ecce Rex

John 19:14

… King!" will you, also, cry, "Away with Him! Away with Him!"? Let us hope that there will not be found, here, hearts so evil as to imitate the …

Sarah and Her Daughters

Isaiah 51:2

… a word or a look I could have been enabled to indulge a hope that my poor husband looked to Jesus at the last." The same must be …

The Last Sermon for the Year

Luke 16:2

… of you, but unfaithful stewardship will ruin you! Christ Crucified is your only hope of salvation! Look unto Him and live! Oh, look unto Him now! Amen. EXPOSITION …

Peter's Fall and Restoration

Luke 22:61

… Thirdly, concerning the signs of his restoration and, afterwards, if we have time for them, I hope to make a few general remarks upon the whole incident of …

The First Recorded Words of Jesus

Luke 2:48

… Majesty on high! Faith by embracing the Promise, love by rejoicing in it, hope by expecting its fulfillment—all are worship when the theme is some gracious Word …

God Glorified By Children's Mouths

… Other religions are not worth understanding, but yet they affect depth and secrecy—you must be initiated and pass through years of study before you can hope to …

Purging Out the Leaven

1 Corinthians 5:6-8

… Let us keep the feast," says the Apostle, but it is useless to hope to do so while we keep the leaven. Perhaps there is one thing which …