Jesus Christ

The Glorious Habitation

Psalm 90:1

… He who has not Jesus for his Saviour, will always be a restless spirit. Read some of Byron’s verses, and you will find him—if he was …

Preaching for the Poor

… Hear then, ye chief of sinners, the voice of Jesus. “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to …

The Way to God

John 14:6

… Jesus the crucified, his Son, the Saviour of mankind. Oh! it is mournful to see how men try to approach God in any way but through Jesus Christ …

I Know That My Redeemer Liveth

Job 19:25-27

… No doubt Job referred here to our Saviour’s first advent, to the time when Jesus Christ, “the goel,” the kinsman, should stand upon the earth to pay …

A Present Religion

1 John 3:2

… A man may know in this life, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that he is accepted in Christ Jesus. Yet I am inclined to think, that the …

Come and Welcome

Revelation 22:17

… But oh, when once I tasted the Saviour’s love, and had been washed in Jesus’s blood, that was heaven begun below. “‘Tis heaven on earth, and …

Corn in Egypt

Genesis 42:1

… Good news has been sent to us in the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. “There is corn in Egypt.” We need not die. There is salvation with …

Sweet Comfort for Feeble Saints

Matthew 12:20

… Sabbath-schools, and love the Saviour’s name, if others say you are too forward, do not fear, love Christ still. Gentle Jesus, meek and mild, Still will …

“As Thy Days, So Shall Thy Strength Be”

Deuteronomy 33:25

… Our sins make room for a Saviour; our frailties make room for the Holy Spirit to correct them; all our wanderings make room for the good Shepherd, that …

India’s Ills and England’s Sorrows

Jeremiah 9:1

… How can a man be a Christian, and not love his offspring? How can a man be a believer in Jesus Christ, and yet have a cold and …

The Two Talents

Matthew 25:22-23

… Oh, how solemn this will make the trial, especially if we have no blood of Christ to plead! The great Advocate will get his people an acquittal, through …

None But Jesus—Second Part

John 3:18

… For ye are complete in Christ Jesus, and perfect in Christ Jesus, as the apostle puts it in another place. Always do you stand completely washed and fully …

Everybody's Sermon

Hosea 12:10

… And Jesus Christ saith to thee this day, “Oh, that thou wouldest consider thy latter end!” He cries to thee this morning, “How often would I have gathered …

Righteous Hatred

Psalm 97:10

… Thus, let the Lord Jesus Christ by your means get the victory, and let the evil of this world be cast out. How shall that be done but …

Marvellous Increase of the Church

Isaiah 60:8

… At last I saw the barque Christ Jesus—that happy ark; and I thought I would fly thither; but my poor wing was weary, and I could fly …

Consolation Proportionate to Spiritual Sufferings

2 Corinthians 1:5

… Jesus Christ himself said, “Count the cost.” He wished to have no disciple who was not prepared to go all the way—“to bear hardness as a good …

Christ’s People—Imitators of Him

Acts 4:13

… a striking likeness of Jesus, suppose that any one Christian will perfectly exhibit all the features of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; yet, my brethren, the fact …

Faith Very Simple

… Christ Jesus is before our faces, and we have only to look to him, and live; but we make all manner of bewilderment of it, and so manufacture …

The Broken Column

Luke 9:61

… my disciple?” Did not the apostle say, “He that will live godly in Christ Jesus must suffer persecution?” What! is nature to be changed for you? Must the …

A Question for a Questioner

Psalm 77:9

… You must be divorced from self before you can be married to Christ; and that divorce must be made most clear and plain, or Jesus will never make …

A Wise Desire

Psalm 47:4

… for all the Scriptures are nothing except as we find Christ in them. St. Austin says, “The Scriptures are the swaddling bands of the man-child—Christ Jesus …

Attention!

… Concerning the Saviour whom you preach you may say to them, Many of them have through the week been borne down by the press of business cares. They …

Paul's Desire to Depart

Philippians 1:23

… and to be with Christ, for what is Christ to thee? To-day thou despisest him. The man of sorrow thou esteemed not. Jesus of Nazareth thou dost …

God's People in the Furnace

Isaiah 48:10

… Moreover, to throw the Christian into the furnace, is to put him into Christ’s parlour; for lo! Jesus Christ is walking with him! Spare yourselves the trouble …

Memorable Services at the Tabernacle, 1861-1874

… Now we ask from you love towards us; we are doing what we can in that dark Continent to spread abroad the light of Jesus Christ. In Geneva …

David's Dying Song

2 Samuel 23:5

… Jesus Christ came to confirm it, and by his atonement, he ordered it in all things; he paid every drop of his blood; he did not leave one …

Psalm 89

Psalm 89

… Our Saviour Jesus is also the Lord's Christ, or anointed. The oil with which he is anointed is God's own oil, and holy oil; he is …

A Home Mission Sermon

Ecclesiastes 9:10

… Often, I think, when you and I are standing back for some humbling duty if Christ Jesus should come by that way and do it, how we should …

The World Turned Upside Down

Acts 17:6

… Jesus Christ turned the world upside down the first sermon he preached. Look at the third verse. “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom …

The First Sermon in the Tabernacle

Acts 5:42

… Are there poor, ignorant, unlettered men? Jesus Christ is just the thing to preach to them—a naked Christ to their simple ears. Jesus Christ is a topic …

The Sunday-School Teacher—A Steward

Luke 16:2

… grace, if thou believest in Christ Jesus, yet thou wouldest not wish to have any the more stains for that. Because Christ hath washed thee, thou dost not …

Perseverance in Holiness

Jeremiah 32:40

… The God whom we adore and reverence, the God of Abraham, the God and Father of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, fainteth not, neither is weary. "He …

Knowledge. Worship. Gratitude.

Romans 1:20

… The God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob is the God and Father of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and in him my soul delights. Let …

Fire! Fire! Fire!

Isaiah 43:2

… It is procuring crowns for Jesus Christ. It is after all accomplishing higher results by dying than could have been effected by doing. It is under the heaviest …

The Wicked Man’s Life, Funeral, and Epitaph

Ecclesiastes 8:10

… He thought himself to be clothed in the Saviour’s righteousness, but he finds that he justified himself: Christ had never given him his imputed righteousness. And so …

The Alarum

Psalms 42:8

… If God would awaken thee, thou wouldst tremble at the jaws of hell which are open to receive thee; thou wouldst turn to Christ, and say, “Jesus, save …

To the Saddest of the Sad

Exodus 6:9

… What if God has entered into covenant with you that he will bless you for Jesus Christ's sake? There may be a mint of wealth for the …

Psalm 76

Psalm 76

… Properly the great name in Israel, that is, the church, is the name of Jesus, which is great, first, by its efficacy: for it signifies Saviour. There is …

One Antidote for Many Ills

Psalm 80:10

… Oh! if I thought it would avail, methinks I would go down upon my knees, my brethren and sisters in Christ Jesus, to beg of you, as for …

Intercessory Prayer

Job 42:10

… cause I bow my knee unto the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” As for the cloud of holy witnesses in our own time, I will …