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Praises and Vows Accepted in Zion

Psalm 65:1-2

… If we this evening —gathering in Christ’s name, around his one finished sacrifice, present our prayers and praises entirely to the Lord through Jesus Christ, we are …

The Oil of Gladness

Psalm 45:7

… Jesus gives repentance, but the Spirit works it; faith fixes upon Christ, but the Spirit of God first creates faith and opens the eye which looks to Jesus …

War! War! War!

1 Samuel 18:17

… Oh! I would we all knew how to progress—to “grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” Never think you are …

His Name—The Counsellor

Isaiah 9:6

… Let me make a remark or two with regard to this Counsellor, Jesus Christ. And, first, Christ is a necessary Counsellor. So sure as we do anything without …

The Spies

Numbers 13:32

… faith make a trial of the love of Christ; they do not enter into covenant with the Lord Jesus, or else they would soon discover that it is …

The Man Christ Jesus

Hebrews 7:4

… Let faith in Jesus be one lesson—may God write it on each heart. And then let us ascribe to our Lord Jesus Christ all the honour that …

Gospel Missions

Acts 13:49

… I am come to tell you that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, became flesh, to die for poor unworthy man, that through his mediation, and death, and …

The Minister's Farewell

Acts 20:26-27

… pure, simple, holy, charitable, Christ-like, is only to be kept so by a preaching of the whole truth as it is in Jesus. And as for the …

The Form and Spirit of Religion

1 Samuel 4:3

… a Saviour? Do I feel that I want him? And my business, if you answer that question aright is to say, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ with …

Shoes of Iron, and Strength Sufficient: A New Year's Promise

Deuteronomy 33:24-25

… You in the school, you who visit tract districts, you who manage mothers' meetings, and you who in any shape or way endeavour to make Christ known, may …

God’s Barriers Against Man’s Sin

Jeremiah 5:22-23

… I cannot with my poor voice and my weak utterance, even bring you to think that it is Christ Jesus in the ministry of his Spirit who can …

Jubilee Joys

… I have desired nothing at your hands, but that you love the Lord Jesus Christ, and serve Him with all your might. But I have coveted, and I …

Noah's Faith, Fear, Obedience, and Salvation

Hebrews 11:7

… Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and in the power of the ever-blessed gospel. That is the one business of your life; and I believe that if …

Consolation in Christ

Philippians 2:1

… The Father smiles—he smiles on Christ; he smiles on us in answer to Jesus Christ’s intercession. Is he not here also the consolation of Israel? I …

Obadiah; or, Early Piety Eminent Piety

1 Kings 18:12

… Be not afraid; you may find followers of Jesus in the precincts of Pandemonium. In the palace of Ahab you meet an Obadiah who rejoices to hold fellowship …

The Holy Ghost—The Great Teacher

John 16:13

… May God send us a Christ-exalting, Spirit-loving ministry—men who shall proclaim God the Holy Ghost in all his offices and shall extol God the Saviour …

Faith in Perfection

Psalm 138:8

… The spirit of Christ is not a spirit of doubting, but a spirit of believing. Doubts may exist in the hearts of spiritual men, but doubts are unspiritual …

Psalm 144

Psalm 144

… This was never so remarkably fulfilled as in the incarnation of Jesus Christ, when heaven and earth were, as it were, brought together. Heaven itself was, as it …

A Sermon for the Time Present

Zephaniah 3:16-18

… The gospel of Jesus Christ, which is the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever, is taught as the production of progress, a growth, a thing to be …

Good Earnests of Great Success

Acts 6:7

… fly; Wash me, Saviour, or I die.” Yes, just as you are come and depend upon the blood and righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall …

The Rent Veil

Matthew 27:50-51

… without fear; and the way to God and heaven through Jesus Christ is dedicated by the Saviour for sinners; it is the King's highway for wayfaring men …

A Bundle of Myrrh

Solomon 1:13

… But no myrrh could ever compare with him, for Jesus Christ is so precious, that if heaven and earth were put together they could not buy another Savior …

Christ the Conqueror of Satan

Genesis 3:16

… That seed is the Lord Jesus Christ. The prophet Micah saith, “But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah; though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee …

A Peal of Bells

Zechariah 14:20

… meet with some who despise the religion of Christ, speak boldly for the truth as it is in Jesus, and are as useful in their daily journeyings as …

Lecture 1: A Chat about Commentaries

… There is always such a savour of the Lord Jesus Christ in Dr. Hawker that you cannot read him without profit. He has the peculiar idea that Christ …

Immeasurable Love

John 3:16

… It has been my one and only business to set forth the love of God to men in Christ Jesus. I heard lately of an aged minister of …

The Joy of the Lord, the Strength of His People

Nehemiah 8:10

… This is “the joy of the Lord,” fellowship with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. Beloved, if we reach this point, we must labour to maintain …

Cheer Up, My Comrades!

2 Chronicles 35:2

… Jesus Christ himself, we read, had angels sent to minister to him. When? Was it not in the garden of Gethsemane, when he was bowed down with sorrow …

The Best Beloved

Song 5:16

… Never yet did you or I gaze with satisfaction upon the work of any painter who has tried to picture our Lord Jesus Christ. We have not blamed …

The Chaff Driven Away

Psalm 1:4

… even so is Jesus lifted up. Look, I beseech you, look and live. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved. As though God did …

Full Redemption

Exodus 10:26

… Christ bought the whole man, and the whole man must be devoted to Christ; I am not to use my judgment for the Saviour, and let my imagination …

Adoption—The Spirit and the Cry

Galatians 4:6

… Thus it is that by believing in Christ Jesus we escape from Moses, the taskmaster, and come to Jesus, the Saviour; we cease to regard God as an …

Psalm 80

Psalm 80

… This is the true art of prayer, to put Christ forward and cry, "Him and then the sinner see, Look through Jesus' wounds on me." Verse 16. It …

An Earnest Warning about Lukewarmness

… s mouth. ‘Call that a church!’ says one. ‘Is that a church of Jesus Christ?’ cries a second. Those dogs that dared not open their mouths against Israel …

The Song of a City, and the Pearl of Peace

Isaiah 26:3

… But, now, at this moment, having believed in Jesus Christ, we have entered into rest, and we have perfect peace as to our former sins. Who is he …

Prayer Perfumed with Praise

Philippians 4:6

… Turn to Romans 1:8-9 , and note this fusion of these precious metals—“First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith …

Psalm 12

Psalm 12

… by the simple faith of the former "In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I command thee to be dumb." "Who is lord over us?" "Who is …

A Visit to the Harvest Field

James 5:7-8

… his sinful ways to love his Saviour! Sunday-school teacher, if some of those little girls should love the name of Jesus, and you should live to see …

Religion—a Reality

Deuteronomy 32:47

… So is it with Christ Jesus . To mere professors Christ Jesus is never anything but a myth. They believe there was such a man, but he is only …

Psalm 94

Psalm 94

… renewed strength within us. "Thy comforts"—the comforts we get from the Lord Jesus Christ; from looking at him, considering him; thinking of his person, and offices, and …