Love

Psalm 10

Psalm 10

… Therefore, the apostle saith, "The love of this world is enmity to God (James 4:4), signifying such emulation between these two, that God cannot abide the world …

Christ's Great Mission

Matthew 20:28

… the meanest of the sons of men? Behold! Behold and wonder! Behold and love! Behold and trust! Jesus came from the right hand of God to the manger …

The Planter of the Ear Must Hear

Psalm 94:9

… And yet the Lord knows and permits it all in love to your soul. He does not forget you. But, "like as a father pities his children," so …

Two Pauls and a Blinded Sorcerer

Acts 13:12

… since persecution often awakens natural sympathy, and this becomes a ladder by which love climbs up into the heart. The devil is growing a little wiser than he …

"Take Heed, Brethren"

Hebrews 3:12

… If he has slipped and fallen, brethren weep over him and love him, and seek to restore him, but they do not trust him as they used to …

Job's Sure Knowledge

Job 19:25

… When all other relationships are growing dim, this blessed eternal kinship will shine out the more brightly! So I want all of you who truly love the Lord …

Keeping the Soul Alive

Psalm 22:29

… You who love the Master may, perhaps, have been sometimes in a position in which you have been fascinated by a temptation. You know the figure I am …

Christ's Curate In Decapolis

Mark 5:17-19

… His meals, he would feel himself the happiest man on earth! He would love to be doing something for the One who had cast a legion of devils …

An Encouraging Lesson From Paul's Conversion

Acts 9:13-16

… I love to see men rather aroused to oppose, than made to acquiesce, because they care not whether the Gospel is true or false. We may expect the …

The Fainting Hero

Judges 15:18

… not pacify you then! Music will have no charms for you then! The love of a tender and gentle wife can yield you but sorry comfort then! You …

A Wise Desire

Psalm 47:4

… He knew him to be worthy of his trust, so he said, “Thou shalt choose my inheritance for me.” And, again, it was true love, for love can …

A Mournful Defection

John 6:67

… the rough usage of open foes than to bear the griefs of wounded love, or sustain the shock of outraged confidence. I should not think his experience was …

Gratitude for Great Deliverances

Psalm 102:19-22

… And that was the portion of one of the best of men, and that for no fault of his own, but because of his love to the Lord …

The Mediator—Judge And Savior

Acts 10:42

… We love "the Man Christ Jesus," but we cannot endure the doctrine that He is no more than Man! How could He save us? Could a mere man …

With the Disciples on the Lake of Galilee

Matthew 8:27

… If ever you say to Jesus, "You know that I love You," mind you, put, "Lord," before it—"Lord, You know all things"—for He is still your …

The Great Miracle Worker

John 11:47

… Come, you devout spirit, you who love Christ, you who know His power to save— and put yourself into His hands, that He may make something more of …

Pride the Destroyer

Habakkuk 2:4

… I do love the Lord, I know. And I do trust Him. But if I turn aside, it will be an awful thing! I am so afraid, for …

Believers Tested by Trials

Job 23:8-10

… We are not held captive to God by a chain of sweets, nor are we bought with cupboard love, nor bribed in any other way to love Him …

Joseph's Bones

Hebrews 11:22

… There was no very remarkable exhibition of faith in commanding an immediate funeral which the filial love of Joseph would readily secure. He takes immediate possession of his …

Is Conversion Necessary?

2 Corinthians 5:17

… The man had been an enemy to God before, but when this change takes place he begins to love God. Read Colossians 1:21 , "And you, that were …

Awake! Awake!

1 Thessalonians 5:6

… be saluting us with victory, but he knoweth nothing. “Their labor and their love are lost, Alike unknowing and unknown.” The sleeper knoweth not anything. Behold how the …

A Very Early Bible Society

2 Chronicles 34:15

… His Gospel shall conquer the hearts of men! But, oh, how should we love the Book, and how should we stand up for it, and guard it jealously …

Memory—The Handmaid Of Hope

Lamentations 3:21

… But if we are men in Christ Jesus and have learned that "all things work together for good to them that love God," we shall take the cup …

On the Cross After Death

John 19:31-37

… Do not expect that men will love either Christ or you, if you are like He? Do not expect that Jesus will find room for Himself in the …

The Everlasting Counselor

Micah 4:9

… He is still my Counselor and He has not ceased to love me, nor has He ceased to live for me. His affection is not abated. His Grace …

Satanic Hindrances

1 Thessalonians 2:18

… remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of God and our Father …

Hypocrisy

Luke 12:1

… There be few, I fear, who love the naked truth; we can scarce endure it in our houses; you would scarcely trade with a man who absolutely stated …

Human Responsibility

John 15:22

… Oh to have despised God, to have trampled under foot the Son of Man, to have passed by his cross, to have rejected the wooings of his love …

An Old-fashioned Remedy

Psalm 107:20

… Mercy—this was what we need—therefore, instead of mere benevolence towards the good, God's love takes the form of mercy towards the guilty and this mercy …

Solitude, Silence, Submission

Lamentations 3:28

… to see your Savior! There is no exhibition like the exhibition of the love of God in Jesus Christ to guilty sinners! May this be the best day …

The Beginning of Miracles Which Jesus Did

John 2:11

… the ungodly—but while this dispensation lasts, He is to us all mercy, love, kindness and bounty. If you, my Hearer, will come to Him, you will find …

Found By Jesus—And Finding Jesus

John 1:43-45

… There may be infirmities and shortcomings, but there will never be the old love of sin any more. "Sin shall not have dominion over you." This is God …

God Has Spoken!— Rejoice!

Psalm 108:7

… And, since it is a message of mercy and love to us, we ought at once to rejoice that "God has spoken." Sinner, you are pleading with God …

Constant, Instant, Expectant

Romans 12:12

… have prayed for them we are ready to befriend them by deeds of love. If we have not been accustomed to pray for the brethren, we shall not …

The Shining of the Face of Moses

Exodus 34:29-36

… Quench not the light of your sternest principle, but veil it with abounding love. He always sinks himself, this man Moses. The God-given Glory of his face …

Belief, Baptism, Blessing

Acts 16:33

… So now, if you love the Lord. If you have only just believed in Him, begin to do something for Him at once! It is a pity that …

A Sabbath Miracle

Luke 13:10-13

… So she said, "Though I do not hear a word, I love to be there," and she has told me that some of the happiest hours she has …

The Sciences as Sources of Illustration

… Be thou the Centre of my heart, O God, my Light, my only Love!” The sun himself is an enormous body; he has been measured, but I think …

"All the Day Long"

Proverbs 23:17

… They are very fine, very holy, very devout—when anybody looks at them—but this is the love of human approbation, not the fear of the Lord. The …

Living on the Word

Deuteronomy 8:3

… There is many a pretty face that has been admired because of its appearance, but when its owner's not very pretty tongue has begun to chatter, love …