Love

Christ's Manifestation to Mary Magdalene

John 20:17

… But Mary stood there and wept until her risen Lord appeared to her! Love, you know, is a keen-eyed Grace. People usually say that love is blind …

Peter's Restoration

Luke 22:60-62

… Immutable love is that Divine hammer which breaks the rock in pieces. Though a man should have sinned himself into great hardness of heart, yet almighty love can …

Stumbling at the Word

1 Peter 2:8

… Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that you love one another with a pure …

A Dire Disease Strangely Cured

Isaiah 53:5

… Then, next, the wounds of Jesus cure us of the love of sin. By nature, we love sin, but when we understand what sin cost Christ, we cannot …

The Certainty And Freeness Of Divine Grace

John 6:37

… You who love to hear the Gospel preached to sinners do not be afraid of the doctrines of Sovereign Grace! And you who love Sovereign Grace but cannot …

A Greater Than Solomon

Luke 11:31

… What are you at, that you are spared through the pleadings of His love, and yet do not love Him? God have mercy upon you, and bring you …

The Sad Plight and Sure Relief

Romans 5:6

… Man is under the dominion of his own lusts—his pride, his sloth, his love of ease, his love of pleasure. Man is such a fool that he …

Praying In The Holy Spirit

… Prayer should be perfumed with love, saturated with love—love to our fellow saints, and love to Christ. Moreover, it must be a prayer full of faith. The …

God's Overtaking Mercy

Genesis 16:8

… Because they are happy in God's love, they are patient in the ills of this life. Remember the story of the poor raving maniac. They had often …

Holy Work For Christmas

Luke 2:17-20

… You shall comprehend the heights and depths and lengths and breadths of His love. And when you shall do so, then your own love shall swell beyond all …

Heaven Above and Heaven Below

Revelation 7:16

… Eternal love and Covenant faithfulness—these are ancient wells! Do not hesitate to drink deep at the fountain of electing love. The Lord Himself chose you, having loved …

Pleading With the Indifferent

Lamentations 1:12

… He became Man out of love to men. But men loved Him not and though in Him was every perfection, they hunted and hounded Him to death! The …

Christ's Motive and Ours

2 Corinthians 8:9

… See what Jesus did for us and then think what we can do for Jesus. "For your sakes" Christ did His deeds of love. "For His sake" we …

God's Non-Remembrance of Sin

Isaiah 43:25

… God is love—"His mercy endures forever"—and He desired vent for His love. His great heart was filled with a desire to display the Grace which pervaded …

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

Ephesians 2:8

… And love, you know, is that which purifies the soul. Love to God is obedience! Love is holiness! To love God and to love man is to be …

The Universal Remedy

Isaiah 53:5

… They have learned to love Jesus, and then their admiration has become a practical thing—but mere admiration, apart from love to Him and faith in Him—is …

Psalm 27

Psalm 27

… If I love my God, and I love him with a noble spirited love, all my enemies will fight against me in vain; I shall never fear them …

Psalm 119

Psalm 119

… O how love I thy law! As faith worketh by love unto God, so it worketh by love unto his word. Love me, love my word: love a …

The Heart—a Den of Evil

Matthew 15:19

… By trusting in Jesus you come to love Him. And the love of Him, by the power of the Divine Spirit, becomes a master passion—a new heart …

The Song of Songs

Isaiah 44:23

… Hopeless is human bondage unless the malice and craft and power of Satan can be matched by love and wisdom and force superior at all points. The price …

A Call To Worship

Zechariah 8:21

… Church members who never pray for the good of the Church have no love for it. If they do not plead for sinners they have no love for …

A Double Silver Wedding

… What I have done, I shall do still ; namely, love you with all my heart, and love my Lord as His grace enables me. I mean to go …

"Forget You, I Will Not"

Isaiah 44:21

… You are not a very brilliant teacher for that class of yours, but you love your scholars, and you love your God. You are My servant"? He does …

What Is the Wedding Garment?

Matthew 22:11-13

… The Lord is accustomed to look with favor upon those who love His name, for He is pleased with them. O Brothers and Sisters, when the love of …

Glimpses of Essex and Cambridgeshire Life, 1853

… But our Savior’s declaration has gone forth, and cannot be recalled, ‘In the world ye shall have tribulation;… in Me, ye shall have peace.’ “With kind love …

The Crisis Of This World

John 12:31-33

… If you want the proof of that assertion, behold how God, Himself, came here among men, Incarnate Virtue robed in love! Did men love Him? Did they fall …

David's Holy Wonder at The Lord's Great Goodness

Psalm 31:19

… Here you have a subject for a life-long wonder— "Father, 'twas Your love that knew us Earth's foundation long before: That same lo ve to Jesus …

Our Change of Masters

Romans 6:18

… If we love Jesus we shall sometimes feel an impatient desire to get away from those who know Him not. You do not love Christ? What kind of …

An Anxious Enquiry for a Beloved Son

2 Samuel 18:29

… What a noble passion is a mother's love or a father's love! It is an image in miniature of the love of God. How reverently ought …

Substitution

2 Corinthians 5:21

… He is love rendered more than love. Love is not God, but God is love; he is full of grace, he is the plenitude of mercy,—he delighteth …

The Gospel'S Power In A Christian'S Life

Philippians 1:27

… At the same time pray for more love to allmen. We ought to love all our hearers, and the Gospel is to be preached by us to every …

Prayer 17 — To Be Like Christ

… O, Infinite Love, can we sin against Thee at all? How debased is our nature then! Forgive, sweet Savior, forgive sins against Thy love and blood, against Thy …

Psalm 26

Psalm 26

… Why we love it. What we love in it. How we show our love. How our love will be rewarded. Verse 9. See "Spurgeon's Sermons, "No. 524 …

Sealed and Open Evidences

Jeremiah 32:14

… Prayer is, to us, a reality—and God hears it and He answers us—and gives us many evidences of His love in the answers to our prayers …

That Horrible East Wind!

Colossians 3:15

… I have had to unravel many tangled skeins in my time out of love to others. I did not get the threads into a ravel, but people are …

Our Expectation

Isaiah 53:10

… We love Him that died, but we rejoice that He who died is not dead, but always lives to make intercession for us! Dear children of God, do …

Jacob and Esau

Romans 9:15

… One man says the word “hate” does not mean hate; it means “love less:”—“Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I loved less.” It may be so …

The Condescension of Christ

2 Corinthians 8:9

… He that hath wealth on earth, and honor too, is poor if he hath not love. I would rather be the pauper, dependent upon charity, and have love …

Precious, Honorable, Beloved

Isaiah 43:4

… His goings forth in love to His people were of old—yes, He has loved them with an everlasting love, and therefore they are dear to Him. The …

An Earnest Warning about Lukewarmness

… As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice …