Love

The Fourth Beatitude

Matthew 5:6

… For if you love them which love you, what reward have you, do not even the publicans do the same?Any common sort of man will love those …

'Peace Be Unto You'

Luke 24:36

… that the love with which You have loved Me may be in them. Let us read that wonderful passage again—"that the love with which You have loved …

A Bit of History for Old and Young

Genesis 48:15

… We shall not long have love to man if we do not first and chiefly cultivate love to God. What our boys need in starting in life is …

Psalm 91

Psalm 91

… Love for love: "Because, "etc. (a) The fact of the saints' love to God. There is, first, love in God without their love, then love for their love …

Where to Find Fruit

Hosea 14:8

… Every outgoing of power, every outflow of love is yours already. “In him is thy fruit found.” Surely this word “thy” is as a little golden cup filled …

A Question for Communicants

Exodus 12:26

… Here, at the Communion Table, God, the Covenant God, seals His love to us. "Come here, My child," says the Lord, "I love you and I gave Myself …

The Immutability of Christ

Hebrews 13:8

… He can not love thee more; he will not love thee less. The same yesterday, to-day, and for ever. But let us here recollect that Jesus Christ …

The Great Jail—and How To Get Out Of It

Galatians 3:22

… They have cried, "I never felt any love to God before, but now I do. I love Him with all my soul for what He has done for …

Going Home—A Christmas Sermon

Mark 5:19

… Instead of weakening my love, it gives me fresh reason for my affection; and he whom I loved before as my father, I now love as my brother …

Jesus, The King of Truth

John 18:37

… Those who love pure Truth and know what Christ is, will be sure to fall in love with Him and hear His voice. Judge you, then, this day …

Good Advice For Troublous Times

Isaiah 26:20

… To love the world, to love riches, to love sin, to love self—this is to be unfaithful to our Marriage Covenant with God—let such conduct never …

Memories of my Father

… His blameless example, his holy consistency, his genial love, his generous liberality, his wise counsel, and his fearless fidelity to God and His truth, are all on a …

July 10 — LOVE THE CHURCH

Ps. 102:13

July 10 LOVE THE CHURCH "Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favor her, yea, the set time, is come. For thy servants …

Godly Fear and Its Goodly Consequence

Proverbs 14:26

… They that love not have no hate, no jealousy—but where there is an intense, a definite love like that which glows in the bosom of God, there …

Private and Confidential

Psalm 25:14

… He cannot love us more—He will not love us less. Such love in Him begets more love in us. What manner of men ought we to be …

July 6 — HIS LOVE; HIS GIFT; HIS SON

John 3:16

July 6 HIS LOVE; HIS GIFT; HIS SON "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not …

July 26 — A CHANGE OF NAME

Hosea 2:16

… We now think of Jehovah, our God, as our Ishi, our beloved husband, our lord in love, our next-of-kin in bonds of sacred relationship. We do …

Grace For Communion

Solomon 4:16

… We may have much fire of love, yet no love flaming forth—and much patience in the heart, though at the moment we do not display it. Apart …

The Immutability of God

Malachi 3:6

… We must just hint at one thought before we pass away and that is—God is unchanging in the objects of his love —not only in his love …

Limiting God

Psalm 78:41

… What hast thou done in this? Thou hast limited the love, the boundless love of the Holy One of Israel. What, dost thou stand on the shore of …

"I and the Children"

Isaiah 8:18

… If it is not love of money, it is love of power and influence." To the Christian people they say, "No doubt you increase your business by it …

The Blessed Guest Detained

Luke 24:28

… He is jealous of our love! He says, "Give Me your heart," and so He pauses a while that He may see that we love Him and prize …

Have You Forgotten Him?

Genesis 41:9

… Here lies our fault—that we have forgotten all this—not forgotten the fact, but forgotten to love Him who gave us that soul-comforting, heart-cheering interpretation …

Sin and Grace

Romans 5:20

… But God commends [See Sermon #104, Volume 2—LOVE'S COMMENDATION] His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. When we …

The New “Helensburgh House,” Nightingale Lane

… From my children in the faith,—as a love-token such as a tender father treasures. From the church,—it is offered as a sacrifice of sweet smell …

Free Pardon

Isaiah 43:25

… Did He love me before the world began? Did He write my name in the roll of His electing love? Did He ordain me to a crown of …

Reasons For Parting With Sin

Isaiah 1:18

… They go to hear the Gospel and love to hear it. They would be very sorry if they were not able to enter the place where their favorite …

The Backslider's Door of Hope

Hosea 2:15

… The Law had failed, in that it was weak through the flesh, so He would use the Gospel—He would bring the Omnipotent power of love into the …

Following Christ

John 21:22

… He said unto Him, Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.He was wise in not measuring his love in comparison with that of his fellow disciples …

The Beatific Vision

1 John 3:2

… Furthermore, if we had seen Christ as he was, we should have had great love for him; but that love would have been compounded with pity . We should …

The Well-beloved's Vineyard

Isaiah 5:1

… Jesus delights in love. His tender heart delights to see its love returned. Am I not of all men most bound to love the Lord? I speak for …

The Solar Eclipse

Isaiah 45:7

… Suppose a wife should be so foolish as to love her jewels better than her husband, suppose she should set her heart more upon his love-tokens than …

Things That Accompany Salvation

Hebrews 6:9

… And thou sweet Love, the sweetest of the three, she whose words are music and whose eyes are stars; Love, also looks to Christ and is enamoured of …

The Silken Fetter

Hosea 3:5

… The fear that has torment, love has cast out—but the fear which must ever suffuse a spirit when it stands on the brink of the boundless and …

The Saddest Cry From the Cross

Matthew 27:46

… And we who love Him, can say with Dr. Watts— "My God, my Life, my Love, To You, to You I call! I cannot live, if You remove …

How Hearts Are Softened

Zechariah 12:10

… It was love, mighty love, nothing else but love which led Him to the Cross. No other charge can ever be laid at His door but this, that …

The Death of Christ

Isaiah 53:10

… They look upon Him as an unloving, severe Being, who had no love to the human race, and could only be made loving by the death and agonies …

The King In His Beauty

Isaiah 33:17

… By the force of His tender love sinners are spared upon the earth. Should He not reign? If the breath of our nostrils is in His keeping and …

Martha And Mary

Luke 10:38-42

… From the sincerity of faith and the fervor of love practical Christianity must arise. And if the food that faith and love feed upon is withdrawn. If sitting …

The Desolations of the Lord, the Consolation of His Saints

Psalm 46:8-9

… Many love missions; they love the cause of Christ; but they do not love Zion better than their own households. but, as far as I can judge, there …