Love

Christ in Bonds

John 18:24

… You who love your Savior will think with tender sympathy of how He was bound by these wicked men. My special objective is to try to find out …

Soul Satisfaction

Psalm 35:3

… They had sent once and again to relieve his necessities, so he pleaded with them, by their love to him, to love each other. He does as much …

The Necessity of Increased Faith

Luke 17:5

… all other virtues and graces spring from it, Tell me of love; how can I love him in whom I do not believe. If I do not believe …

The Double Forget-me-not

1 Corinthians 11:24

… The previous Chapter tells how the woman in Simon's house manifested her love to the Savior. She showed her love in one way, and in a very …

Blessings Traced to Their Source

Psalm 87:7

… These are symbolical of the mighty fountains of Eternal Love, the electing Grace of God, the Infinite fullness of the heart of God in His own Nature, for …

Hosanna!

Matthew 2:19

… May the Lord Himself cast into your hearts the burning coals of joyful love to Him— and so may your souls take fire and blaze aloft with vehement …

Psalm 109

Psalm 109

… For my love they are my adversaries. They hate me because I love them. One of our poets says of the Lord Jesus—"Found guilty of excess of …

The Dumb Singing

Isaiah 35:5

… And where there is the remission of sin, there is also the forsaking of it! Where God has blotted out transgression, He also removes our love of it …

The “Down-grade” Controversy, from Mr. Spurgeon’s Standpoint

… This is where I love to feel that I am, and that you are, and the dear boys, and the Church, and the College, and ' the Down-grade …

God's People in the Furnace

Isaiah 48:10

… But the second preliminary remark I would make is on the immutability of God’s love to his people. “I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction …

What the Farm Laborers Can Do and What They Cannot do

… Man’s love accepts the love of God; man’s faith wrought in him by the Spirit of God believes the truth of God; man’s hope wrought …

How "The Unspeakable" is Spoken of

Psalm 145:6

… Tell them of the greatness of His fatherly love and how He presses returning prodigals to His bosom and kisses away their tears. Tell them of the greatness …

The Glorious Gospel of the Blessed God

1 Timothy 1:11

… The Father we shall love and adore, having chosen us to eternal life. The Son we shall love with warmest affection, having redeemed us with His precious blood …

The Stronghold

Nahum 1:7

… The glorious years of His electing love. The years in which He has loved His people and never changed that love. The years in which we, ourselves, have …

The Lord Chiding His People

Psalm 103:9

… We will take from strangers, remarks which would wound us terribly if they came from those we love or friends. If you are among the king's courtiers …

The Throne of God and of the Lamb

Revelation 22:3

… And in such sense our Savior, Himself, used it in addressing Peter after His resurrection—"Do you love Me? Feed My lambs." I refer to the idiom without …

Mature Faith—Illustrated By Abraham's Offering Up Isaac

Genesis 22:2

… Now, if they love God, they will not love father nor mother, nor husband, nor brother, nor sister in comparison with Him. And though Christians will ever be …

Psalm 145

Psalm 145

… The LORD preserveth all them that love him. They keep him in their love, and he keeps them by his love. See how these favoured ones have advanced …

Plowing Rock

Amos 6:12

… Possibly your own dear child, whom you love very much, has made a profession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, yet you do not know anything, experimentally …

Fruitless Faith

James 2:17

… It is promised to love, but it is given to endurance! It is the love of God which spies out our love and rewards it, but rewards it …

Experiences after Conversion

… A great many people make fun of that verse, — “ ‘Tis a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought, Do I love the Lord, or no …

Death for Sin and Death to Sin

1 Peter 2:24

… But inasmuch as He was not only enduring for others, but enduring in the place of others and bearing their sins, it became necessary that, despite the love …

The Teaching of the Holy Ghost

John 14:26

… Thou, O Father, art the source of all grace, all love and mercy towards us. Thou, O Son, art the channel of thy Father's mercy, and without …

Additions to the Church

… If you love the Master, love the servants. If you love the Captain, unite with the army and join that regiment of it which you think cleaves closest …

The Obedience of Faith

Hebrews 11:8

… Obedience—let us pray for it for ourselves and others!— "Is there a heart that will not bend To Your Divine control? Descend, O Sovereign Love, descend, And …

The Man of One Subject

1 Corinthians 2:2

… He preached His Person with all clearness of language and warmth of love. The Christ of God was All in All to Paul. The Apostle spoke equally clearly …

The Pierced Heart of Jesus

John 19:32-37

… His love passes the love of women, tender as that is. There is no love like that of Him with the open heart—the love of Jesus with …

War! War! War!

1 Samuel 18:17

… I love all those who love the Lord Jesus Christ, but, nevertheless, I cannot have any truce any treaty with divers errors that have crept into the church …

"What Shall the Harvest Be?"

Hosea 8:7

… But by love serve one another For all the Law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; You shall love your neighbor as yourself The condensation of …

An Observation of the Preacher

Ecclesiastes 7:8

… But can each one of us truthfully say, "Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You"? If I can honestly say, "I love the Lord …

Christ and His Table Companions

Luke 22:14

… You are members, one of another—see that you fervently love each other with a pure heart. Drinking of the same cup, eating of the same bread, you …

Good News For You

Luke 10:33

… Christ laid down His life for His friends in one sense— "But God commends His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for …

Discipline in Christ's Army

Joshua 1:11

… He who died upon the Cross out of love to the undeserving has taught us how to endure hardness for His sake as good soldiers of Jesus Christ …

The Entreaty of the Holy Spirit

Hebrews 3:7

… Hasten on wings of love to pluck me from the pit of destruction which yawns beneath my feet."— "Come, Lord, Your fainting servant cheer, Nor let Your chariot …

"Lo, I Come"—Exposition

Psalm 40:6-8

… Moreover, He took a delight in us and here, though the object of His love is less, the love, itself, is heightened by the conspicuous condescension. The Lord …

Done In A Day, But Wondered At Forever

Zechariah 3:9

… As night covers all things, so can love cast a mantle over all your wrong doings. As the sun exhales a myriad dewdrops, so can eternal love cause …

"Now Then, Do It"

2 Samuel 3:17

… Often did your childish heart sigh after, "gentle Jesus," and long for His love. I think I see those tears upon your little cheeks even now, when you …

Let Us Go Forth

Hebrews 13:13

… You that love the Lord are to say so. You must come out and avow yourselves on His side. You may be Christians and make no profession, but …

How May Faith Be Illustrated?

… Another and a higher form of faith is that faith which grows out of love. Why does a boy trust his father? The reason why the child trusts …

Sunlight for Cloudy Days

Psalm 40:17

… They break out into words and this precious Bible contains the expression of those thoughts of love. This priceless Book is a love letter from our Father who …