Love

A Sermon to Ministers and Other Tried Believers

1 Peter 5:7

… There is the care to love and serve Him better, the care to understand His Word, the care to preach it to His people, the care to experience …

Psalm 72

Psalm 72

… and the love between her and Solomon is made a type of the love between Christ and the church. So Christ hath taken us Gentiles to be spouse …

Perseverance Without Presumption

John 10:28

… When the guilt of sin is removed, the love of sin is purged out of the heart—and when the Spirit of holiness is given, the love of …

Dwell Deep, O Dedan!

Jeremiah 49:8

… They profess to love the Lord Jesus but they are traitors in the camp. They are fair apples, but rotten at the core! Gilded cheats, painted shams, counterfeits …

The King’s Highway Opened and Cleared

… Ah, sinner, art thou too proud to be saved? Come, man, I beseech thee by the love of Christ, by the love of thine own soul, come with …

The Search after Happiness

Psalm 4:6

… He does not love now and cast away in the future. Never did His love begin and never can it cease. It is from eternity and shall be …

Glory!

1 Peter 5:10

… There is room for the largest expectation, here, as we conjecture what will be the full accomplishment of the vast intent of eternal love—an intent which has …

Earnestness: Its Marring and Maintenance

… We shall never lose our love to Christ and our love to souls if the Lord has given them to us. The Holy Spirit makes zeal for God …

Feeding on the Bread of Life

John 6:47

… Love needs a revelation of love to keep it burning. Hope needs to be reminded of the things to be expected in the future, so that it may …

Night-and Jesus Not There!

John 6:17

… Christ's absence was, in itself, an affliction to His disciples and, in proportion as we love Him, we shall acknowledge it to be an affliction to have …

False Professors Solemnly Warned

Philippians 3:18-19

… It is common to cry down those who love God, or rather, who not only love God, but love all that God has said, and who hold the …

Eternal Life Within Present Grasp

1 Timothy 6:12

… Let your life be love, for love is life. Let your life be one of prayer and praise, for these are the breath of the new life. We …

The God of Peace and Our Sanctification

Hebrews 13:20

… The Holy Spirit had filled him with much love to the Hebrews and with a strong desire for their welfare and, therefore, he asks for that which is …

Caleb—The Man For The Times

Numbers 14:24

… You begin to speak to him about religion—which he professes to love so much—his words are few, his syllables faint, for his heart is not in …

The Unwearied Runner

Isaiah 40:31

… And you who love Him, may you love Him better and run and not be weary and walk and not faint—and God's shall be the Glory …

Joseph Attacked by the Archers

Genesis 49:23

… Ah! I love to talk about God’s everlasting covenant. Some of the Arminians cannot bear it, but I love a covenant salvation—a covenant not made with …

Concerning The Forbearance Of God

Romans 2:4

… Think of the Father's almighty love which is bestowed upon all those who put their trust in Jesus Christ, His Son. Oh, there have indeed been riches …

Multitudinous Thoughts And Sacred Comforts

Psalm 94:19

… From the mist His brightness streams, God is wisdom, God is love." "You God see me." "He that keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep." That is no …

The Blood of Sprinkling

Hebrews 12:24

… He thinks of all who love God throughout all worlds, and he feels that he is one of them; for he has come to "the general assembly and …

A Sad Interior and a Cheery Messenger

Mark 16:10

… And, sometimes, when love is strong upon us, we seem to say to the great Master, "It were better that I should die and perish than that You …

The Call of Abraham

Hebrews 11:8

… The ancients pictured Mercury with wings upon its heels, and surely faith hath them there. “‘Tis love that makes our willing feet In swift obedience move.” Love may …

Christ's Prayer for Peter

Luke 22:32

… And there are some things which are ascribed solely and entirely to faith that are never ascribed to love. If any man were to speak of our being …

A Warning to Believers

Colossians 2:18

… Who shall separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord? He has said, "I give unto My sheep eternal life, and they …

The Danger of Unconfessed Sin

Psalm 32:3

… There was deep love to God always there, but it had become overlaid and crusted with what was always David's great besetment—the strong passions of his …

Paul's Sermon Before Felix

Acts 24:25

… I admit I do not exactly love the way in which he did it; but the thing itself I love. The woman had been a sinner, and he …

No Quarter

1 Kings 18:40

… If you have grown cold in love, that motive will not sway you. But if your heart is warm and you feel the love of your espousals, you …

The Philosophy and Propriety of Abundant Praise

Psalm 145:7

… That He should dwell in us, walk in us and be to us a God—a very present help in trouble—is a miracle of love! Is not …

Love in Chastening

… As many as I love I rebuke and chasten.” Come, therefore, let us return unto the Lord, for He hath wounded and He will heal; He hath smitten …

The Silver Trumpet

Isaiah 1:18

… But how we have sinned in childhood, and since we have come to manhood, how have we violated all the admonitions of His love, done despite even to …

Blessed Promises For Dying Outcasts

Jeremiah 30:17

… Let his hunger be of another sort; let his heart hanker after unsearchable riches; let his soul pine for eternal love and then his are views of things …

Three Crosses

Galatians 6:14

… We see there the love of God desiring a way by which He might save mankind, aided by His wisdom, so that a plan is perfected by which …

Faith Without Sight

John 20:29

… receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls." So that the people who have received the salvation of their souls are those who love …

The Northern Iron and the Steel

Jeremiah 15:12

… Surely if anything can add weight to the prophecy of the judgments of God, it is the trembling love, the anxious fear with which such a messenger as …

Peace By Believing

Romans 5:1

… He has kissed us with the kisses of His love, and His love is better than wine. But the tendency is to say, "Now I have peace with …

Heedlessness In Religion

2 Kings 10:31

… There are persons in the world who cannot bear some one sin to which they have aversion—they love to hammer away against it—their whole soul takes …

Confidence and Concern

2 Timothy 1:12-14

… Hold fast the form of sound words, which you have heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. That good thing which was committed …

Memorials of Jesus

The love of the Church extends beyond the person of the Bridegroom, and reaches to everything connected with Him. “All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and …

The Cause and Cure of a Wounded Spirit

Proverbs 18:14

… One has been disappointed in love. That is very sad, but still, it is a trial that can be endured. We have no right to love the creature …

The Dream of Pilate's Wife

Matthew 27:19

… Thus He speaks with something better than the tongues of men and of angels, for He uses Love, itself, to be His orator. Affection has more might than …

Conversion

James 5:19-20

… And now, all glory to him! I love his name! Each Sabbath morning,” she said, “I wait for your sermon. I live on it all the week, as …