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Peace—How Gained, How Broken
Psalm 85:8
… Like the men of the old world, they marry and are given in marriage, they drink and are drunken—till the flood comes and there is no escape …
SERMON • SERMON 3232Facts and Inferences
Psalm 37:35-37
… His wife weeps and well may she grieve at the thought of parting with such a godly husband, but he reminds her of that ancient promise, "Leave your …
SERMON • SERMON 722The Captive Savior Freeing His People
John 18:8
… There were the mighty bonds of His marriage union to our souls which constrained Him, without a word, to yield Himself as a lamb to the slaughter. The …
SERMON • SERMON 503Death and Life in Christ
Romans 6:8-11
… Resurrection will be our marriage-day. Body and soul have been separated, and they shall meet again to be re-married with a golden ring, no more to …
SERMON • SERMON 3529More Room for More People
Luke 14:22
… How delightful it is to observe that the wrath of man becomes tributary to the Glory of God! See an illustration in the parable of the marriage supper …
SERMON • SERMON 3304Grace Abounding
Romans 5:20
… As a husband, as a wife, as a child, as a master, as a servant, as a tradesman, as a statesman—whatever may be your position in society …
SERMON • SERMON 53Healing for the Wounded
Psalm 147:3
… A wife has been neglected by her husband who was once the subject of her attachment, and whom even now she tenderly loves. Scorned and despised by the …
SERMON • SERMON 2861'The Time Is Short'
1 Corinthians 7:29
… How short a while since the bells rang out his marriage peal and now his children have reached their manhood—and his children's children climb upon his …
SERMON • SERMON 556The Sinner's Friend
Matthew 11:19
… She had had five husbands, and he whom she then had was not her husband, nor were any of the others either. She was a disgrace to that …
SERMON • SERMON 3310Prompt Obedience
Psalm 18:44
… Some of you heard it from a loving wife or from a fond husband. You heard the Gospel preached by a godly minister now in Glory. And last …
SERMON • SERMON 3185'A Song of My Beloved'
Solomon 2:16
… I will be yours, you wandering sinner, as your Husband, and you shall be Mine." Every heart that has been subdued by Sovereign Grace takes Jesus Christ to …
SERMON • SERMON 906The Soul's Crisis
Luke 18:37
… Hard by that column, on my right, in yonder gallery, in that next pew, there have usually sat two attentive hearers, husband and wife, who early this morning …
SERMON • SERMON 3331Knowing and Believing
2 Timothy 1:12
… It is a genuine and great pleasure to sing of Bethlehem and its manger, of Cana and its marriage. You have turned over the pages of that Life …
SERMON • SERMON 20The Carnal Mind Enmity Against God
Romans 8:7
… There he would stand, silent, motionless; till Christ would say, with a voice louder than ten thousand thunders, “What dost thou here? Enemies at a marriage banquet? Enemies …
SERMON • SERMON 500Ebenezer!
1 Samuel 7:12
… I know not a better way of celebrating this day of Ebenezer and thanksgiving, than by some hearts this day accepting the marriage ring of Christ’s love …
SERMON • SERMON 133Heavenly Rest
Hebrews 4:9
… Here is the mother buried, the child snatched away, the husband rent from the bosom of a loving wife, the brother parted from the sister. The plate upon …
SERMON • SERMON 607True Unity Promoted
Ephesians 4:3
… A husband and wife may be, through Providence, cast hundreds of miles from one another—but there is a unity of spirit in them because their hearts are …
SERMON • SERMON 776A Song at the Wellhead
Numbers 21:16-18
… be enquirers—the saints enquiring—'When will You save my wife? When will You bless my husband? When will You look in Grace on my children? When will …
SERMON • SERMON 3325Solace for Sad Hearts
Isaiah 61:3
… family! He has an ungodly child or an unconverted wife. A Christian woman may have a drunken husband, or a godly daughter may have a dissipated father. These …
SERMON • SERMON 401Jacob's Waking Exclamation
Genesis 28:16
… There is a Christian wife who has to go home to an ungodly husband, or sons and daughters who have to go home to a household which is …
SERMON • SERMON 3250The Growth of Faith
2 Thessalonians 1:3
… He is a good man, a Christian gentleman, but I do not know where he came from, so I cannot consent to your marriage with him." "Well, Father …
SERMON • SERMON 189The Cry Of The Heathen
Acts 16:9
… that the wife frequently dreams of shipwrecks, when, in the stormy night, she lies upon her bed, her last thoughts having been exercised concerning her husband at sea …
SERMON • SERMON 2825Majesty in Misery
Luke 22:63-65
… singing triumphantly in their last hours, as merrily as though it were their marriage day—while others have been as calm and quiet as if to die were …
SERMON • SERMON 3225Finding and Following Christ
John 1:45
… himself once? What would you think of a wife who said she was going to cease loving her husband just once? We, too, are married to Christ, so …
SERMON • SERMON 2017'David's Spoil'
1 Samuel 30:20
… For it is written concerning our Lord, "We are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones." Close as the marriage union is, yet Paul …
SERMON • SERMON 3028God's Glory Our Rereward
Isaiah 58:8
… Return, you backsliding ones! He still acknowledges the marriage bonds. "I am married unto you, says the Lord." Backslider, let this be some comfort to you, if you …
SERMON • SERMON 2131To Those Who Feel Unfit for Communion
2 Chronicles 30:17-20
… hand and work in you all the good pleasure of His will! Let marriage vows with Jesus be repeated here. May our living union with Him become more …
SERMON • SERMON 2359Personal and Effectual Calling
John 10:3
… are ringing as clearly in my ears, tonight, as though they were the marriage bells of yesterday! I can never forget how that call sounded, "Look! Look! Look …
SERMON • SERMON 3405Confession of Christ
Matthew 10:32
… Christ's words, "If any man loves father, or mother, or husband, or child, or wife more than Me, he is not worthy of Me. And if any …
SERMON • SERMON 57The Incarnation and Birth of Christ
Micah 5:2
… upon her, and she bowed herself before her lord; it was there her marriage was celebrated; and in the streets of Bethlehem did Boaz and Ruth receive a …
SERMON • SERMON 512A Precious Drop Of Honey
Isaiah 49:16
… You are fast united to your great Husband, Christ, and no other lover can steal His heart. But Jesus, having chosen you, does never allow a rival to …
SERMON • SERMON 3049'Going and Weeping'
Jeremiah 50:4
… Perhaps your wife or your husband loves not your God. You may well weep as you go! Sympathy and activity, compassion and diligence—with this sweet mixture every …
SERMON • SERMON 2749Rehoboam the Unready
2 Chronicles 12:14
… summary of the son's life should be, "he did evil." This makes marriage a most important step, though it is often taken without a single serious thought …
SERMON • SERMON 830Gray Hairs
Hosea 7:9
… world getting the upper hand with you? Does not that tempting offer of marriage almost persuade you to break the Lord's command not to be unequally yoked …
SERMON • SERMON 1374"Forever With The Lord"
1 Thessalonians 4:17
… We shall see Him as a familiar Friend and sit with Him at His marriage feast. We shall be with Him so as to have no fear of …
SERMON • SERMON 3025Fifteen Years After!
Job 1:21
… Whatever may be the number of those who are the comfort of your life—husband or wife, parents or children, kinsfolk of any sort—say of all of …
SERMON • SERMON 819The Minstrelsy of Hope
Psalm 67:6
… to a golden word! "Our own child." "Our own brother." "Our own husband." "Our own wife"—the words are most melodious. We even feel the Bible to be …
SERMON • SERMON 227Compel Them to Come In
Luke 14:23
… Come and welcome to the marriage feast of his love. “Whosoever will, let him come and take of the waters of life freely.” Come, I must lay hold …
SERMON • SERMON 3214Two Wilderness Incidents
Numbers 21:1-6
… a Christian, So-and-So was until he lost his property, or his wife, or his children, or until he was stretched upon the bed of sickness and …
SERMON • SERMON 2036The Whole-Heartedness of God in Blessing His People
Jeremiah 32:41
… For the Bride of Christ, who shall have made herself ready for the marriage supper, there shall be a fit dwelling. Everything, whether of creation or destruction, mercy …