Marriage

Christ's Motive and Ours

2 Corinthians 8:9

… This is another way in which we can serve Christ our King, by being willing to sacrifice "house, or parents, or brothers and sisters, or wife, or children …

Christ's Ambassadors

2 Corinthians 5:20

… It was all very well for him to talk as he did, but he has not a wife and children to provide for. He has no poverty to …

A Definite Challenge for Definite Prayer

Mark 10:51

… A man hardly likes to say, "Lord, save my wife." He prefers talking about "those who are dear to us in the ties of consanguinity, and she who …

The Statute of David for the Sharing of the Spoil

1 Samuel 30:21-26

… For a man to know that his wife is in the hands of robbers and that he may never see her again is no small trouble. Their sons …

The Faithfulness of Jesus

John 13:1

… When Peter's wife's mother was sick of a fever, he did but enter the house and speak the word, and the fever left her; and when …

An Unparalleled Cure

Matthew 9:32

… I know a well-educated man in a good position in society who might be a comfort to his wife and family. You would like to speak to …

To Souls In Agony

Psalm 116:3

… The dying man must leave wife and children. They would gladly accompany him, but they cannot. That dear wife would be willing to dare Death, itself, if she …

Heedful Hearing

Luke 8:18

… here having had a miserable life of it up till now and their wife and children a more miserable life, still, if it is possible, for they have …

Fathomless

Psalm 36:6

… The anxious wife may say to herself, "Why is this?" but she can only say in return, "I cannot comprehend it, it is a great deep." I might …

Strange Things

Luke 5:26

… live upon and good to die upon!" I saw a man and his wife, both of them very ill, lying in bed, together, but not a syllable of …

Justification by Faith—Illustrated by Abram’s Righteousness

Genesis 15:6

… It was imperfect beforehand, for he had prevaricated as to his wife, and bidden Sarai, “Say thou art my sister.” It was imperfect after it had justified him …

Christ’s People—Imitators of Him

Acts 4:13

… Rowland Hill once said, he would not believe a man to be a true Christian if his wife, his children, the servants, and even the dog and cat …

A Psalmist's Question and Answer

Psalm 130:3

… If the policeman were set to watch, or a spy were put into their house, or if even wife or child were the watcher, there are some who …

'Yet There Is Room'

Luke 14:22

… And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. [See Sermon #2122, Volume 36—a straight talk.] This man did not ask to be …

A Day to Be Remembered

Luke 19:9

… And, next, it is a spreading blessing, for salvation had come to the house of Zacchaeus—not to him only, but I hope it means to his wife …

A Home Question

… You would say, “I hear there is bread, I must get it, for I cannot bear to see my wife and children starving.” Oh! sinner, hear the cry …

Joseph's Bones

Hebrews 11:22

… There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife. And there I buried Leah." He bade them carry his body to …

Paul's Desire to Depart

Philippians 1:23

… Some of you may remember the departed wife, scarce cold within her grave. Many of you look back to dear little ones taken away in their infancy, carried …

Earnest Expostulation

Romans 2:4

… they are happy in the wife of their youth, and their children are about them. Theirs is an envied lot. Death seems for awhile forbidden to knock at …

Providence—as Seen in the Book of Esther

Esther 9:1

… It would have been better for Esther to have been the wife of the poorest man of the house of Israel than to have gone into the den …

The Lord Chiding His People

Psalm 103:9

… Abraham's unbelief chastened itself when he found his wife taken by the Philistine king. A worse case is that of Lot. He did not keep the separated …

To-morrow

Proverbs 27:1

… I should not like to see my babes and my wife left with nothing, as they must be if I were to die.” So he went home. That …

Love's Law and Life

John 14:15

… If your wife should say to you, "You are going to journey far from me and I shall not see you again for many days. I beg you …

Ephraim Bemoaning Himself

Jeremiah 31:18

… And there was an end of the sickness, but I was none the better for it. "I lost my wife, I buried my children, I have suffered hard …

Plowing Rock

Amos 6:12

… You were not at all pleased when your wife came home a converted woman, but you could not help feeling it. And when your sister wrote and told …

The Rough Hewer

Hosea 6:4

… His wife, who was the delight of his eyes, suddenly sickened and died. A little child followed—the darling of the household was laid upon its mother's …

Holiness Demanded

Hebrews 12:14

… I question whether any man is much better than he is thought to be by his wife and family for they, after all, see the most of us …

The Great Cross-bearer and His Followers

Mark 15:20

… Surely, if she was a mother to Paul, she was another disciple of Jesus, and it would look as if this man, his wife and his two sons …

Christ's Love for His Vineyard

Solomon 8:12

… Now, whatever a man may not have a right to, he certainly has a right to his own wife! Whatever legal quibbles may be raised about a piece …

"What Shall the Harvest Be?"

Hosea 8:7

… Perhaps his own example and the example of his wife are not such as could be desired. Family prayer is neglected and holy living is not known in …

Patient Job and the Baffled Enemy

Job 1:22

… The husband lamented sorely when his beloved was taken from him. He was right. I should have thought far less of him if he had not done so …

The Holdfasts of Faith

Romans 4:16

… What if my wife is, in this matter, as one dead? By God's power she can receive strength. What if my son, when growing up, should be …

Concerning Prayer

Psalm 86:6

… Did you ever hear of a person becoming unkind to his wife, ungenerous to the poor, negligent of public worship, or guilty of grievous sin through being too …

"Honey In The Mouth!"

John 16:14

… Him standing and pleading for you! Do you not think that if your wife were ill, your child were sick and there was hardly any food in the …

The Eternal Truth of God

Psalm 100:5

… God then told him that in the sweat of his face he should eat bread and that his wife should bring forth her children with bitter pangs. Has …

Night-and Jesus Not There!

John 6:17

… And the physician has told your wife that in a few hours it will be all over. And you have been very gently told—at least, you have …

Speak For Yourself—a Challenge!

John 9:21

… A little maid waited on Naaman's wife. Who but she could have told her mistress that there was healing for Naaman or that he could go to …

Christ's Hospital

Psalm 147:3

… Have you not? Then you never grumble at your wife. Your never find fault with your food. You are not one of those who make the household unhappy …

Blinded By Satan

2 Corinthians 4:4

… It is not likely that he should! I will not tell you why, but his wife knows. There is another man who keeps a shop. He says that …

Wake Up! Wake Up!

Romans 13:11

… No man can fulfill his calling as a Christian by seeking the welfare of his wife and family only, for these are only a sort of greater self …