Peace

Men Without Heart, Sight, or Hearing

Deuteronomy 29:4

… The Lord lifted His hand to Heaven and swore that the rebellious generation should not enter into His rest—and they began to die by wholesale till Moses …

Under Arrest

Galatians 3:23

… as hard as you please, so long as I can but obtain peace and rest, and get rid of my sin." Yet that simplest of all matters—believing …

Questions and Answers Concerning Zion

Isaiah 14:32

… And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give you rest frown your sorrow, and from your fear, and from the hard bondage …

Constancy And Inconstancy—a Contrast

Hosea 6:3

… He has walked contrary to his God and if his God did not walk contrary to him he would be at peace in his sin. Remember, no condition …

Others To Be Gathered In

Isaiah 56:8

… an ensign of the people, to Him shall the Gentiles seek and His rest shall be glorious." The great promise given by the mouth of Isaiah is to …

What Is the Wedding Garment?

Matthew 22:11-13

… He has not been able to sit it out but has been obliged to go away and find an easier rest. Just in proportion as we really have …

Watch-Night Service

Psalm 90:1-22

… And oh, what joy, what peace have we found in his sacred bosom. No home like the breast of the Lord, to which, in all generations, true believers …

The Gospel in Power

1 Thessalonians 1:5-10

… Therefore, whatever was done in Thessalonica was pretty sure to be known throughout Macedonia and the rest of Greece. If the Church at Thessalonica had been a dull …

Letters on Private and Public Affairs, 1856-1890

… Spurgeon." The following note was written to the late Henry Richard, Esq., M.P., secretary of the Peace Society, in reply to an invitation to speak at the …

Building “Our Holy and Beautiful House”

… The Committee feel that the completion of this great and important work, which is now brought to so satisfactory a state, must rest entirely with the Christian public …

God's Thoughts and Ours

Psalm 139:17

… he does not forget Him in the land of peace and plenty, for he sings then— "If peace and plenty crown my days They help me, Lord, to …

Personal and Effectual Calling

John 10:3

… In each case, the shepherd has no trouble in separating his own sheep from the rest in the fold. You and I would think it well near impossible …

The Holy Spirit Glorifying Christ

John 16:14

… To be nothing, and to accept Christ as everything, is worked in us of the Holy Spirit— all the rest, those horrible insinuations, that terrible Hell-shaking—may …

Communion With Christ and His People

1 Corinthians 10:16

… Whenever we try to disentangle the snarls of strife and to make peace between men who are at enmity, then are we doing what the great Peacemaker did …

The Great Reservoir

Proverbs 4:23

… Let the chief fortress surrender to the enemy, and the occupation of the rest must be an easy task. Let the principal stronghold be possessed by evil, the …

The Death of the Christian

Job 5:26

… Thou hast not done thy work, else thou wouldst have thy rest. Toil on a little longer; there is rest enough in the grave. Thou shalt have it …

"Herein Is Love"

1 John 4:10

… God give us that sweet rest tonight! Verse 1. The LORD is my shepherd. All true rest begins with Jesus, as all the comfort of the sheep is …

Our Hiding Place

Isaiah 32:2

… Your form was scarred, Your visage marred— Now cloudless peace for me." "A man"—yet One who is more than a man—a Man of whom it is …

Rough, But Friendly

Genesis 42:25

… go in peace." It seems, then, our experience is general and common, that the love letters of our Lord Christ have come to us in black envelopes and …

Sin Laid on Jesus

Isaiah 53:6

… Now rest, my long-divided heart; Fix’d on this blissful center rest; With ashes who would grudge to part, When call’d on angel’s bread to …

The Royal Savior

Acts 5:31

… And when the rest of the Jews rejected the testimony of Christ's servants, they said, as Paul and Barnabas did to the Jews at Antioch, "It was …

What Jesus Would Do

Matthew 23:37

… When our London friends have a day's holiday, their notion of enjoying a rest often amuses me. They pack themselves away, as tightly as they can, inside …

Psalm 1

Psalm 1

… Hence we may learn the multiplicity of the blessings which shall rest upon the man whom God hath justified, and the perfection and greatness of the blessedness he …

Love and Jealousy

Solomon 8:6

… But error we must expose and cry out against—and rest not day nor night till the arm of God has torn it up, root and branch! This …

The Priceless Prize

Philippians 3:8

… They apparently are not conscious of what their privileges really are and are living far below where they might live in the happy enjoyment of peace and power …

Mercy, Omnipotence, and Justice

Nahum 1:3

… Gabriel, when he cometh down to tell glad tidings, speaketh swiftly; angelic hosts, when they descend from glory, fly with wings of lightning, when they proclaim, “Peace on …

A Worthy Theme for Thought

Psalm 48:9

… You may rest assured of this that you do not really know anything until you have thoroughly thought it out. You say, perhaps, "I believe such-and-such …

Not Now, But Hereafter!

Job 21:29-31

… s sins upon their heads, let me put it to them whether such peace is reasonable. There is a city which has revolted. A great king has threatened …

On the Cross After Death

John 19:31-37

… If it can be demonstrated that one prophecy was a mistake, then all the rest may be mistakes. If one part of the Scripture is untrue, all may …

Where The "If" Lies

Mark 9:23

… believe that it is true to thee, and rest in the truth of it—that is saving faith. To see Christ as such a Savior as thou needest …

Footsteps Of Mercy

Job 33:23

… He is the door of Heaven, all the rest is hard wall and there is no passing through—a light from God and all other lights are darkness …

The Beginning of Miracles Which Jesus Did

John 2:11

… will go out to you and He will freely bless you with life, rest, peace and joy. The Lord will bless you and remove the curse far from …

On Spiritualizing

… tabernacle in the wilderness, with all its sacred furniture, the burnt-offering, the peace-offering, and all the various sacrifices which were offered before God? Why struggle for …

The Light of the World

John 8:12

… Well might the angels have, sung, "Glory to God in the highest; on earth peace, goodwill towards men." Sweet Baby! You have pierced the thick darkness of earth …

"So It Is"

Job 5:27

… forgiven—perfect rest about the future, because we have committed our all to the hands of Christ who is able to keep us—and peace as to the …

The Blood of the Everlasting Covenant

Hebrews 13:20

… God had also foreseen that his elect ones, whom he had chosen out of the rest of mankind would fall by the sin of Adam, since they, as …

The Necessity of the Spirit’s Work

… When his hand dipped the hyssop in the blood, and when it applied that blood to, your spirit, then there was a joy and peace in believing, such …

The Compassion of Jesus

Matthew 9:36

… their continual Intercessor! He never rests until they come to their rest! He never holds His peace for them, but pleads the merit of His blood, and will …

Our Service For Christ Never Finished

Luke 17:7-10

… First, we are to prefer service to rest. Service is feeding our Master—rest is refreshing ourselves. If we may have a choice, we must always choose that …

Advance!

Deuteronomy 1:6

… Remembering the mercies of God in the past, we may rest assured concerning the present and the future. If we have wisely learned by experience, we may, from …