Peace

The Principal Wheat

… Oh, that we were all wise enough to feel that to be one with Christ is the one thing needful; that to be at peace with God is …

The Recorders

1 Chronicles 16:4

… The understanding, among the rest a very noble power, has been very much darkened and, as every single part of a man operates upon the rest, the darkening …

The Philosophy of Promise

Isaiah 42:9

… Trust yourself with Jesus, now! That is the one demand of the Gospel—"Believe and live." Rest in the knowledge that He has reconciled you to Himself in …

The Dream of Pilate's Wife

Matthew 27:19

… Dreams frequently depend upon the condition of the stomach, upon the meat and drink taken by the sleeper before going to rest. They often owe their shape to …

Christ's 'New Commandment'

John 13:34

… that the rest of my hand it not so clean and that, therefore, my finger holds it to be its duty to shut off the rest of my …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage (Concluded)

… My eyes ache for sleep, but they shall keep open till I have invoked the blessings from above — mercies temporal and eternal — to rest on the head of …

The Blood Shed For Many

Matthew 26:28

… Grace, mercy and peace be to all who exalt Christ Crucified! This remembrance of the death of Christ must be a constant remembrance. The Lord's Supper was …

Communion With Christ—a Baptizing Sermon

Amos 3:3

… It is impossible for you to walk in the same road with them, for you would feel it better to hold your peace all the way because they …

Understandest Thou What Thou Readest?

Acts 8:30-33

… You will not be in safety if you rest without having a firm hold of Jesus, the divine Savior. "Well," says one, "but what do you make of …

The Sight of Iniquity

Habakkuk 1:3

… In the street where you reside, you seldom hear anything on the Sabbath except oaths, curses, profanity and everything which constitutes a breach of the day of rest …

The Last Sermon for the Year

Luke 16:2

… One or another, whom we have loved and honored, gives his account and passes to his rest. So will it be in turn with the pastor, with the …

God Glorified By Children's Mouths

… Knowing nothing about those horrible doubts which are now sown like thistles everywhere, such as these have the rest of faith without its struggles! I have desired to …

A Procession of Cross-bearers

Mark 10:21

… The day will come when there will be a transformation scene and you will see all these cross-bearers transformed into crown-wearers! But, rest assured that the …

"A Man Under Authority"

Matthew 8:8

… Let us rest assured, then, that He has His servants waiting to do His bidding. Now apply this subject a little more closely. I wish that some poor …

Threefold Sanctification

1 Corinthians 1:2

… In deeds of Divine Grace none of the Persons of the Trinity act apart from the rest. They are as united in their deeds as in their essence …

The Dawn of Revival, or Prayer Speedily Answered

… First, have we any REASONS TO EXPECT THAT AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF OUR SUPPLICATION THE COMMANDMENT OF MERCY WILL COME FORTH? Rest assured that we have, if we …

Eternal Faithfulness Unaffected By Human Unbelief

2 Timothy 2:13

… Let not your confidence rest on any arm of flesh, neither say, "I believe because of the testimony of such a one and I hold to the form …

The Children and Their Hosannas

Matthew 21:15

… It is very hard work if you do it thoroughly, especially to you who are busy all week and really need the Sabbath for rest. You teach the …

"Forget You, I Will Not"

Isaiah 44:21

… He loves faith, for faith brings confidence, hope, rest. So He says to us, "Fear not, fear not, be not afraid." It is God Himself who made us …

The Echo

Psalm 27:8

… Before I leave this point—and then I will not detain you long with the rest—I cannot help thinking on an image which keeps coming to my …

An Old-Fashioned Conversion

Job 33:29

… I have often said from this pulpit that no man ever steers his boat towards the port of peace till he is driven there by stress of weather …

Divine Forgiveness Admired and Imitated

Colossians 3:13

… A holy man who lived in the castle begged and entreated the baron to forbear from bloodshed and make peace. But, for some time, he pleaded in vain …

Hidden Manna

Jeremiah 15:16

… The basis of faith’s joy lies deeper than the water-floods of affliction; no torrents of misery can remove the firm foundations of our peace. May our …

Flesh And Spirit—A Riddle

Psalm 73:22-25

… You cannot rest in Jesus as you would. You are called upon to look after accounts, shillings, five pound notes, creditors and debtors, until you cry, "O God …

Come From the Four Winds, O Breath!

Ezekiel 37:9

… I do not read that Ezekiel saw part of the valley of dry bones live and the rest remain dry bones, but that they all lived and stood …

Who Found It Out?

2 Kings 7:3-7

… I see those for whom Christ has shed His blood still refusing to rest in His finished work and rejoice in His glorious victory! Still do I see …

'The Zeal of the Lord'

Isaiah 9:7

… Oh, that we were more clamorous! Oh, that we were more intensely importunate! Oh, that we gave Him no rest until He would establish and make Jerusalem a …

The True Gospel Is No Hidden Gospel

2 Corinthians 4:3

… to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." It could not but mean peace to man that God should become Man! It could …

The Lion-slayer—the Giant-killer

1 Samuel 17:36

… The Lord taught us to rest in Him from our youth up and to declare His wondrous works! And now that we have tried and proved His faithfulness …

The Blood of the Covenant

Hebrews 9:20

… Oh you that seek after peace through Jesus Christ, it is not possible that God should refuse to accept you if you come to Him through the blood …

Life's Need and Maintenance

Psalm 22:29

… The first point of consideration out of which the rest will come is this—THE INNER LIFE MUST BE SUSTAINED BY GOD. We are absolutely dependent upon God …

Paul's Parenthesis

1 Corinthians 15:10

… You who are not the subjects of Divine Grace may well fear that you will perish! But you who have received God's Grace may rest assured that …

Commendation for the Steadfast

Revelation 3:8

… Woe be to the man who is first a Calvinist, then an Arminian, then a Palagian, then a Unitarian; never finding rest for the sole of his foot …

'Here I Am!'

1 Samuel 3:4

… I want to be up preaching the Gospel again, for I do not like lying here, going without my necessary rest and feeling countless depressions of spirit and …

Once Dead, Now Alive

Ephesians 2:1

… There is always plenty of room in the lowly places and there is peace there! Let me whisper to you— they are really the highest places in the …

Christ—Perfect Through Sufferings

Hebrews 2:10

… They who reject the divinity of Christ can have but a poor foundation to rest upon; the fickle sand, would seem to be more stable than the basis …

Joshua's Vision

Joshua 6:10-27

… with us by His Spirit as He did to Peter and to the rest of the disciples on that memorable day. Not carnally, but still in real truth …

Grace For Grace

1 Corinthians 2:12

… His Grace is like the rest of His Nature. How are you blest if you are divinely pardoned and divinely justified! "It is God that justifies." Who is …

Lessons From the Manna

Exodus 16:4

… Tomorrow is the rest of the Holy Sabbath unto the LORD. And yet the Sabbath had not been instituted according to the Law of God, which proves that …

The Minister'S Stock-Taking

Acts 28:24

… That young man went in a state of sadness and grief on account of sin, seeking rest and finding none, till one morning the preacher lifted up Christ …