Providence

The Chief Physician and the Centurion's Servant

Matthew 8:7

… and enthroned Him as He should be enthroned in the place of unlimited sovereignty and power! The Master did not, therefore, for a moment, object to anything he …

True and Not True

John 9:31

… It is not true, therefore, that the Lord does not hear those who have sinned—those who still call themselves sinners though they are saved by Sovereign Grace …

The Little Dogs

Matthew 15:26

… dispensing His own Grace according to His sovereign good pleasure. She fails not, as some do who quibble at Divine Sovereignty. It would have proven that she had …

An Astounding Miracle

Mark 1:21-28

… out of him and the poor sinner shall become a trophy of His Sovereign Grace! IV. Lastly, THE SAVIOR RAISES BY WHAT HE DID A GREAT WONDERMENT. The …

Psalm 68

Psalm 68

… Lord, let they breath, thy Spirit, thy Providence, make them to vanish for ever from the march of thy people. Philosophic scepticism is as flimsy and as foul …

Humility, the Friend of Prayer

Genesis 32:10

… And, having reached that, he has a firm foothold, for he pleads the absolute sovereignty of Divine Grace and the boundless love of the Divine heart as substantial …

The Doctrines of Grace Do Not Lead to Sin

Romans 6:14

… God alone is exalted in the sovereignty of his mercy; and the sinner can do no better than meekly touch the silver scepter, and accept undeserved favour just …

A Honeycomb

Hebrews 12:3

… Such contemplations would prove a sovereign balm for their distressed minds. A consideration of our Lord and Master is the best conceivable stay and support during persecution. Let …

The Lover of God's Law Filled With Peace

Psalm 119:165

… What a God is the God of Sovereign Grace! How did my soul rejoice as I saw the God of love in His sovereignty, immutability, faithfulness and omnipotence …

The Hearing of Faith

Galatians 3:2

… Brothers and Sisters, in all our hearts there is this natural enmity to God and to the sovereignty of His Grace. Therefore it is that Believers have often …

The Common Salvation

… Let the great trumpet be blown and let every mortal ear attend! I am as firm an adherent to the Doctrines of Sovereign Grace as any man living …

Honor for Honor

1 Samuel 2:30

… What a clear view Hannah had of the Sovereignty of God and how plainly she perceived that God overrules all mortal things and does as He wills! How …

The Call of Abraham

Hebrews 11:8

… In watching with the eyes of carnal reason for objections to God’s precept and providence, it would be well if our eyes were burnt out, for better …

No Difference

Matthew 5:45

… pleases? What Law, human or Divine, forbids him? And if God, with infinite sovereignty of mercy, chooses to dispense His favors even to those who deserve nothing at …

Grace Exalted—Boasting Excluded

Romans 3:27

… As a treason, His sovereignty detests it. As a rebellion, the whole of His attributes stand leagued to put it down. God has touched other sins with His …

Christopathy

Isaiah 53:5

… It is only because of God's Sovereignty, His Infinite Grace and His strong resolve to have mercy upon men that, in this instance, He wills to look …

Earthquake But Not Heartquake

Psalm 46:1-3

… But we are astonished to read, "Notwithstanding, the children of Korah died not." I attribute their singular escape to the Sovereign Grace of God who spared them when …

The Perpetuity of the Law of God

Matthew 5:18

… the Law of God—it was a wonderful exhibition of its far-reaching sovereignty and of its searching character! The Pharisees fancied that if they kept their hands …

Christ in You

Colossians 1:27

… There was nothing to tempt Him to come, and if, in Sovereign Grace, He deigned to live in the poor cottage of our nature, then, Brothers and Sisters …

The Christian—A Debtor

Romans 8:12

… Oh! Christian, stop and ponder for a moment! What a debtor thou art to Divine Sovereignty ! Thou art not as some, who say, that thou didst choose thyself …

A Sermon Upon One Nothing by Another Nothing

2 Corinthians 12:11

… true. "Dead in trespasses and sins" is his description of man's condition—Sovereign Grace is his only remedy! He tells us of being born again and of …

Learning in Private What to Teach in Public

Matthew 10:27

… Another sees the Sovereignty of God and he preaches that. Cannot we find a Brother who preaches both those Truths? Yes, no doubt we can, but, then, that …

Love's Logic

1 John 4:19

… THIS is a great doctrinal truth, and I might with much propriety preach a doctrinal sermon from it, of which the sum and substance would be the sovereign …

"I Thought"

2 Kings 5:11

… We map out beforehand the path of Providence and the method of mercy, forgetting that the Lord's way is in the sea, His path in the great …

The Free Agency of Christ

Mark 8:22-25

… pleases, but, at the same time you must remember that He is a Sovereign and, therefore, He will probably use other means in other cases. You preached, dear …

The Honored Servant

Proverbs 27:18

… you acknowledge any other master beside Christ? If you do, in that divided sovereignty you shall find ten thousand miseries! Oh, if your right eye is contrary to …

The Lad's Loaves in the Lord's Hands

John 6:11

… Andrew said to Jesus, "There is a lad here, which has five barley loaves, and two small fishes." Notice, first, then, the Providence of God in bringing the …

The Story of a Runaway Slave

… If the mysterious Providence of God was to be seen in Onesimus getting to Rome, I wonder whether there is any Providence of God in some of you …

False Professors Solemnly Warned

Philippians 3:18-19

… The minister had removed to a distant part, but had been brought there by providence, I believe, purposely to chasten him for the great sin he had committed …

There Go The Ships

Psalm 104:26

… As the sea apparently divides, but really unites nations, so often in Providence things look one way, but go another. We say, "All these things are against me …

The Wedding Garment

Matthew 22:11-14

… He resolved to yield no homage, but to assert his independent self-sovereignty. He would show the king even at his table, where his bounties were so largely …

Not Bound Yet

2 Timothy 2:9

… When in Scotland, under the reign of Moderates, the Gospel seemed to have died out, one earnest man, by Providence, fell in with a little book, Fisher's …

Psalm 39

Psalm 39

… I wondered once at providence, and called white providence black and unjust, that I should be smothered in a town where no soul will take Christ off my …

The Overflowing Cup

Psalm 23:5

… Is not that the confession many of us must make? If it were only to us according to our faith and God did not, in Sovereignty, step beyond …

Psalm 59

Psalm 59

… How often has it happened that while haughty speeches have been fresh in the mouths of the wicked they have been overtaken by avenging providence, and made to …

The First Five Disciples

John 1:37-51

… Certainly this observation holds good in Providence. What strange diversity there has been in the dealings of God with His Church! When He has chastened His people He …

Danger. Safety. Gratitude.

… And, oh, what Divine Wisdom there is in the dispositions of Providence and in the manifold workings of the Holy Spirit in using saints to protect saints, and …

The “Down-grade” Controversy, from Mr. Spurgeon’s Standpoint

… What a providence that I am here, out of call ! Luther was best at the Wartburg, was he not ? I did not plan this, nor plan anything. " What …

Psalm 48

Psalm 48

… Note how the Lord is first spoken of as Lord of hosts, a name of power and sovereignty, and then as our God, a name of covenant relation …

Psalm 73

Psalm 73

… There is a famous story of providence in Bradwardine to this purpose. A certain hermit that was much tempted, and was utterly unsatisfied concerning the providence of God …