Providence

Good Cause for Great Zeal

Ezra 4:14

… Although we do not drink of the water from the Rock, or find the manna lying at our tent door every morning, yet the Providence of God produces …

David's Holy Wonder at The Lord's Great Goodness

Psalm 31:19

… How great is the goodness of God as shown in what He has worked out for us in Providence! We have all some Providence to remember which seems …

Man Humbled, God Exalted

Isaiah 2:17

… You do not deny it, for you are always conscious of it, that unless your will had been moved by Sovereign Grace, and constrained by the blessed interposition …

The Faithful Olive Tree

Judges 9:8

… In this parable, the temptation to the olive tree is a throne, a crown, a kingdom, a sovereignty over the trees. The trees of the field said unto …

A Precious Drop Of Honey

Isaiah 49:16

… How dependent are we upon God! If my name is in the Lamb's Book of Life, how ought I to adore the sovereignty of the Divine Grace …

Psalm 104

Psalm 104

… As they who fear God are fed by a special providence of God, so all creatures are fed and nourished by a general providence. The lion, though he …

The Smoke Of Their Torments

Genesis 19:27

… I fear that at the bottom of all this there is a rebellion against the dread Sovereignty of God. There is a suspicion that sin is not, after …

Preach, Preach, Preach Everywhere!

Mark 16:15

… Even now the great pulse of time beats heartily and soundly and by God's good Grace and His gracious, overruling Providence, it shall, by-and-by, be …

The Drawings of Love

Jeremiah 31:3

… Have your tastes been changed and your track been turned by the Sovereign charm of this Divine loving kindness? Can you say, "The things I once loved, I …

Psalm 42

Psalm 42

… They were the spared ones of sovereign grace. Preserved, we know not why, by the distinguishing favour of God, it may be surmised that after their remarkable election …

'Trust in the Living God'

1 Timothy 4:10

… He is the God who rules and overrules in Nature, Providence and Grace. He is the true God, the only real God—no dream God, no phantom or …

A Precious Promise for a Pure People

Isaiah 33:17

… I had almost said theirs was a mimic sovereignty. He is the real King—the King of Kings—the King that reigns forever and forever! He is King …

The Treasure of Grace

Ephesians 1:7

… Paul proclaimed the grace of God—free, full, sovereign, eternal race—beyond all the glorious company of the apostles. Sometimes he soared to such amazing heights, or dived …

Psalm 102

Psalm 102

… The sovereignty of God in all things is an unfailing ground for consolation; he rules and reigns whatever happens, and therefore all is well. Firm as his throne …

A Safe Prospective

Daniel 8:19

… I thank God for many a mercy which has come to me fresh from the mint of His Providence. I could not have imagined that such a well …

Free Grace a Motive for Free Giving

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… He who lies humbly at God's feet, conscious of his sin and mourning over it and resting for everything upon Sovereign Grace and free mercy in Christ …

Eyes Opened

2 Kings 6:17

… We also need to have our eyes opened with regard to Providence. [See Sermon #3114, Volume 54—god's providence; What blind eyes we often have with regard …

The Lord’s Hand behind the Maid’s Mistake

… I was not a little disappointed at the moment, but have a thousand times since thanked the Lord very heartily for the strange Providence which forced my steps …

'Good Judgment'

Psalm 119:65

… And we say, "Under all, and over all, and within all, have been the dealings of His Providence." Or, rather, let us say, "the dealings of God, Himself …

The God of Bethel

Genesis 31:13

… That He is the God of Providence and that He revealed Himself as such, is very clear, for He told Jacob, "Behold I am with you, and will …

A Time of Finding for Lost Sheep

Ezekiel 34:16

… Even if, as some affirm, there were no immediate Divine interpositions in the works of Providence, we know that there are such interpositions constantly in the works of …

Death and Life in Christ

Romans 6:8-11

… There he sits, Lord of Providence; at his girdle swing the keys of heaven, and earth, and hell. There he sits, expecting the hour when his enemies shall …

The Comer’s Conflict with Satan

Luke 9:42

… your praying, seeking, and believing cannot save you.” Thus the devil begins preaching sovereignty in the sinner’s ear, to make him believe that the Lord will assuredly …

Keeping the Soul Alive

Psalm 22:29

… Have you ever been in that position under a sin, and you would have fallen into it, only just then the spell was broken by Providence? Something happened …

Christ Crucified

1 Corinthians 1:23-24

… I do not believe we can preach the gospel, if we do not preach justification by faith without works; not unless we preach the sovereignty of God in …

Two Coverings and Two Consequences

Proverbs 38:13

… What is this, again, but throwing the blame upon the arrangements of Providence, and saying to God, "It is the harshness of thy discipline, not the perverseness of …

David's Sublime Consolation

2 Samuel 23:5

… responsible for the whole matter and that we cannot throw it upon Divine Sovereignty, but must take some measure of it to ourselves—oh, it will be glorious …

God's Will About the Future

James 4:13-17

… But in their hearts they would have made an exception in their own case—if we may judge them by what we were apart from Sovereign Grace. "All …

Our Lord's Triumphant Ascension

Psalm 68:18

… What a strange sovereignty there is about the Grace of God! Truly He will have mercy on whom He will have mercy, for in this instance He selects …

Israel's Hope—Or, The Center of the Target

Psalm 130:7

… Avoid such dangerous error! I read in the papers, frequently, allusions to "Providence." I know what I mean by Providence, but I do not know what the newspapers …

A Bad King's Good Son

1 Kings 14:13

… Or else you took up some stray book, or you happened to light on a torn-out leaf of the Bible and there, Sovereign Grace met with you …

Psalm 107

Psalm 107

… Those who notice providence shall never be long without a providence notice. It is wise to observe what the Lord doth, for he is wonderful in counsel; has …

Think Well And Do Well

Psalm 26:3

… Ah, well, but the Providence of God will make you a second, and the experience of your heart, touching Christ and things Divine, will make you a third …

A Word in Season

Job 22:29

… No doubt Providence is the handmaid of Grace. If Christians were but wide awake they would soon see that the wheels of Providence are all working to assist …

Angelic Interest in the Gospel

1 Peter 1:12

… There is no mercy for fallen spirits! I see how God exercised His Sovereignty, for when men and angels had both sinned, He passed by the greater sinners …

Psalm 81

Psalm 81

… Sing aloud, ye debtors to sovereign grace, your hearts are profoundly grateful: let your voices express your thankfulness. Unto God our strength. The Lord was the strength of …

The Glorious Right Hand Of The Lord

Numbers 11:23

… And look you, too, in Providence—is there anything there that would suggest the question? Are not His prophecies still fulfilled? Does He not cause all things to …

The Sunday-School Teacher—A Steward

Luke 16:2

… Upon our necks there are two yokes; Sovereign grace can make them light and easy, but apart from that they will gall our shoulders; for they are, of …

The Good Ananias—a Lesson for Believers

Acts 9:10

… To him, the Revelation of God came as the gift of Sovereign Grace! Here was one whom God had chosen to bless, though Ananias knew it not. The …

Lessons From the Malta Fire

Acts 28:2

… But, besides the fact that some people are in these cold corners constitutionally, others seem to have found their way there in the order of God's Providence …