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God’s providence, sovereignty, guidance, and care

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SERMON • SERMON 1067

The Resurrection Credible

Acts 26:8

… After the resurrection we shall regard it as a Divine display of power as familiar to us as Creation and Providence are now. I have no doubt we …

SERMON • SERMON 1931

One More Cast of the Great Net

Joel 2:32

… In these He is more clearly seen than in His works of creation or of Providence. In this God you must trust—and if you trust Him, He …

SERMON • SERMON 2288

The Empty Place—a Christmas Day Sermon

1 Samuel 20:25

… Bless Him for His sovereignty! A God who did not reign would be no God to us! But "the Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice," and let His …

SERMON • SERMON 1278

Reasons For Parting With Sin

Isaiah 1:18

… They impute it to the Sovereignty of God, or to some withholding of Infinite Love. They put the reason into some doctrinal shape or other and quote a …

SERMON • SERMON 2718

The Tenses

2 Corinthians 1:10

… When the young man came in, he said, "Father, I had a very special Providence as I rode here today." "What was that, my son?" "My horse stumbled …

SERMON • SERMON 2266

Blessing for Blessing

Ephesians 1:3

… What beauties He has strewn around us! We bless the God of Providence. How bountifully does He send us harvests and fruitful seasons! We bless the God of …

SERMON • SERMON 1186

The Blood of the Covenant

Hebrews 13:20-21

… and our Lord Jesus because we have a special relation both to his sovereignty and his salvation. We are not generally observant of the appropriateness of our Lord …

SERMON • SERMON 583

The Lamb—The Light

Revelation 21:23

… Oh, what manifestations of God there will be! Dark dealings of Providence which you never understood before will then be seen without the light of a candle or …

SERMON • SERMON 2596

Where Is the God of Elijah?

2 Kings 2:14

… His sovereignty is a thing that is scoffed at and made a by-word almost everywhere. And yet, Beloved, Jehovah reigns! He sits upon the floods. He rules …

SERMON • SERMON 2101

Life and Pardon

Colossians 2:13

… Yet to such, even to such, does Sovereign Grace approach. Unbought, unsought—it comes according to that word of Scripture, "I am found of them that sought Me …

SERMON • SERMON 3340

'Take Away the Frogs'

Exodus 8:8

… When men are condemned, what can they appeal to, but the mercy of God? Where is the hope of men, but in the sovereignty of the Most High …

SERMON • SERMON 1604

Heart Disease Curable

Isaiah 61:1

… He intended to exercise His Sovereignty and, therefore, He reminded them that healing was not sent to the lepers that were in Israel, but was sent only to …

SERMON • SERMON 434

Threefold Sanctification

1 Corinthians 1:2

… He could as soon cease to be, as cease to be holy, and sooner renounce the sovereignty of the world than tolerate anything in His presence contrary to …

SERMON • SERMON 373

Christ Set Forth As A Propitiation

Romans 3:25

… Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; the Divine Wisdom conjoined with Divine Sovereignty, and chose and appointed and determined that Christ Jesus, the Second of the Mysterious …

SERMON • SERMON 1601

The Judgment Seat Of God

Romans 14:10-12

… God means to have His Sovereignty acknowledged by all mankind. Has He not made us? Do we not owe everything to Him? He will not have His crown …

SERMON • SERMON 3175

'Peace! Perfect Peace!'

Isaiah 26:3

… It is ordained by the Providence of God that these loved ones should be far away and, therefore, it is right it should be so. Yes, that which …

SERMON • SERMON 407

Natural or Spiritual?

1 Corinthians 2:14

… However amiable in natural temperament, however well trained by the best parental associations, however kept in check by the most excellent position in providence, however patriotic, however self …

SERMON • SERMON 2824

Mocked of the Soldiers

Matthew 27:29

… If it were the whole world and all that it contains, that you had chosen, these things are but trifles when compared with the Sovereignty of Christ—His …

SERMON • SERMON 1087

The Hexapla Of Mystery

1 Timothy 3:16

… They had marked the attribute of wisdom and seen the prerogative of sovereignty. But never had angels seen love, condescension, tenderness and pity in God as they saw …

SERMON • SERMON 1605

Jesus Knew What He Would Do

John 6:6

… When no other explanation of a Providence can be found, you may always fall back upon the belief that this He said and this He did to test …

SERMON • SERMON 2187

Jesus—"All Blessing and All Blessed"

Psalm 72:17

… Standing at the helm of all affairs, He guides the tiller of Providence with a view to the blessing of His chosen. He still spends His time in …

SERMON • SERMON 343

A Basket of Summer Fruit

Amos 8:1-2

… Learn to leave all things in his hand. 'Tis pleasant to float along the stream of providence. There is no more blessed way of living than the life …

SERMON • SERMON 1853

Up from the Country and Pressed Into Service

Mark 15:21

… But the Providence of God had determined that this obscure individual; this certain man—or I might better say, this uncertain man—should be selected to the high …

SERMON • SERMON 1351

The Divine Call for Missionaries

Isaiah 6:8

… He sits as a King, observe, upon a throne—He never renounces His sovereignty and dominion. All things still feel the Omnipotence of the reign of God. "The …

SERMON • SERMON 2559

Co-workers With God

Psalm 127:1

… We are not allowed to be idle, to sit still and do nothing because we say that we are trusting in Providence. One of the things which Christianity …

SERMON • SERMON 980

Hidden Manna

Jeremiah 15:16

… Besides, dear friends, it may in the providence of God happen that some of you will be taken away from the ministry which now feeds you, and what …

SERMON • SERMON 1051

Golden Bowls Full Of Incense

Revelation 5:8

… I say to Him, "Not my will but Yours be done"—I am adoring His Sovereignty. When I confess that I deserve to suffer beneath His hand, I …

SERMON • SERMON 437

A Sight Of Self

Isaiah 64:6

… Like Aaron, they urge the clamors of the people, or they will have it that even Providence, itself, compelled them to sin. "I cast gold into the fire …

SERMON • SERMON 1728

The Works of the Devil Destroyed

1 John 3:8

… his treason against the God of Heaven, allies in his rebellion against the sovereignty of God Most High. The works of the devil make up a black picture …

SERMON • SERMON 1890

Our Lord's Prayer for His People's Sanctification

John 17:17

… May the Spirit of the living God have full sovereignty over us and perfect in us the will of the Lord, for this is to be sanctified. Sanctification …

SERMON • SERMON 1560

The Plain Man's Pathway To Peace

Matthew 9:27-30

… How they will writhe in their seats if the minister preaches Divine Sovereignty! They hate the text, "He will have mercy on whom He will have mercy and …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 143

Psalm 143

… If at the first view the deeds of the Lord do not encourage us, let us think them over again, ruminating and considering the histories of divine providence

SERMON • SERMON 1399

Am I My Brother's Keeper?

Genesis 4:9

… Why did You not preserve Abel? I am not his keeper." Some throw on the Sovereignty of God the weight which lies on their own indolence! If one …

SERMON • SERMON 2562

Cries From the Cross

Psalm 22:1

… And upon Yourself shall all the regalia of Your Sovereignty be found. I will give You all the praise and. therefore. You shall perform all the labor." He …

SERMON • SERMON 2465

Our Omnipotent Leader

Matthew 28:18

… Give Him unbounded sovereignty! We want no limited monarchy when Christ is King! No, put every crown on that dear head and let Him have unrestricted sway, for …

SERMON • SERMON 1356

The Heavenly Wind

John 3:8

… The truth of Divine Sovereignty is qualified by human responsibility and the teaching of abounding Grace is seasoned by a remembrance of unflinching Justice. Scripture gives us, as …

SERMON • SERMON 736

A Happy Christian

Isaiah 58:11

… Our ultimate safety is of Sovereign Grace. No man shall exceed me in the plain declaration that in this respect works of any sort cannot touch our salvation …

SERMON • SERMON 2532

God's Love Shamefully Questioned

Malachi 1:2

… See the splendor of this Divine Sovereignty which shows itself in wondrous, unexpected acts of Grace, selecting and taking to itself those who seem to be self-condemned …

SERMON • SERMON 299

Sin Immeasurable

Psalm 19:12

… There is no such thing as sovereign torture or sovereign hell. God does not stretch his creature on the rack like a tyrant; he will give him but …

SERMON • SERMON 2541

'Mr. Moody's Text'

Isaiah 12:2

… They are naturally timorous, they are afraid of many of the ordinary events that happen in the Providence of God and they also have sufficient conscience to know …