Providence

For Christ'S Sake

Ephesians 4:32

… It is true that God did not originally love us for Christ's sake, for His electing love was Sovereign and absolute—the Father loved us not because …

God Our Portion and His Word Our Treasure

Psalm 119:57

… If, then, the Lord is my portion, let my song always be of that rich, free, sovereign, boundless Grace which is given to me who deserves Hell, but …

God's Desire for Us, and His Work in Us

Psalm 51:6

… out of it! If once you have been made all clean within by Sovereign Grace, then the outcome must be from what there is within. You may have …

Psalm 13

Psalm 13

… It is not the common course of God's providence to cover his servants with so thick a darkness as this is, which our troubled souls labour under …

The Unsearchable Riches Of christ

Ephesians 3:8

… I have had much to make me happy—many successes and smiles of Providence which have cheered and comforted my heart. But they are all froth on the …

A Sacred Solo

Psalm 28:7

… is not the Lord's promised Grace, nor is it the bounties of Providence which He has bestowed on me which I regard as my strength and my …

The Statute of David for the Sharing of the Spoil

1 Samuel 30:21-26

… It is a great blessing that they know the Gospel and feel that it will save them, but the glorious mysteries of the Everlasting Covenant, of the Sovereignty …

The Gospel'S Healing Power

Luke 5:17

… True men do not imitate one another, but each one, moved of God, speaks according to his native bias and according to the circumstances in which Providence has …

Caleb—The Man For The Times

Numbers 14:24

… We never run before God so as to outrun His Providence and become the directors of our own steps. They who travel before the cloud will soon find …

Both Sides of the Shield

Exodus 17:8

… For instance, some see the Sovereignty of God and are so carried away with that sublime Truth, that they deny the responsibility of man! They thus both wrest …

'Love and I' A Mystery

John 17:26

… You murmur and repine at providence because the fire of your love is burning low. Come, get the ashes together; pray the Spirit of God to blow upon …

Compassion for Souls

Genesis 21:16

… of the divine decree, and steel his heart by the thought of the sovereignty or the justice that would be resplendent in the city’s destruction? Nay, not …

A Glorious Church

Ephesians 5:25-27

… And now He seems to say to every Christian man, however unhappily he may have fared: "If perhaps, in the lot of Providence, you have been yoked to …

Rare Fruit

Isaiah 57:19

… should, in each case, hear Him say, "Peace, peace." His voice is the sovereign balm which heals every wound, the cordial which removes every fear! No distress or …

Homage Offered to the Great King

Psalm 72:15

… time, men shall be raised up to preach Free Grace in all its Sovereignty, in all its Omnipotence, in all its perseverance, in all its Immutability! Until the …

The Coming Resurrection

John 5:28

… Another wheel, which has not yet been seen by us in the great machinery of Providence, may make events revolve in quite another fashion from what our puny …

Jehovah's Challenge

Jeremiah 32:27

… us by God have been done by Him in the work of His Providence. Think how He led His people through the wilderness and fed them for 40 …

Alto and Bass

Luke 1:53

… and he says, "I don't believe in Calvinism." Tell him of the Sovereignty of God, which is a sweet morsel to God's own people, and he …

'The Lamb of God'

John 1:29

… to square with one another, and there are those two Doctrines of Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility which do not appear to be consistent with each other. Must …

The Vision of the Field

Ezekiel 36:9

… You have the blessings of Providence, but they do not make you grateful. You even have the blessings of the outward means of Divine Grace, but they excite …

The Sojourn in Mesech

Psalm 120:5

… I will not say that it is thoroughly commendable, in a Christian, to long to be away from the place where God's Providence has put him. But …

The Problem of the Age

Mark 8:4

… The loom of Providence will not leave its piece of cloth with its edge so fearfully unraveled—it shall be finished off in due order and yet be …

Good Cheer for Many That Fear

Isaiah 35:4

… The Lord will gird his loins and make him strong—and all the forces of Providence shall work towards the accomplishment of the Divine end. Has God given …

Seeing Jesus

Hebrews 2:9

… We would see Jesus, the great Rock foundation, Whereon our feet were set by Sovereign Grace. Nor life nor death, with all their agitation, Can then remove us …

Jotham's Peculiar Honor

2 Chronicles 27:6

… you would be in the cabin of the vessel if God, in His Providence, has called you to occupy that position! But, since there is, in itself, a …

Solomon's Plea

1 Kings 8:53

… But I am as a raging lion, or a hungry wolf! O that Your Sovereign Grace would transform me into a lamb—then will Your mercy appear glorious …

Fathomless

Psalm 36:6

… They do not come by chance, nor upon us at all merely as a matter of sovereignty, but they are sent in wisdom, because God judges them to …

Idols Found Wanting, But Jehovah Found Faithful

Isaiah 46:1-4

… So long as we live, so long shall we have a refuge, a hope, a confidence, that can never be removed— "His sovereign mercy knows no end, His …

A Simple Remedy

Isaiah 53:5

… All the excellent of the earth among us now who have been saved by Sovereign Grace were once heirs of wrath even as others—as surely shaped in …

Sown Among Thorns

Matthew 13:7

… We related instances of answers to prayer, and we spoke of the sovereign grace of God, and His faithfulness to His saints. When we had gone a little …

The Ceremony of Laying the...

… Through the singular providence and blessing of God, this church was subsequently favored with the ministry of two eminent servants of Christ for the protracted space of one …

The Northern Iron and the Steel

Jeremiah 15:12

… Where were the need of the Holy Ghost, if you could regenerate yourself? Where would there be room for a display of the power of sovereign grace, if …

The Sea! the Sea! the Wide and Open Sea!

Psalm 95:5

… have dominion over the fish of the sea but it is a delegated Sovereignty—the sea is still the Lord's. Old ocean does not belong to Neptune …

Gladness For Sadness

Psalm 90:15-17

… His work in Providence, also, is often a consolation to us. Let us but see what God has done for His people and for ourselves in years past …

Things That Accompany Salvation

Hebrews 6:9

… The origin of Salvation lies alone in the sovereign will of God the Father; in the infinite efficacy of the blood of Jesus—God the Son, and in …

Gray Hairs

Hosea 7:9

… ruin by God's decree—and we satisfy ourselves with vain drivel about sovereignty, or some other idle conjecture! And we do not mourn or lament, though Hell …

Lessons From a Dovecot

Isaiah 60:8

… for I am God, and there is none else." So come to Christ at once because you are in present danger. [See Sermon #60, Volume 2— SOVEREIGNTY AND …

The Power of the Risen Savior

Matthew 28:18-20

… He was, as Mediator, no more a sufferer, but a Sovereign! No more a victim, but a Victor! No more a servant, but the Monarch of earth and …

Question and Exclamation

Jeremiah 3:19

… minds, "Let light come," and light will come! And, often, in the inscrutable Sovereignty of His Grace, He speaks to those of whom it seemed impossible to imagine …

God'S Estimate Of Time

2 Peter 3:8

… You and I are the servants of time but God is its sovereign Master. I cannot make an hour longer than it is—I often wish I could …