Providence

The First Sermon in the Tabernacle

Acts 5:42

… as the great Head and King, how far am I removed from divine Sovereignty? Must I not, if I preach Christ personally, preach his doctrines? I believe they …

Gospel Missions

Acts 13:49

… Now, what is the reason of this? Perhaps we may turn our eyes on high, and think we find that reason in the sovereignty of God, which hath …

The Weakened Christ Strengthened

Luke 22:43

… How the angels must have wondered as they saw Him, who sways the scepter of universal sovereignty and marshals all the starry hosts according to His will, as …

Some Marks of God's People

Psalm 68:28

… There is one God who has ruled in all past history and who is still the God of Providence, the Preserver and Director of His chosen people—the …

Royal Homage

Revelation 4:10

… Ah, ask them and they will tell you it was the sovereign will of God, alone, that set them apart—it was the Lord, their heavenly Father—who …

Something Worth Seeking

Matthew 6:33

… There is no cure for heart-trouble but heart-trust. "You believe in God"—you trust in Divine Providence, now trust in the Savior's great Atonement. You …

Perseverance Without Presumption

John 10:28

… give unto them eternal life." If He gives, then, He gives with the sovereignty and generosity of a king. He gives permanently, on an enduring tenure. He gives …

Psalm 14

Psalm 14

… How was it with the providence of God in reference unto them? Which is strange, and a man would scarce believe it in such a course as this …

The Education of Sons of God

Hebrews 5:8

… That scepter, the emblem of His universal sovereignty, could not keep His hands from the nails. No, those hands must bear the print of the nails before they …

Believing On Jesus—and Its Counterfeits

John 8:30-32

… Believe it! Christ gone into Glory—the Son of God bearing His Manhood into the highest place of supreme sovereignty and pleading there for guilty men—think much …

The Christian's Glorious Inventory

1 Corinthians 3:21-23

… Then there is Providence. That is always present and it is yours. "All things work together for good to them that love God." Then there is justification. That …

A Home Question and a Right Answer

John 6:66-69

… Besides, the Lord Jesus Christ had taught the doctrine of the Sovereignty of God and of the need of the Spirit of God, that men should be led …

The Church's Probation

Psalm 66:10

… And we shall see that conflicting Truths of God, such as free-agency and Divine Sovereignty, were only different views, after all, of the same Truth taken from …

Confession With The Mouth

Romans 10:10

… Every Christian is called upon to confess Him with his mouth according to that way which his own state, abilities, and position in Providence may demand at his …

Blinded By Satan

2 Corinthians 4:4

… This is a terrible chapter! It shows the Sovereignty of God in a lurid light and reveals how, when sin comes to a certain point, the Lord gives …

Supposing Him to be the Gardener

John 20:15

… I know it is so in matters of providence. A certain man of God in troublous times became quite unable to do his duty because he laid to …

'His Great Love'

Ephesians 2:4

… no goodness whatever in them by nature! God loves them in the Infinite Sovereignty of His great loving Nature. Well, then, poor Soul, why should not God love …

Psalm 84

Psalm 84

… While one suggests the covenant relation between God and the petitioner, the other makes his sovereignty the ground for a prayer for his protection.. Joseph Addison Alexander. Verse …

The Burden of the Word of the Lord

Malachi 1:1

… And the wise and prudent are indignant at this act revealed of Divine Sovereignty. ''Well,'' says one, ''I quarrel with the Bible.'' Do you? The only real argument …

Jesus!

Matthew 1:21

… has a special bearing upon a chosen people—it has a ring of sovereignty about it and is all the sweeter because of this to those who see …

Christ's Poverty, Our Riches

2 Corinthians 8:9

… Law—he uses arguments suitable for men who have come under the blessed Sovereignty of Divine Grace! It is also noteworthy that with regard to Christian liberality, there …

Lingerers Hastened

Genesis 19:16

… life." Beloved Friends, cling to the great Truth of electing love and Divine Sovereignty, but let not this bind you in fetters when, in the power of the …

Recruits for King Jesus

1 Chronicles 12:16-18

… He was outlawed and his sovereign would have slain him with his own hands if he had found opportunity—few care to stake their all with a man …

A Warning Against Hardness Of Heart

Hebrews 3:13

… Is it not better for the most of us to keep out of them? Those who are called in Providence to deal daily with the coarser sins had …

Spiritual Glean1ng

Ruth 2:15

… for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof." All things are God's and all He does in Creation, all the works of His Providence, are not …

The Lord And The Leper

Mark 1:40-42

… I admire in this text the deference which the leper pays to the sovereignty of Christ's will as to the bestowal of his gifts. "If thou wilt …

The Great House and the Vessels In It

2 Timothy 2:20

… be a measure of apparent success for a time and, in God's Sovereignty, He may use His Truth, itself, in spite of the man, but the man …

Laboring And Not Fainting

Revelation 2:3

… time we would use such words and never permit us to insult the sovereignty of Your dear love by making such an excuse for our sluggishness! Other excuses …

Contention Ended and Grace Reigning

Isaiah 57:16-18

… If you shall ever be saved, it must be by a high act of the Lord of Mercy, passed in His infinite Sovereignty, not because of anything in …

"The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved"

John 21:20

… Our Lord exercised a sovereignty of love and chose John for His own name's sake. And yet, at the same time, there was created in John much …

A Grateful Summary of Twenty Volumes

Ephesians 3:8

… Now is He crowned with universal Sovereignty and the government is upon His shoulders! His name is called, "Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince …

Providence

The boundless stores of Providence are engaged for the support of the believer. Christ is our Joseph, who has granaries full of wheat; but He does not treat …

Abraham's Double Blessing

Genesis 12:2

… In the Infinite Sovereignty of His Grace, He chose Abraham—passing by all the rest of mankind—and elected him to be the depository of the heavenly Light …

Examination Before Communion

1 Corinthians 11:28

… and even in the midst of their error He worked according to the Sovereignty of His Divine Grace. Yet this is no excuse for ungodly persons venturing to …

A Wilderness Cry

Psalm 63:1

… We are sadly sick, perhaps, but we are not actually under condemnation as we were when first of all His Sovereign Grace came forth to do the deed …

The Proof of Our Ministry

2 Corinthians 13:3

… become, Himself, obedient unto death! That He who wore the royal robe of Sovereignty should be found in fashion as a man! He made Himself of no reputation …

"God, and Not Man"—What Does It Mean?

Hosea 11:9

… the display of His mercy out of the great deeps of His own Sovereignty. Our text reveals this as God's reason, drawn from His own Nature, why …

The Everlasting Counselor

Micah 4:9

… So you will often find Providence going before you. Just now, you are in a dilemma. You are saying, "Which road shall I take?" Suddenly Providence stops one …

Obtaining Promises

Hebrews 11:33

… They are promises of Divine Grace, and of these, faith does not obtain the fulfillment—God fulfils them according to His own sovereign will and pleasure— according to …

Depths and Heights

Hebrews 1:2

… We marvel that some of us should be regarded as in error because we preach the Doctrine of God's Divine Sovereignty in giving Grace to men whereas …