Providence

Psalm 95

Psalm 95

… as their Sovereign. "O jacob and Israel, thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant, O Israel, "Is 44:21. The sovereignty of God …

Exposition of the Doctrines of Grace

… We believe in sovereign love, but not in sovereign hatred. We believe in salvation by the grace of God without works, but not in damnation without sin. We …

The Soul's Desertion

Song 5:6

… I say in most cases, for sometimes Christ may hide Himself in absolute Sovereignty, but I am always jealous lest we should charge God foolishly. You are so …

Morning, July 1

Zec 14:8

… Elijah found Cherith dry up, but Jehovah was still the same God of providence. Job said his brethren were like deceitful brooks, but he found his God an …

The Magnanimity of God

Job 36:5

… Punishment is never inflicted as a matter of arbitrary sovereignty, but always because demanded by justice. The Lord, in vindicating His justice, deals not with the poor and …

Election and Holiness

Deuteronomy 10:14-16

… And how is it that these are consigned to blackness of darkness for ever! Answer me, ye that deny God’s sovereignty, and hate his election—how is …

God in the Covenant

Jeremiah 31:33

… So, then, whether as Sovereign, or as Governor enforcing law, or as Judge punishing sin; although God is in some sense the God of all men, yet in …

The King-Priest

Zechariah 6:13

… Most have been forced to rise and rush here and there to defend their sovereignty! No other seat in the world is so uneasy as a throne! We …

The Very Bold Prophecy

Isaiah 65:1

… He had need be bold who, in this day, would preach fully and plainly the Doctrine of the Sovereign Grace of God. This cultured age repudiates the Doctrines …

Christ Manifesting Himself to His People

John 14:22

… It is you that are the Antinomian, in rebelling against divine sovereignty. But a man who receives the doctrine of sovereignty will go to the throne, saying, “Perhaps …

Public Meeting Of Our London Baptist Brethren

… It is natural that this should be so, the bestowment of that Divine Influence being an act of Sovereign Grace; the history of the progress of Christianity presents …

Justification, Propitiation, Declaration

Romans 3:24-26

… from the penalty! He is a Sovereign, but He never, in His Sovereignty, violates righteousness! And it would be a sovereign act of unrighteousness if He passed by …

The Teaching of the Holy Ghost

John 14:26

… And first I would remark that the Holy Ghost teaches sovereignty. He teaches whom he pleases. He takes the fool and makes him know the wonders of the …

The Chief Of Sinners

1 Timothy 1:15

… There is no jewel of His crown of which God is more jealous than His Sovereignty. "I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I …

From The Dunghill To The Throne

Psalm 113:7

… God in Providence often laughs at pedigree and ancestry and stains the honor and dignity of everything in which human nature boasts itself. From the kennel to the …

Psalm 2

Psalm 2

… We have looked into the council-chamber of the wicked, and to the throne of God, and now we behold the Anointed declaring his rights of sovereignty, and …

'Jesus Our Lord'

Romans 4:24

… He does this even now in the working of His Providence, but He will do it still more manifestly at the Second Advent, when Christ will not allow …

Election-its Defenses and Evidences

1 Thessalonians 1:4-6

… still according to His Sovereignty. Wisely, not wantonly, He rules, but always according to the counsel of His own will. Election, then, is Sovereign. Again, Election is free …

Joy in a Reconciled God

Romans 5:11

… Much of men's hatred to the doctrine of Sovereignty is rooted in their enmity to the Sovereign Himself—but when the heart is reconciled to God we …

Unconditional Surrender

James 4:7

… admit the prince Emanuel to rule as sole sovereign in every street in the city. Dispute no longer his sovereignty, but pray to be made a loyal subject …

Jesus Meeting His Warriors

Genesis 14:18-20

… For thirteen years they might have exercised sovereignty over the cities of the plain, but those cities and everything around them belonged virtually to Abram. It is true …

Freedom At Once and Forever

Isaiah 61:1

… This is the basis of our liberty, that Christ has bought us with a price and set us free! The next thing is that Sovereign Grace proclaims the …

The Sages, The Star, and The Savior

Matthew 2:2

… Admire, then, the Sovereignty of God. The glad tidings were made known also to Wise Men, magi, students of the stars and of old Prophetic books from the …

'He Must Reign'

1 Corinthians 15:25

… He was borna King! You might have seen something of Sovereignty in His eyes when He first opened them upon earth's light. The Wise Men from the …

General And Yet Particular

John 17:2

… THIS PRINCIPLE IS SEEN IN PROVIDENCE. All of you believe in a general Providence. You believe that God superintends all the affairs of the universe so that there …

Grace For Grace

1 Corinthians 2:12

… When we have set forth these three things, we shall have ranged through a wide domain of Sovereign Grace. I. First, then, THE THINGS OF GOD ARE FREELY …

Who Are The Elect?

1 Samuel 16:12

… I trust in His Providence we shall see John grow up to be a credit to us. But as for Richard or Sarah, I do not know what …

Pride Catechized and Condemned

1 Corinthians 4:7

… own, some are as it were by accident, or rather by the sovereign ordinance of providence, placed above others, wherefore then should they glory in what is so …

Psalm 147

Psalm 147

… In this paragraph the contrast announced in the former section is enlarged upon from another point of view, namely, as it is seen in nature and in providence …

Psalm 96

Psalm 96

… The gospel is the clearest revelation of himself, salvation, outshines creation and providence; therefore let our praises overflow in that direction. Let us proclaim the glad tidings, and …

Seeing God's Goodness Here

Psalm 27:13

… I talked, this morning, with an aged Sister in Christ who, years ago, met with a Providence by which her head was so severely injured that every other …

Jesus Appearing To Mary Magdalene

Mark 16:9

… For in His sovereignty He may reveal Himself to whomever He wills and He may withhold Himself from whomever He shall please. "I will have mercy on whom …

"Lo, I Come"—Application

Psalm 40:7

… If it is so that all you can say is "Guilty! Willfully Guilty," then Jesus comes! If you neither blame your surroundings, nor your companions, nor the Providence …

Pleading, Not Contradicting

Matthew 15:27

… you—you are a wretch most undeserving and Hell-deserving! And apart from Sovereign Grace your case is hopeless. If you were now in Hell you would have …

Wanted, A Guest Chamber!

Mark 14:14

… He who observes Providence shall never need a Providence to observe. And he who watches Providence with the view of discovering occasions for usefulness will find himself surrounded …

Jesus, The King of Truth

John 18:37

… He vindicated both the spirituality and the essential truthfulness of His Sovereignty. If ever we should be placed in like circumstances may we be able to witness a …

The Woman Which Was a Sinner

Luke 7:37-38

… Grace—Sovereign, Distinguishing, Omnipotent—is exceedingly magnified in this narrative. Lo, I see it exalted upon a glorious high throne, with the king's daughter waiting as an …

Thanksgiving And Prayer

Psalm 65:11

… Yes, I would have every Christian offer willingly unto the Lord as a token of his gratitude to the God of Providence. I had almost forgotten that today …

Grace Abounding

Hosea 14:4

… Our Savior’s words—“Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight,” reveal not only the sovereignty but the freeness of divine affection. Do you …

The Far-off, Near—the Near, Far Off

Matthew 2:1-4

… His Grace is most sovereign. You cannot see, as I do, so many persons brought to Christ without often wondering why they were brought. I have often seen …