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God’s providence, sovereignty, guidance, and care
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The Lord Blessing His Saints
Psalm 115:15
… He has given us no other reason as the first cause of their being blessed but the fact that He is good and that He is Sovereign in …
SERMON • SERMON 79The Form of Sound Words
2 Timothy 1:13
… They are— “A sovereign balm for every wound, A cordial for our fears.” They are God’s sweet lullaby, wherewith he singeth his children to sleep, even in …
SERMON • SERMON 3344Unanswered Prayer
Psalm 22:2
… This is a great Psalm of Grace, a Psalm in which a sinner, cleansed by Sovereign Grace, adores and blesses the mercy ofGod. Verse 1. Blessed is he …
COMMENTARYPsalm 114
Psalm 114
… The mountains shook like frightened sheep, Like lambs the little hillocks leap; Not Sinai on her base could stand, Conscious of sovereign power at hand. What power could …
SERMON • SERMON 3201Mercy for the Meanest of the Flock
Micah 4:6
… Little scattered communities, Churches which have been weak and feeble, shall have the strengthening of God and they shall be, through His Sovereign Grace, a remnant saved by …
SERMON • SERMON 2554The Spiritual Resurrection
John 11:43
… They have not yet come to believe that salvation is by Sovereign Grace, alone, but will have some works mixed up with it. They fear that, after all …
SERMON • SERMON 2360Come, My Beloved!
Solomon 8:14
… There is no other "water of life" except that which springs from a Sovereign God and a substitutionary Sacrifice—"a pure river of water of life, clear as …
SERMON • SERMON 1230A Holy and Homely Resolve
Psalm 101:2
… I will make them know how stately is my bearing, how sovereign is my word, how nobly I can play my part, how well a crown befits my …
SERMON • SERMON 3121The Necessity of Regeneration
John 3:7
… The Sovereign Will of God alone Creates us heirs of Grace— Born in the image of His Son, A new peculiar race." Remember also what even the Gospel …
SERMON • SERMON 3118What Had Become of Peter?
Acts 12:18
… And there are many others, who came to hear out of curiosity, and were the least likely to be impressed, who, nevertheless, have been met with by Sovereign …
SERMON • SERMON 1626The Principal Wheat
Isaiah 28:25
… May I, its great importance learn, Its sovereign virtue know! More needful this than glittering wealth, Or anything the world bestows. Not reputation, food, or health, Can give …
SERMON • SERMON 3221'Yet There Is Room'
Luke 14:22
… Lord, speak to hearts that have resisted You until now! Sovereign Grace, there is nothing that can stand against You—Your goings forth are mighty and Irresistible! You …
SERMON • SERMON 230The Vanguard and Rereward of the Church
Isaiah 52:12
… As all men spring from their progenitors, so the providence of to-day springs from the providence of a hundred years past. The events of next year have …
SERMON • SERMON 1540The Mediator—Judge And Savior
Acts 10:42
… Peter is very clear upon the Sovereign Godhead of Jesus. His Words are few, but they are exceedingly explicit. Having spoken of His Person, he then spoke of …
SERMON • SERMON 147The Sound in the Mulberry Trees
2 Samuel 5:24
… If Providence tarries, tarry till Providence comes, never go before it. He goes on a fool’s errand who goes before God but he walks in a blessed …
SERMON • SERMON 805Resurrection With Christ
Ephesians 2:4
… is a gift, a gift from Heaven—a gift of undeserved love and Sovereign Grace—so that the living must every one of them praise God and not …
SERMON • SERMON 2235A Warrant for Your Apprehension
Zephaniah 2:5
… He whom the Word condemns has the foretaste of that final condemnation which shall be his in the next state unless, by Sovereign Grace, he shall be constrained …
SERMON • SERMON 2422"There Is Forgiveness"
Psalm 130:4
… Lord, Or, "Adonai," Sovereign Lord— 2. Hear my voice: let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. "Hear me, Lord!" What is the use of …
SERMON • SERMON 1002Now, and Then
1 Corinthians 13:12
… Is it not possible, nay, is it not certain, that in the next state WE SHALL KNOW MORE OF THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD THAN WE DO NOW? Here …
SERMON • SERMON 1018Pleading
Psalm 70:5
… see that the visitations of His Spirit are fruits of the Lord’s sovereign grace, and gifts of His infinite love, and not of the will of man …
SERMON • SERMON 1145The Great Jail—and How To Get Out Of It
Galatians 3:22
… I will save you." He does this because He chooses to do it of His own Sovereign good will and pleasure. "I will have mercy on whom I …
SERMON • SERMON 2961'Heirs of God'
Romans 8:17
… of man, nor blood, nor birth, Can raise a soul to Heaven! The Sovereign will of God alone Creates us heirs of Grace— Born in the image of …
SERMON • SERMON 3377The Greatest Wonder of Grace
Ezekiel 9:8
… It is due to the Sovereign Grace of God alone! Fall on your face and acknowledge your indebtedness— "Why was I made to hear Your voice, And enter …
SERMON • SERMON 2100Faith Essential to Pleasing God
Hebrews 11:6
… This must be of Divine Grace—Free, Sovereign Grace! And what a reward it is! Free pardon, graciously bestowed. A change of heart, graciously worked. Perseverance, graciously maintained …
SERMON • SERMON 627Justification And Glory
Romans 8:30
… May the eyes of Grace find you out this morning, poor Transgressor, and make you just! In the next place, justification is the result of Sovereign Grace and …
SERMON • SERMON 1953A Testimony To Free and Sovereign Grace
Psalm 37:39
… Grace in planning, rearing, crowning, Sovereign Grace, and Grace alone!" II. Secondly, this is not only the essence of sound doctrine, but THIS IS A NECESSARY FACT. "The …
SERMON • SERMON 2083One Lost Sheep
Matthew 18:12
… Herein is Divine Grace most free, most full, most sovereign. Indeed, it is so. Though you harden yourself against the Lord, though you refuse to turn at His …
SERMON • SERMON 1565Maschil Of Ethan, A Majestic Song
Psalm 89:1
… With the place of His Throne as the point of our survey, we shall see nothing but His sovereign will to shape events—so with joyful assurance of …
SERMON • SERMON 2426A Prayer for Revival
Psalm 85:6
… We must set it down to the Sovereign Grace of God. And if it were so, then I can see why they became singers in the sanctuary! "A …
SERMON • SERMON 582The Restoration And Conversion Of The Jews
Ezekiel 37:1-10
… be the means of making these bones live! Let this preaching resound with Sovereign mercy! Let it always have in it the clear and distinct ring of Free …
SERMON • SERMON 1161Without Money and Without Price
Isaiah 55:1
… Yes, the death of self comes out of a rich experience of free and Sovereign Grace Did the Lord love me when there was nothing to love in …
SERMON • SERMON 2980A Lift for the Prostrate
Mark 1:31
… God's will to bestow His mercy upon sinners according to His own Sovereign Grace in Christ Jesus, irrespective of anything good in them, why should He not …
SERMON • SERMON 1944Might Have Been, or May Be
John 11:37
… You are fostering self-conceit in calling God's Providence to your bar. You are practically sitting upon a throne and making God to be the prisoner at …
SERMON • SERMON 1961S. S.—or, the Sinner Saved
Romans 9:30-33
… The Apostle asks us, "What shall we say, then?" We say this—here is seen the sovereign appointment of the Lord. He will have mercy on whom He …
SERMON • SERMON 2127Love's Competition
Luke 7:42
… There is the Queen's image on a four-penny piece as certainly as there is upon the sovereign—though we would all prefer the golden coin! There …
SERMON • SERMON 3342Faith Seeing God's Glory
John 11:40
… creatures have really made themselves to be before they had been helped by Sovereign Grace to trust in Christ. As the Glory of Christ's power was seen …
SERMON • SERMON 2095The Lamb In Glory
Revelation 5:6
… The Lamb is the answer to the enigma of Providence. Providence is a riddle but Jesus explains it all. During the first centuries, the Church of God was …
SERMON • SERMON 2138The Shank-bone Sermon—Or, True Believers and Their Helpers
Acts 18:27
… God, who is Sovereign, dispenses according to His will and it may be that one working Brother will have all his story told and his life will make …
SERMON • SERMON 2819A Caution for Sin-sick Souls
Hosea 5:13
… Let us have a king that we may see the gaudy glitter of his crown with our eyes and hear the sovereign mandate from his throne with our …
SERMON • SERMON 2730The Secret of Love to God
1 John 4:19
… But I suppose it was because He would do it—because His own Sovereign Will so determined. Certainly, I cannot conceive of any other cause. And if any …