Providence

The Men that “Sell the Books”

… Stephen Wigney, who was unaware of the fact until more than thirty years later when, in the providence of God, he was called to fill that important position …

Psalm 67

Psalm 67

… Whatever the details and steps of the work of redemption, all must be traced up to this original fountain, the sovereign grace and mercy of our God... The …

Grace For Communion

Solomon 4:16

… Apart from the occurrences of Providence, which awakens our inward emotions one way and another, the only plan by which our Graces can be set in active exercise …

Profit and Loss

Mark 8:36

… little! There is a man who has sold his soul for half-a-sovereign. “Where?” say you. Ah! let him answer himself; many a man has done that …

A Troubled Prayer

Psalm 25:18

… I see that in ordinary Providence God visits men, and as there is a special Providence for His people, surely there is nothing harsh or unwarrantable in attributing …

The Believer's Challenge

Romans 8:34

… they are arrayed in the robes, and invested with the credentials of their Sovereign. They are lambs in the harmlessness of their dispositions, but they have the courage …

The Water and the Blood

John 19:34

… Just as the stamp in the wax answers to the seal that stamped it, the Providence that transpired corresponds with the predictions that forestalled His course! He went …

The Empty Seat

1 Samuel 20:27

… The Providence which empties that place is so wise and good that, though we cannot understand its object, we are sure that it will work for good and …

A Visit to Bethlehem

Luke 2:15

… Child might be born there! But God can accomplish the purpose of His Providence and of His Grace in any way that He pleases! And although Caesar is …

Unreasonable Reasons

Matthew 14:31

… and did not foreknow that you would be? Had you then outstripped His Providence and outrun His love? Have you forgotten how the Psalmist puts it? "If I …

The Numbered People

Numbers 4:49

… that the Lord has always had a system, not only in Nature and Providence, but also in His own courts. There is an admirable "economy" in the palace …

The Bed and Its Covering

Isaiah 28:20

… we have to preach against those who preach not the doctrine of free, sovereign, distinguishing grace. High doctrine will never cover you. It will only cover you head …

A Sad Confession

Isaiah 53:3

… anything about that Christ who is your only true Savior, your only rightful Sovereign. If you had been in the market and someone had been describing the prices …

Christ—the Fall and Rise of Many

Luke 2:34

… Jesus in the Gospel cannot cease to work. "My Father works and therefore I work." The Father, in Providence, pauses not, nor does the Son cease from the …

Mistakes Concerning God

Psalm 1:21

… Because He sat still and did not at once interfere and smite them, they have said, after the commission of a certain sinful action, that Providence seemed to …

Christ Asleep in the Vessel

Mark 4:38

… You have read in biographies of holy men the details of very extraordinary Providences, but no extraordinary Providence has come to your rescue. You are getting gradually poorer …

Safe, Though Surrounded By Sin

Psalm 28:1

… MANY OF THE BEST OF GOD'S SAINTS ARE CALLED IN THE ORDER OF PROVIDENCE TO BE TRIED BY EVIL COMPANIONSHIP. "I pray not that You should take …

Araunah's Threshing Floor

1 Chronicles 22:1

… winning back His erring children, and not the terrible, denunciation of an angry Sovereign, or the inevitable comes of a violated Law—that theory, palatable though it may …

Lecture V: The Sciences As Sources Of Illustration.

… illustration of the connection between little causes and great results, showing how the providence of God is continually making small things to be the means of bringing about …

Noah's Flood

Matthew 24:39

… and go on their way and universally live and die in unbelief—unless Sovereign Grace steps in. A strange thing, a marvelous thing! "Jesus marveled because of their …

Thoughts and Their Fruit

Jeremiah 6:19

… Not all bounties of Providence can make us happy if we have a thankless, ungrateful heart! You may have all that the world can give you, and yet …

Shall and Will

Psalm 91:15

… It is a part of the Divine scheme and plan by which God governs the world and manages Providence that men should pray and that He should answer …

A Message From God

Judges 3:20

… have drawn you! Ought not the kindness and compassion extended to you in Providence to have led you to say, "How can I grieve such a God? How …

Regeneration

John 3:3

… enter here.” I address myself moreover to the saints in heaven, redeemed by sovereign grace: “Children of God, are ye willing that the wicked should enter heaven as …

Meeting Of The Neighboring Churches

… That Providence might have brought a Brother who would have been an element of strife and discord—but God's Grace had brought a Brother among them, with …

Man's Scorn and God's Succor

Job 16:20

… from their company, I pray you! But if they are those with whom Providence has united you with such bonds, that you must look upon it as being …

The Redeemer's Prayer

John 17:24

… The people whom Christ here prays for, are those whom God the Father out of his own free love and sovereign good pleasure ordained unto eternal life, and …

Soul-winning

Proverbs 11:30

… A man whom God qualifies to win souls could probably do anything else which Providence might allot him. Take Martin Luther! Why, Sirs, the man was not only …

One of the Master's Choice Sayings

Matthew 14:16

… As never in eternity will the great Judge pronounce the sentence, "Depart, you cursed," upon His saints, so never in His Providence, nor in the severest trial will …

The Eternal Day

Isaiah 60:20

… God shines upon the Church through His servants one after another, and as they are removed in the order of Providence and close their useful careers, the Church …

The Incarnation and Birth of Christ

Micah 5:2

… Well hath the good poet said, “Doubtless the sailing of a cloud hath Providence to its pilot; doubtless the root of an oak is gnarled for a special …

Could He Not? Ah! But He Would Not

John 11:37

… The wondrous work of making me to understand—You shall be something to speak about! And all the wondrous works of Nature, Providence and Grace shall be the …

The Two Appearings and the Discipline of Grace

Titus 2:11-14

… God's Presence will be his joy; God's strength will be his confidence; God's Providence will be his inheritance; God's Glory will be the chief …

Knowing the Lord Through Pardoned Sin

Jeremiah 31:34

… The same is true of Providence. God comes very close to many men by preserving their lives from imminent peril, or by providing them with things necessary in …

The Overflowing Cup

Psalm 23:5

… We cannot say this was the song of a favorite of Providence who never knew an ungratified wish." Not so. David was a man of troubles. He bore …

Discipline in Christ's Army

Joshua 1:11

… They point to the ways of inconsistent professors and they turn to us and say, "That is what you Christians are!" If they take one bad sovereign, they …

Maroth—or, the Disappointed

Micah 1:12

… Well, if it is so, that is God's appointment for you in the order of His Providence, so do not rebel against what is clearly His will …

The Wall Daubed with Untempered Mortar

Ezekiel 13:10-12

… Fulfill Your sovereign counsel, Lord Your will be done, Your nature adored! Give me Your strength, O God of power! Then let wind blow, or thunders roar, Your …

A Well-ordered Life

Psalm 119:133

… Send me help just when I shall need it to achieve some difficult task of obedience"? Providence works with Divine Grace. There is the hand of a man …

The Danger of Carnal Security

Judges 18:7

… They are contented and well they may be, for it seems as if Providence had determined to make them rich! And yet what do I see before me …