Providence

For Whom Is The Gospel Meant?

Mark 2:17

… Those who imagine that they have some excellence before God will never care to be saved by Sovereign Grace. The Gospel, I say, looks sinnerward. That way, and …

Acceptable Service

Hebrews 12:28

… they will be crowns which He, Himself, bestowed upon us of His own Sovereign Grace. Every hymn that comes up from saints made perfect is but an echo …

Counting the Cost

Luke 14:28-30

… Listen, every one of you who would have Christ! Come, and have Him! You who would have salvation, accept it as the gift of His Sovereign Grace! But …

Harvest Time

1 Samuel 12:17

… blood runs out up to the horses' bridles! May God grant, of His Sovereign Mercy, that you and I may never be reaped in that fearful harvest—but …

The Lamentations of Jesus

Luke 19:41

… He is the Sovereign of sorrow, weeping while riding in triumph in the midst of His followers. Did He ever look more kingly than when He showed the …

Bankrupt Debtors Discharged

Luke 7:42

… This is what every sinner does before he becomes cleared by the Sovereign Grace of God. He cries, "I mean to do better." Never mind. Tell us no …

A Discourse to the Despairing

Genesis 42:1

… Do but come and you shall find how free are the gifts of Sovereign Grace! And, in addition, Jacob's sons gained a great deal more than they …

Grappling Irons

Psalm 119:88

… I shall be saved by Sovereign Grace." Do you sit down and quietly cross your legs, fold your arms, do nothing and then look to be rewarded for …

Barriers Obliterated

Isaiah 44:22

… already blotted them all out! What say you to this wondrous display of Sovereign Grace which He, Himself, bids us proclaim to you? He knows whether He has …

In Christ No Condemnation

Romans 8:1

… those who are in Christ Jesus." It is a work of Almighty and Sovereign Grace to put men into Christ Jesus—by this method they escape condemnation, but …

Comfort From Christ's Omniscience

John 21:17

… very Heaven of your Heaven to live forever adoring Him whose eternal love, Sovereign Grace and almighty power have at last made you perfect and brought you Home …

Jehovah Has Spoken—will You Not Hear?

Jeremiah 13:15-17

… cannot stoop so low! Salvation by Divine Grace, is it? Then Free Grace, Sovereign Grace is not to our mind! We care not to be saved like paupers …

John's First Doxology

Revelation 1:5

… to now, been in rebellion against Him! Yield you rebel! Yield to your Sovereign and Savior! "Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish from the …

All the Promises

2 Corinthians 1:20

… I shall never care if I do not see a sovereign, again, so long as I can always have the promise of the Bank of England to pay …

Early Wedded Life

… remember when we lived on the ' do without ' system, and only ' God's providence was our inheritance,' and when He often stretched forth His hand, and wrought signal …

God's Non-Remembrance of Sin

Isaiah 43:25

… There cannot be pardon of sin where there is not a renewal of the heart—and that must come from God by His sovereign Grace alone. Oh, you …

A Voice From Heaven

Revelation 14:12

… side death, And points them out to men; A lecture silent but of sovereign power! To vice, confusion—and to virtue peace." Even the blind bat's-eyed …

Though He Were Dead

John 11:24-26

… More of Jesus! More of Jesus! That is the sovereign cure for our faults. He revealed Himself to her, that in Him she might behold reasons for a …

Bands Of Love

Hosea 11:4

… But the Christian man knows that salvation is not the wage of service, but that life is the gift of God, the dowry bestowed on us by Sovereign …

Faith and Repentance Inseparable

Mark 1:15

… from him." So God, against whom we have rebelled, who is our liege sovereign and monarch, seeth it to be inconsistent with the dignity of his kingship to …

I Will Give You Rest

… With His love, we are restful as to the movements of Providence; for His Father loves us, and will not suffer anything to harm us. Concerning the past …

A Second Word to Seekers

Jeremiah 29:13

… you put yourself out of all hope of Grace, for God is a Sovereign, and will do as He wills with His own. Some will not have Christ …

Saving Knowledge

John 4:10

… It is the spontaneous gift of Heaven given to us, not on the footing of the Law, but on the grounds of the Sovereign Grace of God who …

The Withering Work of the Spirit

Isaiah 40:6-8

… poor, guilty, lost, helpless, undone sinner, who casts himself into the arms of sovereign grace, knowing that God must give all, and Christ must be all, and the …

How to Please God

Hebrews 11:6

… It takes man away from what is written to what is thought—it does not allow the Sovereign Authority of Revelation and in disallowing that, the very foundations …

The Great Arbitration Case

Job 9:33

… Hark how— "Hea ven's eternal arches ring With shouts of Sovereign Grace!" Angels, too, as well as those who have been redeemed, strike their harps which they …

Degrees Of Power Attending The Gospel

1 Thessalonians 1:5

… Let us learn from the text our own indebtedness to distinguishing and Sovereign Grace. You observe, Beloved, that the Gospel does not come with the power of the …

The Turning Of Job's Captivity

Job 42:10

… Now He will vouchsafe to you the conscious enjoyment of His Presence on the same terms as at first, that is, on terms of free and Sovereign Grace …

The Flight to Zoar

Genesis 19:23

… But when Hell and conscience go together, I say again, there is no soul that can long bear its existence, except God, in sovereign mercy, shall either support …

Rahab

Hebrews 11:31

… When reclaimed by Sovereign Grace Rahab must have found herself as much alone in Jericho as Lot had found himself alone in Sodom. She was the one and …

From Death To Life

1 Samuel 2:6

… I cannot be a gold sovereign or else I should not be cast here." Ah, but you see, when they came to rake the heap they raked the …

The Friend of Sinners

Isaiah 53:12

… gives him up to die as a malefactor who has rebelled against the sovereign law of the land. Herod, too, the Jewish tetrarch, confirms the sentence, and so …

Tell It All

Mark 5:33

… You are a wretch undone without His Sovereign Grace—admit it to Him. And if you can find no words, let the groans, and sighs, and sobs of …

Intercessory Prayer

Psalm 141:5

… to speak a word in the king's ear for others! It was sovereign mercy which allowed us to say, "Have mercy upon me!" But what condescension is …

The Thorn in the Flesh

2 Corinthians 12:7

… glory, let us wait till we can do so legitimately—the bounties of Sovereign Grace are prostituted when they become the subjects of pride. Shall Jesus, who had …

A Powerful Reason For Coming To Christ

Mark 3:8

… form His Church, which is an assembly of called-out ones whom the Sovereign Lord selects from the congregation of hearers that they may become a Church of …

Perfection in Christ

Colossians 1:28

… So, all the possessions of the Covenant belong to the elect even before they believe, but they cannot touch them until the appointed time comes when, by Sovereign …

Praying and Pleading

Jeremiah 14:7

… From the badness of the rebellious subjects to the goodness of the righteous Sovereign is a rapid but reasonable transition. A weighty motive is suggested that may dispose …

Jesus Asleep on a Pillow

… All providence works for our good. Eternity has no threat for us, it bears within its mysteries nothing but immortality and glory. Nothing can harm us. The Lord …

Our Change of Masters

Romans 6:18

… He subjugates and tames them to perform his will and the fear and dread of him is upon all creatures, for they know their sovereign. Yet is it …