Providence

The Best Burden for Young Shoulders

Lamentations 3:27

… you." O, you who have given yourselves to Jesus through His rich and Sovereign Grace while you are young, I know you feel it a sweet plea to …

Sermon 443. The Two Draughts Of Fishes

Luke 5:4

… be worked by me?" And we shall fall prostrate before the footstool of Sovereign Grace and confess that we are unworthy of such amazing favors. Let the Church …

The Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus

2 Timothy 2:8

… deliverance comes quickly— "Break from His throne, illustrious morn! Attend, O earth, His sovereign Word! Restore your trust, a glorious form He must ascend to meet His Lord …

The Value and Rank of the Believer

Isaiah 43:4

… Even the elect refuse the voice of the Lord till God, in Sovereign Grace, puts power into the Word— and then it comes as a personal call—as …

The Three Whats

Ephesians 1:18-20

… The Believer perceives that he is separated from others by the Sovereign Grace of God and that, therefore, he must come out from the world and no longer …

Baptism’A Burial

Romans 6:3-4

… its usurped power over us; but we do not acknowledge it as our sovereign. Evil enters us now as an interloper and a stranger, and works sad havoc …

Simeon

Luke 2:25

… None are taken in but those whom Divine Grace takes in through the sovereign mercy of our God. May God receive you in His arms! May sinners be …

Sin Laid on Jesus

Isaiah 53:6

… of men by nature, but some of them the very worst, and yet sovereign grace delighted to find a home for itself where seven devils had dwelt before …

Serving the Lord With Gladness

Psalm 100:2

… As for Heaven, he knows that eternal life is his portion as the gift of Sovereign Grace—he is secure of that. He is one with Jesus—nothing …

Hearing, Seeking, Finding

Psalm 132:6

… free will except God! But let them know that God still exercises a Sovereign choice among the sons of men. Jesus said to His disciples, "You have not …

On Whose Side Are You?

Exodus 32:26

… You have to admire his courage! You wonder at his supreme power and you inquire for the secret of such sovereign strength. Moses must have worn about him …

Beginning to Serve the Lord

… I have always felt a kind of impulse which I could not resist; but, moreover, I have felt placed by Providence in such a position that I had …

A Sermon to Open Neglecters and Nominal Followers of Religion

Matthew 21:28-32

… to endure sooner than give up sin and yield to the scepter of sovereign grace. I would fain hope that you are saying, “I do now repent, and …

The Soul Winner

… The winds of providence will waft you where you can fish for men. The wdieels of providence are full of eyes, and all those eyes wall look this …

Plain Words With the Careless

Luke 8:28

… long to see you turned from your evil ways and saved by the Sovereign Grace of God. O that the Holy Spirit may press home upon you the …

The Beatific Vision

1 John 3:2

… We should stand over him, and say, “Alas! and did my Saviour bleed, And did my Sovereign die? Would he devote that sacred head For such a worm …

The Well-Beloved's Vineyard

… We are in the best possible position for some present service at this moment; the providence of God has put us on a vantage ground for our immediate …

Preaching! Man's Privilege and God's Power

Mark 6:20

… There are many men who get blessed by the Word through God's sovereign grace without any of the accompaniments of which I am now about to speak …

The Way

John 14:6

… but the Law knows nothing of clearing the sinner of guilt by a Sovereign act of mercy—that cannot be done. For then God's Justice would be …

Psalm 54

Psalm 54

… matters relating to sacred song. Monotony is often the death of congregational praise. Providence is varied, and so should our recording songs be. Maschil. We are to learn …

Dr. Rippon’s Prayer and its Answer

… He died as he had lived, in a calm, quiet manner, resting on that rich sovereign grace which it had been his joy to preach. The last words …

Psalm 60

Psalm 60

… This is the main design of providence, That thy beloved may be delivered; if it were not for their sakes he would neither give a banner nor send …

God's Longsuffering: An Appeal to the Conscience

2 Peter 3:15

… Did not God preserve him on purpose that he might be saved? There are special interpositions of divine providence, by which God spares ungodly men, whom he might …

Wheat in the Barn

… It is of little use to try to escape from them, for the tares are permitted in God’s providence to grow with the wheat, and they will …

The Hunger-Bite

Job 18:12

… And he intended, no doubt, to insinuate that Job was just such a person—that he had been a deceiver and that, therefore, God's Providence had at …

On the Voice

… strong with pepper as can be borne, and hitherto this has been a sovereign remedy. However, as I am not qualified to practise in medicine, you will probably …

Love's Transformations—a Communion Meditation

John 14:28

… You do not know which way to turn and you suspect that His Providence is not wise. Do you think so? If you loved Him as you should …

The Holy Spirit in the Covenant

Ezekiel 36:27

… THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS PROMISED TO THE HEIRS OF HEAVEN AS A DIRECTING SPIRIT to guide them in the path of Providence. If you are ever in …

First Outlines of Sermons, 1851-1852

… God in Providence shielded this Gentil Jerusalem from persecution, and gave peace to the people. He sent them faithful ministers, and with those ministers He sent His Spirit …

Father’s Furlough, and how I Shared it

… as if it was on his account, rather than on mother's, that Providence had led me back. This surmise was further strengthened when, much to my surprise …

The Judgment Upon Zacharias

Luke 1:20

… gift of his Son, the gift of the Holy Ghost, of the dally providence which has guarded you, and of the hourly benediction which has been vouchsafed to …

Psalm 17

Psalm 17

… Does it not appear to thee to be a work of providence, that considering the weakness of the eye, he has protected it with eyelids, as with doors …

Threshing

… the Lord’s corn: “the Lord preserveth the righteous.” Not a stroke in providence is left to chance; the Lord ordains it, and arranges the time, the force …

Meeting in the Unfinished Tabernacle

… enthusiastically : — "We hereby record our sincere thankfulness to Almighty God for the gracious providence which has preserved our Pastor in foreign lands, and for the lovingkindness which has …

“Westwood”

… In the good providence of God, we have been led to do so, and we are now upon the Southern heights. We did not seek out the place …

An Indictment with Four Counts

Zephaniah 3:2

… I wonder whether the fact that my text is in the feminine is intended, in the Providence of God, that this sermon may be especially adapted to a …

Eyes Opened

Genesis 21:19

… thought a treasure might have burned in your heart like coals of fire! Providence has ordered all things wisely and if our eyes were opened, we would bow …

The Bird Escaped from the Snare

Psalm 124:7

… their sight! Yes, into the same net out of which, in God's Providence, they have just been permitted to escape! Man naturally is the essence of folly …

Taught That We May Teach

Ezekiel 40:4

… The best of men are men at the best! Those eyes that are strengthened to behold the cherubim and to gaze upon the stupendous wheels of Providence are …

Jesus, The Stumbling Stone Of Unbelievers

1 Peter 2:7

… By the good Providence of God all on board escaped except the captain. He was in such a desperate state of mind that when last he was seen …