Providence

Facts and Inferences

Psalm 37:35-37

… Napoleon Bonaparte aimed at absolute sovereignty in France and won it. And then he aimed at universal sovereignty over all his fellow monarchs and, for a time, it …

Clinging to Christ

John 6:67

… I know that some of you feel very uncomfortable when I am preaching the Doctrine of Election or any of the other great Doctrines of Sovereign Grace. I …

Lessons From Lydia'S Conversion

Acts 16:13

… In both cases, dear Friends, Providence co-worked with Divine Grace. Providence brings Lydia to Philippi— Providence shakes the prison. God makes the realm of nature subservient to …

Pride and Humility

Proverbs 18:12

… It hates divine sovereignty, and rails at election. Then if it is driver from that, it takes another form; it allows that the doctrine of free grace is …

Psalm 27

Psalm 27

… The royal pavilion was erected in the centre of the army, and around it all the mighty men kept guard at all hours; thus in that divine sovereignty …

The Lord,—the Liberator

Psalm 146:7

… How it came to pass that sovereign grace should have set me free I cannot tell; only this I know, I will sing for ever, while I live …

Our Lord's Posture in Ascension

Luke 24:50-53

… Now look forward and see that the hands that blessed us are the hands that rule the world! At this very moment, the scepter of Providence is held …

Powerful Persuasives

Matthew 11:27-28

… In times of distress, every man is at liberty to do his best for the public welfare; but the officer commissioned by his Sovereign is armed with a …

The New Heart

Ezekiel 36:26

… Other parts of salvation are done gradually but regeneration is the instantaneous work of God’s sovereign, effectual, and irresistible grace. III. Now we have in this subject …

'A Kind of First Fruits'

James 1:18

… This is what God has a right to do and He claims His sovereign prerogative! Are not His own words heard through Scripture like peals of thunder, "I …

The Divine Discipline

Deuteronomy 32:11

… Therefore God, instead of taking them by the short way along which they might have passed in a very few days, ordained it so in His Providence that …

The Mission of the Son of Man

Luke 19:10

… his own sovereign will; let them do as they pleased, God was over them all, reigning and ruling evermore. If, then, God’s purpose in providence certainly never …

Psalm 86

Psalm 86

… All nations shall worship before thee, because as King of Nations, thou art great, thy sovereignty absolute and incontestable, thy Majesty terrible and unsupportable, thy power universal and …

"Blessed in Him"

Psalm 72:17

… He is King of kings and, therefore, our Sovereign by His own native right. But He is also our Sovereign Prince as the Son of God. Oh, that …

A Searching Test

Titus 1:15

… But when you come to His Sovereignty—a deep that can never be fathomed—how many have been drowned in it! I believe we ought to speak about …

The Spirit and the Wind

John 3:8

… And, next, the Holy Spirit is like the wind because He is absolutely sovereign. Preachers scarcely like to tell their congregations nowadays that God gives His Grace according …

Knowledge Commended

Daniel 11:32

… Forget not His absolute Sovereignty, but meekly submit to it. The failure of many men in their ideas about God is that they imagine Him to be subject …

Farm Laborers

… The Lord has made the church his own by his sovereign choice . He has also secured it unto himself by purchase , having paid for it a price immense …

A Challenge and a Shield

Romans 8:34

… And he went on with many more titles, giving his sovereign all the honors that were his due. When the herald of Francis the First took up the …

The March!

Numbers 10:35

… We ought to learn from this, I think, that while we ever seek the guidance of God in Providence, yet we may frequently find direction and guidance in …

Christ's Great Mission

Matthew 20:28

… But do not—do not let us repeat that forever and ever! Do not let us get off of the lines of free, rich, Sovereign Grace, and begin …

Things Unknown

Jeremiah 33:3

… The Doctrine of "Man's Responsibility" is not to be denied, nor the Doctrine of "God's Sovereignty" to be disputed. I hope that, some day, we shall …

Grace Abounding Over Abounding Sin

Romans 5:20

… The self-condemned shall be forgiven through the precious blood of Jesus and the Sovereign Grace of God. Oh, my Hearer, you must sit down there in the …

Bread For The Hungry

Deuteronomy 8:3

… Its first utterance shall be concerning Providence and its second, concerning the life of grace in the heart. Our blessed Lord once used this text with regard to …

The King's Sharp Arrows

Psalm 45:5

… They tell him that he cannot save himself, and that now his only hope lies absolutely in the Sovereign will of that God who can destroy him in …

The Headstone of the Corner

Psalm 118:22-25

… of God who, despite his Divine election, had been rejected by his countrymen. Providence conducted him to a crowning success and he magnified the Lord for it. In …

Strength And Recovery

Zechariah 10:12

… of kings and Lord of lords, and you may know it by His sovereign style—"I will," and, "they shall." Look at it. You sometimes say, "I will …

Coming Judgment of the Secrets of Men

Romans 2:16

… The omnipotent, Judge has not ceased from his sovereign rule over kingdoms, and our own country may yet have to feel his chastisements. We have often laughed among …

All of Grace

Ephesians 2:8

… We are bound to view salvation as being as surely a Divine act as Creation, or Providence, or Resurrection. At every point of the process of salvation, this …

Jericho Captured

Joshua 6:2

… They can tell of Divine Sovereignty that has made its crown to glisten and glitter forever with those precious things when found. You have had Rahab, yes, and …

Barriers Broken Down

Romans 10:3

… I think that I could make a sovereign at home out of a bit of brass." Fool that he is! How shall he mimic God? If I were …

Everlasting Love Revealed

Jeremiah 31:3

… from the Presence of the Lord, for Jehovah was speaking in tones of Sovereign Grace and pouring forth great rivers of promises and seas of mercy. See the …

The High Rock

Psalm 61:2

… it is only the Sovereign will of God and the Sovereign Grace of God that give repentance and faith. Sometimes God, in His Sovereignty, is pleased to show …

"On His Breast"

John 13:23-26

… Why did our blessed Lord love John better than others? I can only reply that He exercises a sovereignty of choice and it is not for us to …

The Lord's Chosen Ministers

Luke 10:21

… creature! None have any merit whatever before Him and, therefore, with that absolute Sovereignty which He claims as God, He distributes His favors according to this rule, "Shall …

Jan. 8 — PURITY OF HEART AND LIFE

Matt. 5:8

… We see Him, His truth, His love, His purpose, His sovereignty, His covenant character, yea, we see Himself in Christ. But this is only apprehended as sin is …

A Harp of Ten Strings

Luke 1:46

… Now, when the Lord has saved you and me, who did not deserve saving, He did a very wonderful act of Sovereign Grace in making us to differ …

Nov. 11 — THE LORD'S FREE MEN

Rom. 6:14

… It may assail you, and even wound you; but it shall never establish sovereignty over you." If we were under the law, our sin would gather strength and …

Free Pardon

Isaiah 43:25

… It is treason against His most glorious Sovereignty. God therefore feels more, sees more and is more thoroughly affected by the evil of sin than anyone else. And …

April 14 — MY CHOICE IS HIS CHOICE

Ps. 47:4

… Say, "He shall choose." If others dispute the sovereignty of the Lord, and glory in the freewill of man, do thou answer them, "He shall choose for me …