Providence

Memorable Services at the Tabernacle, 1861-1874

… In our tenderly-beloved Sovereign, we see Majesty in misery, and what if I say, we behold the Empress of sorrow. Just as the mountain-peaks, the first …

Free Grace

Ezekiel 36:32

… It cannot be because there is anything good in thee, for thou deservedst now to die, and if He spare thee it must be sovereign love and sovereign …

God’s Barriers Against Man’s Sin

Jeremiah 5:22-23

… THE MAJESTY OF God, as displayed in creation and providence, ought to stir up our hearts in adoring wonder and melt them down in willing obedience to his …

The Tabernacle Opened

… A few of my remarks upon leaving that place may fitly be quoted here: * — “In the providence of God, we, as a church and people, have had to …

The Roaring Lion

1 Peter 5:8

… Satan has his providences as if to counterfeit the Providence of God. At least he knows how to use God's Providence to serve his own ends. One …

Psalm 74

Psalm 74

… The Lord's portion is his people—will he lose his inheritance? His church is his kingdom, over which he stretches the rod of sovereignty; will he allow …

A Memorable Interview

John 20:27

… obey His Sovereign Will—as you see the Man whose head was once crowned with thorns, from the highest seat that Heaven affords claiming Eternal Sovereignty, bow your …

Multitudinous Thoughts And Sacred Comforts

Psalm 94:19

… You cannot see the clue of Providence. You are lost as in a maze. Indeed, at this moment you are much dispirited for you have tried various ways …

Psalm 145

Psalm 145

… Neither this age, nor the age to come, nor ages of ages shall cause his sovereignty to fail. Herein is rest for faith. "The Lord sitteth King for …

The Hungry Filled, the Rich Emptied

Luke 1:53

… Divine Providence is like a wheel and as the wheel revolves, that spoke which was highest becomes the lowest, and that which was lowest is elevated to the …

The Double Drawing Near

James 4:8

… You need not entertain any fear that you will be an intruder when, in the exercise of His gracious Sovereignty, He says to you, "Come, come, come!" Surely …

A Boundless Benediction

Genesis 49:25

… And, next, this is the secret of Divine Providence. You cannot see the deep that lies under, but you can perceive what is God's design in Providence …

Christ's Universal Kingdom and How It Comes

Psalms 2:8

… Hear Him as He proclaims My decree and asserts His filial sovereignty." God is always beforehand with His adversaries—they find their scheming frustrated and their craft baffled …

Sad Fasts Changed To Glad Feasts

Zechariah 8:19

… Still, all of us did not always like to hear about God's electing love and absolute Sovereignty—about the special redemption of Christ for His peo-ple …

Psalm 78

Psalm 78

… Besides, such forgetting and sleep of providence, as it is such, bespeaks the beauty of providence in the way of bringing things to pass. It is so far …

Must He?

Luke 19:5

… Next, I think it was a necessity of His Sovereignty. ' 'I must stay at your house." Here were scribes, Pharisees and all sorts of people around Him who …

Daniel Facing the Lions' Den

Daniel 6:10

… In the higher sovereignty of the King of kings he believes; and to the edicts of his everlasting kingdom he yields fearless and unqualified obedience. The sequel shows …

"Two Immutable Things"

Ezekiel 16:8

… When I remember what a den of unclean beasts and birds my heart was, how strong was my unrenewed will and how obstinate and rebellious against the Sovereignty …

The Church of God and the Truth of God

1 Timothy 3:15

… did not deserve it! You believe that God has chosen you in His Sovereignty, entirely irrespective of your character. You must regard yourself as being the last man …

Black Clouds and Bright Blessings

Ecclesiastes 11:3

… This seemed to me an example and an illustration of the Sovereignty of God's dispensations. It is still true in the spiritual as well as the natural …

The Two Effects of the Gospel

2 Corinthians 2:15-16

… it so pleased me; it is not thy fault; I give in my sovereignty where I please; or withhold when I choose; but as for thee, thou hast …

Justification by Grace

… Two thieves hung there with him, that men might see that there was majesty in his misery, and that he could pardon men and show his sovereignty, even …

An Awful Contrast

Matthew 26:67

… and when He comes again, He will come in the power of universal sovereignty as the appointed Judge of all mankind! He will come upon a throne! That …

How "The Unspeakable" is Spoken of

Psalm 145:6

… A licentious god—fancy that! An unrighteous god who could do what he pleased and pleased to do iniquity! What a horror! God in His infinite sovereignty is …

Prayer 16 — He Ever Liveth

… Me, behold Me, to a people that were not a people." Prove the sovereignty of Thy grace, the priority of Thy power, which runs before the will of …

The Power of Christ's Presence

John 21:7

… We have to fall back upon the Sovereignty of God and say, "God wills it and, therefore, it is." He will have us know that Sovereignty is His …

Opening Services

… SPURGEON gave out the third hymn, which had been composed expressly for the occasion — "Sing to the Lord with heart and voice, You children of His Sovereign voice …

The Church of Christ

Ezekiel 34:26

… First, here is sovereign mercy. Listen to these words; “I will give them the shower in its season.” Is it not sovereign, divine mercy; for who can say …

The Royal Savior

Acts 5:31

… government into My hand and wear upon My head the crown of Universal Sovereignty." But we do read that He said to them, "I have a baptism to …

'Grace and Glory'

Psalm 84:11

… Grace is a most Sovereign thing. God has the right to give it where He pleases and He takes care that the Sovereignty shall be seen. Some of …

The Lord's Own Salvation

Hosea 1:7

… Having made that observation, I would make another, namely, that the Lord makes distinctions among guilty men according to the Sovereignty of His Grace. "I will no more …

A Clear Understanding

Matthew 13:51

… The infinite mercy of God can do what it will, but seldom does God's Sovereignty light on these shallow professors who are eaten up with conceit. Oh …

Storming the Battlements

Jeremiah 5:10

… Why preach distinguishing grace? Why divine sovereignty? Why election? why perseverance? why effectual calling? These are calculated to offend the people, they cannot endure such truths.” If you …

Rejoice Evermore

1 Thessalonians 5:16

… It consists in the great cheerfulness of the new-born disposition—a full conviction that whatever God does is right—a sweet agreement with the Providence of God …

The Whole-Heartedness of God in Blessing His People

Jeremiah 32:41

… Behold, what God has done for His people! He has given them His all—all the wisdom of His Providence shall be theirs while here and all the …

God's Overtaking Mercy

Genesis 16:8

… God displays His Sovereignty in saving souls, both in the souls whom He chooses to save, in the instrumentality He uses in calling them, and in the conditions …

The Tenderness of God's Comfort

Isaiah 66:13

… Although favored by God, elected by His Sovereignty and called by His Divine Grace into a peculiar state of acceptance, they are still in the body and they …

Good Cheer for the Needy

Psalm 9:18

… Possibly some of you think that you have been forgotten in the arrangements of Providence. Listen, troubled one. If you can only wait with patience and stand still …

Confirming the Witness of Christ

1 Corinthians 1:6

… is only just in the common course of Providence." "Common course ofprovidence?"It is a blessed course of Providence! If you had been in my position, you would …

Psalm 24

Psalm 24

… The term "world" indicates the habitable regions, wherein Jehovah is especially to be acknowledged as Sovereign. He who rules the fish of the sea and the fowl of …