Salvation

Hearken and Look; or, Encouragement for Believers

Isaiah 51:2-3

… See how one Joseph saved whole nations from famine, and one Moses brought out a race from bondage. Who was there to keep Israel right when Moses fell …

Wheat in the Barn

… Even so, mark you, the saved and the unsaved may live together here, but they must not live together in another world. The command is absolute: “Gather the …

The Sciences as Sources of Illustration

… What a certain individual only meant to be trifling with divine things, God has overruled for his soul’s salvation. He stepped in to hear a sermon as …

The Principal Wheat

… all these are the flavoring of life, but to be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation is life itself. Jesus Christ is the bread by which …

“A New Departure”

… Wherever we go, we preach Christ crucified, and His word of solemn proclamation, “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.” The enquirer turned, and said to …

Psalm 96

Psalm 96

… Let those do this who know for themselves what his salvation means; they can bear witness that there is salvation in none other, and that in him salvation …

Psalm 100

Psalm 100

… Not we is added, because any share, on the part of the church, in effecting the salvation bestowed upon her, would weaken the testimony which this bears to …

Early Criticisms and Slanders

… That, as he speaks some truth, convictions will in some cases take place under his ministry; such will go into real concern for their salvation; and will, after …

Lecture V: The Sciences As Sources Of Illustration.

… What a certain individual only meant to be trifling with divine things, God has overruled for his soul's salvation. He stepped in to hear a sermon as …

Father’s Furlough, and how I Shared it

… Godly parents should be encouraged by our experience to pray for and expect the salvation of their offspring.— C. H. S., in "Notes" in " The Sword and the …

Psalm 9

Psalm 9

… Just as our hymn puts it:— "O the length and breadth of love! Jesus, Saviour, can it be? All thy mercy's height I prove, All the depth …

Mr. Spurgeon as a Literary Man

… He is presenting the same great Saviour to lost sinners, with what might seem slavish fidelity to the spirit and even to the letter of the written Word …

The Judgment Upon Zacharias

Luke 1:20

… If a good man, a saved man, a noble and a blameless man was nevertheless for months struck dumb for unbelief, what will become of you who have …

Alas! I Can Do Nothing!

… any other wonderful works, yet you are saved. It is not great faith, but true faith, that saves; and the salvation lies not in the faith, but in …

Meeting in the Unfinished Tabernacle

… I am sure they think vastly more of her than of our Lord Jesus Christ ; 'for, though we saw many crucifixes, and many representations of the Saviour, yet …

“Westwood”

… soul who knows and loves God, and who lives and communes with his Saviour." A visitor at " Westwood," who professed to have come from the United States, was …

Joy in Salvation

Psalm 9:4

… All on earth who are saved, and all in heaven who are saved, will ascribe their salvation entirely to the ever blessed God, and join with Jonah, who …

Spiritual Gleaning

… Grow in grace and in the knowledge of your Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Everything taught in the word of God is meant to be the subject of …

The Absent Pastor’s Care for his Flock

… You who are saved, be sure to wrestle with God for the salvation of other young people, and try to make our new meeting a great means of …

To Workers with Slender Apparatus

… I have been baffled by a poor lad while trying to bring him to the Saviour; I thought I had him fast, but he has eluded me again …

The Pastors’ College, 1861-1878

… I believe, however, that souls were saved. It was then that I met and talked long with our dear Mr. Gracey, who was greatly exercised in mind concerning …

Loyal to the Core

2 Samuel 15:21

… Will our Lord Jesus Christ accept at our hands tonight such a consecrating word? If we are trusting in Him for salvation will He permit us to say …

Sin Slain

Judges 4:22

… Nay, such a tyranny that even they have been scarcely saved; and they, when saved, have had to look back and remember the dreadful slavery in which they …

Psalm 31

Psalm 31

… All David's youthful prowess was now gone from remembrance; he had been the saviour of his country, but his services were buried in oblivion. Men soon forget …

Psalm 19

Psalm 19

… The gospel is a complete scheme or law of gracious salvation, presenting to the needy sinner everything that his terrible necessities can possibly demand. There are no redundancies …

Psalm 18

Psalm 18

… They love salvation, but they care not for a Saviour. Now that which faith pitcheth most upon is God himself; he shall be my salvation, let me have …

Psalm 53

Psalm 53

… There will come a Saviour, a great salvation, a salvation from sin. O that it might be hastened! for it will bring in glorious and joyful times. There …

Psalm 109

Psalm 109

… As thy mercy is, so let thy salvation be. The measure is a great one, for the mercy of God is without bound. When man has no mercy …

The Stony Heart Removed

Ezekiel 36:26

… Well, friend, if though hast not this hard heart, why is it thou art not saved? I remember an anecdote of Dr. Gill which hits this nail on …

Psalm 68

Psalm 68

… is light, therefore blessed be the Saviour's name for evermore. All hail! thou thrice blessed Prince of Peace! All thy saved ones adore thee, and call thee …

A Double Silver Wedding

… Had we to speak of politics or philosophy, we should have run dry long ago ; but when we have to preach the Saviour's everlasting love, the theme …

Frost and Thaw

… Persecuting Saul became loving Paul, and why should not that person be saved of whose case you almost despair? Your husband may have many points which make his …

Psalm 38

Psalm 38

… O Lord my salvation. Not my Saviour only, but my salvation. He who has the Lord on his side has salvation in present possession. Faith foresees the blessed …

The Ploughman

… Seventy years old, and yet unregenerated! Ah, my friend, you will have but little time in which to serve your Saviour before you go to heaven. But will …

Fear Not

Isaiah 41:14

… A young man, deeply impressed under the ministry, has been led to feel the weight of sin; he trusts also he has been led to look for salvation …

Psalm 97

Psalm 97

… they have been saved and shall be saved. God keeps those who keep his law. Those who love the Lord shall see his love manifested to them in …

A New School of the Prophets

… What a dear Saviour you have found.' I would like to find scores of preachers among you. 'Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets!' There …

Lecture I: Illustrations In Preaching.

… Our Saviour, who is the light of the world, took care to fill his speech with similitudes, so that the common people heard him gladly; his example stamps …

Psalm 35

Psalm 35

… granted to us all the privileges of salvation. A universal si quis; "Whosoever believes, and is baptised, shall be saved." 5. He may speak by his ministers, to …

Psalm 137

Psalm 137

… When Aeneas would have saved Anchises' life, saith he, "Far be it from me that I should desire to live when Troy is buried in its ruins." There …