Salvation

An Earnest Invitation

Psalm 2:12

… this is an open salvation. Every soul in the world that feels its need of a Saviour, and that longs to be saved, may come to Christ. It …

The Personality of the Holy Ghost

John 14:16-17

… first, concerning the true and proper personality of the Holy Ghost; secondly, concerning the united agency of the glorious Three Persons in the work of our salvation; thirdly …

Psalm 91

Psalm 91

… The evils from which he is saved; the blessings in hand, and the blessings in hope; the salvation in time, and the salvation through eternity, which can and …

God, the All-Seeing One

Proverbs 15:11

… Have done with sin, and care, and woe, And with their Saviour rest.” But the best of the saints can tell us nothing more than this. They are …

The Best of Masters

John 14:27

… You will find through several chapters wherein our Saviour is addressing his disciples, he continually contrasts himself, his gifts, and his love, with those of the world. He …

The Need of Decision for the Truth

… uncertain sound as to the glorious truth that salvation is all of grace. If ever we ourselves are saved, we know that sovereign grace alone has done it …

The Preacher’s Power, and the Conditions of Obtaining It

… Unless you have but one eye, and that one eye sees Christ and His glory in the salvation of men, God will not use you. The man whose …

Mr. Fearing Comforted

Matthew 14:31

… What is yon howling blast? Why, he has saved thee when the wind was howling worse than that. He that helped thee in six troubles will not forsake …

Memories of my Father (Continued)

… Have we not, since then, often rejoiced as we have seen them useful in the service of the Saviour? It was an exquisite pleasure to hear them speak …

David's Dying Prayer

Psalm 72:10

… We do not ask merely for household conversion, but for the individual salvation of every being existing. “Let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and …

Providence

Matthew 10:30

… all enlightened, and if saved, we cannot avoid confessing that salvation is of the Lord alone. The very way in which we are saved, and the effect of …

Free Will—A Slave

John 5:40

… I walk at large, The Saviour’s blood’s my full discharge, At his dear feet content I lay, A sinner saved, and homage pay.” Brethren, we have …

Paul's First Prayer

Acts 9:11

… Our text is prefaced with “Behold,” for doubtless, our Saviour himself regarded it with joy. Once only do we read of a smile resting upon the countenance of …

Psalm 131

Psalm 131

… Thus "it is good to hope, and quietly to wait for the salvation of the Lord."— Matthew Henry. Verse 3. Let Israel hope in the LORD. etc. Remember …

The Fainting Warrior

Romans 7:24

… We are told in Scripture that our Saviour was “tempted in all points like as we are;” and yet we fall into the egregious error of imagining that …

Search the Scriptures

Isaiah 8:20

… No doubt that man may be blessed for your salvation; but there may he a curse upon his ministry notwithstanding; so that while you may be saved by …

The Carnal Mind Enmity Against God

Romans 8:7

… can we hope to be saved by works! Oh! no; but the whole Bible tells us, from beginning to end, that salvation is not by the works of …

Psalm 27

Psalm 27

… The relation of illumination to salvation, or the need of light if men would be saved. Verse 1. The Christian hero, and the secret springs of his courage …

The Mysteries of the Brazen Serpent

John 3:14

… And yet strange to say, to look at the brazen serpent saved them. “Now,” says the infidel, “I cannot see how men are to be saved from sin …

Indwelling Sin

Job 40:3-4

… Oh! may the Holy Spirit give thee faith that thou mayest be saved now, for then thou wilt be saved for ever! may God add his blessing to …

Compassion for Souls

Genesis 21:16

… Paul becomes a saviour of many because his heart’s desire and prayer to God is that they may be saved. If you can live without souls being …

Christ About His Father’s Business

Luke 2:49

… and is baptized, shall be saved; he that believeth not, shall be damned.” Faith in Christ is the only way of salvation. Ye who know your guilt cast …

Instability

Genesis 49:4

… had anything to do with the Saviour? Then insomuch as he despised my Son, and despised his cross, and rejected his salvation, let him die the death;” and …

Psalm 120

Psalm 120

… The Jew's conference with our Saviour began with arguments: "We be Abraham's seed, "said they, etc.; but proceeded to blasphemies: "Say we not well that thou …

Chastisement

Hebrews 12:5

… May God put you in the number of his saved family, and then if he chastens you, I ask whether you will not think his rod light when …

Psalm 114

Psalm 114

… Let every man examine himself by this pattern, whether he be truly the servant of Jesus his Saviour, or the vassal of Satan the destroyer. If any man …

Free Grace

Ezekiel 36:32

… The only reason why one man is saved, and not another, lies not, in any sense, in the man saved, but in God’s bosom. The reason why …

The Mediator’The Interpreter

Exodus 20:18-20

… You will feel that you need a sacrifice, a propitiation, a Saviour, a Mediator. Perceive the infinite difference between your nothingness and the divine infinity, and you will …

The Death of the Christian

Job 5:26

… but have afterwards had sad falls, and have dishonoured Christ, though they were saved and brought back at last. We could almost wish that they had died rather …

Preach the Gospel

1 Corinthians 9:16

… But none of those things are the way of salvation. It is nowhere written—“He that attendeth chapel shall be saved,” or, “He that readeth the Bible shall …

The Bible

Hosea 8:12

… he tells you to-night that if you are saved, you must find salvation here. Therefore, despise not the Bible; but search it, read it, and come unto …

Independence of Christianity

Zechariah 4:6

… And even salvation, costly though it was, and infinitely a benefaction to us, had for its first object, and for its grand result, the exaltation of the Being …

God's Will and Man's Will

Romans 9:16

… I say not that he is so saved that he himself may conclude he is, but there is a work begun, which has the germ of salvation in …

Psalm 123

Psalm 123

… Not without cause did our Saviour take his parables from common, everyday things, from fields, vines, trees, marriages, etc., that thus we might have everywhere apt reminders.— Martin …

Sovereignty and Salvation

Isaiah 45:22

… But the second thought is, the means of salvation. It is, ” Look unto me, and be ye saved.” You have often observed, I am sure, that many people …

Awake! Awake!

1 Thessalonians 5:6

… You do not go forth to “Tell to others round, What a dear Saviour you have found.” There is the precious gospel; you do not go and put …

The Necessity of Increased Faith

Luke 17:5

… Faith is the salvation-grace. We are not saved by love; but we are saved by grace, and we are saved by faith. We are not saved by …

Hypocrisy

Luke 12:1

… As our Saviour said, they “made clean the outside of the cup and platter, but within they were full of extortion and excess.” There are many books which …

A Free Grace Promise

Joel 2:32

… Dear friends, while we mingle only with those who are saved, we forget how much need there is still of a divine salvation. If we could go through …

To-morrow

Proverbs 27:1

… I never knew a man who intended to make a fortune by-and-bye, who ever saved sixpence a week now. I never knew a man who had …