Salvation

Order and Argument in Prayer

Job 23:3

… but we shall be humble yet bold petitioners, humbly importuning mercy through the Saviour’s blood. We shall not have the reserve of a slave but the loving …

Psalm 79

Psalm 79

… Verse 9. "Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name." This is masterly pleading. No argument has such force as this. God's …

The Minister’s Self-Watch

… IT SHOULD BE ONE OF OUR FIRST CARES THAT WE OURSELVES BE SAVED MEN. That a teacher of the gospel should first be a partaker of it is …

True Prayer—True Power!

Mark 11:24

… According to our Saviour’s description of prayer, there should always be some definite objects for which we should plead. He speaks of things— “what things soever ye …

Psalm 108

Psalm 108

… The mercy of God was then great above the heavens, when the God man, Christ Jesus, was raised to the highest heavens, and the truth of our salvation …

Psalm 101

Psalm 101

… When our Lord comes in judgment, this verse will be fulfilled on a large scale; till then he sinks the judge in the Saviour, and bids men leave …

Psalm 149

Psalm 149

… He will beautify the meek with salvation. They are humble, and feel their need of salvation; he is gracious, and bestows it upon them. They lament their deformity …

The New “Helensburgh House,” Nightingale Lane

… Long after he had left Nightingale Lane, he recalled the circumstances; and, in urging his hearers, who had found the Saviour, to seek to bring others to Him …

Psalm 142

Psalm 142

… e) Contrast our care for souls and our Saviour's care for them: Paul's, Luther's, Whitefield's. 3. Remember some things which show that this care …

Psalm 2

Psalm 2

… To a graceless neck the yoke of Christ is intolerable, but to the saved sinner it is easy and light. We may judge ourselves by this, do we …

Psalm 25

Psalm 25

… For thou art the God of my salvation. The Three One Jehovah is the Author and Perfector of salvation to his people. Reader, is he the God of …

Psalm 145

Psalm 145

… He heard Mary Magdalene and saved her. He heard the Canaanitish woman, and saved her daughter. He heard the cry of the two blind men and enlightened them …

Stewards

… That is an extraordinary passage where our Saviour says, “Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when He cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that …

Psalm 83

Psalm 83

… in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me upon a rock." The Saviour could say, "In the shadow of his hand hath …

Pure Fun

… Spurgeon, though sympathising with the efforts of the Salvation Army, never approved of what he called their “playing at soldiers,” so he said, in a tone of gentle …

Psalm 78

Psalm 78

… In them there was no preparedness, or willingness of heart, to entertain the Saviour; neither judgments, nor mercies could bind their affections to their God; they were fickle …

Psalm 86

Psalm 86

… be saved as one who was not holy in the sense of being perfect, but was even yet in need of the very clements of salvation. How sweet …

The Call to the Ministry

… His own personal salvation being secure, he must investigate as to the further matter of his call to office; the first is vital to himself as a Christian …

Psalm 59

Psalm 59

… Christians, as a living witness that they have crucified the true Messiah and Saviour of the world. So that if you see a Jew, think on this word …

Psalm 30

Psalm 30

… The devil and all our spiritual enemies have not been permitted to rejoice over us; for we have been saved from the fowler's snare. Our evil companions …

Psalm 111

Psalm 111

… so astounding a method of salvation. No other work can be compared with it: it honours both the Saviour and the saved, and while it brings glory to …

Building “Our Holy and Beautiful House”

… house shall be built ; and long may the sure and certain message of salvation echo within its walls ! " After several other ministers had addressed the meeting, Mr. Spurgeon …

Psalm 44

Psalm 44

… The passage may be viewed as a beautiful parable of the work of salvation; men are not saved without prayer, repentance, etc., but none of those save a …

Psalm 146

Psalm 146

… we have but one soul, and if it be saved from eternal wrath, it is bound to praise its Saviour. Come heart, mind, thought! Come my whole being …

The “Down-grade” Controversy Foreshadowed

… We can allow a thousand opinions in the world, but that which infringes upon the doctrine of a covenant salvation, through the imputed righteousness of our Lord Jesus …

Psalm 126

Psalm 126

… The saved like them that dream. a) In the strangeness of their experience. b) In the ecstasy of their joy. 2. The saved unlike them that dream. a …

Psalm 49

Psalm 49

… Talk not of your hopes of salvation so long as the marks of damnation are seen upon your flagitious lives. If the way to heaven were thus easy …

Psalm 138

Psalm 138

… The sweet singer rehearses his assurance of salvation, and sings of it in the ears of the Lord, addressing him with this confident language. He will be saved …

Psalm 116

Psalm 116

… This was called a cup of salvation, or deliverance, because they acknowledged by the use thereof that God had saved and delivered them. Almost in a like sense …

Psalm 50

Psalm 50

… And to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God. Holy living is a choice evidence of salvation. He who submits his whole …

Psalm 95

Psalm 95

… saint, but our Saviour: "O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation." Wherewith: with voice, "Let …

Psalm 65

Psalm 65

… By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation. God's memorial is that he hears prayer, and his glory is that he …

John Ploughman's Talk

… The disciples of a patient Saviour should be patient them- selves. Grin and bear it is the old-fashioned advice, but sing and bear it is a great …

Psalm 77

Psalm 77

… There can be no obstructions to promised salvation, which we need to fear. He who is the God of this salvation, and the Author of the promise, will …

Psalm 135

Psalm 135

… May we be saved from such mimicry of divine work lest we also become like our idols. Verse 19. Bless the LORD, O house of Israel. All of …

Psalm 66

Psalm 66

… Our Saviour Christ never expostulated for himself; never said, Why scourge you me? why spit you upon me? why crucify you me? As long as their rage determined …

Psalm 10

Psalm 10

… This is an image of many men's assurance of salvation. James Saurin, 1677-1730. Verse 7. "Under his tongue is mischief and vanity." The striking allusion of …

Psalm 143

Psalm 143

… So will the fainting soul wait and long for the outpouring of his grace, who upon the cross said, "I thirst." We shall thirst for our salvation, even …

Psalm 73

Psalm 73

… He is the strength of all thy comfort and courage, peace and happiness, salvation and glory. Ps 140:7. "O God, the rock of my salvation." In three …

Psalm 17

Psalm 17

… He is the God of salvation; it is his present and perpetual habit to save believers; he puts forth his best and most glorious strength, using his right …