Suffering & Affliction

Communion With Christ And His People

… Certain of us have had large fellowship with the Lord Jesus in affliction. “Jesus wept”: He lost a friend, and so have we. Jesus grieved over the hardness …

God-Guided Men

Galatians 1:16

… There was the One who would enable the disciples to meet every trial— that other Comforter [See Sermons #4, Volume 1—THE PERSONALITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT; #5 …

Christ and His Table Companions

Luke 22:14

… And in all times of trial, depression and temptation, I will be at your right hand and you shall not be moved—and to the very last you …

Psalm 101

Psalm 101

… God intermixeth mercy with affliction: he steeps his sword of justice in the oil of mercy; there was no night so dark, but Israel had a pillar of …

Rejoice Always

… a man up, and make him happy even in times of the deepest affliction. It is the boast of the gospel that it lifts the heart above trouble …

A Precious Promise for a Pure People

Isaiah 33:17

… Have we not by faith seen our King in His robes of mourning? Have we not seen Jesus in the sorrowful weeds of affliction and humiliation while here …

Burden-bearing

Galatians 6:2

… When I am suffering very greatly from gout, if anybody walks heavily and noisily across the room, it gives me pain. Well, then, what do you think happens …

Loyal to the Core

2 Samuel 15:21

… He will make all our bed in our sickness; He will make our dying pillow soft, and our soul shall vanish, kissed away by His dear lips, and …

The Royal Prerogative

Psalm 68:20

… If any of you, dear Friends, have been brought near to the gates of death; if you have been laid low by wearisome sickness; if your heart has …

The Three Witnesses

1 John 5:8

… The blood must now with the water, the suffering with the serving. The most pious example would not have proved him to be the divine Shepherd, if he …

The Alter

Matthew 23:19

… Talk not of Christian example or of Christian holy teaching—these things are but secondary—you must know Jesus Christ as suffering and pouring out His soul unto …

Eyes Opened

Genesis 21:19

… If He is close to His people every day and in all their affliction is afflicted, we ought to perceive Him. Oh, what poor vision is this, that …

Paul—His Cloak And His Books

2 Timothy 4:13

… Brethren, was Paul right in all this? Were his sacrifices reasonable? Was the object which he contemplated worthy of all this suffering and self-denial? Was he carried …

Household Sin and Sorrow

… You keep to them. "But, perhaps, that might involve a great deal of suffering to myself." "He that cannot take up his cross and follow Christ is not …

Two Loving Invitations

John 1:39

… And I think that we are suffering in the Church from the same sort of maladies. You never hear of anyone who is too zealous, too rash in …

Leaning On Our Beloved

Solomon 8:5

… Who would not suffer when Jesus makes the bed of our sickness and props us up and gives us tokens of His love? This is the Divine method …

Proving God

Malachi 3:10

… We acknowledge such morality among men, but we act not so towards God—we believe any liar sooner than we believe Him! When we are in trial and …

What Had Become of Peter?

Acts 12:18

… It is a great blessing to enjoy health, but it is also a great blessing to suffer sickness, for it is often the means of awakening the slumbering …

Christ Our Peace

Ephesians 2:14

… Man had so offended the Divine Law that punishment was inevitable! Jesus Christ came in and bore "the chastisement of our peace," suffering an equivalent for what His …

'The Old Testament 'Prodigal'

2 Chronicles 33:12

… SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers …

Sept. 11 — SUFFERERS MAKE STRONG BELIEVERS

Lam. 3:27

… The yoke of affliction, disappointment, and excessive labor is by no means to be sought for; but when the Lord lays it on us in our youth it …

Messages to Sinners and Saints

Isaiah 30:15

… Be calm and quiet, for all will yet be well with you if you are the Lord's children! Perhaps your trial takes the form of personal sickness …

Aug. 20 — DELIVERANCE NOT LIMITED

Job 5:19

… New songs are rung out upon the anvil by the hammer of affliction, till we see in the spiritual world the anti-type of "the Harmonious Blacksmith." Our …

The Evil and Its Remedy

Ezekiel 9:9

… My hearer, hast thou ever felt this doctrine to be true—“my sin is exceeding great?” Sickness is a terrible thing, more especially when it is accompanied with …

Sept. 21 — LET TRIALS BLESS

Rom. 5:3

… Oh, for grace to let my trials bless me! Why should I wish to stay their gracious operation? Lord, I ask thee to remove my affliction, but I …

Jan. 11 — FAITH SEES THE BOW

Gen. 9:14

… Faith always sees the bow of covenant promise whenever sense sees the cloud of affliction. God has a bow with which He might shoot out His arrows of …

Buying the Truth

Proverbs 23:23

… Bring everything that is propounded as the Truth of God to the test, to the trial. If it will not stand the fire of God's Word, then …

Unconditional Surrender

James 4:7

… Though no trial for the present is joyous, but grievous, yet ought we to resign ourselves to it because of its after results. Even the beasts of the …

Members Of Christ

Ephesians 5:30

… It is written concerning His people that, "In all their affliction He was afflicted." In all your sorrows, child of God, your heavenly Head feels the pain! There …

A Caution to the Presumptuous

… or, if not wealth, let him enjoy continued health; let him know no sickness; allow him with braced nerve and brilliant eye, to march through the world, and …

With the Disciples on the Lake of Galilee

Matthew 8:27

… Her being upon a sea shows her to be here below, subject to trial, suffering, labor and peril. I scarcely know of any more apt picture of a …

A Free Grace Promise

Joel 2:32

… Dear friends, I speak to some whom I know to be now present, who are under severe trial. You dare not look up. You seem to be given …

The Oil of Gladness

Psalm 45:7

… For him to lay his hand upon the sick was to raise them from their beds of sickness, and deliver them from pain and disease. His touch was …

Christ in Bonds

John 18:24

… We may be quite certain that although, in His long-suffering, He may patiently wait a while before punishing iniquity, yet His hands are not bound and He …

Psalm 140

Psalm 140

… Whoever else may be silent, the righteous will give thanks; and whatever they may suffer, the matter will end ill their living through the trial, and magnifying the …

Happiness—the Privilege and Duty of Christians

Deuteronomy 33:29

… We have been laid low by sickness, but it has worked our spiritual health. We have experienced losses, but we have been enriched by them in the highest …

Hold Fast Your Shield

Hebrews 10:35

… If you are real Christians, you will have to endure the trial of cruel mockeries. In some cases family ties are the source of far greater sorrow than …

Knowing and Doing

John 13:17

… Choosingra-ther to suffer affliction with thepeople of God than to enjoy thepleasures of sin for a season. Here is the choiceof faith— 26. Esteeming the reproach of …

Psalm 106

Psalm 106

… The afflictions of God's people are for the trial of their faith. 2. The trial of their faith is to bring them from dependence upon circumstances to …

Fearful Of Coming Short

Hebrews 4:1

… We must believe in His assured Deity and rejoice in the merit which that Deity imparted to His suffering. We must believe in Christ as a Substitute for …