Suffering & Affliction

Cheering Words and Solemn Warnings

Isaiah 3:10

… Well in affliction's thorny maze, Or on the mount with God." "Say you to the righteous, that it shall be well with them," from the beginning of …

The House of Mourning and The House of Feasting

Ecclesiastes 7:2

… I say that some of you may be suffering the loss of your friends and may be saying, "No others have suffered as we have." Say not so …

The Church Encouraged and Exhorted

Isaiah 43:6

… Many are brought to God by the loss of infants, by their own sickness, or by falling into poverty, who, speaking after the manner of men, would never …

The Kingly Priesthood of the Saints

Revelation 5:10

… There was a stipulation in that covenant that the Mediator should become incarnate should live a suffering life, and at last endure a death of ignominy; and it …

A Gospel Sermon To Outsiders

Mark 10:49

… It is inevitable in the universe that where there is evil, there should be suffering. If not in this life, yet in another life, which will shortly succeed …

An Anxious Enquiry for a Beloved Son

2 Samuel 18:29

… It is then to many parents that the time of severe trial begins, and, doubtless, many a grey head has been brought with sorrow to the grave by …

Consolation in Christ

Philippians 2:1

… you in your nature—that he has suffered all that you are now suffering—that your pathway has been aforetime trodden by his sacred foot—that the cup …

A Sweet Silver Bell Ringing in Each Believer's Heart

Micah 7:7

… We do not weep over the mud which bespatters the gold-digger when he finds his nugget, neither will we fret over the affliction which makes God to …

The Day of Atonement

Leviticus 16:34

… He who needed not to have died, the Perfect One, voluntarily offered Himself up as the Victim to Justice, suffering in His own Person, so as to compensate …

"The Sure Mercies of David"

Acts 13:34

… The medicine for your sickness is already compounded! The clothing for your nakedness is already made! All that you need between here and Heaven is stored up in …

The Secret Spot

Deuteronomy 32:5

… to be a saint! Let me ask the physician whether a sense of sickness proves a man to be cured. Let me ask a drowning man whether a …

The Road to Honor

1 Samuel 2:30

… Now, honor God and be bravely poor rather than be shamefully rich! "Get you behind me, Satan," must be ready in the trial hour. You have an opportunity …

The First, Last—And the Last, First

Matthew 19:30

… I am sure that when I have been shut out from the pulpit by sickness, I have thought it a great Grace from God to be permitted to …

Individuality, and Its Opposite

… If you are smitten with sickness, and lie hour after hour tossing upon your bed in the silent watches of the night, if you have a little respite …

Holiness Demanded

Hebrews 12:14

… I do not stay away because of any law, for it is no trial to me, but I should be unhappy to go there." Surely the fish, were …

Folly of Unbelief

Luke 24:25

… a little, you will suffer no shipwreck because of sin, but much sea-sickness because of folly. So much concerning unbelieving sadness as folly. In the second place …

Self Low, But Christ High

Matthew 8:8

… He watched carefully over the sickness of his young servant and was earnest that he might be healed. He was a tender master as well as a liberal …

The Blessed Guest Detained

Luke 24:28

… I mention this that we may be wise in the hour of trial. Now, had they parted company, the act would have been most blameworthy on their part …

A Bundle of Myrrh

Solomon 1:13

… Oh! there is indeed a heavenliness about suffering for Jesus. His cross hath such a majesty and mystery of delight in it, that the more heavy it becometh …

Israel's Cry and God's Answer

… I have seen, I have seen the affliction of My people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them …

The Incarnation and Birth of Christ

Micah 5:2

… He did not come to see Jacob till he was in affliction; he did not visit Joshua before he was about to be engaged in a righteous war …

"God, and Not Man"—What Does It Mean?

Hosea 11:9

… And this goodness, forbearance and long-suffering of God should lead us to repentance. We may not continue in sin because God's Grace abounds, but His abounding …

Prompt Obedience

Psalm 18:44

… You have sometimes visited a neighbor in time of sickness and have dropped a word in season for Christ, and you did well, for that kindly action was …

God Glorified By Children's Mouths

… Think of the men and women who have glorified God on beds of sickness, bearing their pains with patience and blessing God all the while. Think of the …

Christ and His Co-workers

Mark 16:20

… And something they thought of on the road, or some sickness they have had, or a death bed scene they have witnessed, or some movement of conscience awakened …

Confession Of Sin Illustrated by the Cases of Dr. Pritchard and Constance Kent

Psalm 32:5

… This is not the emotion of a mind rendered morbid by sickness, but these are the genuine workings of God the Holy Ghost in the soul, bringing the …

Knowing the Lord Through Pardoned Sin

Jeremiah 31:34

… And when he was in affliction he besought the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers and prayed unto Him: and He …

The Greatest Exhibition of the Age

1 Corinthians 11:26

… Woe unto you, O Grain, you are ground into the finest flour! But it has not finished its history of suffering yet. When well ground and separated from …

"The King Can Do No Wrong"

2 Samuel 3:36

… Well when they see His face, Or sink amidst the flood; Well in affliction's thorny maze, Or on the mount with God! 'Tis well when they can …

The Sealed Hand—a Winter Sermon

Job 37:7

… The man who will not think of God if he can help it, while he is busy in the world, is, by sickness blessed with time for consideration …

The Cedars Of Lebanon

Psalm 104:16

… Where terrific thunderbolts from God's right hand, the thunderbolts of desertion and stern affliction all come against him. He has no shelter, no protection, except this—that …

The Roaring Lion

1 Peter 5:8

… to Holy Scripture the best teacher for a minister was temptation—he put affliction next—but temptation he kept first in his view. When we have been tempted …

The Evidence of Our Lord's Wounds

John 20:27

… O Lord Jesus, what are those wounds in thy side, and in thy hands? He answers, "These I endured when suffering for thee. How can I forget thee …

Redemption By Price

1 Corinthians 6:19

… We believe that Jesus did actually redeem His people by a Ransom, which Ransom was His suffering and death in their place, by which the justice of God …

Evening, December 31

Je 8:20

… perseveringly and with the utmost affection—what more can be done for you? Affliction and prosperity have alike failed to impress you; tears and prayers and sermons have …

The Preservation of Christians in the World

John 17:15

… Fear not affliction, fear not persecution—rather, rejoice, and be exceedingly glad if that should be your lot, for great is your reward in Heaven! But, I charge …

The Search after Happiness

Psalm 4:6

… The approving glance of a wise man will give us courage in trial. But the looks of God, the smiles of our Father who is in Heaven—these …

The Bible Tried and Proved

Psalm 12:6

… Here begins another trial. When you have a man fairly broken down he has but come part of the way. A new difficulty arises. Will the Words of …

Hopeful, Yet Doubtful

Matthew 8:19

… But is not Jesus worth it all? Say, is Jesus worth our going to prison, or worth our suffering the rack, or worth our being burnt at the …

The One and the Many

Romans 5:16

… From the beginning He has been "the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression …