Suffering & Affliction

"Herein Is Love"

1 John 4:10

… Not to punish the guilty was to exact the penalty of suffering from the innocent! Think what an injury and injustice would be inflicted upon all the honest …

A Solemn Embassy

2 Corinthians 5:20

… He has brought you down as the fool in the hundred and seventh Psalm, by affliction and by labour, and you are crying out in anguish, "God be …

A Faithful Friend

Proverbs 18:24

… It was on the bed of sickness that you first learned the value of his name; it was in the hour of mental anguish that you first did …

The Stone Rolled Away

Matthew 28:2

… He discharged the debt of obligation due from us to God on the Cross—He suffered to the full the great substitutionary equivalent for our suffering and then …

The Unbeliever’s Unhappy Condition

John 3:36

… We have heard of persons guilty of murder, whose behavior during the trial has been cool and self-possessed. The coolness with which they pleaded “not guilty” has …

Reigning Grace

Romans 5:21

… There in the prison of conviction, bound in affliction and iron—there sits a miserable wretch. The walls of his dungeon are of solid granite, and the door …

A Sermon for the Time Present

Zephaniah 3:16-18

… It is a, sad affliction when in our solemn assemblies the brilliance of the gospel light is dimmed by error. The clearness of the testimony is spoiled when …

Satanic Hindrances

1 Thessalonians 2:18

… The trial through which Job passed brought out the luster of his matchless endurance in submission and resignation to God! Now, just as the enemy of old waylaid …

One Trophy for Two Exploits

Psalm 18:29

… At another time, they have had a difficult trial, like a wall, and they have been so headstrong that they must try to go through it. Ah, we …

Conceit Rebuked

Job 34:33

… If He wills that we should be poor, we are willing to be poor—and if He wills that we should pass through a sea of trial, we …

Restless! Peaceless!

Isaiah 57:20

… It is a sad disease from which they are suffering—their brain is turned, so deal gently with them. Think as kindly of them as you can and …

Psalm 81

Psalm 81

… Precious things are tested, therefore Israel's loyalty to her King was put to trial, and, alas, it failed lamentably. The God who was adored one day for …

Coming Judgment of the Secrets of Men

Romans 2:16

… By judging is here meant all that concerns the proceedings of trial and award. God will judge the race of men; that is to say, first, there will …

Fruitless Faith

James 2:17

… Shrink not, then, seek not to escape by any wrong means from trial, but go through with it, have perfect endurance of it, that you may be perfect …

The Death of Christ for His People

1 John 3:16

… God cannot die! It is, of course, impossible, from His very Nature, that He could even for a moment cease to exist! God is incapable of suffering. It …

Sept. 14 — MARK OF DIVINE APPROVAL

James 1:12

… Only lovers of the Lord will hold out in the hour of trial; the rest will either sink or sulk, or slink back to the world. Come, my …

Circumcision and Uncircumcision

Galatians 5:6

… you were not fit— and it is a marvel of God's long-suffering mercy that you have not received a curse for having intruded where you were …

Vanity Deprecated

Psalm 119:37

… I lay, as I thought, upon a bed of sickness—the room seemed hushed around me. The ticking of my clock sounded like the ticking of the death …

Holding Fast Our Profession

Hebrews 10:23

… You are not always to be sickly, poor and suffering. This hope sheds its light upon the future and reveals glories brighter than imagination could invent! At times …

The Word of the Cross

1 Corinthians 1:18

… Self-sacrifice is set forth as possessing a high, heroic influence by which we are stimulated to self-salvation, but the Lord's suffering as the Just for …

A Sermon to Ministers and Other Tried Believers

1 Peter 5:7

… How they endured their trial, I cannot tell, save that "they endured, as seeing Him who is invisible." But their necessity became known, it leaked out, they knew …

All of Grace

… Besides, sickness brings upon him naturally a depression of spirits. But you sit by him in his chamber, and you begin to talk to him of the “Sweet …

The Minister's Farewell

Acts 20:26-27

… He must exhort, rebuke, command with all long-suffering. He must ever maintain the fact that the perceptive part of the gospel is as valuable—nay, as invaluable …

Foundation Work

1 Kings 5:17

… Years ago, when I was suffering from gouty rheumatism, a gentleman sought an interview—he was confident that he could cure me almost immediately. He was a marvelously …

The Desire of the Soul in Spiritual Darkness

Isaiah 26:9

… The best of God’s children—I repeat it again for the comfort of those who are suffering depression of spirits—have their nights. Sometimes it is a …

Morning, May 13

Ps 30:5

… It may be all dark now, but it will soon be light; it may be all trial now, but it will soon be all happiness. What matters it …

A Little Sanctuary

Ezekiel 11:16

… But why should we fret unduly under this trial when we perceive that out of opposition to the cause of God occasions arise for the grandest displays of …

Grace For Grace

1 Corinthians 2:12

… The plan of the Cross is to conquer death by death, to remove sin by the endurance of the penalty, to work mightily by suffering terribly and to …

Morning, November 12

1Pe 1:7

Morning, November 12 Go To Evening Reading “The trial of your faith.” 1 Peter 1:7 Faith untried may be true faith, but it is sure to be …

The Sequel to Divine Sovereignty

Psalm 99:1

… Upon you who have been cut down by the sharp scythe of affliction and who have seen your hopes withered before your eyes—Jesus shall come on gently …

The King-Priest

Zechariah 6:13

… For the suffering of death He is crowned with glory and honor. The saints in Heaven sing, "You are worthy to take the Book and to open the …

'Marvelous Loving Kindness'

Psalm 17:7

… That you and I should have been spared to live—even though it were only to exist in direst poverty, or in sorest sickness—that we should have …

Among Lions

Psalm 57:4

… There may be reasons why you should remain under the trial and, if so, take care that you do not overlook them. Prudence may make you avoid persecution …

Strong Consolation for the Lord's Refugees

Hebrews 6:18

… The worst possible trial to a Believer is to have it suggested to him that the Gospel is not true, that pardon through the precious blood is a …

Simeon's Swan Song

Luke 2:29

… A part of his affliction consisted in total blindness from what they call the breaking of the eye-strings. Sitting up, although he could not see me, he …

A Comforting Message for the Closing Year

Psalm 37:7

… I have seen you, Friend, groaning and repining because you had a trifling loss, or a slight sickness. And I have seen another, close to the verge of …

A Special Benediction

… There had come times of trial for everyone, but worst of all were the troubles within the Church. Unawares, evil men had been admitted into membership. The human …

Cheering Words

John 15:9

… THE Savior was about to leave His disciples and this was the hardest trial which they had ever experienced. As there could be no trial to them like …

Evening, July 8

Ps 25:5

… Our faith will be tried faith, and if it be of the true kind, it will bear continued trial without yielding. We shall not grow weary of waiting …

A Message to the Glad and the Sad

Job 22:29

… A recital of our personal experience of God's goodness often helps a poor soul who is in deep trial. Just draw a chair up and sit by …