Suffering & Affliction

Psalm 132

Psalm 132

… It is observable that affliction led both David and Jacob into covenant dealings with the Lord: many vows are made in anguish of soul. We may also remark …

Mediation of Moses

Exodus 32:14

… was the crucial period in the history of Moses! This was his severest trial, when, alone with God on the mountain's brow, he was called to come …

Lead Us Not Into Temptation

Matthew 6:13

… Neither can we get out of the difficulty by supposing that the word "temptation" does not mean "temptation," but must be restricted to the sense of "trial." Now …

Deacons and Elders; Pastors and Teachers

… covenant mercy may rest upon you and your family in this hour of affliction and sorrow.” The venerable minister was greatly cheered by this token of love from …

'The Time Is Short'

1 Corinthians 7:29

… Count your gold and silver, but know that wealth, greedily as it is sought, will not give you present immunity from sickness and sorrow—neither will it secure …

The Fear of Death

Hebrews 2:14

… The man who has a long sickness previous to his departure must not lay the pain he has to endure at the door of death, for the pain …

"Without Carefulness"

1 Corinthians 7:32

… Our Lord would have us cultivate the feeling that whatever the necessity of the day, whatever the requirement of the day, whatever the trial of the day, we …

Later Services at the Music Hall

… I have had also to pass through severe suffering and trial from the calumny and scorn of man, while abuse hailed pitilessly on my head. And I have …

Separating the Precious From the Vile

Exodus 11:7

… Here are two men in trial, the same trouble has befallen them both; they are partners in business; their money is all gone; the house has gone to …

The Sin of Unbelief

2 Kings 7:19

… He helped me yesterday, and under the shadows of his wings I trust; but perhaps I shall receive no help in the next affliction. He may have cast …

Blessings Manifold and Marvelous

Psalm 18:19

… By the mangled, murdered body of your blessed Lord suffering unto death for you, I do implore you, the servants of God, to lay yourselves as living sacrifices …

The First and the Second

Hebrews 10:9

… and Moses anger 'waxed hot,' and he cast the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mount." In God's great long-suffering, the Commandments …

Where The "If" Lies

Mark 9:23

… If they were bidden to scourge themselves with whips of wire, they could expect some good result from such suffering, but not from mere believing. If they were …

The Whole Band Against Christ

Matthew 27:27

… suffer as the martyrs did, but suppose that you did? The more of suffering, the brighter that ruby crown which would be set upon your head in the …

Order and Argument in Prayer

Job 23:3

… So you and I may take hold at any time upon the justice, the mercy, the faithfulness, the wisdom, the long-suffering, the tenderness of God, and we …

"If There Is No Resurrection"

1 Corinthians 15:12-19

… If He did not rise, your faith rests on what never happened, and is not true! And certainly your faith will not bear that, or any other trial …

A Threefold Slogan

Luke 10:44

… Of course, sin lies at the root of all our suffering as a great generic fact, but not so that we may attribute such an affliction to any …

The Underlying Gospel for the Dying Year

Romans 5:6

… yet forsake you? You say, "O Sir, you do not know what my trial is!" No, I do not, but your heavenly Father does, and if He loved …

Quiet Musing!

Psalm 39:3

… And while we are meditating upon the great and marvelous story of the condescension and the suffering of Jesus, something seems to say within us, "Yes, it is …

Men Bewitched

Galatians 3:1

… Some men want a sound pummeling with affliction to get them to love Christ. And some old professors need a touch of poverty, sometimes, or a little affliction …

Men Chosen—Fallen Angels Rejected

Hebrews 2:16

… Suppose a man made of iron, or of brass; could be told of sickness or of illness: could he understand it? I would not have him for a …

The First Five Disciples

John 1:37-51

… But give Him a trial— " O make but trial of His love! Experience will decide how blest are they and only they, Who in His Truth confide." You …

Religion—a Reality

Deuteronomy 32:47

… They know that at times they can do all things; their heaviest trial is a joy, and their weightiest burden a delight; and that at other times they …

Christ the Seeker and Savior of the Lost

Luke 19:10

… I mean, that many a man in sickness has been brought to hear the message of salvation. Often, losses and crosses have brought men to Jesus' feet. Jesus …

The Lessons of the Foot-washing

John 13:3-5

… When does the Lord give us these refreshments? He often does this after a journey—I mean after a severe trial. When, as pilgrims to Heaven, we have …

The Lord’s Hand behind the Maid’s Mistake

… the mule, which have no understanding, and therefore the bit and bridle of affliction take the place of gentler means, else might that happier method be more often …

To Workers with Slender Apparatus

… We should have practical familiarity with men’s souls; and if we have much of it, the fewness of our books will be a light affliction. “But,” says …

Psalm 15

Psalm 15

… You should support and strengthen their hands against the reproaches of the ungodly world, and not add affliction to the afflicted. O pity the world, and pity the …

The Whole Gospel In A Single Verse

1 Timothy 1:15

… Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all long-suffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe …

Five Divine Declarations

Isaiah 45:24

… Substitution, the vicarious expiatory suffering of Christ in the sinner's stead, they cannot endure! But when the Lord breaks their hearts with the hammer of His Word …

Ruins

2 Chronicles 28:23

… wallowing in the mire." They have said that they cared nothing for pain, sickness, illness—they would not turn unto the Lord—and thus their sins were the …

A New Year's Benediction

Hebrews 13:5

… family that is dearer to the great Father than the child that is suffering shame and contempt from others! He loves them dearest when they suffer reproach for …

Growth in Faith

Luke 17:5

… And suffering saints—men and women who have been in the furnace and have the smell of the fire upon them, who have become like silver purified seven …

A Voice With Four Messages

1 Kings 19:11-13

… It is no alarming sickness that you have had, it is no wonderful dream that has come to you in your sleep, it is no singular Providence that …

Laus Deo

Romans 11:36

… Redemption work was through God alone! Not one soul was ever redeemed by human suffering! No spirit was emancipated by mortal penance. All is through Him. And as …

'Prisoners of Hope'

Zechariah 9:11

… He has restored some of us from the bed of sickness and extreme pain and He is even now healing our spiritual diseases. Sometimes it may be that …

How Repentance Is Given

… The Lord's mercy often rides to the door of our hearts on the black horse of affliction. Jesus uses the whole range of our experience to wean …

The Christian's Great Business

Psalm 51:12-13

… And all these sinners, whether they are suffering or not, are living to the dishonor of God, robbing God of the Glory which is due Him as Creator …

Noah's Eminence

Genesis 7:1

… The same effect is often produced on us—when the flood of affliction is deep, then we begin to rise. Oh, how often have we been lifted up …

Psalm 61

Psalm 61

… It is all over with me, affliction is all over me; it encompasses me as a cloud, it swallows me up like a sea, it shuts me in …