Suffering & Affliction

"As We Have Heard, So Have We Seen"

Psalm 48:8

… Truth of God for himself and borne witness to the result of his trial. God will never leave His Church. God will never forfeit His Word. God will …

Daniel's Band

Daniel 10:11

… If your trial should be like going into a den of lions, if you are a man greatly beloved of God, you will come out again. No lion …

A Wise Desire

Psalm 47:4

… his mistress? He chose to reject the temptation, but did he choose the trial? Nay, God sent it. Did he choose to be put into the dungeon? No …

Intelligent Obedience

1 Chronicles 28:8

… And, dear Friends, we never neglect a duty without at once suffering for it—whether we perceive the suffering or not, we are losers by the neglect. Oh …

Girding on the Harness

1 Kings 20:11

… it does not wound the first time, he will learn by a little trial where your weak point is! And he will gall you and before he has …

Three Texts, But One Subject— Faith

Psalm 57:1

… If he could once pass through the gate of a City of Refuge, he was sure of a fair trial and could not be put to death by …

The Lamb Our Leader

Revelation 14:4

… The Church of God had undergone a very great trial. There had arisen a cruel and wicked persecuting system, described by John in his vision as a beast …

Humility

Acts 20:19

… an opposed humility, or humility during the service of God which continues under trial; and there is, thirdly, an imposed humility, when the soul, conscious of sin during …

Choice Teaching for the Chosen

John 6:45

… It is not Christ who is on trial—it is they, themselves—and when they rail at Him, they do but prove that the Grace of the Father …

A Psalmist's Question and Answer

Psalm 130:3

… If you believe in Christ, you are justified with a justification that will stand the test of time, the strain of death and the trial of eternity! "He …

Sowing in the Wind, Reaping Under Clouds

Ecclesiastes 11:4

… It is very wise to know the difficulty of your calling, the sorrow which comes with it, the trial which arises out of it, the temptation connected therewith …

The Church—the World's Hope

Acts 27:24

… sneer or, perhaps, with something worse! Well, young Believer, this is a hard trial for you. We do not generally send our lads to battle, but our Master …

Comfort for the Desponding

Job 29:2

… no trial can overcome you: there is a weak brother, he is not half as strong as you are!” Away you go, and scold your weak brother, because …

Joy in Place of Sorrow

John 16:22

… mouths that there now is when they begin to think concerning some future trial, "Oh, it is coming! I know it is coming! I can see that it …

A Warrant for Your Apprehension

Zephaniah 2:5

… a man gives himself up to justice, he has next to stand his trial. If "the Word of the Lord is against you," it is against you in …

Pleading

Psalm 70:5

… in this church, if He means greatly to bless us, may send us trial of pouring on the water once, and twice, and thrice; He may discourage us …

A Solemn Enquiry Concerning Our Families

Genesis 19:12

… She said that her husband would experience a bad trial, but that it would be greatly blessed to him and so it turned out. Our esteemed friend, that …

The Blessings Of Following On

Hosea 6:3

… If we were to expect rain without clouds we should be very great fools! I sometimes think that to expect a shower of blessing without trial is almost …

Introduction

… man, then it grew into the semblance of one who knew sorrow and suffering, and again it changed into the grave and noble features which we remember best …

The King's Sharp Arrows

Psalm 45:5

… s bar to be tried on such grounds, I would not require a trial, but must plead guilty at once, or stand there in silence to hear His …

Infallibility—Where To Find It and How To Use It

Matthew 4:4

… voice is equally powerful when the servant of the Lord is enduring personal trial in the lonely wilderness. The severest struggles of a true Christian are usually unknown …

Life and Pardon

Colossians 2:13

… we are in His temple, free from all danger of future sin and trial, we will forever praise Him who has forgiven us all trespasses. I charge you …

A Worthy Theme for Thought

Psalm 48:9

… sing, so they recorded their past experience to cheer them under their present trial—"We have thought of Your loving kindness, O God. There have been, in days …

The Only Road

John 14:6

… He lived in suffering, as you may. Oh, then, look—the Ladder has its foot in His Humanity and, again, has its top in His Deity! Climb it …

The Commissariat of the Universe

Psalm 104:28

… Do not tell the children that the good are always happy and that the good escape trial, because you will deceive them if you do. "Many are the …

Hosanna!

Matthew 2:19

… the legal inscription, "This is Jesus the King of the Jews." Before His trial and His condemnation, He had put in a public claim to the rights and …

Weak Hands and Feeble Knees

Isaiah 35:8

… but we have come to a place of trial and of extraordinary difficulty, where all speed failed us, and strength did not suffice. Then always on our knees …

Faith Essential to Pleasing God

Hebrews 11:6

… If we are pleasing to God, although we shall not escape trial—for even the highest qualities must be tested—yet we shall find great peace and special …

The Bitterness of the Cross

Zechaariah 12:10

… curses! Then, may not I also be found wanting in the time of trial?" This self-examination is almost necessary to the mellowing of our holy joy. As …

The Beginning of Miracles Which Jesus Did

John 2:11

… He has clear foresight—when the trial comes He will provide—"In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen." Again, their faith was confirmed because He …

A Generous Proposal

Numbers 10:29

… We will pray for you in your trouble, and trial, and anguish. If a Brother's voice can intercede for you when your tongue is dumb with grief …

Love's Law and Life

John 14:15

… have not tested, nor rejoice in love to Christ which has not sustained trial! What an awful thing if you should be deceived and mistaken! It is most …

The One Foundation

1 Corinthians 3:11

… his foundation upon a rock and, therefore, his building survives the rains of trial from above, the floods of persecution from without and the mysterious winds of Satanic …

The Friend of God

Isaiah 41:8

… Friendship is one of the sweetest joys of life! Many spirits might have failed beneath the bitterness of trial if they had not found a friend. No such …

Trembling at the Word of the Lord

Isaiah 66:2

… He that is afraid of falling under trial and cries, "Lead me not into temptation but deliver me from evil"—he shall be kept from sin. But he …

God Has Spoken!— Rejoice!

Psalm 108:7

… preserve you in the hour of temptation, or to deliver you out of trial, or to give you Divine Grace according to your day—that promise is as …

The Wide-open Mouth Filled

Psalm 81:10

… So, if you, while you are young men, have to run the gauntlet of a good deal of trial, difficulty, opposition and failures, you ought to thank God …

A Question for Hard-hearted Hearers

Amos 6:12

… These people have been preached to, taught, instructed, admonished, expostulated with and advised—shall this unrecompensed work be always performed? We have given them a fair trial— what …

Questions Which Ought To Be Asked

Job 35:10-11

… Some of us have been sick’nigh unto death, but we have almost loved our suffering chamber, and scarce wished to come out of it, so bright has …

One Greater Than the Temple

Matthew 12:6

… the temple, will give you an answer of peace in reference to the trial which you leave in his hands. No doubt some went to the temple without …