Suffering & Affliction

Death and Its Sentence Abolished

Colossians 2:13

… of Christ's Divine Person, the suffering which He endured upon the Cross was accepted as an equivalent for all that suffering which we deserved to endure forever …

The Meat and Drink of the New Nature

John 6:55

… But this is not all—the food to be fed upon is not merely God Incarnate, but Christ suffering. Notice that He puts it, "My flesh is meat …

The Sprinkling of the Blood of the Sacrifice

Leviticus 4:6

… In this text we understand that the Lord Jesus offered unto the justice of God an absolutely complete and satisfactory Atonement by His vicarious suffering and death for …

Divine Forgiveness Admired and Imitated

Colossians 3:13

… The Lord has been greatly long-suffering with ourselves when a breath might have destroyed us. We might easily have been destroyed in accidents which befell us, or …

The Conversion of Saul of Tarsus

Acts 26:14

… He will have to endure a greater baptism of suffering than that, and he will not be cowed by the first shower of your poor, pitiful, malicious folly …

'The Zeal of the Lord'

Isaiah 9:7

… Can you behold Jesus, smarting, suffering, bleeding, dying—and can you imagine God looking on, a regular spectator? Oh, no! If we may suppose Him to be capable …

Sheep Among Wolves

Matthew 10:16

… street that men may go over us, by this endurance we conquer! In suffering we are invincible and in this sign we conquer—the cross of self-denial …

"Am I A Sea, Or A Whale?"

Job 7:12

… He was beaten black and blue and, whereas, other culprits had 40 stripes save one, he had 50 stripes save none! He was spared no suffering and, he …

Christ in You

Colossians 1:27

… man, he who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death is the day crowned with glory and honor, and made to have …

Shut In Or Shut Out

Genesis 7:16

… Mercy's gate was shut! The time of long-suffering had come to a close. Brothers and Sisters, the Church of God stands, at the present moment, in …

The Search For Faith

Luke 18:8

… I know not how long this dispensation of long-suffering will last, but certainly the longer it continues, the more wantonly wicked does unbelief become! The more God …

Something Worth Seeking

Matthew 6:33

… And so let us, in our measure, be always ready to say, "Arise, let us go hence," to service or to suffering, since our Savior leads the way.

The Saint One With His Savior

1 Corinthians 6:17

… We cannot understand them all, but to our utmost we desire to promote them by suffering or by service. Our prayer is, "Lord, show me what You would …

Salvation By Works, A Criminal Doctrine

Galatians 2:21

… Your almsgivings, your prayers, your tears, your suffering persecution, your gifts to the Church, your earnest work in the Sunday school or elsewhere—did you ever think of …

Comfort To Seekers From What The Lord Has Not Said

Isaiah 45:19

… Bring a suffering Savior before a gracious God—point to the wounds of Jesus, and say, "O God! Though my heart is hard as a millstone, Christ's …

Forgiveness Made Easy

Ephesians 4:82

… that he hath done in his personal suffering and death. He must obey the law: that he has done to the utmost. And now Christ Jesus, having borne …

The Free-agency of Christ

Mark 8:22-26

… I was made perfect through suffering and you must have fellowship with Me in this respect if you are to become like I." We had marked out quite …

Under Constraint

2 Corinthians 5:14

… Christ the Ever-Blessed, to whom no pain, nor suffering, nor shame could come, loved men! O singularity of love! He loves guilty men, yes, loves His enemies …

May I?

Matthew 9:21

… You might, long before this, have been cast into despair! Should not the Lord's long-suffering lead you to repentance and induce you to come to Christ …

God Or Self—Which?

Zechariah 7:5

… Oh, may His long-suffering lead you to repentance for having lived as if there were no God to love and yourself the only thing worth caring for …

A Woman's Memorial

Matthew 26:13

… Jesus asks you, “What have you done for me? In three years,” he says, “I wrought out your redemption; in three years of agony, of toil, of suffering …

Posture, Action, Gesture, Etc.

… As I have, after a fair trial, found it impossible to keep even “posture” and “gesture” in an absolutely unmingled state in my own mind, I have allowed …

Our Motto

Ephesians 6:7

… Labor, though you might rest, when God's Glory demands suffering or labor of you. Have not I set you an example?" "Who, though He was rich, yet …

Psalm 108

Psalm 108

… what faith has to lay hold of now, even in the time of trial, that our blessing and God's glory are one, only we must put his …

The Glory, Unity and Triumph of the Church

John 17:22-3

… What did He seek for Himself? A kingdom? Yes, but a kingdom whose crown was made of thorns—a kingdom of suffering love. What did He live for …

Dr. Rippon’s Prayer and its Answer

… The amount of suffering which this involved, the readers of the story of the Covenanting times in Scotland can readily imagine. For publishing a little book, The Childs …

Light—Natural And Spiritual

Genesis 1:1-5

… as the great Substitute for sinners, the Surety of the new Covenant, and suffering in your place. You know Him not unless the mysterious light has led you …

Seeing Is Not Believing, But Believing Is Seeing

1 Peter 1:8

… And as our soul sees Him, first as an Infant of a span long, and then suffering all our infirmities and tempted in all points like as we …

Psalm 104

Psalm 104

… If sinners were not altogether insensible a glance of the Lord's eye would make them tremble, and the touches of his hand in affliction would set their …

The Soul Winner

… These people do not get a true healing because they do not know the disease under which they are suffering ; they are never truly clothed because nothing is …

Psalm 36

Psalm 36

… That knowledge or faith which has not God's word for its ground will not stand in the day of trial. Andrew Fuller. Verse 9. In this communion …

Psalm 14

Psalm 14

… whereof we do find examples everywhere in the Psalms of David; so that affliction is as it were the sauce of prayer, as hunger is unto meat. Truly …

Our Manifesto

Galatians 1:11

… as to our call to the ministry, we may count it a fiery trial—but we shall not conclude that a strange thing has happened to us. There …

Bands of Love; or, Union to Christ

… The palms of My hands whilst I look on I see The wounds I received when suffering for thee.” He exercises towards her all the affectionate offices of …

The New Year's Guest

Matthew 25:35

… And so do we, for we were once captives, ourselves, and even now our choicest Friend is still a stranger, for whose sake we love all suffering men …

Wheat in the Barn

… out of glory? Would you detain your dear wife here with all her suffering? Would you hold back your husband from the crown immortal? Could you wish your …

The Hunger-Bite

Job 18:12

… when a Christian is in trouble, we are to judge that he is suffering for his sin! It would be both cruel and wicked for us to think …

Thy Redeemer

Isaiah 41:14

… Thou sayest, “But I shall still rebel, I shall still turn aside.” “I will help thee,” to show forth my long suffering: let it be known, “I will …

Mr. Evil-Questioning Tried and Executed

2 Kings 5:12

… I wish therefore to bring him up again to trial, and we will see if we cannot bring some charges against him; we will empanel an honest jury …

The Guilt and the Cleansing

Psalm 51:7

… Why should He require the shedding of blood and the endurance of great suffering?" Sinner, if you had a right sense of sin you would never ask such …