Suffering & Affliction

The Resurrection Credible

Acts 26:8

… soul and body in Hell." He will cast both of them into a suffering which shall cause perpetually enduring destruction to them—this is terrible, indeed. To slumber …

The Ascension and the Second Advent Practically Considered

Acts 1:10

… His tarrying is not for want of power, but because of the abundance of his long-suffering. The victory is not questionable. All things work for it; all …

Girded for the Work

1 Peter 1:13

… Be ready for suffering, be ready to live, be ready to die. Take for your motto the sailors' cry, "Ready, yes, ready," and say, "Whatever my Lord's …

The Treasure of Grace

Ephesians 1:7

… grace so richly as Paul, “in whom God first showed forth all long-suffering as a pattern to hem which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting …

The Lord And The Leper

Mark 1:40-42

… rely upon God in our nature? You believe in his consecrated life, his suffering death, his resurrection, his ascension, his sitting in power at the right hand of …

Near the Kingdom, or in It?

Mark 12:34

… ready to protect Him, but still more because the appointed time for His suffering and death had not fully come. 13, 14. And they sent unto Him certain …

Our Lord before Herod

Luke 23:8

… two followers of Jesus should not be friends at the sight of the suffering Master! As for those two foxes, Pilate and Herod, they were tied, tail to …

A Loving Entreaty

Isaiah 43:26

… of offenses against His mercy and the forgiveness of provocations against His long-suffering! He invites you to do it and, therefore, He says, "Put me in remembrance …

Christ's Rest and Ours

Isaiah 11:10

… His service and His suffering were both glorious. His death was in the truest sense, glorious, and now, all the rest which has followed upon His consummated service …

Alpha And Omega

Revelation 22:13

… But to this He came, He was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death. But this is not enough. He stoops lower than …

Martha And Mary

Luke 10:38-42

… She had heard Him speak about dying, and had listened to His testimony about suffering, and dimly guessing what it meant, she prepared the precious spikenard that before …

The Silver Trumpet

Isaiah 1:18

… His service, and do despite to His Laws! He is, indeed, a long-suffering God when He speaks to such as these, and says, "Come now, let us …

Three Crosses

Galatians 6:14

… seems to contrast the Glory of the Person with the shame of the suffering, for it is not simply the death of Christ, nor of Jesus, nor of …

Jesus Sitting on the Well

John 4:6

… His journey, sat thus on the well.'" Or, perhaps, your weariness comes of suffering. The pain is very sharp, you get very little rest, it seems to you …

"The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved"

John 21:20

… His own name, "John," means the "gift of God" and he was a precious gift from God the Father to His suffering Son and a great comfort to …

Preparation for the Coming of the Lord

1 John 2:28

… the tree of the family of love—within the thorn-hedge of Your suffering love our whole estate is shut in. Your name is posted on our home …

Singing in the Ways of the Lord

Psalm 138:5

… Throne of God is sweeter in Jehovah's ears than the song of suffering saints. They shall praise Him upon their beds and sing His high praises in …

A Monument for the Dead, and a Voice to the Living

Romans 10:5-9

… that they are; but you never get any of that among the poor, suffering, tried people of God. In stormy weather our beauty and glory soon turn pale …

The Singular Origin of a Christian

Ephesians 2:10

… more of power will still be needed and how much more of long-suffering—and how much more of careful wisdom—before we shall be perfect and complete …

Sleep Not

1 Thessalonians 5:6

… He was incessant in toil and suffering, but, what are we? There is our Lord, our great Exemplar, before us now. Behold him in Gethsemane! imagination readily sees …

The Warning Neglected

Ezekiel 33:5

… body, but none of us know how much the body is capable of suffering. Certainly the body will have to suffer forever—“He is able to cast both …

Christ Set Forth As A Propitiation

Romans 3:25

… Word, and in this Inspired Book as His anointed to do His work, suffering in the place of all who believe on Him. He has set Him forth …

Mistaken Notions About Repentance

Ezekiel 36:31

… Think of how all the while you were provoking Him and going on from ill to ill and from one sin to another, yet, in His long-suffering …

Jacob's Model Prayer

Genesis 32:9-12

… Let Your long-suffering, which now leads me to repentance, also move You to forgive my sin. I remember what You did on Calvary for sinners in ages …

Christ's Love to His Spouse

Ephesians 5:25

… feel, "Now I am ready for the service of life—or for its suffering—for I have seen the Well-Beloved and the glances of His countenance have …

Revelation and Conversion

Psalm 19:7

… You never forget a duty, or refuse to do it without suffering loss, and every mistake you make, with regard to your Lord's will, is a damage …

A Call to Holy Living

Matthew 5:47

… foundation of the world? Can any service be too hard to repay the suffering which your Savior bore for your redemption? Can any self-denial he too severe …

Jesus the Way

John 14:6

… her painted face, but it has worked nothing for you but sorrow and suffering—and it will work your eternal ruin unless God, in His great mercy, shall …

The Ark of the Covenant

Jeremiah 3:16

… has given us concerning Himself in the manifestation of His Incarnate, holy, obedient, suffering, dying, risen Son! We say no more, "the ark of the testimony," but we …

The New Fashion

Mark 2:12

… If God gives us a commission, that commission will prevent our suffering very seriously from the ridicule of other people. "Ezekiel, do you not see before you that …

Dei Gratia

Ephesians 1:6

… slaves of Satan, mad on your idols—preserved in Christ Jesus by long-suffering Grace! Called with that voice which wakes the dead, and endowed with spiritual life …

For Whom Is The Gospel Meant?

Mark 2:17

… What justifies the Incarnation except man's ruin? What explains our Lord's suffering life but man's guilt? Above all, what explains His death and the cloud …

Harvest Time

1 Samuel 12:17

… in tears, in poverty, in sympathy, in grief, in agony, in woes, in suffering and in death. He shall have a harvest, too. Blessings on His name, Jehovah …

Bankrupt Debtors Discharged

Luke 7:42

… is due from us to God, in vindication of His broken Law, both suffering and death—and in the Word of God we find that the righteous penalty …

'Who Is on the Lord's Side?'

Exodus 32:26

… brave leaders at the first, for following meant the stake, the scaffold, prison, suffering, shame, reproach and death—yet these were the men and women who did the …

Conversion

James 5:19-20

… They must not do it; but Oh! how tenderly they watch that suffering man who was made the means of doing good to their souls, and when he …

Christians Kept In Time And Glorified In Eternity

… of this day in prospect and by that thought nerved Himself for cruel suffering and a death of shame. Yes, Christ will be glad! Our Head will have …

The Doctrines of Grace Do Not Lead to Sin

Romans 6:14

… in temptation; and in persecuting times they might be found in prison, cheerfully suffering the loss of all things for the truth’s sake. The Puritans were the …

The Exceeding Riches of Grace

Ephesians 2:7

… himself when he said that the Lord had shown towards him all long-suffering for a pattern to them that should hereafter believe on His name. Paul and …

The Leading of the Spirit, The Secret Token of the Sons of God

Romans 8:14

… Those dead branches of the vine which yield no clusters for the Lord, either by patience in suffering or activity in working, have no evidence that they are …