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Work, calling, diligence, stewardship, and service

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SERMON • SERMON 2977

Plowing Rock

Amos 6:12

… useless labor, so let us pray to God to turn that rock into good soil. It needs a miracle to be worked and only God can work it …

SERMON • SERMON 259

A Home Mission Sermon

Ecclesiastes 9:10

… The mountain was in labor, and labor it did. Now, I have been told that the secretary of the Chinese mission called upon the editor of the aforesaid …

SERMON • SERMON 2083

One Lost Sheep

Matthew 18:12

… But every Believer should labor to acquire it. Seek the souls of men one by one. It is far easier work to me to speak to you all …

SERMON • SERMON 2632

"What Shall the Harvest Be?"

Hosea 8:7

Labor on, then, Beloved, "steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord …

SERMON • SERMON 706

Fields White For Harvest

John 4:35

… know that there are other reapers at work? If the Christian does not work, there are others who will labor. If the Truth of God does not now …

SERMON • SERMON 1066

A Call For Revival

Solomon 7:11-13

… uncomfortable service. She says, "I will lodge in the villages." There will she abide awhile, not paying a flying visit, but stopping until the good work is done …

SERMON • SERMON 3442

'The Desire Of All Nations'

Haggai 2:7

… We do not labor in vain, neither do we spend our strength for nothing. We fall bacl upon the Doctrine of Divine worl-ing and Divine choice for …

SERMON • SERMON 832

The Best Cloak

Isaiah 59:17

… Our Lord Jesus Christ realized this fact, for in mental labor He condensed whole centuries of holy thought and desire into those three short years of His service

COMMENTARY

Psalm 136

Psalm 136

… Even when the Lord uses men as his instruments, yet the wonder of the work is his alone; therefore let us not trust in men, or idolize them …

SERMON • SERMON 3192

The Soul's Food and Drink

John 6:55

… Christ told these people not to labor for that which they could only get by labor—"Labor not for the food which perishes." Yet few men get their …

SERMON • SERMON 605

Good Works In Good Company

Solomon 7:11-13

… It appears, from the words of the spouse, that the work of self-examination should be carried on in detail, if it is to be of real service

SERMON • SERMON 2278

Feeding on the Word

Isaiah 55:2

… The poor man spends his labor. But both of these ways come from self and they mean self-salvation—every man his own savior. This is not the …

SERMON • SERMON 1165

The Christian's Motto

John 8:29

… We shall not do this by accident—we must give our whole souls to the work and labor mightily. No arrow reaches this target if the bow is …

SERMON • SERMON 2832

Christ's Yoke and Burden

Matthew 11:30

… you that labor and are heavy laden." By that He means, "Do not suppose that because you are already laborers in another master's service, you can wear …

SERMON • SERMON 927

Martha And Mary

Luke 10:38-42

… We cease to do work as to the Lord, we labor too much for the service's sake. The main thing in our minds is the service, and …

SERMON • SERMON 1783

Pentecost

Acts 2:1

… I had forgotten till that moment that we have now reached the Levitical feast of Pentecost which contains, among its regulations, that no servile work is to be …

SERMON • SERMON 45

Conversion

James 5:19-20

… is something to cheer the printers, and all of us who labor in that good work. One good brother wrote to me this week, “Brother Spurgeon, keep your …

SERMON • SERMON 463

Sermon 463. Christ'S Servant—His Duty And Reward

John 12:26

… Now the Master comes forth boldly and begins to preach and teach and labor. If you would serve Him, follow Him! Labor for Him. In some way or …

SERMON • SERMON 1358

All the People at Work for Jesus

… No need for regular plodding service in school and house meetings. No need to set our young men and women to work for Christ! The drill and organization …

SERMON • SERMON 472

Believers—Lights In The World

Philippians 2:14-16

… If we imagine that the precepts of the Gospel were more stern in Apostolic times than in these later ages, we labor under a very gross and dangerous …

SERMON • SERMON 1979

Three Sights Worth Seeing

1 Thessalonians 2:13-14

… If it were one soul saved by twenty years' work, we ought to feel that we could dance for joy, and count the service to be as nothing …

SERMON • SERMON 1699

Supposing Him to be the Gardener

John 20:15

… It was not by its own nature that the garden was found in such a place; but by skill and labor it had been formed: even so the …

SERMON • SERMON 1599

Everyday Religion

Galatians 2:20

… He says, "My Father works hitherto and I work." His was stern labor and sore travail—the zeal of God's House did eat Him up and the …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 143

Psalm 143

… When the work of our own hand grieves us, let us look to the work of God's hands. Memory, meditation, and musing are here set together as …

SERMON • SERMON 1117

The Father's Will

John 6:39

… You are told not to labor for that meat which no man can procure without labor, and you are told to labor for that bread which no man …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 42

Psalm 42

… hold upon Christ, whereas it should be your work to reason yourselves into Christ as much as you can. Labour to strengthen your comforts, and reason thus, Why …

SERMON • SERMON 813

The Privileged Man

Ezekiel 16:9-14

work, it teaches me that the righteousness with which God covers His people is a work of labor, of skill, of care, of thought—not merely labor (though …

SERMON • SERMON 1936

The Unkept Vineyard—or, Personal Work Neglected

Solomon 1:6

… Moreover, we have too much left the vineyard of holy service for God to go to ruin. I would ask you—How about the work your God has …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 73

Psalm 73

… The clean hearted have all things work for their good. Ro 8:28. Mercies and afflictions shall turn to their good; the most poisonous drugs shall be medicinal …

SERMON • SERMON 2572

Fellowship With Christ

1 Corinthians 10:16

… How they labor to put men away from them with their pomp, their tinsel, their gewgaws, and their parade! Christ, as the great Founder of a new dispensation …

SERMON • SERMON 3383

The Plowman

Isaiah 28:24

… can say, "I have finished the work which You gave me to do." We prize that which costs us labor and service—and we shall set all the …

SERMON • SERMON 406

The Infallibility of God’s Purpose

Job 23:13

… We have to labor too. How hard do some men labor who have to toil for their daily bread! Their bread is saturated with their sweat; they wear …

SERMON • SERMON 1205

All For Jesus!

Colossians 3:24

… Let us thank God for the measure of service which He has worked in us, and let us earnestly ask Him to work in us still further to …

SERMON • SERMON 358

The New Park Street Pulpit

Ephesians 1:13

… And I do not doubt but his testimony to you would be, that at least, during the first part of the labor it seemed not to be labor

SERMON • SERMON 1684

"Feed My Lambs"—a Sunday School Sermon

John 21:15

… The shepherding of lambs is daily, hourly work. When is a shepherd's work over? How many hours a day does he labor? He will tell you that …

SERMON • SERMON 2929

A Challenge and War Cry

1 Corinthians 15:55-58

… We are to work for it. We are to work with quietness. I suppose to some that is very hard work, but they must labor after it, for …

SERMON • SERMON 3058

The Joy of Harvest

Isaiah 9:3

… And now his hopes are all fulfilled in the harvest before him! His labor is all repaid. Many a time have his workmen plodded to and fro over …

SERMON • SERMON 462

Creation—An Argument For Faith

Jeremiah 32:17

… can do through you and me, my Brother! O, let us labor, then! Let us work and toil. Let us think difficulties, delights, and troubles, but trifles. Let …

SERMON • SERMON 1948

The Hedge of Thorns and the Plain Way

Proverbs 15:19

… Among the sanitary and salutary regulations of the moral universe there is none much better than this—that men must work. He who does not work is not …

SERMON • SERMON 981

Carried by Four

Luke 5:16-26

… They need be strong, for the burden is heavy; they need be resolute, for the work will try their faith; they need be prayerful, for otherwise they labor