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The Fear of Death
Hebrews 2:14
… Being afraid to die, they tug, toil, labor and strive so as to put off the dreaded day as long as they can! Even Satan spoke the truth …
SERMON • SERMON 3235The Hope That Purifies
1 John 3:3
… Let us go at once to our work. We shall note, first, the Believer's hope. Secondly, the operation of that hope and, thirdly, the use of the …
SERMON • SERMON 1827Exceeding Gladness
Psalm 21:6
… In that capacity, as risen from the dead and gone into Glory, He is supremely glad—glad because His work is finished. Such a work as His had …
SERMON • SERMON 748Self-Humbling
2 Chronicles 34:27
… into the great work to which the Lord had called him. Let us not raise questions with our God when He calls us to labor, but let us …
SERMON • SERMON 3288Why the Gospel Is Hidden
2 Corinthians 4:3
… You may be a subscriber to the funds of the church, you may attend the service of the church, you may even be an ardent admirer of the …
SERMON • SERMON 809The Approachableness of Jesus
Luke 15:1
… Her Majesty's cabinet have to discuss most important political matters just now, but compared with the work which filled the Savior's hands and heart, their discussions …
SERMON • SERMON 1731Accepted of the Great Father
Ephesians 1:6
… His perpetual acceptance with God is our acceptance—that nothing legal, nothing of which we might boast—might be mingled with the work of Sovereign Grace. We are …
SERMON • SERMON 3186Peter's Shortest Prayer
Matthew 14:30
… I am satisfied to be saved by the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit. I know I must be born-again if I am ever to enter Heaven …
SERMON • SERMON 3356David's Sublime Consolation
2 Samuel 23:5
… Was it any wonder that they should be such? David had himself very much to blame for it, for polygamy can never by any possibility work well. Jacob …
SERMON • SERMON 840Do Not Sin Against the Child
Genesis 42:22
… In many of our Churches the work of teaching the young is left to the very youngest—and advanced Christians usually decline the service. Is this as it …
SERMON • SERMON 3414'Brief Life Is Here Our Portion'
Psalm 39:4
… by me! But now my time for service here is over, and I am mourning the scantiness of my life-work—and I cannot amend that which is …
SERMON • SERMON 3274Sickness and Prayer, Healing and Praise
Psalm 107:17-22
… The sailors an board ship never haul up the anchor or join in other heavy labor without uniting in a jovial song to help them in their task …
SERMON • SERMON 3180Christ the Creator
Colossians 1:16
… whereunto I also labor, striving according to His working, which works in me mightily. [See Sermon #914, Volume 16— WORK IN US AND WORK BY US.] There will …
SERMON • SERMON 3183Cheer for Despondency
Proverbs 27:1
… be steadfast, unmov-able, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for as we know that our labor is not in vain in the Lord. You know …
SERMON • SERMON 1139The Minister's Plea
Philippians 1:19
… From some other labor some of you might be exempted, but from this service not a single one can be excused. "Your prayer," says the Apostle, and he …
SERMON • SERMON 1908Washed to Greater Foulness
Job 9:30
… You will not grudge me for this service, I am sure. I quit the throng that I may find the bewildered one, and bring him safe and sound …
SERMON • SERMON 2153The Iniquity of Our Holy Things
Exodus 28:36-38
… rendering the pardoned one continually acceptable to God in his daily service of thanksgiving, prayer, praise, labor and consecrated substance which he gladly brings to the Most High …
SERMON • SERMON 206Everybody's Sermon
Hosea 12:10
… Work while ye have the light, for the night cometh wherein no man can work. Therefore, whatsoever thine hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might …
SERMON • SERMON 2208The Statute of David for the Sharing of the Spoil
1 Samuel 30:21-26
… If the Amalekites had slain the 400, they would have made short work of the two hundred. They had work to do as necessary as that of the …
SERMON • SERMON 3249Under the Apple Tree
Song 2:3
… of legal slavery are not the work of the Spirit of God. Where He works, holiness is delight and the service of God is a continual joy. Oh …
SERMON • SERMON 2763The Glory of Grace
Ephesians 1:6
… but rather let him labor For laziness is generally the cause of theft. If a man would work for what he needed, he would not be tempted to …
SERMON • SERMON 2962Diamond Hinges - 'as' and 'so'
Isaiah 54:9
… Did He not say, "Come unto Me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest"? And has He not fulfilled His promise …
SERMON • SERMON 208Righteous Hatred
Psalm 97:10
… of sprinkling for your forgiveness, and the sanctifying work of the Spirit has begun to restore you, then labor to realize the enormity of your guilt, and by …
SERMON • SERMON 3309Christ the Seeker and Savior of the Lost
Luke 19:10
… So long and so patiently must they be sought that this seeking work as much reveals the gracious heart of Jesus as did the saving work which He …
SERMON • SERMON 3430Chiding and Cheering
John 14:9
… The same may be said to us when we are called to some new labor. Preacher, teacher, visitor—may any of them find their labor of love and …
SERMON • SERMON 879An Assuredly Good Thing
Psalm 73:28
… Do you believe in the Atonement, my Hearer? Believing in it, have you also received it? Do you rest your soul's salvation upon the accomplished mediatorial work …
SERMON • SERMON 3231A New Year's Wish
Philippians 4:19
… labor, (and, indeed, let no man think his sphere unimportant), but here, also, our hands shall be sufficient for us and we shall accomplish our life-work. You …
SERMON • SERMON 3413God's Mercy Going Before
Psalm 59:10
… There are marvelous preparations, I do not doubt, which are going on in human hearts for the more effectual work of Grace, for there are many who are …
SERMON • SERMON 2163Immanuel—The Light of Life
Isaiah 9:1
… There would He labor and there would He die. He was by Eternal Covenant the King of that land and no Assyrian could keep Him from His throne …
SERMON • SERMON 3376God's Answer to Persistent Prayer
1 Kings 18:41
… Without getting Him, without getting heart-work and spirit-work, without getting the soul and sustenance of it—then it is that before long an abundant blessing will …
SERMON • SERMON 3046One of the Master's Choice Sayings
Matthew 14:16
… Indeed, your need increases your necessity to walk closely with your Lord so that patience may have its perfect work and your soul may be sustained by the …
SERMON • SERMON 1227Spiritual Appetite
Proverbs 27:7
… We have heard of a gentleman who was accustomed to take an early morning walk and frequently met a poor man hastening to his labor. One morning he …
SERMON • SERMON 1284The Sealing of the Spirit
Ephesians 1:13
… I have said this because I am afraid lest in any way whatever you should leave the simple, plain and solid ground of confidence in the finished work …
SERMON • SERMON 890The Bellows Burned
Jeremiah 6:29
… For mark you, Brethren, though the bellows were burnt and the metal was not molten, the work was only lost so far as the metal was concerned, the …
SERMON • SERMON 3163Cumbered With Much Serving
Luke 10:40
… And especially leaving the serving of Himself to Him whose service and whose work it really is. Yet, again. Another thing that may comfort you is that sometimes …
SERMON • SERMON 2947Royal Emblems for Loyal Subjects
2 Samuel 23:4
… The spots and defects are in themselves—they are not in Him, nor in His work. If you will only trust Him fully, simply, without any admixture of …
SERMON • SERMON 3065The Third Beatitude
Matthew 5:5
… For it abounds with mercies." "But you have to work very hard, do you not?" "Yes," he answered, "there is a good deal of labor, but that is …
SERMON • SERMON 662Consolation In The Furnace
Daniel 3:25
… I do not see the goldsmith putting dross into the furnace—what would be the good of it? It would be a waste of fuel and labor. But …
SERMON • SERMON 2352Great Joy In the City
Acts 8:8
… of his usefulness to the work of other persons who labored before him. We cannot tell how much the Master's own service prepared the way for Philip …
SERMON • SERMON 1172The Savior You Need
Hebrews 5:9
… This is the stern labor which utterly baffles the preacher—it is a work which only the Holy Spirit can accomplish. To wean the sinner from the breasts …