Work & Service

A Sermon For Gleaners

Ruth 2:15

… ALL the world depends upon the labor of the field and the king himself is served of the plow and of the sickle. The dwellers in the country …

"My Times Are In Your Hand"

Psalm 31:15

… All His eternal purposes work towards the glorifying of the Son and quite as surely they work together for the good of those who are in His Son …

Watching to See

Habakkuk 2:1-4

… And most of their buildings were erected by labor exacted from the people whom they oppressed. They received no wages for their work, so even today, from the …

The Hope Laid Up In Heaven

Colossians 1:5

… Our service will be as perfect as that of angels! Then shall we say to ourselves without fear of any inward failure, "Bless the Lord, O my soul …

Lessons From the Manna

Exodus 16:4

… work, neither shall he eat," a rule He often carries out with those who are idlers. But, Beloved, we thank God for opportunities for diligence. Though labor came …

"Christ First, Me Last—Nothing Between But Love"

Galatians 2:20

… He is not speaking, now, of the love of benevolence which the Lord Jesus Christ has towards all men, or even of that aspect of His work which …

The Mustard Seed: A Sermon for the Sabbath-School Teacher

Luke 13:18-19

… Never service more important; to overlook it would be a grave fault. We rejoice to encourage our friends in their labor of love. In this parable light is …

The Real Presence, the Great Want of the Church

Solomon 3:4-5

… There are many believers who have only just enough grace to enable us to hope that they are alive; they have no strength with which to work for …

Folly of Unbelief

Luke 24:25

… Did he not say "Mary," and did she not at once turn and say, "Rabboni" with ecstatic delight? He went more wisely to work than to administer hurried …

The Rose and the Lily

Solomon 2:1

… most sublime prose can possibly convey to us! And His motives I shall labor to lay before you. Doubtless, He commends Himself because high thoughts of Christ will …

The Last Year at Waterbeach and Cambridge

… This is a gradually progressive work. These three things pardon, justification, and sanctification, — must go together. God will not justify an unpardoned or unsanctified sinner at the last …

When Should We Pray?

Luke 18:1

… to leave off your business to pray, or turn aside from domestic labor or public service—all of which must be attended to. You can do that and …

The Physician Pardons His Palsied Patient

Matthew 9:2-7

… I who have gone up and down among you, worn with sufferings, pained by your hostility, wearied by labor for you, I, the Son of Man, have power …

Withholding Corn

Proverbs 11:26

… by a want of loving in our labor. The mere telling out the plan of salvation is of no great service. God may bless it, but He does …

The Saint One With His Savior

1 Corinthians 6:17

… This last work of Grace is not yet worked in the uncalled, and they are not in that sense joined to the Lord. A vital and spiritual union …

The Secret of Failure

Matthew 17:19-21

… suggest dark thoughts if we cannot always be successful in our work of faith and labor of love! I believe that it was for this very reason that …

The Perseverance of the Saints

Philippians 1:6

… For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love which you have showed toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints …

How Faith Comes

John 4:39-42

… fancy that it cannot possibly yield us any return for our labor. If faith is the work of God—a supernatural thing—as it certainly is, what have …

The Need and Nature of Conversion

Isaiah 55:7

… If it were possible for a man to live in sin and yet be forgiven, what would be the value of the work of the Holy Spirit? He …

Early And Late

Matthew 20:1

… may be of service to them and to God through them. Give me, I say, if I would have an auspicious time to work for Jesus—give me …

What God Cannot Do!

Titus 1:2

… It seemed a strange thing, that after all the skill and labor which had been spent in making such a world as this, so fair and beautiful, God …

Comfort To Seekers From What The Lord Has Not Said

Isaiah 45:19

… Know you not that prayer, itself, is the work of God? Prayer is not the act of the creature, but the work of the Creator. Prayer is God …

Defiled and Defiling

Haggai 2:13

… Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before Me, says the LORRD; and so is every work of their hands; and …

Christ Is All

Colossians 3:11

… They commonly say, “Well, we must do our best, then Christ will be our Savior, and God is very merciful.” They allow the blessed and all-sufficient work …

King's Gardens

Nehemiah 3:15

… it need? One thing it certainly requires is labor. You cannot keep a garden in proper order without work. We want more laborers in this Church, especially of …

Recruits for King Jesus

1 Chronicles 12:16-18

… be in everybody else's, "He that will not work, neither shall he eat." They that do not labor in the cause of Christ will very soon find …

Under Constraint

2 Corinthians 5:14

… us—we shall throw our souls into the work and service of love. We shall be really at work for men, giving alms of our substance, enduring our …

God of the Hills and God of the Valleys

1 Kings 20:28

… HIS DIVINE AID TO BE GIVEN TO US IN HIS SERVICE. When we are urged to labor for the Lord we are tempted to excuse ourselves upon various …

A Warning Against Hardness Of Heart

Hebrews 3:13

… Worldliness, covetousness and carnality shock us most at the outset of our work—is not this a sad sign that even God's ministers may feel the hardening …

Alive or Dead—Which?

1 John 5:12

… When you go out to work, you have to stand at the same bench with spiritually dead men. You cannot turn aside from your daily labor to enter …

The Widow of Sarepta

1 Kings 17:8

… Ah, no! The sovereign electing Grace of God chooses us to repentance, to faith—and afterwards to holiness of living, to Christian service, to zeal, to devotion. Ah …

Our Lord's Question to the Blind Men

Matthew 9:27-30

… No, I labor to speak straight home to your hearts and consciences. And if there is, in this listening throng, any who are listening in the right manner …

May I?

Matthew 9:21

… The blessed Lord is so full of healing power that He does not need to stint Himself as to the miracles of healing! He shall work and He …

Sermon 443. The Two Draughts Of Fishes

Luke 5:4

… It needs no great labor for you to work out at leisure the comparison between fishermen and the Gospel ministry, the simile is so aptly chosen. The two …

The Best of All Sights

Hebrews 2:9

… us go into the field of holy labor and, as we gird ourselves and put on the yoke of service, let us see our Master there! Yes, in …

Brought Out to Be Brought In

Deuteronomy 6:23

… They shall work for him and render the unpaid labor of slaves. When they do this and still multiply, they shall find their own straw with which to …

The Three Whats

Ephesians 1:18-20

… the making of a Christian it needs the labor of the Godhead—Father, Son and Holy Spirit must all work to create a new creature in Christ Jesus …

The Best of All—god Is With Us

1 Chronicles 22:18

… be His name for that! And you, Brothers and Sisters, in your labor and service for the Master, have brought many souls to Christ. Therefore I say to …

A Woman's Memorial

Matthew 26:13

… Oh! to preach for Christ! What precious work that is! When the mind is fatigued and the body weary, this will make a man strong to labor and …

Simeon

Luke 2:25

… Was he a servant? Then he did not render eye-service, as a man-pleaser, but in singleness of heart he served the Lord. If, as is very …