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Declaring the Works of the Lord
Psalm 118:17
… He continues to work all things according to the good pleasure of His will. Some of these works are plain and manifest to all. If men have eyes …
SERMON • SERMON 2840Laying the Hand on the Sacrifice
Leviticus 4:29
… I trust that the softening influence of the Holy Spirit is already at work among you, leading some of you who have delayed until now, to say, "We …
SERMON • SERMON 3470An Earnest Entreaty
Psalm 17:7
… I have no remembrance of anybody's faults, no recollection of my own troubles, no thought about the pressure of work, or the perils of adversity—all is …
SERMON • SERMON 2859The Lions' Den
Daniel 6:20
… Here, dear Friends, I would remark that the only service to God which is real, genuine, remunerative, is this continual service that sticks at nothing. Any hungry dog …
SERMON • SERMON 2212The Private Thoughts and Words of Jesus
Matthew 20:17-19
… His labor was accomplished! He was like a Man pent up against His will—He longed to be discharging His tremendous task. He had an awful work to …
SERMON • SERMON 408Accidents, Not Punishments
Luke 13:1-5
… God grant that that once dying may perpetually be in our minds, till we die daily, and find it not hard work to die at the last. Well …
SERMON • SERMON 2885Christ's Sympathy With His People
Hebrews 2:18
… But, my dear Friend, if the Lord has begun a good work in your soul and led you to trust in Jesus as your Savior, my text will …
SERMON • SERMON 1088The Essence of Simplicity
John 9:35
… Christ has come as the consolation of Israel and where He finds that men are burdened in spirit He commences His gracious work. But, observe, He brings but …
SERMON • SERMON 1046Covenant Blessings
Ezekiel 36:26
… Observe where the inward work of Grace begins. All man's attempts at the betterment of human nature begin from without, and the theory is that the work …
SERMON • SERMON 194Human Responsibility
John 15:22
… And it is awful work; for I have as it were to PUT ON THE BLACK CAP AND PRONOUNCE THE SENTENCE OF CONDEMNATION. For those who live and …
SERMON • SERMON 1805Strength And Recovery
Zechariah 10:12
… from Him. "He renders to every man according to his work," giving double power for double labor. You will not find the power in your natural abilities! Neither …
SERMON • SERMON 1201Providence—as Seen in the Book of Esther
Esther 9:1
… First, we shall learn from the narrative that GOD PLACES HIS AGENTS IN FIT PLACES FOR DOING HIS WORK. The Lord was not taken by surprise by this …
SERMON • SERMON 2461Rejoicing and Remembering
Solomon 1:4
… But you can rejoice in Him—in His Person, in His work, in His offices, in His relationships, in His power, in His Glory, in His First Advent …
SERMON • SERMON 3230The Last Message for the Year
John 6:37
… With some of us it may be our last Sabbath on earth and our last public Sabbath service in this life. It becomes us, then, to fix our …
SERMON • SERMON 1192Hindrances to Prayer
1 Peter 3:7
… service, or rather, it should be the lifeblood of every action and saturate our entire life, as the dew of Heaven filled Gideon's fleece. We cannot labor …
SERMON • SERMON 3388Soul-threshing
Isaiah 28:27
… andestablish You the work ofourhands upon us;yes the work ofourhands establish it PSALM 119:21-32. 21. You have rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do …
SERMON • SERMON 2586A Far-reaching Promise
Acts 2:39
… We shall not be fashionable and popular, and prophesy smooth things lest our labor should be declared to have been in vain when the Lord shall come. I …
SERMON • SERMON 1932Love's Law and Life
John 14:15
… He goes away and leaves his house in their charge—he has gone abroad and yet he is at home to his servants, for every day their work …
SERMON • SERMON 3260Spiritual Convalescence
Zechariah 10:12
… a division of labor—one man begins and another completes—there is scarcely anything that is completed by one man. But the stupendous work of our salvation was …
SERMON • SERMON 3161Positivism
1 John 5:18-20
… The last work is this. There is another knowledge, namely, the knowledge ofUNSTAGGERING FAITH which knows a thing which is not AS YET. You have an instance in …
SERMON • SERMON 1494The One Foundation
1 Corinthians 3:11
… An ordinary, clumsy bit of work displays the mason and the carpenter, but perfect architecture looks as if it grew! And Christ's Church does grow, for Christ …
SERMON • SERMON 479Christian Sympathy
Job 30:25
… We are all selfish by nature, and it is a work of grace to break this thoroughly down, until we live to Christ, and not to self any …
SERMON • SERMON 2864God Has Spoken!— Rejoice!
Psalm 108:7
… I am His child, so I will plead with Him and will get all I can from my Father to use in His service! I am justified, I …
SERMON • SERMON 708The Blood Of Abel And The Blood Of Jesus
Genesis 4:10
… The potter will not bear that the vessel which has been fashioned upon the wheel with much cost and labor should be wantonly broken, but here is a …
SERMON • SERMON 983Moab Is My Washpot
Psalm 60:8
… of labor. The garments which charity had supplied him, within the next few hours, were sold for drink, and he was wallowing in drunkenness. The work was deserted …
SERMON • SERMON 829The Perfuming of the Heart
Romans 5:5
… Put on your garments as though they were priestly vestments! Go forth to your daily labor as to sacerdotal service! Go to your house as to a temple …
SERMON • SERMON 1559Tokens For Good
Psalm 86:17
… of another man and I would sooner come to labor with my hands in the most menial service than that any should say of me that I have …
SERMON • SERMON 1273The Oil of Gladness
Psalm 45:7
… The gladness of our Lord Jesus may be viewed, first, as the gladness which he had IN his work. The Son of God delighted in the work which …
SERMON • SERMON 325Constraining Love
Psalm 31:23
… but further, it will make service joyous! Oh, don't you know in the Church how much shrinking there is from labor for Christ? Why is it in …
SERMON • SERMON 2891A Sabbath Miracle
Luke 13:10-13
… It is said of this woman that, immediately, being made straight, she "glorified God." I should think she did! I should not mind having interruptions in our service …
SERMON • SERMON 3199How the Lambs Feed
Isaiah 5:17
… There is work for strong men and there is nurture for babes. To little children we do not allot the labors of husbandry—some little service in the …
SERMON • SERMON 684Hope, Yet No Hope—No Hope, Yet Hope
Isaiah 57:10
… And simple as such a work may seem to be, every truly experienced minister is brought to confess that it needs a Divine art and Omnipotent power to …
SERMON • SERMON 2165The Serpent's Sentence
Genesis 3:14
… Ah, my Brothers and Sisters, he has been engaged in the work of tempting men for nearly 6,000 years and he is not only much older, but …
SERMON • SERMON 743Ephraim Bemoaning Himself
Jeremiah 31:18
… No turning is good for anything everlastingly except the renewing of the inward nature by a work of Divine Grace in the soul. How is this done? This …
SERMON • SERMON 1346Guile Forsaken When Guilt Is Forgiven
Psalm 32:2
… The work of the Spirit is linked with the work of the Son—when the Son removes guilt, the Spirit removes guile. He who takes away our offenses …
SERMON • SERMON 2175"So It Is"
Job 5:27
… There is a German story of a minister who had delivered himself very earnestly upon a vital theme and after the service he was waited upon by one …
SERMON • SERMON 931Three Precious Things
1 Peter 2:7
… We have said that Christ is precious for His intrinsic work, precious for the service He renders. And we must now add, He is assuredly precious, actually so …
SERMON • SERMON 1333"Rest in the Lord"
Psalm 37:7
… These two facts are highly instructive and teach us that God rests in a perfect work and that when that work is marred the Lord rests in a …
SERMON • SERMON 3146The Power of Christ's Presence
John 21:7
… good in His service! Christ does not want slovenly work, nor is He likely to bless those who think that any kind of service will do for Him …
SERMON • SERMON 2846'No Root in Themselves'
Mark 4:17
… who used to labor in London and of whom I could say that when they were taken away, a considerable part of their work seemed to go with …