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Work, calling, diligence, stewardship, and service
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"Out Of The Depths"
Psalm 40:12
… You are already called, by His Grace, to come to Him, for He said, "Come unto Me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will …
SERMON • SERMON 1437Others To Be Gathered In
Isaiah 56:8
… GOD'S work flow is that of gathering. There was a time when it was scattering. Man built the tower of Babel which was intended to be the …
SERMON • SERMON 1274For the Sick and Afflicted
Job 34:31
… And we have his assurance, besides, that all things work together for our good. Our trials are not merely sent with a good object, but with an object …
SERMON • SERMON 1367Strong Faith
Romans 4:20
… Is it necessary for me to remind you that as faith, at first, is the work of the Holy Spirit, so must any real growth in it be …
SERMON • SERMON 2556Life Proved by Love
1 John 3:14
… But to retrace your steps—that is the work, that is the difficulty." Yet that is just what God has done for us who believe! We have not …
SERMON • SERMON 1485The Withered Hand
Matthew 12:10
… He was probably in great poverty because he could not work as his fellow craftsmen could. And he was probably not a man of any rank, or learning …
SERMON • SERMON 833The Lord's Name and Memorial
Isaiah 55:13
… the streets, young men! Engage in all sorts of holy work, my Brothers and Sisters—for your labor is not in vain in the Lord! A man always …
SERMON • SERMON 1478Greater Things Yet Who Shall See Them?
John 1:50
… us in the service of God! See how the ladder swarms with coming and going angels! Heaven surrounds those who are doing Heaven's work! God Himself is …
SERMON • SERMON 671The Reward Of The Righteous
Matthew 25:31-36
… It is no mean thing to do service to Him whose head—"Though once was crowned with thorns, is crowned with glory now." But it is a delightful …
SERMON • SERMON 696Turning Back in the Day of Battle
Psalm 78:9
… where they work for the Master, and they are of very little credit to anybody. We must all of us have a sphere of labor, and though I …
SERMON • SERMON 1717The Marvelous Magnet
John 12:32
… For a man's work to prosper it is not desirable that he should die. Is it not strange that what is so often fatal to the influence …
SERMON • SERMON 511Pentecost
Acts 2:1-4
… The various blessings which we receive are ascribable to different parts of Christ's work. His life is our imputed righteousness. His death brings us pardon. His resurrection …
SERMON • SERMON 1360The Good Samaritan
Luke 10:25-37
… How many there are of little children starving and pining into chronic disease through a father's drunkenness which keeps the table bare! Wives, too, who work hard …
SERMON • SERMON 1356The Heavenly Wind
John 3:8
… Therefore, the Holy Spirit, in this chapter, lays equal stress upon the necessity of the new birth or the work of the Holy Spirit and He states it …
SERMON • SERMON 1569The Golden Lamp and Its Goodly Lessons
Zechariah 4:1-3
… Do not get out of your place, do not interfere with other people's service—do your own work and see that it is well done and then …
SERMON • SERMON 2470Jacob and Doubting Souls a Parallel
Genesis 45:28
… At the same time, the Holy Spirit enabled them to work miracles by which the sick were healed—and these two things, together, were the witness of the …
SERMON • SERMON 744Jesus At Bethesda—or, Waiting Changed for Believing
John 5:1-9
… Jesus, therefore, brought his thoughts back to the matter in hand, for, mark you, the work of Divine Grace is a work upon a conscious mind, not upon …
SERMON • SERMON 2317Obeying Christ's Orders
John 2:5
… I cannot work to please you. No, if I work a miracle as the Son of God, it cannot be as your Son—it must be in another …
SERMON • SERMON 1533Fear Not
Revelation 1:17
… His master wondered whatever the faithful animal did at the service. Curiosity made him follow the good creature. The dog led him down the aisle to his dear …
SERMON • SERMON 520Confession With The Mouth
Romans 10:10
… But there is a lack in all this labor. The corn is sown, but there is nobody to see to it afterwards, nobody to gather it in. The …
SERMON • SERMON 1591Honey From A Lion
Romans 5:15
… otherwise work is no more work." Our text clearly expresses that salvation is "the free gift" and that it comes to us by "the Grace of God, and …
SERMON • SERMON 985The Touchstone of Godly Sincerity
Job 27:10
… The true Christian will pray in business; he will pray in labor; he will pray in his ordinary calling: like sparks out of the smithy chimney short prayers …
SERMON • SERMON 651A Sermon From A Rush
Job 8:11-13
… Bildad, the Shuhite, points it out to us as the picture of a hypocrite—so, going to our work at once we shall have three things to talk …
SERMON • SERMON 570The First Five Disciples
John 1:37-51
… My text is a very clear illustration that the same law applies in the work of Grace. There is ever the same kind of operation and yet ever …
SERMON • SERMON 1487The Prophet Like Unto Moses
Deuteronomy 18:15-19
… the Father that dwells in Me, He does the works." Both in word and work He acted for His Father and under His Father's inspiration. Brothers and …
SERMON • SERMON 2532God's Love Shamefully Questioned
Malachi 1:2
… for He will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. And as Isaiah said before …
SERMON • SERMON 2536The Ethiopian
Jeremiah 13:23
… I would like to never set my eyes on anyone or anything without trying to turn all to good account for the Master's work. And if those …
SERMON • SERMON 711A Feast For Faith
Isaiah 28:29
… We must do God's work in His own way. Sitting with Mary at the Master's feet is the very best preparation for doing the work which …
SERMON • SERMON 1734A Gospel Worth Dying For
Acts 20:24
… He would make short work of the new gospels and say of those who follow them, "I marvel that you are so soon removed from him that called …
SERMON • SERMON 1674Brought Up from the Horrible Pit
Psalm 40:1-3
… He steadily persevered in all His work of holiness and sorrow of sacrifice, never accepting deliverance till His work was done. Patiently He endured to have His ear …
SERMON • SERMON 1412Where True Prayer is Found
2 Samuel 7:27
… Find it in your hearts, too, at this time, to pray for the work of this, our own Church, and I call special attention to the work of …
SERMON • SERMON 465The Holy Spirit Glorifying Christ
John 16:14
… I fear we are liable to another evil and are apt to forget the Person and work of the Comforter altogether. We fear some congregations might say, "We …
SERMON • SERMON 422The Peacemaker
Matthew 5:9
… But now, in the third place, I am to try and GET THE PEACEMAKER TO WORK. You have much work to do, I doubt not, in your own …
SERMON • SERMON 2505Deliverance From the Pit
Job 33:24
… Many weary, heavy-laden souls, for it is sweet work to preach the Gospel to such people!— "A sinner is a sacred thing, The Holy Spirit has made …
SERMON • SERMON 1676Despair Denounced and Grace Glorified
Ezekiel 37:11
… We may, with equal accuracy, see in it, a vivid representation of the work of Grace upon the hearts of all those who are quickened into spiritual life …
SERMON • SERMON 2457Job's Resignation
Job 1:20-22
… I think Job did well to call attention to this blessed Truth of God, that the hand of God is everywhere at work, whether in giving or in …
SERMON • SERMON 1418The Holdfast
Proverbs 4:13
… There must be a determination worked in our souls by the Holy Spirit to be upright and downright in the work of the Lord or else we shall …
SERMON • SERMON 1653The Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus
2 Timothy 2:8
… FROM long sickness my mind is scarcely equal to the work before me. Certainly, if I had ever sought after brilliance of thought or language, I should have …
SERMON • SERMON 717Pray For Jesus
Psalm 72:15
… and help those of us who labor even beyond our strength to aid young men whom God has called to His work to get the knowledge which their …
SERMON • SERMON 1551Today! Today! Today!
Psalm 95:7
… Is it not the first day of the week? This day creating work began—why should not the new creation begin in you at this good hour? Today …