Work & Service

Christ's Perfection and Precedence

Solomon 5:10

… It is of small service for us to know of Christ if we do not really trust and love Him. It will be of little use for us …

Earnest Expostulation

Romans 2:4

… His judgment was spared the pain of dealing with his home offenses by being set to work upon the faults of others. He had a candle, but he …

What We Have, and Are to Have

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… work to be shallow and superficial—we want it to be like that "city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God." It is heartbreaking service to …

An Earnest Entreaty

Psalm 2:12

… They go up to their place of worship—they pray as others do, or they say, "Amen," in the service. Thought they have none. They sing without thought …

Charity and Purity

James 1:27

… Would to God there were more of them! But there has come, by Divine Grace, a work of Christ in their heart which has changed their entire nature …

The Lord with Two or Three

Matthew 18:20

… So long as it is a sacred meeting of saintly men and women for the purposes of devotion or service—for the purposes of prayer or praise, or …

Holy Water

John 4:14

… And the mere repetition of a liturgical service, without heart, with the same words and tones, must become very monotonous. Certainly extempore prayer and the most varied service …

A Threefold Slogan

Luke 10:44

… Imust work the works ofHim who sent Me while it is day: the night comes, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world …

"A Man Named Matthew"

Matthew 9:9

… He is a good account keeper—he is the man for My service." I do not know, dear Friend, what the Lord may happen to see in you …

Darkness Before the Dawn

Solomon 2:17

… We may have worked and seemed to work in vain. Possibly the vanity of all our working is yet to appear still more, but, for all that, "the …

A Special Benediction

… Even so, you and I, the twice-born, the really regenerate, have been born into the household of God and our regeneration binds us to the noble service …

The Weakened Christ Strengthened

Luke 22:43

… thus condescended to perform the lowliest service, who among us shall be so lifted up as to suppose that no common work is good enough for him? Brethren …

Done In A Day, But Wondered At Forever

Zechariah 3:9

… They were a stiff-necked and rebellious people whose very nature was averse to the service of the Lord their God. Throughout the hundreds of years of the …

Abram's Call—or, Half-Way—and All the Way

Genesis 11:31

… The Lord's end and aim was to keep His Truth alive in the world by means of a people who should be set apart for that service …

The True Priesthood, Temple and Sacrifice

1 Peter 2:4

… And is it not so with you? Do you not feel that you would run on His commandments, that you would work in His service and that you …

The Fourfold Treasure

1 Corinthians 1:30

… WE MEET SOMEWHERE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT with the expression “salt without prescribing how much.” Beyond all question the name, person, and work of Jesus are the salt …

The Private Tutor

John 14:24-26

… In one verse of our text, the 26th, we have the whole Trinity at work upon the Believer—"The Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father …

Mongrel Religion

2 Kings 17:41

… The rough voices of pain, poverty, shame, and death work a kind of law’work upon certain consciences which are insensible to spiritual arguments. They are forced, like …

A Paradox

2 Corinthians 12:10

… If after any service you pour forth showers of penitential tears because the service was imperfect, there is evidently a strong soul of obedience within you. When you …

Harvest Past, Summer Ended and Men Unsaved

Jeremiah 8:20

… May the Holy Spirit work this blessed result in thousands! I have so long been silent that I am hungering to speak with power. Come Holy Spirit! Come …

The Corn of Wheat Dying to Bring Forth Fruit

… He who serves God and finds that it is easy work will find it hard work to give in his account at the last. A sermon that costs …

By The Fountain

Genesis 49:22

… Dear Friends, it is by no means wisdom to cry, "I will work hard and try to bear fruit." Fruit is not produced by work. No vine toils …

Christians Kept From Sin

1 Samuel 25:32

… work in that spirit, how noble it becomes and how cheerfully you will get through it! You may have a master who is unworthy of your service, yet …

Love and Jealousy

Solomon 8:6

… The Holy Spirit uses the same passion of love to work in us the purging of ourselves from every unhallowed thing and to inflame our desire after everything …

Good Works

Titus 2:14

… We think, if we read Scripture rightly, that no work can be good unless it is commanded of God. How this cuts off a large portion of what …

Heaven's Nurse Children

Hosea 11:3

… We have now no holy places whatsoever; and no symbolic worship:— “Where’er we seek Him He is found, And every place is hallowed ground.” Our service of …

In Christ No Condemnation

Romans 8:1

… He pleaded that his substitute's service was, practically, his service—and it is said that the law allowed his plea. Assuredly it is according to Divine equity …

Fearing and Hoping

Psalm 147:11

… Nor, dear Friends, do I think that God takes pleasure in any mere capacity for service which exists in any of us, whoever we may be. "The strength …

A Memorable Milestone

Psalm 40:9-11

… Now, dear Friends, let me say, next, that this text describes a work which has been done under great difficulties. It may seem a very easy thing to …

Our Position and Our Purpose

2 Corinthians 7:1

… The work is personal—"Let us cleanse ourselves." It were more in accordance with our tastes to cleanse other people and attempt a moral reformation among our neighbors …

Every Man's Necessity

John 3:7

… The Holy Spirit, the third Person in the blessed Trinity must as much come to work upon us as God came forth to work upon this world in …

The Unconquerable King

Daniel 4:34

… Many of you will very naturally suppose that the chapter read during this service, the hymns and the sermon, were all intended to have reference to a certain …

Psalm 20

Psalm 20

Psalm 20 Exposition Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings Hints to the Village Preacher Other Work SUBJECT. We have before us a National Anthem, fitted to be sung at …

'The Zeal of the Lord'

Isaiah 9:7

… You begin to be dispirited in God's work—it ought not to be so. If any of you are ready to give up your Sunday school work …

Desires Towards God—a Sermon For The Weak

Psalm 38:9

… Tell Him what salvation you wish for and what work of Grace it is that your soul desires—make all your heart known unto God and keep back …

Men Bewitched

Galatians 3:1

… It was hard work to preach the Gospel, at first, among the heathen. Men had to lay down their lives to do it. They had to propound new …

The Fruitless Vine

Ezekiel 15:1-2

… Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men make a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?” It is a useless plant apart …

Rain and Grace—a Parallel

Job 38:25-27

… It is all lit up, tonight, and many busy hands are at work. But where is the power that makes those spindles move? In that little shed outside …

Standing and Singing

Psalm 26:12

… Their religion provokes the animosity of their dearest friends! They cannot be at their work without hearing ribaldry and without being selected to be the butt of all …

The Seed Upon Stony Ground

Mark 4:5

… is for the beginner in holy service to go forward with reasonable expectations, lest he should, before long, weary of the work and leave it because of his …