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Work, calling, diligence, stewardship, and service

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SERMON • SERMON 2986

One Aspect of Christ's Death

John 15:13

… of service for the Savior is it to get your heart full of love to your Lord. Then you will know how to do His work—it will …

SERMON • SERMON 3361

God's Valiant Right Hand

Psalm 118:16

… The work is finished! Salvation is complete! The right hand of the Lord has done for us what we could not have done for ourselves! What the angels …

SERMON • SERMON 3490

Sincere Seekers—assured Finders

1 Chronicles 28:9

… yet obliged to stay in your bed? Work while you can, then—spend every moment in your Master's service. 25. Then there arose a question between some …

SERMON • SERMON 2897

The Source

John 4:11

… But say that Christ has this Living Water because His redeeming work is finished. He had it, virtually, during His life on earth, in foresight of the work …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 76

Psalm 76

… God's enlarging work, or his work of spreading the gospel, is sometimes advanced by the wrath of man. Ac 8:1-5. The gospel, like the chamomile …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 97

Psalm 97

… God is longsuffering, but when he comes forth to judgment he will make short work with the unrighteous, they will be as chaff before the flame. Reading this …

SERMON • SERMON 1181

Thinking and Turning

Psalm 119:59

… To take a man and put him through a long process, as some do, of Law-work and repentance, and so set before him gradual enlightenment and assurance …

SERMON • SERMON 1007

North and South

Isaiah 43:6

… Go to him, for he can work the same wonders for you. Look to the Most High, and not to man, or ministers, or modes, or methods, but …

SERMON • SERMON 3020

Good Cheer From Grace Received

Matthew 9:20-22

… Being brought to bay, she did her work bravely and bore full and telling testimony. Take careful note that our Lord did not bid her be of good …

SERMON • SERMON 1293

The Unknown Ways of Love

John 13:7

… had much to do of the same kind of service. Often does our work for Jesus unfold the work of Jesus and we know our Lord by being …

SERMON • SERMON 3124

Real Contact With Jesus

Luke 8:46

… They take interest only in the exterior parts of the service—into the heart and soul of the business they do not enter—and cannot enter. They are …

SERMON • SERMON 519

Believing With The Heart

Romans 10:10

… In obedience, sanctified wholly to His work, and although, "tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin." Faith delights to admire and adore Him in …

SERMON • SERMON 907

Christ—the Fall and Rise of Many

Luke 2:34

… Jesus in the Gospel cannot cease to work. "My Father works and therefore I work." The Father, in Providence, pauses not, nor does the Son cease from the …

SERMON • SERMON 10

The Kingly Priesthood of the Saints

Revelation 5:10

… Beloved, our Saviour Jesus Christ finished the great work of making us what we are, by his ascension into heaven. If he had not risen up on high …

SERMON • SERMON 1565

Maschil Of Ethan, A Majestic Song

Psalm 89:1

… And oh, what real work God has done for men! What real work in the gift of His dear Son! The product of His infinite purpose now becomes …

SERMON • SERMON 2210

The Agreement Of Salvation By Grace With Walking In Good Works

Ephesians 2:9

… A Christian man, however, is the noblest work of God. He is the product of the second creation. At first, man fell and marred his Creator's work …

SERMON • SERMON 933

Angelic Studies

Ephesians 3:10

… The wisdom of God is seen through the Church in the Holy Spirit's work as well as in the work of Christ. It is "manifold wisdom." You …

SERMON • SERMON 2845

Lacking Moisture

Luke 8:6

… God acts according to His own Sovereign will and He can work such wonders of Grace and miracles of mercy. But it may turn out that a thing …

SERMON • SERMON 431

A Secret And Yet No Secret

Solomon 4:12

… This is His work—to regenerate us, to put into us the new principle, the life of God in Christ. Then next, He gives us power to send …

SERMON • SERMON 505

The Root Of The Matter

Job 19:28

… So on Sunday morning these people are just turned right, and the sand runs and they work all the Sunday. But the sand runs down by Sunday night …

SERMON • SERMON 2419

Repentance after Conversion

Psalm 51:17

… THE French have a phrase which signifies in English, "assisting at a service." A person who has been present at some grand function of the church speaks of …

SERMON • SERMON 2849

Remembering God's Works

Psalm 111:4

… His work. I suppose the Psalmist means God's chief work, His grand work of Grace. "His work." 3. Is honorable and glorious: and His righteousness endures forever …

SERMON • SERMON 2907

The Holy Spirit Glorifying Christ

John 16:14

… I cannot see Christ or tell where to find Him." Here comes in the work of the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the blessed Unity! It is …

SERMON • SERMON 2225

A Clarion Call to Saints and Sinners

Micah 2:10

… place was opened and the work completed, I felt like Elijah who was faint after he had done the Master's service with the priests of Baal. Ah …

SERMON • SERMON 526

No Illusion

Acts 12:9

… It has been God's work to deliver you and not your work— "The gates of brass before Him burst, The iron fetters yield." There is yet this …

SERMON • SERMON 3408

Not Boasting, But Trusting

Ephesians 2:9

… Sirs, which shall I believe—that God has worked a work that need not have been, or that you are under the spell of a fatal delusion? "Let …

SERMON • SERMON 174

A Call to the Unconverted

Galatians 3:10

… to go, it was doleful work to talk to a man who had just been Sabbath breaking, spending his time in the service of Satan, and had come …

SERMON • SERMON 2088

The Form of Godliness Without the Power

2 Timothy 3:5

… in service. But one thing is needful—to sit at the Master's feet and learn as Mary did. When we have done all the work our position …

SERMON • SERMON 3439

Man Transient—god's Word Eternal

Isaiah 40:8

… Beloved, if you and I should seek to obtain a righteousness by exact obedience to the Law of God, by patience under suffering, by zeal in the service …

SERMON • SERMON 1528

"They Were Tempted"

Hebrews 11:37

… by the tried ones work together to prepare a character which can endure the strain of everlasting bliss and perform the holy service incident thereto! I speak for …

SERMON • SERMON 2955

Simple But Sound

John 9:25

… I must work the works of Him that sent Me, while it is day: the night comes when no man can work. As long as I am in …

SERMON • SERMON 3368

Fathomless

Psalm 36:6

… This evening I shall simply work out three or four thoughts which arise out of that metaphor. I. THE DEALINGS OF GOD WITH HIS PEOPLE ARE OFTEN UNFATHOMABLE …

SERMON • SERMON 3528

A Promise and a Providence

Ezekiel 34:15

… So the promise runs, "I will gather them altogether into one place." Beloved, this great work of gathering is going on today! By this man and by that …

SERMON • SERMON 3295

Communion With Christ and His People

1 Corinthians 10:16

… closest fellowship possible to mortal man! The fellowship of service is exceedingly honorable when we and Christ work together for the same objectives! The fellowship of suffering is …

SERMON • SERMON 3225

Finding and Following Christ

John 1:45

… Well then, the Lord Jesus Christ purposed from all eternity to work His good work in you by His Holy Spirit—to bring you to repent of your …

SERMON • SERMON 2596

Where Is the God of Elijah?

2 Kings 2:14

… And you, good Sister, have undertaken the charge of a class, or some special work for Christ, and the dear Sister who went before you was a woman …

SERMON • SERMON 3454

Circumcision and Uncircumcision

Galatians 5:6

… There were some who wanted to do the work of God and who said, "What shall we do that we may work the works of God?" What do …

SERMON • SERMON 33

A Wise Desire

Psalm 47:4

… He never has to work hard. He only has to think and read, of course that is not hard work. He has perhaps to sit up till twelve …

SERMON • SERMON 2256

Daniel's Band

Daniel 10:11

… I must be very brief because of the communion service which is to follow. Every Believer has been called out from others. My Brothers and Sisters, look at …

SERMON • SERMON 965

Purging Out the Leaven

1 Corinthians 5:6-8

… Therefore I will see to my growth in Grace." He who has outdoor work done for him may well see to his indoor work, and earnestly turn his …