Work & Service

Distinguishing Grace

1 Corinthians 4:7

… I find too continually a tendency to serve myself instead of serving Christ, a constant longing rather to get through the work than to do it accceptably. And …

"Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled"

John 14:1-4

… Has not the Holy Spirit especially undertaken the work of comfort in order that it may be effectually done? Trials depress the hearts of God's children, for …

Proving God

Malachi 3:10

… Our work may be different from his, but let us seek, whatever our work is, to do it so that when anyone reads of it, he will say …

Self-Delusion

Luke 13:24

… It must be so, unless God helps you to make true work, and real work, and sure work of it by the Holy Spirit. "Believe on the Lord …

An Exciting Enquiry

Matthew 21:10

… The rank and file all did service in their way, but it was the one man who made the corner of the triangle to break the enemy's …

The Church of God and the Truth of God

1 Timothy 3:15

… Nor less, as "the building fitly framed together grows unto a holy temple," is every portion of the structure the work of God and not the work of …

Knowing the Lord Through Pardoned Sin

Jeremiah 31:34

… Law-work is grace-work in its darker dress. It is the axe which rough-hews the timber which grace goes on to fashion and smooth. By the …

The Evidence of Our Lord's Wounds

John 20:27

… Once again, these wounds may comfort us because in heaven they are, before God and the holy angels, the perpetual ensigns of his finished work. That passion of …

Alone, Yet Not Alone

John 16:31

… All the work of Christ was the work of the Father—and the Father supported Him in it to the very fullest! In the design and method of …

The Power of His Resurrection

Philippians 3:10

… To raise the dead body of our Lord from the tomb was as great a work as the creation. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit each …

Individual Sin Laid On Jesus

Isaiah 53:6

… For eminent service you need to get away from the crowd and serve the Lord personally by yourself, and as an individual. Get alone, I mean in a …

Reminiscences as a Village Pastor

… Many a pecuniary trial have I had in connection with the College work, which depends for funds upon the Lord’s moving His people to liberality: my faith …

A Question for Communicants

Exodus 12:26

… SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON LORD'S-DAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1890. "What do you mean by this service?" Exodus 12:26 . IN a spiritual religion …

A Bad King's Good Son

1 Kings 14:13

… If there is simple prayer for pardon and childlike trust in the Savior, it is as much a work of Grace in the youngest child as in the …

Springtime in Nature and Grace

Isaiah 55:10-13

… So, the work of Divine Grace, when it begins in the soul, is not very manifestly the same in different persons. Some of us were, for years, subject …

Open Praise and Public Confession

Psalm 138:1-3

… Warn them as best you can, but remember David's advice on another occasion—"Fret not yourself because of evildoers." You have better work to do than to …

Pressing Questions of an Awakened Mind

Acts 9:5

… He verily thought that he was doing God service. He was a Pharisee of the Pharisees and had a very high estimate of his own character and, now …

The Old, Old Story

Romans 5:6

… So he preached upon the doctrine of the finished work of Christ, and some of them came to him in the vestry and said, "Mr Hall, this will …

The Broken Fence

… Dear me! he was not going to sleep much longer, he would only have forty winks more, and then he would be at his work, and show you …

'Oh, How He Loves!'

John 11:36

… When did Christ's love begin to work for us? It was long before we were born—long before the world was created! Far, far back in eternity …

Resistance to Salvation

Mark 5:7

… What a subject it is! Yet I think you can work it out better in your private meditations than I can in this public assembly. The connection between …

Sychar's Sinner Saved

John 4:10

… And when it so happens, do not be put out of temper, or out of heart, but go straight on with your work whichever way they may go …

The High Priest Standing Between the Dead and the Living

Numbers 16:47-48

… But let us note once more in considering Aaron as the great propitiator, that we must look upon him as being ready for his work. He was ready …

Posture, Action, Gesture, Etc.

… Posture and action are comparatively small and inconsiderable matters; but still even the sandal in the statue of Minerva should be correctly carved, and in the service of …

A Pressed Man Yielding to Christ

John 9:35-38

… LAST Sabbath morning [Sermon #1683, Volume 28—The Great Cross-Bearer and His Followers] I spoke to you concerning one who was forced into the King's service …

The Gospel'S Healing Power

Luke 5:17

… And that if we are called being physicians we may understand the work of the Lord Jesus all the better by what we see in our own work …

The Love Of Jesus—What It Is—None But His Loved Ones Know

Ephesians 3:19

… We may begin the exercises of this evening with a question of self-examination, and we may continue them throughout the whole service, trying to press that question …

A Glorious Church

Ephesians 5:25-27

… The painter would never attain to eminence if he went to an exhibition and devoted himself to the study of some work of moderate worth and said, "I …

God in Nature and in Revelation

Psalm 19:7-9

… He gives testimony to all His attributes as they are revealed in the Person and work of our Lord Jesus Christ. He gives testimony to His own everlasting …

Unbelievers Upbraided

Mark 16:14

… And He will go right through, to the end, with the great work of your eternal salvation! By the mouth of His servant Jeremiah, the Lord asked, long …

The Pastor’s Parting Blessing

Romans 16:24

… Furthermore, beloved, may you be the subjects of Christ’s work constantly. That will give yet another meaning to this benediction. The Lord Jesus Christ, by his Spirit …

Underneath

Deuteronomy 33:27

… If there is any service rendered, let it be according to the everlasting commandment. If in your soul there is any Divine Grace. If there is any virtue …

A Defence of Calvinism

… In Christ’s finished work I see an ocean of merit; my plummet finds no bottom, my eye discovers no shore. There must be sufficient efficacy in the …

The Weaned Child

Psalm 131:2

… They cannot work with others, but must have the chief place, contrary to the word of the Apostle who says, "My Brethren, be you not many masters, lest …

Longing To Find God

Job 23:3

… But if you go saying, "I want to find Christ during this service. I want to lay hold on God to my soul's eternal salvation," I do …

Jesus, The Gread Object of Astonishment

… But sorrow came to engrave her name where sin had never made a stroke, and she did her work so effectually that His visage was more marred than …

Jesus Angry with Hard Hearts

Mark 3:5

… But when men are put to pick oakum, or break stones, or do other rough work, their hands become hard and callous: even so is it with the …

'Marvelous Things'

Psalm 98:1

… This is another work of the Holy Spirit for which we have good reason to sing unto the Lord a new song! Sinner, I have to say to …

Christ Seen as God's Salvation

Luke 2:30

… Oftentimes the sweat fell from Him in that daily service which, as the Servant of servants, He rendered to all His brethren. None toiled as He did—none …

The Meat and Drink of the New Nature

John 6:55

… We have long since passed out of the region of controversy about that, for He has been God to us in the work of salvation and in the …