Work & Service

Christ—Our Substitute

2 Corinthians 5:21

… Now, you will readily perceive that if one is to be a substitute for another before God, either to work out a righteousness or to suffer a penalty …

Jesus, the Example of Holy Praise

… When but a Child, He said, "Know you not that I must be about My Father's business?" Throughout His work-life He could say, "The zeal of …

The Sequel to Divine Sovereignty

Psalm 99:1

… My Brothers on the platform, you who are officers in the Church, I evoke you to make sure work for eternity! You fathers in Israel, presume not upon …

The Uses of the Law

Galatians 3:19

… Brown, your shopkeeper, and you say to her, “Well, I am sorry, ma’am, that through my husband being out of work,” and all that, “I know I …

God's Fatherly Pity

Psalm 103:13

… He is pitying them that fear Him! Though He knows your trials will work for your good, yet He pities you! Though He knows that there is sin …

The Relationship of Marriage

Jeremiah 3:14

… Let us not need to be flogged to service, but let us say— "'Tis love that makes our willing feet In swift obedience move." O Christian, if the …

Confession of Christ

Matthew 10:32

… To "profess" Christ may be work which anyone would do, especially in soft and silken times, when a profession may even be remunerative, when it may even add …

The Dejected Lover

Solomon 3:1-4

… I will go with the throng where God speaks through His servants," but service after service, and sermon after sermon were like clouds without rain, and wells without …

'Going and Weeping'

Jeremiah 50:4

… I mean that when a man is going away from his past sins, away from his old habits, away from self-righteousness, if that reformation is a work …

Fifteen Years After!

Job 1:21

… liberality, for they had already given "much more than enough for the service of the work which the Lord commanded to make." Let us try to imitate the …

The Drawings of Love

Jeremiah 31:3

… a magnet up there drawing your heart so that when you are at work in your business, in your family with all its cares, you cannot help darting …

Psalm 56

Psalm 56

… Walking at liberty, in holy service, in sacred communion, in constant progress in holiness, enjoying the smile of heaven—this I seek after. Here is the loftiest reach …

'Marvelous Loving Kindness'

Psalm 17:7

… Then, glorify His name by believing that He can work this miracle of mercy for you. Do not be afraid to sing— "Great God of wonders! All Your …

Psalm 37

Psalm 37

… No truce or parley is to be held with sin, we must turn away from it without hesitation, and set ourselves practically to work in the opposite direction …

The Sad Plight and Sure Relief

Romans 5:6

… Yes, and this is the way to sweep out of the path all attempts on our part to help, for this was so great a work that Jesus …

Prepare To Meet Your God

Amos 4:12

… I am a pressed man in this service. That sick young woman's necessities forced me to this subject. Why this special arrangement? I believe the reason is …

God's Overtaking Mercy

Genesis 16:8

… teach the knowledge of the true God to all who were in his service. His was the central spot of the Light of God in the world—and …

A Sense of Pardoned Sin

Isaiah 38:17

… It a cloud passes before the face of the sun, my dial is of little service to me, but then my faith comes out in all its excellency …

Why Men Do Not Believe

John 5:46

… It is because they feel that His service is too hard, and exacts too much, too great a self-denial, too much of coming out from the world …

An Appeal to Children of Godly Parents

Proverbs 6:20-23

… When your hands are full of toil and your head is full of thought, nothing can do you more service than to have a God to go to …

Things Unknown

Jeremiah 33:3

… Happily, the minister who took the service abandoned it after one attempt, being convinced that more harm than good would result from it. But, unhappily, since then, not …

Psalm 142

Psalm 142

… b) They have derived from God new and seasonable supplies of divine grace and strength for service. c) God has refreshed his saints with divine consolations for the …

A Gross Indignity

Matthew 27:30

… There shall angels be our waiting servants and principalities and powers shall assist us in our service of song. Before the mighty Throne of blazing light, where God …

None But Jesus—Second Part

John 3:18

… and Paul, the aged, after years of service, was not more justified than was the thief with no service at all. We are to-day accepted in the …

A Sermon From a Sick Preacher

1 Peter 2:7

… We might next speak of Him in the preciousness of His work, showing His preciousness as the Mediator of the New Covenant and at the Incarnate Messenger of …

Abraham's Trial—a Lesson for Believers

Genesis 22:1

… It is a great thing that God should take any notice of us, poor creatures that we are. "When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers …

Lecture V: The Sciences As Sources Of Illustration.

… God has been pleased highly to exalt man; but we must remember how the psalmist speaks of him: "When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers …

God in Heaven, and Men on the Sea

Psalm 65:5

… Salvation that makes you a new creature must be the work of Him who sits upon the Throne of God and makes all things new! It is a …

Abundant Pardon

Isaiah 55:7

… I never did him any hurt and I never will.' Do you know he has often done you great service? You were in debt and you would have …

The Crisis Of This World

John 12:31-33

… Where is our music? Where is our oratory? Where is anything of attractive architecture, or beauty of ritual? "A bare service," they call it. Yes, but Christ makes …

God's Care of Elijah

1 Kings 17:4

… Some men are lazy and will not work—God will not provide for such, for they are far away from the path of duty. "If they will not …

The Eternal Day

Isaiah 60:20

… knowledge—they shall have it! Others have rejoiced in the prospect of continued service—they shall have it! They shall serve Him day and night in His Temple …

Chastisement

Hebrews 12:5

… Ah! you think that weakness of body incapacitates him from being of service to the church. If he is called upon to pray, there is a sweet brokenness …

Rehoboam the Unready

2 Chronicles 12:14

… He never "prepared his heart." If he went to a service—well, he was there, but that was all. Some people who have come here tonight never thought …

Gray Hairs

Hosea 7:9

… do yet better service for your God! I long heavily for more Divine Grace to serve my Master, and more consecration to His service! And I wish the …

Stephen and Saul

Acts 7:58

… He really thought that he was doing God's service in what he did. He was quite as sincere, in his own way, as was the martyr who …

The Chariots Of Amminadib

Solomon 6:12

… The rule of the Christian life is, "If any man will not work, neither shall he eat." If you will not serve God as Christians, you shall not …

The Essence Of The Gospel

John 3:18

… If that is so, it may be of some service to them to know where they are, and what they are. "He that believes not is condemned already …

'Christ Is All'

Colossians 3:11

… We could not prove our devotion to Christ, in practical service such as He loves best, if there were not needy ones whom we could succor and support …

An All-important Question

John 9:35

… So far, so good, but, "Do you believe in the Son of God?" Some of us sat, this morning, at the close of the public service, around our …