Work & Service

God the Wonder-Worker

Psalm 136:4

… The aboundings of divine wisdom, and prudence, and longsuffering, and patience are needed to work salvation. The Lord, travailing with compassion, goes about to compass the salvation of …

The Truth Of God's Salvation

Psalm 69:13

… But there is permanence in God's salvation—it will never fade—it is not a temporary work! The salvation of His people shall enlist the wondering gaze …

Jesus Putting Away Sin

Hebrews 9:26

… And His exaltation in Heaven is the evidence that He has completed His work. There He takes His seat because the work is done. If the work had …

The Nail in a Sure Place

Isaiah 22:23-25

… God will not have it said that He partly made the heavens, but that some other spirit came in to conclude the gigantic work of Creation, much less …

Morning, July 18

Nu 2:31

… Some one must be hindmost in honour and esteem, some one must do menial work for Jesus, and why should not I? In a poor village, among an …

Morning, March 4

2Co 12:9

… Saints bear up under every discouragement, believing that all things work together for their good, and that out of apparent evils a real blessing shall ultimately spring—that …

Evening, December 6

Rev 1:13

… A girdle , for Jesus never was ungirt while upon earth, but stood always ready for service, and now before the eternal throne he stays not His holy ministry …

Chastisement—Now And Afterward

Hebrews 12:11

… Our work this morning is to consider the destruction of the power of sin. This is a work which rests in the hands of God the Holy Spirit …

A Visit From the Lord

Psalm 106:4

… God's salvation includes a perfect cleansing in the precious blood of Jesus, a supernatural work in renewing the heart, a resurrection work in raising the dead and …

'Cases of Conscience'

Psalm 38:4

… I shall endeavor to describe the state of the sinner's heart when it has been awakened, when conscience is set at work, when sin and the judgment …

Salvation of the Lord

Jonah 2:9

… Let others defend Scripture and prove it to be true; they can do their work better than I could; mine is just the mere work of proclaiming. I …

Psalm 117

Psalm 117

… Knapp supposes that it was used as an intermediate service, sung during the progress of the general service, to vary the devotion, and to awaken a new interest …

Freedom At Once and Forever

Isaiah 61:1

… Christ has not come to work out for you a deliverance which will take hours, days, weeks, or months to complete—He has come to knock your fetters …

Direction In Dilemma

Exodus 14:13

… At the mouth of the furnace the Great Purifier sits as a Refiner to purify the sons of Levi—and when this work has been achieved and they …

Believing To See No.

Psalm 27:13

… otherwise work is no more work." Salvation is altogether, from first to last, a gratuitous act of GRACE—hence you do not need to look for any merit …

Evidence of the New Life

… I do not inquire what your experience may have been, or may not have been; if Christ be precious to you, there has been a work of grace …

'Accepted in the Beloved'

Ephesians 1:6

… Cast your eyes along that work for a minute. In the first part of His life that work was active. In the second part and also in the …

Prayer 7 — "Let All the People Praise Thee"

… If there be anything whatsoever that lifts us above the devil himself, it is the work of the divine Spirit, to whom be glory! And now at the …

The Value and Rank of the Believer

Isaiah 43:4

… But he that believes in Jesus has been created anew by the work of the Holy Spirit. God has, in a very special sense, created him. He has …

Baptism’A Burial

Romans 6:3-4

… Resurrection was a special work upon the body of Christ by which he was raised up, and that work, begun upon the Head, will continue till all the …

The Sweet Uses of Adversity

Job 10:2

… thus had God determined, “I will strengthen the creature so much, that I will permit it to overcome its Creator.” Oh, what noble work is this, that while …

Final Perseverance

Hebrews 6:4-6

… It is one thing for God to work a work of grace in the soul, it is quite another thing for God to show us that work; it …

Psalm 55

Psalm 55

… It means, properly, "a change" in the sense of succession; as of garments, of troops relieving guard, servants leaving work, and the like. Hence it would rather mean …

Justification by Faith—Illustrated by Abram’s Righteousness

Genesis 15:6

… It was a good work to leave his country and his father’s house at God’s bidding; it was a good work to separate from Lot in …

Life by Faith

Galatians 3:11

… Up to the point at which you can work, you must work, and with God's blessing upon it your work will not hinder your faith but be …

God's Will and Man's Will

Romans 9:16

… The work of the Spirit is consistent with the original laws and constitution of human nature. Ignorant men talk grossly and carnally about the work of the Spirit …

The Royal Prerogative

Deuteronomy 32:39

… Never despair of anybody! If salvation were man's work you might despair, but since it is God's work, despair of none! The wretch who is the …

Psalm 93

Psalm 93

… The course of God's providence is one of constant interposition; for "all things work together for good to them that love God." Only these interpositions are not …

Gratitude for Deliverance from the Grave

Psalm 118:17

… His afflictions were the work of a cruel enemy. Yes, but that enemy's assaults were being overruled by the Lord and were made to work for his …

A Great Sermon by the Greatest Preacher

Matthew 3:17

… Now we can be laborers together with God, for this is a work in which we delight, and it is a work in which God also delights. See …

Jehovah's Challenge

Jeremiah 32:27

… Let us begin at the beginning, with God's work of creation, as Jeremiah does in this very chapter, and we shall then say, with him, that Jehovah …

The Harvest and the Vintage

Revelation 14:14-20

… Judgment is His strange work, His left-handed work, but, "He delights in mercy" and He will put this work first when He comes to "judge the world …

The Comer’s Conflict with Satan

Luke 9:42

… He knows it is the Holy Spirit’s work to take away pride from man, and to humble the soul. Well, Satan counterfeits that blessed work, and takes …

The Captain of Our Salvation

Hebrews 2:10

… But, since there is nothing about this work but what will bring Him honor and glory, we rest assured that, having put His hand to it, He will …

The Drawings Of Divine Love

John 6:44

… You want to experience amazing changes that you may know that God is at work in your soul, do you? Well, I do not wonder at that desire …

Daniel's Undaunted Courage

Daniel 6:10

… espoused by a solemn determination that he would not turn aside from His service—that determination having resulted from God's having determined to select him and to …

Redeeming the Unclean

Exodus 13:13

… WE read to you in the former part of the service the origination of the Law of God by which the first-born, both of man and beast …

God's Writing Upon Man's Heart

Jeremiah 31:33

… A day in which we are to serve God with all our might and any kind of work which is wholly God's work—and in which we …

David's Holy Wonder at The Lord's Great Goodness

Psalm 31:19

… What did the Master, Himself, say? The Jews asked Him, "What is the work of God?" They wanted to know what was that highest work which man could …

The Two Appearings and the Discipline of Grace

Titus 2:11-14

… The Grace of God has conspicuously shone forth and made itself visible to men of every rank in the Person and work of the Lord Jesus. This was …