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"Jehovah-Rophi"
Exodus 15:26
… Yes, but that Divine work was exercised only upon our spiritual nature—our bodies were not born again—therefore they still abide under the liability of disease, decay …
SERMON • SERMON 3449Buying the Truth
Proverbs 23:23
… Plow deep, my Brothers and Sisters! Feel what you believe! Let it be with you real home-work, soul-work, the work of God the Holy Spirit—not …
SERMON • SERMON 1226The Secret Of Health
Psalm 42:11
… That beauty of holiness was the work of God who made man upright and caused his countenance to beam with health. He who made the first man pure …
SERMON • SERMON 2311Our Lord's Last Cry from the Cross
Luke 23:46
… Leave out no Command, keep on obeying till you can say, "It is finished." Work your lifework, obey your Master, suffer or serve according to His will, but …
SERMON • SERMON 2042The Maintenance of Good Works
Titus 3:3-8
… We feel that we must give the thought of our heart and the energy of our lives to the great work of saving men out of gratitude to …
SERMON • SERMON 92Profit and Loss
Mark 8:36
… when he stood in his council chamber, his will was law; in his service thousands were slain, but at his summons, an equal number gathered round his standard …
CHAPTERClose
… Get to the work of the Lord--the work of love. Begin at home. Visit next your neighbors. Enlighten the village or the street in which you live …
SERMON • SERMON 1384A Round of Delights
Romans 15:13
… We work with joy and rest with peace. What a blessing it is that when we come to die, if we cannot depart with the banners of triumphant …
SERMON • SERMON 3012God Comforting His People
Isaiah 49:13
… There is, in the redemptive work of Christ, an inner and select circle into which none but those who are spiritually quickened by the Spirit of God are …
SERMON • SERMON 1998Not Bound Yet
2 Timothy 2:9
… It is utterly impossible that the Truth of the Gospel shall die, since it is wrapped up in the work of the Lord Jesus Christ who lives and …
SERMON • SERMON 681Eyes Opened
Genesis 21:19
… We are so naturally and entirely ruined, that if saved, the whole work must be of God, and the whole Glory must form the head of the Triune …
SERMON • SERMON 3298Lessons From Christ's Baptism
Matthew 3:16
… Do you know that when Christ was baptized, He gave, as it were, a picture of His great work of Redemption? He said to John, "Thus it becomes …
CHAPTERThe Fear of Final Falling
… They go out to work, and all day long they are vexed with filthy conversation like righteous Lot in Sodom. Can you even walk the open streets without …
SERMON • SERMON 361None But Jesus
John 3:18
… God in Christ, but not God apart from Christ, nor any work of the Spirit, but the work of Jesus only must be viewed by you as the …
SERMON • SERMON 3436Christ Glorified
Isaiah 55:5
… work of God, you know—this is a Hebraism, for the greatest work of all, this is the work of God, the God-like work, the work! But …
SERMON • SERMON 500Ebenezer!
1 Samuel 7:12
… You look to the work within and overcome sin, and God will look to the work without and overcome your troubles and your trials for you. Ah, dear …
SERMON • SERMON 974Compassion for Souls
Genesis 21:16
… Do you possess it? Brethren, help me to pass it round the fly wheel, and oh, how God will work, and we will work through his power, and …
SERMON • SERMON 3520Jerusalem the Guilty
Luke 13:33
… Let us carefully search ourselves to see whether we are in the faith and then let us gratefully bless that mighty hand which, having begun its gracious work …
SERMON • SERMON 3362Fearing and Trusting—trusting and Not Fearing
Psalm 56:3
… Remember that where God begins to work, He does not ask usto finish. He always completes His own work. If you have begun the work of salvation, you …
SERMON • SERMON 337Sin Slain
Judges 4:22
… What slaves do men make of themselves when they most think themselves free! I have seen a man work harder and spend more money in seeking pleasure in …
COMMENTARYPsalm 124
Psalm 124
… God could create when he had nothing to work upon, which made one wonder; aud he could create when he had nothing to work with, which is another …
SERMON • SERMON 3033Why Christ Is Not Esteemed
Isaiah 53:3
… companion—that idea never occurred to me until the Holy Spirit began to work conviction in my heart. And then I was glad enough to turn to the …
SERMON • SERMON 34Preach the Gospel
1 Corinthians 9:16
… We get so much work stored into our brain, such an idea of merit and of doing, wrought into our hearts, that it is almost impossible for us …
SERMON • SERMON 2054Judgments and No Repentance— Repetance and No Salvation
Revelation 16:9
… This is wretched work. This repentance gives no glory to God and leads to no saving and lasting deliverance from sin. It is fallen nature washed and brushed …
SERMON • SERMON 167The Holy Spirit and the One Church
Jude 1:19
… The first work of the Spirit in the heart is a work during which the Spirit is compared to the wind. You remember that when our Saviour spoke …
SERMON • SERMON 3360Pleading With the Indifferent
Lamentations 1:12
… and stale upon your ears? Did you say to yourselves, "It is dry work to listen to that. There is nothing there to strike the attention. If I …
CHAPTERRepentance Must Go With Forgiveness
… To divide the work of grace would be to cut the living child in halves, and those who would permit this have no interest in it. I will …
SERMON • SERMON 1709The Best War Cry
Numbers 23:21
… Infidelity, Socinianism, and modern thought can make no headway where the Spirit is at work! Enchantment does not lie against Israel and divination does not touch Jacob. If …
SERMON • SERMON 3114God's Providence
Ezekiel 1:15-19
… The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the color of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work …
CHAPTERThe Sin-Bearer
… He dieth no more, death hath no more dominion over Him; for He has ended His work, and has cried, “It is finished.” As for the sins which …
SERMON • SERMON 672The Ravens' Cry
Psalm 147:9
… The cry of a young raven is nothing but the natural cry of a creature, but your cry, if it is sincere, is the result of a work …
SERMON • SERMON 1898Mouth and Heart
Romans 10:9
… PAUL'S great work was saving souls. Whatever else he might be doing, he never forgot, "by all means to save some." Whatever else he aimed at in …
SERMON • SERMON 2368The Living Care of the Dying Christ
John 18:8
… I have finished the work which You gave Me to do. Jesus regards His work as already done, although He had yet to die, to pay the ransom …
SERMON • SERMON 555Nothing But Leaves
Mark 11:13
… We have a right to expect it from the work of the Spirit which you claim to have received. Shall the Holy Spirit work in man’s heart …
SERMON • SERMON 2939A Stir-and What Came of It
Matthew 21:10
… But are disobedient servants likely to do their Master's work well? If there are commands of Jesus which we persistently ignore—if there are precepts of the …
SERMON • SERMON 2279Joy Hindering Faith
Luke 24:41-45
… Christ has joined the Glory of His name with the work of salvation. He cares more to be a Savior than to be a King! His highest Glory …
SERMON • SERMON 1042A Persuasive to Steadfastness
Hebrews 3:14
… Oh, to be made partakers! This is a work of grace, of sovereign omnipotent grace'a work which a man cannot sufficiently admire, and for which he can …
SERMON • SERMON 292A New Year's Benediction
1 Peter 5:10
… If there could be such a thing as a man in whom sanctification began but in whom God the Spirit ceased to work, if there could be a …
PRAYERPrayer 21 — Boldness at The Throne of Grace
… May we never take off our eyes from His divine person, from His infinite merit, from His finished work, from His living power, or from the expectancy of …
SERMON • SERMON 3063Jotham's Peculiar Honor
2 Chronicles 27:6
… The Lord must first work in us both to will and to do of His good pleasure and then we must work out our own salvation with fear …