Work & Service

Amazing Grace

Isaiah 57:18

… But then, He is full of love and judgment is His strange work. What is to be done, then? He must either mend them or end them—one …

Things That Accompany Salvation

Hebrews 6:9

… Understand, then, that the first work of God the Spirit in the soul is a terrible work. Before a man can be truly converted, he must suffer great …

Decided Ungodliness

Jeremiah 5:3

… Is it not amazing that the Christ, who is the Head over all things, could not be perfected for this work of ruling, or for the work of …

The Inner Side of Conversion

Jeremiah 31:18-20

… It is no work of mere nature when the heart talks with God. Look at the multitudes of prayers which unconverted men daily repeat. What dead formalities they …

Buying Without Money

Isaiah 55:1

… Again I cry, "Come, buy, and eat." Oh that the Spirit may work in you that strong desire without which no man will ever buy! Alas, there are …

Begin Well

… They look upon all these things as unpleasant preliminaries, and, therefore, before they have attended to repentance, before the Holy Spirit has wrought a good work in them …

The Pilgrim's Longings

Hebrews 11:15-16

… In the parlour, pleasantly conversing, or in the kitchen, perhaps, occupied with the day's work'toiling in the field, or trading on the mart, busy on the …

The Sword of the Spirit

Ephesians 6:17

… When work is done, nowadays, it is, as a rule, badly done. Work done by contract is usually done poorly in some part or another. But when a …

Titles of Honor

… But the salvation to which God has from the beginning chosen you is inseparably linked with the cleansing and sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit who operates within …

Bread For The Hungry

Deuteronomy 8:3

… When the foul fiend suggested to the hungry Savior that He should work a "preposterous miracle" to supply His needs, saying, "If you are the Son of God …

The Savior's Precious Blood

1 Peter 1:19

… By sanctification is usually meant in Scripture the setting apart of anything for the service of God and so making it holy. Now, the blood separates the saints …

Human Depravity And Divine Mercy

Genesis 8:21

… These ignorant imaginations of what the work of the Spirit is go forth and they never return because no unclean child of the old Adam can be a …

"Two Immutable Things"

Ezekiel 16:8

… Thus were you decked with gold and silver; and your raiment was offine linen, and silk, and broidered work. The work of the Lord Jesus and the work …

The Family Likeness

Romans 8:14

… He makes us willing in the day of His Power and then we work with Him because He works in us here to will and to do of …

Sight For Those Who See Not

John 9:39

… Now, are you hungering after Christ? Oh, Soul, if you know your need of Him and have a strong desire after Him, the heavenly work is begun! If …

The Sons of God

Romans 8:16

… I say, it is utterly needless for me to refresh your memories about your present condition; but I feel it will be a good and profitable work if …

Salvation by Knowing the Truth

1 Timothy 2:3

… The work of the Holy Ghost in the heart is to work in us the truth. The knowledge of the truth is a large knowledge. It is not …

'Return Unto Your Rest'

Psalm 116:7

… This fact makes it rather sad work to turn to the second division of my subject which is that SOMETIMES THE BELIEVER LEAVES THAT REST. He should not …

Members Of Christ

Ephesians 5:30

… There is here union of life, union of relationship and union of service. See what I mean. Your hand never studies what it can do for the head …

Faith's Way of Approach

Romans 10:17

… I believe with the same mind. 'Tis true that all saving faith is the work of the Holy Spirit in us, but be it always remembered that we …

A Visit to Bethlehem

Luke 2:15

… and watched over me in my infant weakness, that would have been a service that I could well admire, but 'tis past imagination's utmost stretch to realize …

Plenary Absolution

Psalm 103:12

… Their church, as if to chasten it for its alliance with the State, has lost the jubilant tone of faith and made its daily service rather a wail …

Confession and Absolution

Luke 18:13

… What would you think of a moral writer of our own day, should he endeavor in a work of fiction, to set before us the gentle virtue of …

On Spiritualizing

… His work, by the way, is open to much criticism on the score of making metaphors run not only on all-fours, but on as many legs as …

An Antidote to Satan's Devices

Genesis 3:1

… I can go about God's work and feel that I love it, yet I cannot feel it is God's work. I seem to have got into …

Real Grace for Real Need

Luke 9:11

… He did nothing for show, nothing for mere custom, but everything to work solid good and erase real evil. Not a motion of His finger has He for …

The Forerunner

Hebrews 6:20

… He has gone within the veil—not the veil of "blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work," but within the veil that hides …

The Great Teacher and Remembrancer

John 14:26

… For He will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. And as Isaiah said before …

Justification by Faith

Romans 5:1

… Remember that faith is not the work of the Spirit within, but the work of Christ upon the tree! That upon which I must rest as my meritorious …

The Law's Failure and Fulfillment

Romans 8:3

… The work of regeneration and the act of faith which brings justification to the penitent sinner are simultaneous and must, in the nature of the case, always be …

Praise Your God, O Zion!

Luke 19:37-40

… Oh, you must bless Him! You must take the front rank now and bless His name for the mighty work which you have seen in yourself! The things …

A Psalmist's Question and Answer

Psalm 130:3

… What did the Romanism and the work-mongering of Laud produce? The Cavaliers, with their dainty perfumed curls! But what did the Justification by Faith, preached by Owen …

The Blind Man'S Earnest Cries

Mark 10:47

… O Lord, how long, how long! If the Lord Jesus shall graciously work by His Spirit among us, we shall soon have our languishing churches revived! Errors will …

Belief, Baptism, Blessing

Acts 16:33

… Paul dreams about mission work, for his heart is in it. I should not wonder if some before me, who are deeply engaged in earnest Christian work, have …

A Testimony To Free and Sovereign Grace

Psalm 37:39

… No, the work is finished and, from top to bottom, salvation is of the Lord! All Covenant provisions are already in the Lord Jesus in full and the …

God's Thoughts Of Peace and Our Expected End

Jeremiah 29:11

… It is fine music when we can sing, "Sweet affliction." "Hard work," says one. Yes, but it is worth the pains, for it secures perfect peace. If your …

When Can We Find Comforters?

Nahum 3:7

… First, sometimes, our work is very easy. Secondly, at other times, it becomes so hard as even to be impossible. I. First, SOMETIMES OUR WORK IS VERY EASY …

False Justification and True

Job 9:20

… thing! The Law says, "Work to obtain life." The Gospel says, "You have life freely given to you in Christ Jesus—now work for Him because you live …

A Plea From the Cross

Luke 23:34

… He came to seek and to save the rebellious and He had spent His active life in their service. He is about to die, but the ruling passion …

'His Great Love'

Ephesians 2:4

… You were dead in sins when His Spirit came to work them upon you, but the Spirit came, in the name of the risen Savior, with such almighty …