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Infallibility—Where To Find It and How To Use It
Matthew 4:4
… pope prefixed to the first volume—excommunicates all printers who, in reprinting the work, should make any alterations in the text!" The notion of infallibility residing in mortal …
SERMON • SERMON 3343'The Star Out of Jacob'
Numbers 24:17
… Young people, I would that you would serve Him! Oh, that you were enlisted in His service. It is now a good many years since I gave my …
SERMON • SERMON 863The Stone Rolled Away
Matthew 28:2
… for your work shall be rewarded and they shall come again from the land of the enemy." Sorrow no longer, you mourners, around the grave, as those that …
SERMON • SERMON 1086Jesus, The King of Truth
John 18:37
… While I have been laid aside and able to do nothing, the great sorrow of my heart has been my inability to do Him service. I heard my …
SERMON • SERMON 3238A Vision of the King
Isaiah 33:17
… yet surely My judgment is with the LORD, and My work with My God.The Jews, as a nation, were not gathered unto Christ. The highly favored people …
SERMON • SERMON 800The Centurion's Faith and Humility
Luke 7:6-8
… Jesus has therefore but to will it, and to the utmost bounds of the earth those influences which are under His control will at once set to work …
SERMON • SERMON 2077The Gospel of the Glory of Christ
2 Corinthians 4:4
… Born of a virgin, our Lord has come among us and has lived on earth a life of service and of suffering—there must be hope for us …
SERMON • SERMON 19David's Dying Song
2 Samuel 23:5
… That is the greatest safeguard on earth—that I have something within me that never can be quenched; that I put on the regimentals of a service which …
SERMON • SERMON 2879The Wide-open Mouth Filled
Psalm 81:10
… Perhaps before the time for the service came, you thought you could not pray or preach at all. You remember how the Lord said to Ezekiel, "Eat this …
SERMON • SERMON 2075Our Lord's Entrance Within the Veil
Hebrews 9:12
… Our Immanuel was born at Bethlehem, He dwelt at Nazareth, He died on Calvary and He has now gone up on High because His work is finished and …
SERMON • SERMON 1143Death for Sin and Death to Sin
1 Peter 2:24
… We are reminded how feeble our life is—how short our time for service. Let us, then, Brothers and Sisters, deal always with the best things and attend …
SERMON • SERMON 539Heavenly Lovesickness!
Solomon 5:8
… You know the old story of Swiss soldiers, that when they have enlisted into foreign service they never will permit the band to play the "Ranz des Vaches …
SERMON • SERMON 3144'The True Sayings of God'
Revelation 19:9
… whose creed is the Word of God and whose power for life and service is the indwelling Spirit of God. There is another church—you know what a …
SERMON • SERMON 3072An Observation of the Preacher
Ecclesiastes 7:8
… Let faith and patience do their perfect work. In the day when the crown shall be set upon the head of "the King eternal, immortal, invisible," one ray …
SERMON • SERMON 1142Free Pardon
Isaiah 43:25
… That cannot be a motive, for if they do better, their improvement is His work in them. Left to themselves they would do even worse after they were …
SERMON • SERMON 3423Beholding God's Church
Psalm 48:12-14
… All men's work will pass away and, perhaps, the sooner the better, for wood, and hay, and stubble would but destroy the beauty and the completeness of …
SERMON • SERMON 2417First Forgiveness, Then Healing
Luke 5:20
… There was no intricate problem for him to work out in his mind. The Master said all that was required in that one sentence, "Your sins are forgiven …
SERMON • SERMON 834The Universal Remedy
Isaiah 53:5
… Not alone the work of the nails and the spear, but the cruel handiwork of the rod and the scourge. Out of all this throng of Believers, there …
SERMON • SERMON 293The King’s Highway Opened and Cleared
… Of what service is it? It is broken, you cannot bring music from it; it is but a, reed when it is whole, and now it is a …
SERMON • SERMON 2191Believing On Jesus—and Its Counterfeits
John 8:30-32
… Blessed is he who makes his Master's service his pleasure! His Lord's Law is his delight! His Savior's Glory the absorbing occupation of his time …
SERMON • SERMON 153The Mysteries of the Brazen Serpent
John 3:14
… but the main work of the ministry—its every day work—is just exhibiting Christ. and crying out to sinners, “Believe, believe, believe on him who is the …
SERMON • SERMON 3094Heart Piercing
Acts 2:37
… The reason why so many backslide is that they built on the sand—there was no deep foundation-work. The soul-saving work, the work which lasts, is …
SERMON • SERMON 3103A Pastoral Visit
… They must be born-again before they can be members of the Church—there must have been the work of the Spirit of God in the hearts of …
PRAYERPrayer 18 — O, For More Grace!
… May we walk humbly with God in joyful faith in the finished work of Christ. Savior, look on Thy beloved ones and give blessings according to our necessities …
SERMON • SERMON 2136Possessing Possessions
… If you work for God in an unholy way or work for God rightly, yet, nevertheless, are inconsistent in your ordinary life, the people of God will be …
SERMON • SERMON 3420Could He Not? Ah! But He Would Not
John 11:37
… A master-builder would soon discharge the carpenter on the work who should always be saying, "Why should that piece of timber be of that shape," or, "Why …
SERMON • SERMON 2673Christ Crucified
1 Corinthians 2:2
… On my way to this evening's service, I called to see one of our dear brethren who is very ill, and I was much refreshed with a …
SERMON • SERMON 3047If So—what Then?
1 Peter 4:18
… Yet I ask you, Christian, whether you do not sometimes find it hard work to pray? When you are on your knees, all sorts of cares come buzzing …
SERMON • SERMON 2750A Door of Hope
Hosea 2:15
… Now God gives us, in the Presence of His Son, the manna of Heaven! In the finished work and spotless righteousness of Jesus, He gives our faith its …
SERMON • SERMON 1141Good News for the Destitute
Psalm 102:17
… Our first work, this morning, shall be to speak about a spiritual pauper, the "destitute." Then we will talk of his special occupation—it is clear that he …
SERMON • SERMON 184The Glorious Gospel
1 Timothy 1:15
… If he be not able, if he be not commissioned to perform the work, then indeed, the work itself is worthless to us, and falls short of its …
SERMON • SERMON 487A Tempted Savior—Our Best Succor
Hebrews 2:18
… His Father called Him to a work of the most terrific character. He laid upon Him the iniquity of us all. He ordained Him, the second Adam, the …
SERMON • SERMON 2736The Great Miracle Worker
John 11:47
… of the Romans! The Romans might be strong, but the Man who could work miracles must be stronger. And if it should ever come to a conflict between …
COMMENTARYPsalm 123
Psalm 123
… For God to have wrought in men the spirit of service is a great marvel, and as such let all men turn aside and see this great sight …
CHAPTERLetters to Father and Mother, January to June, 1850
… He has chosen me to be one of His vessels of mercy; and, despite all opposition from without and from within, He will surely accomplish His own work …
SERMON • SERMON 515The Sinner'S Advocate
1 John 2:1
… There—listen to him—I am not to be thus trod upon! Who dares to treat me thus?" Many who have done good service for Christ have had …
SERMON • SERMON 1091Prayer Certified Of Success
Luke 11:9-10
… God can work miracles and He may work them yet again as He has done in days of yore, but it is no part of the Christian faith …
SERMON • SERMON 2063The Filling of Empty Vessels
2 Kings 4:3
… I shall use the text in a third way of application IN REFERENCE TO THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. There was a time in certain Churches when …
SERMON • SERMON 1844Israel And Britain. A Note of Warning
John 12:37-41
… But what did he see? It is a most important thing that in these days you and I should see the same, for the same work lies before …
SERMON • SERMON 2117The Father's Love to His Dying Son
John 10:17
… Though left to their own free agency, yet when the work of Divine Grace was complete in them, they would be of a character to which sin would …