Work & Service

The Headstone of the Corner

Psalm 118:22-25

… Jesus Christ's name and work were, at length, had in honor in the world, but this was due to no man's wisdom, eloquence, or power, but …

Self-Examination

2 Corinthians 13:5

… has been discovered that she will obey the helm, that the engines will work correctly, and that all is in right order, she goes out on her long …

Prospect—"He Will Keep"

John 17:11

… The corpse was washed—washed with rosewater—and there were touches of paint on the cheeks and lips that almost veiled the work of death. Fitly draped and …

God'S Strange Choice

1 Corinthians 1:26-29

… We will now introduce to you a few figures made use of in Scripture in connection with the work of salvation and I think you will then see …

The Resurrection Credible

Acts 26:8

… We shall grow accustomed to this new work of God when we have entered upon our longer life. We were only born but yesterday and have seen little …

The Best Bread

John 6:48

… He speaks not merely of His Words, nor of His offices, nor of His work, but of Himself. "I am that bread of life." And herein He teaches …

The Top of the Ladder

Ephesians 3:19

… Once more, when the love of Christ comes to work upon the soul—when it brings with it all its choice treasures— then the mind of the Believer …

Near the Kingdom, or in It?

Mark 12:34

… Even when you have been at work—you do not know whether others have noticed it or not—there has been the heaving of a sigh or the …

Love in Chastening

… You see it was loving work on the shepherd’s part. He did but take the lamb to save the sheep, and the Saviour but took your child …

Truthfulness

Jeremiah 5:3

… Oh, there must be no mistake about our being true before God, for when it comes to dying work, nothing will stand us, then, but sincerity! When he …

Memorials of Jesus

… His service is our delight; to stand at His gates is honor, and to run before His chariot is bliss. As for His people, we greet them as …

Lukewarmness

Revelation 3:15

… Either put your heart into the work, or let someone else do it! We have had too many men of straw filling up our ranks. We have had …

A Sincere Summary—and a Searching Scrutiny

Psalm 119:168

… It is the gift of Your Grace and, because You have put it there, Lord, and You have begun to work in me, finish Your work, I pray …

Poverty and Riches

2 Corinthians 8:9

… I mean, it is heart-aching work to be always having to stoop and to have nobody who is your comrade and associate. Jesus shut Himself off from …

Peter's Fall and Restoration

Luke 22:61

… That look did the work—that was the great means of Peter's recovery. First, the crowing of the cock, or something in Providence, and then the look …

A Delusion Dispelled

Ezekiel 14:20

… 26th chapter of Leviticus and a rehearsal of the four judgments which should work the desolation, stand associated with the protest which is repeated again and again, each …

The Lover of God's Law Filled With Peace

Psalm 119:165

… I, who am less than nothing, and vanity, dare not scan His work, nor bring Him to my bar, lest I hear a voice saying, "No, but O …

The Common Salvation

… If they assailed certain peculiarities of method, either in work, or life, or teaching, it might be well for us to be taught something by their censures. If …

Holy Longings

Psalm 119:20

… I am very dissatisfied and I am almost ready to die with desire for Christ." My dear Soul, listen—let this encourage you! First, God is at work …

The Whole Machinery of Salvation

Romans 10:14

… For this work, a high degree of gifts is not required. It does not say, "How shall they hear without a doctor of divinity?" It does not say …

The Lifting Up of the Bowed Down

Luke 13:10-13

… I want you to notice, in the third place, THE LIBERATOR AT HIS WORK. We have seen the woman bound by the devil, but here comes the Liberator …

Who Found It Out?

2 Kings 7:3-7

… First, I call your attention to A GREAT WORK OF GOD WHICH WAS ENTIRELY UNKNOWN. The city of Samaria had been shut up for some time by the …

Steadfastness

… When thou hast gained this full assurance, believer, then be on thy watch-tower, for the next temptation will be, “Soul, take thine ease; the work is done …

Unseasonable Prayer

Exodus 14:15

… It is the right thing for a clerk in the telegraph office to work the telegraphic apparatus, but suppose that he should merely move a handle backwards and …

Under Arrest

Galatians 3:23

… That Law-work, of which I told you, had hammered me into such a condition that if there had been 50 other saviors, I could not have thought …

The Ever-present Crisis

2 Peter 3:17

… In one sense, you are cleansed from them, already, but in another sense, the purifying work must constantly go on. You are to overcome your besetting sin—you …

Jacob and Esau

Romans 9:15

… There is a man up in the gallery there, that work as hard as he likes, he cannot earn more than fifteen shillings a week; and here is …

The Objective of Christ's Death

Galatians 1:4

… He was burning to get at his work of trying to win them back to the old paths, but it seemed necessary and courteous to begin with a …

A Luther Sermon at the Tabernacle

Habakkuk 2:4

… Faith accepts and appropriates for itself the whole system of Divine righteousness which is unfolded in the Person and work of the Lord Jesus. Faith rejoices to see …

Election

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

… How often do we lean on some work, other than that of our own Beloved, and trust in some might, other than that which comes from on high …

Hands Full of Honey

Judges 14:8

… My one design is to cheer the desponding and stir up all God's people to greater diligence in His service. I conceive that the text may legitimately …

Unsound Spiritual Trading

Proverbs 16:2

… Do you know that to his people the divine weighing in fatherly chastisement is rough work, for he can put the soul into the scale to our own …

Faith's Ultimatum

Job 13:15

… Have you ever had to begin all over again, at the very alphabet of repentance and childlike faith—and find even that no easy work? Did you never …

No Fixity Without Faith

Isaiah 7:9

… As a sort of experiment in his work, he was called upon, first, to go and speak to king Ahaz, that wicked king. He knew in his own …

Walking Humbly With God

Micah 6:8

… O Holy Spirit, work it in us for the lowly Savior's sake! II. Secondly, this walking humbly with God is very important, for IT IS A TEST …

Mr. Evil-Questioning Tried and Executed

2 Kings 5:12

… Oh! if I could but see this Evil Questioning buried seven fathoms deep, I should feel I had an easy work to do in preaching the gospel; but …

Everywhere And Yet Forgotten

Job 12:9

… They went forth to their daily work, they ate, they drank—as men do to this day. One time they saw a great crack in the mountain that …

A Sharp Knife for the Vine Branches

John 15:2

… A good man who feels the power of the Word pruning him of this and that superfluity, sets to work, in the power of the Holy Spirit, to …

The Present Crisis

Hosea 5:15

… And if it is, we need to be exhorted to something more than public prayer! There is need of a work more thorough and more difficult than the …

Wakeful and Watchful Eyes

Psalm 121:4

… God has Himself undertaken the work of keeping His people—it is His high office to preserve those who are His chosen ones! "He that keeps Israel." By …