Sermons & Devotionals by Thomas Bradbury

"I the LORD, the First, and with the last; I am He." (Isaiah 41:4) VERY blessed and precious are the truths set before us by JEHOVAH the Spirit in the chapter which I have read this morning for our instruction and edification. These truths appear all the more glorious through being stated by way of ... Read More

Preached in Grove Chapel, Camberwell, Sunday Morning, June 30th, 1878 "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the Church, and gave Himself for it; that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word, that He might present it to Himself a glorious Church, not hav... Read More

"And He shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord His God; and they shall abide: for now shall He be great unto the ends of the earth." (Micah 5:4) Dark and gloomy were the days when God sent forth His prophet Micah to declare His mind and will to His c... Read More

"God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early." (Psalm 46:5) WHEN, by the power of pure, sovereign, unbought, uninfluenced grace we are lifted out of the regions of sin, death, the curse, and legal bondage, into the regions of salvation, life, blessing... Read More

"He shall save His people from their sins." (Matthew 1:21) "THE Book of the generation of Jesus Christ." Such is the opening of the canon of New Testament Scripture, and the commencement of the Gospel by the evangelist Matthew. The Holy Ghost thus begins the genealogy of Christ from Abraham to Josep... Read More

PORTION FROM THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF THOMAS BRADBURY When my father commenced his work as a missionary, as mentioned on a previous page, a part of his duty was to keep a Journal, in which he registered a full account of his visits amongst the poor. This he kept up for several years, and many an inte... Read More

"God hath not cast away His people which He foreknew." (Romans 11:2) There are certain doctrines peculiar to the spiritual education of all God's eternally loved, elect, redeemed, and regenerate people. These doctrines are questioned all the world over, and frequently exercise and perplex the minds ... Read More

"There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." (Ephesians 4:4-6) A PRECIOUS declaration of the perfect oneness of the Church with JEHOVAH is given ... Read More

"But I said, How shall I put thee among the children and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? And I said, Thou shalt call Me, My Father, and shalt not turn away from Me." (Jeremiah 3:19) Very precious are the Gospel or Evangelical promises which the Holy Ghost has be... Read More

"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also... Read More

"But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him. "But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God." (1 Corinthians 2:9,10)... Read More

"Righteousness shall go before Him; and shall set us in the way of His steps." (Psalm 85:13) The Psalm commences with a very precious declaration of the Church's confidence in the God of all grace, and of the good things He has done for His people. This is not peculiar to the Psalmist, or to any por... Read More

"In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the Angel of His presence saved them: in His love and in His pity He redeemed them: and He bare them, and carried them all the days of old." (Isaiah 63:9) I like that description of the Brother born for adversity, the Messenger of the covenant, the Rede... Read More

"And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that Thine hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldest kee... Read More

"Now is My soul troubled: and what shall I say? Father, save Me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour." (John 12:27) THE circumstances surrounding the words I have read for our consideration are full of spiritual instruction, and when opened up by the teaching of God the ever-bles... Read More

"For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ." (2 Corinthians 1:5) "Toil, trial, sufferings still await On earth the pilgrim throng; Yet learn we, in our low estate, The Church triumphant's song." From the day that Adam sinned, temptation, trial, and tri... Read More

"And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto Him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, Thou Son of David: my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil." (Matthew 15:22) A striking contrast is set before us in this very blessed and instructive chapter. The first part expos... Read More

"Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope." (Psalm 119:49) Great and unspeakable is the privilege to be guided by God the ever-blessed Spirit into a true understanding and appreciation of that experience which He has set before us in the book of Psalms. It is a God-... Read More

"But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. To Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen." (1 Peter 5:10,11) The apostle Peter in the chapter before us is concer... Read More

by THOMAS BRADBURY - Preached in Grove Chapel, Camberwell, Sunday Morning, May 4th, 1879 "And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the Mount Zion, and with Him an hundred and forty and forty and four thousand, having His Father's name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the... Read More