john-8:12,-john-8:21-32-niv

Mark 5: 22-43; Luke 7: 11-16; John 11. Three times only, as far as we know, did the Lord Jesus, while upon earth, raise the dead to life; viz., the daughter of Jairus, the son of the widow of Nain, and Lazarus. Each of these cases has its special characteristics and instruction. The daughter of Jair... Read More

John 9, 10. In John 8 we get the development of part of the truth of Christ referred to in John 1, as the One who is the Light of the world, because in Him was life. In John 9 we get another thing connected with the same truth. Now He is the One who not only has eternal life and is light, but who al... Read More

Preached at Zoar Chapel, Great Alie Street, London, on Lord's Day Morning, July 30, 1843. "But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak." Hebrews 6:9 It appears, from several passages in this Epistle, that the Hebrews, to whom it was ... Read More

Preached at Providence Chapel, Oakham, on Tuesday evening, June 24th, 1845 "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" 1 John 1:8, 9 In the text J... Read More

Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Lord's Day Afternoon, September 23, 1866 "And let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus ... Read More

"The things which are seen are temporary; but the things which are not seen are eternal." --2 Corinthians 4:18 A subject stands out on the face of this text, which is one of the most solemn and heart-searching in the Bible. That subject is eternity, or immortality. The subject is one of which the wi... Read More

Beloved Brother,--I had a little scrap on Jeremiah lying by me. I do not know if it will suit the present current of your thoughts, but it may give a little communion for some half hour, and it is well to look at the growing character of those boastful and yet religious days in which we live. The Lo... Read More

It is well for us to acquaint ourselves with the many and deep and wondrous interests we have in God--as, for instance, in His affections, His counsels, and His doings. These things are taught and illustrated in Scripture. Divine affections, Divine counsels, Divine doings, make us their object. Bles... Read More

The ways of grace and of faith, and the warrant on which they each act, get very beautiful illustrations in this little book. Faith has two special characteristics--and so has grace. Faith overcomes the world, and returns fully and intimately to God. Or, in language known in Scripture, it takes a pl... Read More

Luke 13: 32. The Herodians sought to entangle Jesus, leading Him to commit Himself to the power of the state, then in the hand of the Romans, whose creature Herod, the patron of their party, was. They did this stealthily. They affected to know Him as One that regarded not the person of man, and they... Read More