isaiah-57:2-3-niv

PREACHED AT ZOAR CHAPEL, GREAT ALIE ST., LONDON, ON LORDS DAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1848. "The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. " (Psalm 18. 46). The gracious words of our text set forth the glorious Person of our Lord Jesus Christ, concerning whom the Ap... Read More

"When I send clouds over the earth, the rainbow will be seen in the clouds" Genesis 9:14 1. SOVEREIGNTY "The Lord Reigns." Psalm 93:1 No rainbow of promise in the "dark and cloudy day" shines more radiantly than this. God, my God, the God who gave Jesus, orders all events, and overrules all for my g... Read More

'Thy kingdom come.' Matt 6: 10. A soul truly devoted to God, joins heartily in this petition, adveniat regnum tuum, thy kingdom come.' In these words it is implied that God is a king, for he who has a kingdom, can be no less than a king. God is the King of all the earth.' Psa 47: 7. He is a King upo... Read More

Blessed are the peacemakers. Matthew 5:9 This is the seventh step of the golden ladder which leads to blessedness. The name of peace is sweet, and the work of peace is a blessed work. Blessed are the peacemakers'. Observe the connection. The Scripture links these two together, pureness of heart and ... Read More

Use V. Containing a Christian Directory, or Rules about Contentment. I proceed now to an use of direction, to show Christians how they may attain to this divine art of contentation. Certainly it is feasible, others of God's saints have reached to it. St Paul here had it; and what do we think of thos... Read More

True Saints, When Absent from the Body, Are Present with the Lord (Preached on the day of the funeral of David Brainerd, missionary to the Indians) Jonathan Edwards , 1747 "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." 2 Corinthians 5:8 The... Read More

THE RAINBOW IN THE CLOUDS By John MacDuff "Whenever I bring clouds over the earth — and the rainbow appears in the clouds." Genesis 9:14 SOVEREIGNTY "The Lord reigns!" Psalm 93:1 No rainbow of promise in the "dark and cloudy day" shines more radiantly than this. God, my God, the God who gave Jesus —... Read More

Precious Faith! William Nicholson, 1862 "Precious faith!" 2 Peter 1:1 Worldly men dote upon riches and prestige, and power, and pleasures, and possessions — but however highly they may be prized, the Christian possesses something infinitely more valuable. He has "precious faith" in Christ, which sec... Read More

Winter Before Harvest, or The Soul's Growth in Grace By Joseph Philpot, 1837 "For before the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches. They shall be left together unto ... Read More

Christ is Our Peace James Smith, 1842 "He is our peace." Ephesians 2:14 It is a matter of infinite consequence . . . to be at peace with God, and to walk with Him in a state of reconciliation; to know that there is nothing in the divine mind against us — but that all condemnation is removed from us;... Read More