OBADIAH C. H. Spurgeon ‘I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.’ I Kings 18.12. I suspect that Elijah did not think very much of Obadiah. He does not treat him with any great consideration, but addresses him more sharply than one would expect from a fellow-believer. Elijah was the man of action – …
Issue: Volume 19
THE NEW BIRTH A Sermon preached by John Kershaw, Zoar, London, May 6th, 1855 `Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.’ John 1.13. Take notice of the threefold negative in reference to being born again; first; that it is not …
MELODY AND HARMONY* Extracts from a Sermon preached on Sunday morning, 29th November, 1959, in Westminster Chapel, London, by Dr. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. ‘Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.’ Ephesians 5.19. Spiritual Song Now, we come on to the second part …
MIGHTY WEAPONS Sermon preached by Mr S. Delves on 16th May, 1923 `For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds; Casting down imaginations, and every high thing which exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience …
THE ADVENTURES OF A BIBLE A True Story By the Rev. J. H. Townsend, D.D. On a dull January’ afternoon some years ago — the date of this occurrence is written down in an old notebook of mine — a young widow was sitting in her drawing-room looking out of the window. It was a …
THE CHARACTER OF THE TRUE CHRISTIAN Extracts from a sermon by J. C. Ryle `My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.’ John 10.27-28 1. First, with respect …
COMMENTS ON MATTHEW 5.38-48 J. C. Ryle 38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth; 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And …
LOVE’S DISPOSITION Sermon preached by Mr. D. G. Crowter on Sunday evening, 22nd October 1989 at Gower Street Memorial Chapel. `Charity suffereth long, and is kind’. 1 Cor. 15 v.4. There is a great deal of natural, human kindness in the earth. I have often received kindness from those that are evidently unbelievers, who have …
COMMENTS ON MATTHEW 7.1 -1 1 J. C. Ryle Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest …
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE BELIEVER Notes of a sermon preached by Peter M. Rowell at Forest Fold Chapel 6th February 2003 We consider four verses that speak powerfully of the sensitive relationship between the believer and the Holy Spirit 1. Ephesians chapter 4 and verse 30, ‘And grieve not the holy spirit of God, …