2256. Daniel’s Band
| Answers in Genesis It did not do Daniel any harm to know that he was greatly beloved by God; or else he would not have received that information from heaven.
73. Effectual Calling
| Answers in Genesis We are continually reminded in our conversation with young converts, how absolutely necessary it is to repeat our former lessons, and repeatedly assert and prove over and over again those doctrines...
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197. The Spies
| Answers in Genesis The unbelief of the children of Israel, prompted them to send spies into Canaan. Only two were true to the Lord.
2756. Saving The Lost
| Answers in Genesis The mission of Jesus was that of pure mercy, and indescribable love. Our Lord Jesus Christ did not come into the world to seek his own honour, but to seek and to save the lost; not to get anything for himself, but to give everything to those who are lost.
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2757. Victorious Faith
| Answers in Genesis We are not only God’s adopted children; if we are indeed born from above, we are God’s new-born children. The divine nature is actually put into us when we are born of God; is that not a wonderful thing? And that miracle of mercy must be accomplished in all of us who are ever to overcome the world.
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2459. Better Than Wine
| Answers in Genesis I suppose, in the earlier ages when the Word of
God was written, it would hardly have been conceivable that there
could have existed on the face of the earth such a number of drunken
men and women as now pollute and defile it by their very presence.
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2666. The Sorrowful Man’s Question
| Answers in Genesis Dear friends, if life were not continued for any but those who are bright of eye, and fleet of foot, and joyful of heart, how few would live! And if, the first time that darkness fell on a man’s pathway, he were to be permitted to die, well, then, the whole population of the globe would soon be swept away.
2545. The Greatest Folly In The World
| Answers in Genesis We are told that God looked out of heaven to see if there were any
who had understanding, who sought after God. If there had been any,
God would have seen them, for he sees all things and all people. If
there had been any good people, God would have discovered them.
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2745. Intercession And Supplication
| Answers in Genesis It is God who writes intercession on men’s hearts. All true prayer comes from him, but especially that least selfish and most Christ-like form of prayer called intercession; when the supplicant forgets all about himself, and his own needs, and all his pleadings, his tears, and his arguments are on behalf of others.
1917. In Christ No Condemnation
| Answers in Genesis Believers are in a state of conflict, but not in a state of condemnation, and that at the very time when the conflict is hottest the believer is still justified.
2353. “Out Of The Depths.”
| Answers in Genesis However eminent for grace a man of God may be, it may happen to him, sometimes, that the thought of his sin may be paramount over his faith.
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2916. A Memorable Milestone
| Answers in Genesis My conscience could not be satisfied with a forgiveness that came to me unjustly, for the glory of God would be dishonoured by it. We have preached the righteousness of God; and we lay a firm foundation on which to build the comfort and hope of the believer in Christ Jesus.
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2807. Spared!
| Answers in Genesis The vision of Ezekiel which is recorded in the previous chapter brought to light the abominations of the house of Judah. He stood alive among the dead, because he was found faithful among the faithless; he survived in the midst of universal destruction, because he had served his God in the midst of universal depravity.
355. Portraits of Christ
| Answers in Genesis It is not so much predestination which will occupy our attention this morning, as the fact that believers are predestinated to be conformed to the image of God’s dear Son.
627. Justification and Glory
| Answers in Genesis Paul’s letter to the Romans includes a promise that God will glorify those that He justified. Charles Spurgeon explains these terms and their connection.
2470. Jacob And Doubting Souls — A Parallel
| Answers in Genesis I think that the patriarch Jacob may well serve as the type and
emblem of a doubting soul, one who has been told the good news of
salvation, the gospel of God’s grace, but who cannot bring his mind
to believe it.
3386. Christ Our Peace
| Answers in Genesis Wherever we may wander around the circumference, we always feel a drawing in of our soul towards the centre, which is “Christ in you, the hope of glory.”
1553. Faith Working By Love
| Answers in Genesis Spurgeon Sermon 1553. Faith Working By Love, delivered On Sunday Morning, August 15, 1880, By C. H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.
3249. Under The Apple Tree
| Answers in Genesis Christ known should be Christ used. It is a pity that we know so much about
Christ, and yet enjoy him so little. May our experience keep pace
with our knowledge, and may that experience be composed of a
practical using of our Lord.
2834. Conceit Rebuked
| Answers in Genesis Please, dear friends, never attempt to mould the character of God with the fingers of your own imagination. Worship him just as he is, though you cannot comprehend him. Believe in him as he reveals himself, and never imagine that you could, by making any change in him, accomplish an improvement in him.
1300. The Little Dogs
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon discusses the fact that faith’s mouth cannot be closed, that faith never disputes with God, that faith argues mightily, and that faith wins her suit.
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2418. “All Of One”
| Answers in Genesis Come, my hearer, do you belong to the sanctified? Have you any part or lot in this matter? Does it concern you that the Sanctifier and the sanctified are “all of one” if you are not one of them? The more glorious the privileges of the gospel, the more doleful is your state if they are not yours.
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2461. Rejoicing And Remembering
| Answers in Genesis It is a very blessed habit of saints who have grown in grace to enter
into actual conversation with the Well-Beloved. Our text is not so
much speaking of him as speaking to him: “We will be glad and
rejoice in you, we will remember your love more than wine.”
3401. Sharing Christ’s Life
| Answers in Genesis This was, and is, the sign of the true believer, that he sees Jesus. When Jesus was here among men, the world saw him in a certain sense, but yet in truth it did not see him at all.
3438. The Compassion of Jesus
| Answers in Genesis If you would sum up the whole character of Christ in reference to ourselves, it might be gathered into this one sentence, “He was moved with compassion.”
3435. Sanctified Sorrow
| Answers in Genesis For many an age the light did not shine on heathen lands. Only one place on all the earth received the congenial beams of the Sun of Righteousness.
3430. Chiding and Cheering
| Answers in Genesis This chapter gives us a very delightful picture of the companionship and kindly communion which were kept up between our Saviour and his twelve disciples.
3426. A Severe Grievance
| Answers in Genesis The people of Israel had been hunted so much that they forgot the place where they once rested. The same remark may be made of some congregations.
3424. Turning From Death
| Answers in Genesis God is earnest in pleading with men to turn from their sins so that he may not be constrained to punish them, as he must do if they go on in their iniquities.
3421. Prayer Meetings
| Answers in Genesis In those churches which are not tied and bound by liturgies and rituals, it has been common to hold meetings for social prayer. We call them prayer meetings.
2651. The Christian’s Service And Honour
| Answers in Genesis He who spurns the counsel of God, despises his law, and tramples on his commands, commits an act of suicide to his own liberty. Those who act like this, while they seek to be free, become the worst slaves;
2413. Despised Light Withdrawn
| Answers in Genesis Our Saviour was very gentle with those who had real difficulties. He would reason with them over and over again; he would state a truth, and restate it; or he would enlarge and expand it, for he was gentle with seeking souls as a mother is with her child.
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397. Fire! Fire! Fire!
| Answers in Genesis Before we explain the metaphor of the text, it may be well for us to remark that we are not sufficiently grateful, I fear, for the preservation which God affords to us from fire.
2548. Four Contrasts
| Answers in Genesis Beloved friends, there are many lights in which we can see sin; and
our perception of sin very much depends on the light in which we look
at it.
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2799. The Church Encouraged And Exhorted
| Answers in Genesis The whole race of mankind has gone astray; but God has his chosen people among the fallen race. It is our firm conviction that there are many among them who are the sons and daughters of God, and who shall yet be brought near to him.
2551. God’s Knowledge Of Sin
| Answers in Genesis There is one solemn thought which deeply impresses the man who is
right at heart, but who sees his own foolishness and sin, and mourns
it; and that thought is, that God sees it.
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14. The Victory of Faith
| Answers in Genesis The epistles of John are perfumed with love. The word is continually occurring, while the Spirit enters into every sentence. Each letter is thoroughly soaked and impregnated with this heavenly honey.
1542. Free Grace A Motive For Free Giving
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon discusses the consolation freely provided and bestowed in the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and how it should lead us to a holy benevolence towards others who need consolation.
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2364. Poverty And Riches
| Answers in Genesis The infinite grace of the Lord Jesus Christ constrained him to lay aside the royalties of heaven, and endure the sufferings and the griefs of our mortality.
198. The Heavenly Race
| Answers in Genesis We are continually insisting upon it from day to day, that salvation is not by works, but by grace. We lay this down as one of the very foundational doctrines of the gospel.
2917. The Doors Of The Shadow Of Death
| Answers in Genesis I must confess that, as far as I am concerned, of those I have seen passing through, who have believed in Christ, most of the saints have passed through gladly. They have entered the gates with a cheery note, with a song, or with a Hallelujah.
2249. Even Now
| Answers in Genesis In the presence of Christ it seems very natural to trust him even in the worst extremity. When we are at our wits’ end then he delights to help us.
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2250. Words To Rest On
| Answers in Genesis We should feel extremely grateful whenever, in any place, God raises up a judge to deliver Israel, and when the people serve God all the days of that judge.
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1799. “Though He Were Dead”
| Answers in Genesis Martha is a very accurate type of a class of anxious believers. They do believe truly, but not with such confidence as to lay aside their care.
1776. Unbinding Lazarus
| Answers in Genesis How kind of our Lord Jesus to permit his disciples to do some little thing in connection with his great deeds, that they may be “workers together with him.”
433. Life in Earnest
| Answers in Genesis Those men prosper who do their work with all their hearts, while those are almost certain to fail who go to their labour leaving half their hearts behind them.
1298. Enoch
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon discusses the implications of Enoch’s walking with God, the circumstances connected with his remarkable life, and its conclusion.
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107. Faith
| Answers in Genesis The chief end of man, we believe, in this life and in the next, is to please God his Maker. If any man pleases God, he does that which is most conducive to his own temporal and eternal welfare.
2513. How To Please God
| Answers in Genesis The Israelites could not
enter into Canaan because of unbelief; and men in this day cannot
enter into the privileges of the gospel because of unbelief. Let us
pity and pray for those who do not have faith. Oh, that God would
hear the cries of his children, and work faith in men, for this also
is the gift of God!
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2514. Servus Servorum
| Answers in Genesis Our Lord Jesus Christ did not
merely come to save us from the guilt of sin, but he came to save us
from the power of sin. He does not merely bring us pardon, but he
brings us holiness, and he comes to make us like himself.
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2740. What Is Essential In Coming To God?
| Answers in Genesis We must believe “that he is,” we must believe that there is a God, — that these things do not spring from themselves, or come by chance, or in any way whatever except that there is a personal God, who created all things, and by whom all things consist. If you do not believe that, you certainly will never come to God.
2924. Restraining Grace
| Answers in Genesis Our subject, which is “Restraining grace,” the grace which God sends to prevent saints and sinners from running into sin. I hope before the service is over, many of us in looking back on our past lives will gratefully bless the Lord.
1713. Other Sheep And One Flock
| Answers in Genesis Rest assured of the Father’s love for His sheep; rest assured of the immutability of His purpose concerning them, and rest assured of its ultimate achievement.
3006. The Lord Is My Shepherd
| Answers in Genesis If I can remind you of old and precious
truths, and also remind you of sweet experiences which are past, this
will not be an unprofitable topic for our meditation.
1312. Why May I Rejoice?
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon discusses the joy which needs moderating, the joy which needs stirring up, and the joy of the Lord in sympathy with this last joy.
2729. Christ's Transfigured Face
| Answers in Genesis A kind of radiance would shine out from Christ, in some dim degree, now and then; but, on this occasion, he took off the veil. We shall gather some instruction while we meditate first on the transfiguration as a whole, and then turn our thoughts especially to the brightness of Christ’s transfigured face.
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2658. Waking To See Christ’s Glory
| Answers in Genesis If you and I are to see the glories of Christ, it is necessary that we also should be awake, and that is more than can be said of all of us. I may say to some, “Let us not sleep, as others do”; for there are many who are so soundly sleeping that they are quite oblivious of the glories of Christ.
2733. Christ’s Revealing Himself To Mary Magdalene
| Answers in Genesis It is particularly encouraging to remember that the first person to whom our Lord Jesus Christ appeared after his ressurection was Mary Magdalene. In thinking over this subject, I have come to the conclusion that Mary Magdalene was selected to see Christ first because she loved him most.
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2812. Causes and Cure of Fainting
| Answers in Genesis Unbelief is based on absurdity, but faith rests on reason and fact. This may not at first sight seem to be true, but it really is so. To believe in the almighty and all-wise God, is the most rational thing in the world; and to doubt him, is both the most wicked and the most irrational thing.
2709. Christ’s Past And Present Witnesses
| Answers in Genesis Our Lord Jesus Christ ought to be believed on his own unsupported word; first, because of the divinity of his nature. God cannot lie; and that Christ is God is abundantly proved by his miracles. He did what no one except God could do.
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2444. Cheering Words
| Answers in Genesis The Saviour was about to leave his disciples, and this was the
hardest trial which they had ever experienced. Since there could be
no trial to them like the loss of the Saviour’s presence, it was at
this time Jesus gave them his richest consolation.
3317. A Sweet Salaam {a}
| Answers in Genesis Sons of men, rejoice that such a God has revealed himself to you! This should cause a universal Hallelujah, the whole world over, as soon as it is ever heard.
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2196. Hosanna!
| Answers in Genesis Assuredly, this honour paid to our Lord was incredibly strange; a gleam of sunlight in a day of clouds, a glimpse of summertime in a long and dreary winter.
3415. Right-Hand Sins
| Answers in Genesis Salvation is, in short, deliverance from sin. It is not possible, therefore, that any man should have salvation, and yet continue in the indulgence of sin.
3411. Joining the Church
| Answers in Genesis Some people are always trying to prove what is customary in the Christian Church. They are always looking for examples and precedents.
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3409. Seeking Richly Rewarded
| Answers in Genesis Christians have given up the first law of human nature, namely, self-seeking, self-pleasing, self-serving, and have come to seek the Lord, to seek to magnify him.
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3410. Christ and His Hearers
| Answers in Genesis The Holy Spirit speaks of Publicans and sinners; the evil spirit in the Pharisee calls them all sinners. Let us imitate the Spirit of God, and not the spirit of pride.
3404. A Gross Indignity
| Answers in Genesis That awful brow, the nod or shake of which reveals the everlasting decrees of God, is stained with spittle from the lips of wretches whom his own hands had made.
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3402. The Nail in a Secure Place
| Answers in Genesis While this passage literally refers to Eliakim himself, it may, with very great instructiveness, be used as applicable to the Lord Jesus, and I am using it like that.
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3400. The Day of Atonement
| Answers in Genesis The annual atonement among the Jews was the picture of the great atonement, the real atonement, the effective expiation, which the Lord Jesus Christ has offered.
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3399. Good Talk
| Answers in Genesis The religion of Jesus Christ has once and for all swept away all holy places, and every place is hallowed wherever man is holy.
139. Christ Lifted Up
| Answers in Genesis We very often speak of the “present crisis of affairs,” and it is very common for people of every period to believe their own age to be the crisis and turning point of the whole world’s history.
1717. The Marvellous Magnet
| Answers in Genesis There is an attractive power about our Lord’s person, about his life, and about his teaching; but the main attractive force lies in his death upon the cross.
366. The Silver Trumpet
| Answers in Genesis The chief of sinners are the objects of the choicest mercy. Christ is a great Saviour to meet the great transgressions of great rebels.
1408. “Your Salvation.”
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon discusses that Christ is salvation, that Christ is to be taken up into the arms and looked upon, and that when he is thus treated Christ has a wonderful effect upon the soul.
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2919. “Whose Goodness Never Fails.”
| Answers in Genesis First, let us look at our great Master’s claim, “I am the good shepherd.” Then we shall observe the proof for it. That, though it had not been completed when he uttered these words at the first, is complete now — “He gives his life for the sheep.”
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2448. “Herein Is Love.”
| Answers in Genesis Seeing what love had
done, and seeing how love comes back in return, I said within myself,
when love has learned its way into one heart, it scatters its seed
and multiplies in the hearts of hundreds more. Love fosters love; let
it once begin, and no one can tell its end.
289. The Minister’s Farewell
| Answers in Genesis Paul's one most solemn adjuration is: “I testify to today, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare to you all the counsel of God.”
2457. Job’s Resignation
| Answers in Genesis Job was very much troubled, and he did not try to hide the outward
signs of his sorrow. A man of God is not expected to be a stoic.
The grace of God takes away the heart of stone out of his flesh, but
it does not turn his heart into a stone.
2243. His Own Funeral Sermon
| Answers in Genesis It is remarkable that David should say, in Psalm 16, “You will not leave my soul in hell; neither will you permit your Holy One to see corruption.”
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2244. Members Of Christ
| Answers in Genesis “Living, loving, lasting union”—three words which, in addition to being alliterative, are very comprehensive concerning the nature of our union with Christ.
2521. Deadness And Quickening
| Answers in Genesis It seems to me to be a horrible thing that many
a man should give fifteen ounces out of the sixteen to the world, and
yet that he should label himself a Christian, because of that one odd
ounce which he pretends to give to God.
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2522. “After Two Days Is The Passover.”
| Answers in Genesis May there not be something for
us to learn from the state of our Lord’s mind and spirit, and from his
language, just before his Passion? It is a small window, but a great
deal of light may come through it.
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2979. Our Banner
| Answers in Genesis Christ is the point of union for all the soldiers of the cross. I know of no other place where all Christians can meet.
1982. Love At Its Utmost
| Answers in Genesis In the love of Christ we find our best joy. The pastures of the Great Shepherd are wide, but the sweetest grasses grow close to his pierced feet.
3293. “The Blood of the Testament.”
| Answers in Genesis All through the great school of the Jewish law, blood was
constantly used to instruct the Israelite in the guilt of sin, and in
the greatness of the atonement necessary for putting it away.
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2860. Owl Or Eagle?
| Answers in Genesis Some saints have more faith than others have; and very much in proportion to their faith will be their condition of heart and mind. If you are a true believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, yet are slack in serving God, you shall get to heaven but you shall have very little heaven on the way there.
2801. A Fear To Be Desired
| Answers in Genesis The man who has this fear in his heart cannot live without seeking God’s face, confessing his guilt before him, and receiving pardon from him. The fear which drives anyone away from God is a vice and a sin, but the fear that draws us towards God, as with silken bonds, is a virtue to be cultivated.
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3114. God's Providence
| Answers in Genesis I thought it would be good to devote a whole sermon to explaining what I believe are God’s great wonder-working processes which we call “Providence.”
2234. The Best Donation
| Answers in Genesis Here we see the apostle Paul disappointed, though he was never discontented. God had taught him how to abound, and how to suffer need.
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3092. Knowing And Doing
| Answers in Genesis The text speaks, first, of something that we know. When we have, for a while, meditated on that, we will speak of some things that are due because of this something that we know.
2474. The Great Change
| Answers in Genesis What a change the grace of God works in the heart! It
reverses the action of the entire machinery of our being. It puts,
“No,” for “Yes,” and “Yes,” for “No.” It is a radical change; what we
hated, we come to love; and what we loved, we come to hate.
3343. “The Star out of Jacob”
| Answers in Genesis This prophecy may have some reference to David; but we feel persuaded that the true intention of the Holy Spirit is to present an emblem of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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2863. Great Forgiveness For Great Sin
| Answers in Genesis If any still doubt whether sin is a great thing, I ask them to remember that it must be great, because it takes such great grace to pardon it. God, who delights in mercy, had to lay out a mint of grace before sin could be pardoned; therefore, sin is no little thing.
95. The Day of Atonement
| Answers in Genesis The Jews had many striking ceremonies which marvellously set forth the death of Jesus Christ as the great expiation of our guilt and the salvation of our souls.
2730. The Secret Of Love For God
| Answers in Genesis To know Christ, to trust Christ, to love Christ, these are among the elementary principles of piety. Without all of these graces, there is no true religion; but if these things are in us, and abound, they make us to be neither barren nor unfruitful.
3313. A Practical Discourse
| Answers in Genesis Our God is not a taskmaster, and sacred service should not sour into forced labour. Self-sacrifice is the soul of true religion; but we must not demand of others what would turn religion into slavery.
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2788. Prayer For The Church
| Answers in Genesis A true-hearted believer does not live for himself. Where there is abundance of grace, and great strength of mind in the service of God, there is sure to be a spirit of unselfishness. It was so with Daniel, who was a model man in the matter of decision of character, and a holy, believing walk before the Lord.
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2649. Girded For The Work
| Answers in Genesis Spurgeon Sermon 2649. Girded For The Work, delivered On Thursday Evening, July 13, 1882, By C. H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.
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2707. An Antidote To Satan’s Devices
| Answers in Genesis If you would successfully wrestle with Satan, make the Holy Scriptures your daily resort. Lay hold on the glorious doctrines of God’s Word; make them your daily food and drink. So you shall be strong to resist the devil, and you shall be joyful in discovering that he will flee from you.
3394. “Who Is This?”
| Answers in Genesis The incarnation of God must have been staggering even to the intellect of seraphs, and again and again they must have said to each other, “Who is this?”
3388. Soul Threshing
| Answers in Genesis God has taught man to plough, to break the clods, to sow the different kinds of grain, and to thresh out the different kinds of seeds.
3384. Growth in Faith
| Answers in Genesis The disciples went to Christ, the lawgiver, the author and finisher of their faith, and, lifting up their hearts to him in the prayer, “Lord, increase our faith.”
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3383. The Ploughman
| Answers in Genesis Unless the Holy Spirit breaks up the heart by the plough of the law and sows it with the seed of the gospel, not a single ear of holiness will any of us grow.
3381. The Broken Fence
| Answers in Genesis Come, then, let us take a walk with Solomon, and stand with him and consider and learn instruction while we look at this broken-down fence.
3375. Standing and Singing
| Answers in Genesis We must bring something like spiritual worship, and when we have learned to praise God with the understanding as well as with our hearts, surely it will be none the less acceptable to him, but all the more. He ought to have the best of the best, and when we bring him our praise it should be the best praise our hearts can make.
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3374. Sin’s True Quality
| Answers in Genesis The law of Moses made clear how sinful sin was; the purpose for which it was sent was, not to make men holy, but to make men see how unholy they were.
3371. Two Choice Benedictions
| Answers in Genesis It will be a rich enjoyment if we shall grasp and make our very own the precious things which are presented here to the whole redeemed family of the living God.
1773. What Is Your Life?
| Answers in Genesis We have a very clear conviction that others will die, but as for ourselves, we put far from us the evil day, and do not care to dwell upon a subject.
1651. A Delusion Dispelled
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon discusses that the righteousness of the most godly cannot avail for the ungodly and the prayers of the greatest intercessors cannot avail if men persist in their unbelief.
2848. Theocracy
| Answers in Genesis Now, when the Lord Jesus Christ becomes our King, it is most inspirting to us, for he leads us on to fight with sin, to fight with selfishness, to overcome evil by love, and to conquer hate by kindness. No man is so free as he who loyally bows before the King of kings. He who has God for his King is himself a king.
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11. The People’s Christ
| Answers in Genesis We do not believe that Israel or Judah ever had a better ruler than David; and we are bold to affirm that the reign of the man “chosen from the people” outshines in glory the reigns of high bred emper
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145. Love Your Neighbour
| Answers in Genesis Many of the sermons of Christ—and what sermons shall compare with them—have not what is now currently called “the gospel” in them at all.
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2233. Both Sides Of The Shield
| Answers in Genesis Many differences among the people of God have arisen from the undue stress laid on one aspect of truth, while the other side has been altogether neglected.
2716. Christ’s Poverty, Our Riches
| Answers in Genesis You know how much our Lord Jesus Christ loved by knowing how much he gave. He gave himself for us because he loved us with all the force and energy of his nature. I commend to you who rule, — give as you love, and measure your love by your gift.
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2717. Man’s Extremity, God’s Opportunity
| Answers in Genesis God may bring his people, in the order of his providence, into such a state that “their power is gone.” It is possible that it was absolutely necessary that you should be brought as low as you are in order to cure you of your sin.
295. The Treasure Of Grace
| Answers in Genesis As is Isaiah among the prophets, so is Paul among the apostles; each stands out with singular prominence, raised up by God for a conspicuous purpose, and shining as a star of extraordinary brilliance.
2804. Disobedience To The Gospel
| Answers in Genesis Even concerning those who have heard the gospel, it can still be said, “They have not all obeyed the gospel.” You cannot speak of obeying anything which does not have the authority of a command; it is clear that the gospel comes to men with the force of a command.
1775. “My Lord And My God.”
| Answers in Genesis Our Lord had special reasons for turning as he did to Thomas that day, and for taking so much trouble to bring Thomas out of his unbelieving condition.
2783. A Worthy Theme For Thought
| Answers in Genesis Such thought as our text describes is essential for all true worship. Do not be startled if I say that it is very much in proportion to our thought that we really do worship; and, without thought, there is no true worship. Suppose we sing the praises of God without thinking what we are doing; is that praising him? No.
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1909. A Seasonable Exhortation
| Answers in Genesis May your conversations and your lives be full of the Lord Jesus Christ, so men may take knowledge of you, that you have been with him and have learned from him.
2653. The Head And The Body
| Answers in Genesis Paul was most anxious to have the Ephesian
church thoroughly knit together, and the chapter from which our text
is taken is all about unity, and how to maintain it.
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2654. Wakeful and Watchful Eyes
| Answers in Genesis The eyes of servants ought to be so directed to their masters that they not only see the sign, but obey it, whatever it means. It may be a very little thing, but yet the little thing should not be neglected. Our eyes are only to be turned to the Lord.
2697. Angelic Interest In The Gospel
| Answers in Genesis Angels take a deep interest in the gospel because they observe God’s interest in it. What God cares about, angels care about at once. What grieves the Holy Spirit, must be grievous to holy angels, too; and what gladdens the heart of God must also make glad the spirits that bow adoringly around his throne.
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2698. The First And The Second
| Answers in Genesis “He takes away the first”; that is, the blood of bulls and of goats; — “so that he may establish the second,” which second is Christ himself, the one effective propitiation for sin, the great burnt offering which the Lord accepts, and by which he is reconciled to all who trust in it.
3085. A Challenging Enquiry
| Answers in Genesis Oh, that something would move this great city of ours! I am afraid that at least one third of our population is settling down in stolid indifference to all religion.
2750. A Door Of Hope
| Answers in Genesis It is, in the first place, a door of hope, because it shows that you are one whom Christ invites to come to him. Christ invites the heavy laden, — you are such a one, so come to him. You are one for whom Jesus died; for Jesus came into the world to save sinners.
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3115. Sin And Grace
| Answers in Genesis There are two very powerful forces in the world, which have been here ever since the time when Eve partook of the forbidden fruit in the garden of Eden.
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477. Never! Never! Never! Never! Never!
| Answers in Genesis What power resides in “Thus says the Lord!” The man who can grasp by faith, “He has said,” has an all conquering weapon in his hand. What doubt will not be killed by this to twoedged sword?
3369. Man Humbled, God Exalted
| Answers in Genesis Man in all matters of religion, and in all his dealings with God, is proud. It is amazing how apparently humble men will be when they worship false gods.
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3368. Fathomless
| Answers in Genesis God’s judgments do not come by chance, nor on us at all as a matter of sovereignty merely, but they are sent in wisdom, because God judges them to be necessary.
3364. Surveying the Field
| Answers in Genesis Nehemiah certainly acted on one of our Saviour’s maxims about counting the cost, lest, after having begun to build, we should not be able to finish.
3359. Penitence, Pardon, and Peace
| Answers in Genesis The evangelist does not lay bare the minute details of this woman’s life’s sins, but rather delights to dwell on the story of her penitence and its fair fruits, and so makes her to shine resplendently as a wonder of redeeming grace.
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3358. “Grace and Glory”
| Answers in Genesis Let us look within to be humbled, but not to be made unbelieving. Look within, so as to be driven from all confidence in ourselves, but never so as to shake our absolute confidence in God.
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3357. Heedful Hearing
| Answers in Genesis A man cannot take heed how he hears if he does not hear at all. Hence, how great is the sin of a vast proportion of the inhabitants of this city who utterly forsake the ministry of the Gospel, who never hear it, or hear it only now and then.
3351. The Queen of Sheba
| Answers in Genesis If the religious leaders had possessed the same open mind that was found in the Queen of the South, they would have listened to the Lord.
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3350. “Stewards”
| Answers in Genesis Brethren, let us be content to wear out our lives even in the worst position, if by our labour we can expedite the passage of Christ.
3348. Knowing and Doing
| Answers in Genesis If, being first taught and instructed, we afterward practically exemplify in our life and conduct the things which we have learned.
2192. The Joyful Return
| Answers in Genesis God does not say, “Oh Israel, depart accursed!” But instead of that, in dulcet tones he cries, “Oh Israel, return to the Lord your God.”
2940. “He Must Reign”
| Answers in Genesis Do not imagine that Christ’s reign is limited to these gates of pearl and streets of shining gold. Far from it, for Jesus reigns today on earth.
2858. Migratory Birds
| Answers in Genesis If sicknesses do not soften, they harden. If we get no good from our chastisements, we are sure to get harm from them. So, my afflicted but restored friend, know your time, recognise that you have been struck by your God, and do not turn away from the hand that strikes you.
37. Law And Grace
| Answers in Genesis There is no point upon which men make greater mistakes than upon the relation which exists between the law and the gospel.
2550. Joy In God
| Answers in Genesis It clearly appears that the Christian
life is one of continuous progress. It would be so without a break if
we were more careful, and lived nearer to God.
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2569. The Backslider’s Door Of Hope
| Answers in Genesis The message of infinite mercy to such people is: “Return, you
backsliding children”; come back, come home to your God. There is no
other place of rest for you in the whole wide world.
468. Ezekiel’s Deserted Infant
| Answers in Genesis The figure of a deserted infant, cast out into the open field to perish by wild beasts, by starvation, or exposure, was a very apt portrait of the youthful state of Israel.
163. Awake! Awake!
| Answers in Genesis It is strange to say, but it is strangely true, that the very best gifts of God have by the sin of men become the worst pictures of man’s guilt.
2832. Christ’s Yoke And Burden
| Answers in Genesis Christ has a yoke for us to wear, so let us wear it seriously; but it is an easy yoke, so let us wear it hopefully. He has a burden for us to carry for him, so let us be in earnest in bearing it; but it is a light burden, so let us be full of joy at the very prospect of carrying it.
2465. Our Omnipotent Leader
| Answers in Genesis I am afraid that, in our
assemblies, we often think and say, “So-and-so was there, and such
and such a minister spoke to us”; but the best meeting happens when
Christ is there, and when he himself by his Divine Spirit speaks
familiarly to our souls.
3253. Faith Hand In Hand With Fear
| Answers in Genesis It must be a very difficult thing to be the first traveller through
an unknown country, but it is a much more simple matter to travel
where others have preceded us. A long caravan of pilgrims has preceded us, and they have left
us marks on the way, and records of their journey.
3297. David and His Volunteers
| Answers in Genesis David, compelled to flee from his own country and to hide himself
from the malice of Saul, was eminently a type of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who, in the days when he lived here among men, was despised
and rejected by men.
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2539. The Joy Of Holy Households
| Answers in Genesis All who trust in
Christ as they ought to do will find a measure of this joy springing
up within them, keeping company with the new life which the Holy
Spirit has created. Ours is peace which surpasses all understanding,
and joy unspeakable.
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3264. God’s Care of Elijah
| Answers in Genesis What a mighty master of the art of prayer was Elijah the Tishbite! He
was one of those who had the power to shut up heaven, so that it did
not rain.
2502. Grace And Glory
| Answers in Genesis God is full of grace; his very name is love, it is his nature to freely dispense his
goodness to others. It is according to the nature of God to give good things
to his creatures. In him all fulness dwells; all grace and all glory
are perpetually resident in Jehovah, the Infinite.
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2875. Confirming The Witness Of Christ
| Answers in Genesis If you can hold your temper when men laugh at you, and if, when they revile you, you do not return it, you will confirm the truth. They will say, “There is something in that man’s religion, otherwise he could not hold his temper.”
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2894. The Sinner’s Only Alternative
| Answers in Genesis If there is a God, he must punish men for sinning against him. How can any moral government exist if sin goes unpunished, if virtue and vice lead to the same end? Conscience, fallen though it is, and no longer like God’s candle in the soul, still has sufficient light left to assure men that God must punish sin.
2831. Burden Bearing
| Answers in Genesis The apostle says “Bear each other’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.” These Galatians had been trying to bear the heavy burden of the law of Moses. They had forsaken the gospel way of justification by faith, and had sought to be made perfect by their personal obedience to the law.
315. The Teaching of the Holy Spirit
| Answers in Genesis There are many choice gifts comprehended in the Covenant of Grace, but the first and richest of them are these two—the gift of Jesus Christ for us and the gift of the Holy Spirit to us.
2779. Heart-Communing
| Answers in Genesis It is the time when you think you can see your way that you go wrong; when you cannot see your way, but trust in God to lead you by a way that you do not know, you will go perfectly right. If you do not come to Jesus, you will lose his counsel and help, and the comfort that comes from them.
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2440. Faithful Stewardship
| Answers in Genesis It is good that our dear brethren should make a proper account of us.
Paul says, in the verse preceding our text, “Let a man so account of
us,” for there are some who make a wrong evaluation concerning the
ministers of the gospel.
3325. Solace for Sad Hearts
| Answers in Genesis Long live Jehovah the King! He issues the proclamation from his throne, and asks his Son to tell captive souls that Christ Jesus sets them free.
2478. Christ’s Perfection And Precedence
| Answers in Genesis The spouse in this verse calls her Lord, “my Beloved,” from which it
is easy for us to gather that it is of the utmost importance that our
heart’s affection should be really and truly set on Christ Jesus, our
Lord. We must trust him, and we must love him.
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2543. Good Reasons For A Good Resolution
| Answers in Genesis Whenever a man makes a resolution, it should be because he
has a good reason for doing so; and when he has a good reason for it,
he ought to adhere to his resolution, and carry it out to the fullest
possible extent.
3342. Faith Seeing God’s Glory
| Answers in Genesis It is not every man whose deed is as good as his word, but of the Son of man, Christ Jesus, it may be said that whatever his lips have promised, his hands perform.
3339. The Heart Perfumed
| Answers in Genesis It is not the preacher, neither is it the letter of this Book, but it is the Holy Spirit who most graciously comes there to shed abroad the love of God in your heart.
3334. Lovely, but Lacking
| Answers in Genesis Though the Gospel of Jesus Christ most certainly addresses itself to the vilest of the vile, it is not exclusively to such that the message of salvation is sent.
3330. Two Choice Assurances
| Answers in Genesis I hope to be able to give you, beloved, some honey out of the rock, by dwelling on one or two choice, plain texts that speak their sweetness directly to the heart.
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3329. Goodness Going Before
| Answers in Genesis When we speak of “preventing grace” we do not intend to describe the grace that keeps us from sin, but the grace which goes before our actually believing in Christ.
1695. The Orphan’s Father
| Answers in Genesis The Lord God of Israel, the one only living and true God, has this for a special mark of his character, that in him the fatherless finds mercy.
1743. A Loving Entreaty
| Answers in Genesis In this verse man is invited to draw near to God. Those same men of whom God says that he was weary of them are asked to plead with him.
1721. Glory!
| Answers in Genesis Even when nature is at her best she cannot give us an idea of the supernatural glory which God has prepared for his people.
1903. Who Found It Out?
| Answers in Genesis The story of four leprous men inserted in the book of the Kings of Israel: is it not exceptional? No; it is not exceptional for the Bible.
119. Rahab’s Faith
| Answers in Genesis The apostle Paul undertook to raise the structure, and he erected a most magnificent pillar in the chapter before us. It recites the victories of faith.
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420. Abram and the Ravenous Birds
| Answers in Genesis Faith knows how, when sceptical kites, when blaspheming vultures, when speculative eagles, come down to attack the sacrifice of Christ, to chase them away with only a puff of her breath.
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411. Infant Salvation
| Answers in Genesis I think there is no one point which ought to be left out in our ministry, even though it may only yield comfort to one class.
1005. Lessons from Nature
| Answers in Genesis Following the Psalmist’s lead, Charles Spurgeon examines some creatures in our world and offers insightful comments about what we can learn from them.
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996. The Alarm
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon discusses the importance of being alert when praising God and in every area of spiritual life.
2764. The Cloud of Doves
| Answers in Genesis We believe that, in the latter days, according to the Word of God, men will flock to Christ, and to his Church, in far greater numbers than they have done so far. At present, we have to go to them; but, eventually, they will come to us.
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2859. The Lions’ Den
| Answers in Genesis Those who serve the living and the true God are sure to challenge the sneers of the time-servers in any age. There are many, nowadays, who hate nothing so much as a religious man. There is no toleration for anyone who believes that the laws of heaven should regulate life on earth.
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2861. "The Time Is Short"
| Answers in Genesis You consider it a little thing to trespass on our minutes, but in doing so you may spoil our hours. Whether you think so, or not, it is often distracting to us to be troubled with trivial things in the midst of our sacred engagements.
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2862. The Way Of Wisdom
| Answers in Genesis For the mind of God, there is no difficulty concerning these two truths, though there is, to us, so much mystery and perplexity. It is all simple enough for him; he is omnipotent in the world of mind as well as in the world of matter; and he is omniscient, he knows everything.
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2984. A Silly Dove
| Answers in Genesis Be as full of love as you can, but take care that you mix iron with your constitution. Silly are the doves that have no bold heart for God.
2778. Consulting With Jesus
| Answers in Genesis How can a man be just with God? It stands in the Book of Job, and it seems to stand there unanswered: “How should man be just with God?” There is no one, on the face of the earth, who could have answered that question if it had not been made possible by our Lord Jesus Christ.
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2780. The Sojourn In Mesech
| Answers in Genesis I will not say that it is good, in a Christian man, to long to be away from the place where God has put him. But I will say that it scarcely needs an apology for that Christian man sometimes to cry out, “My soul is weary, I am almost weary of my life, because of those wicked men who surround me on every side.”
2814. Abraham’s Great Reward
| Answers in Genesis Let us consider the text itself: “I am your very great reward”; and let us ask, first, what is this reward? Secondly, what are the excellencies of this very great reward? And, thirdly, what then? The Lord himself is the portion of his people.
2809. Faith: Life
| Answers in Genesis To the believer, faith is of the utmost importance. He should endeavour not to lose any of his graces; he should seek, by the power of the blessed Spirit, neither to lose patience, nor hope, nor love, nor any other grace or virtue; still, the root of true religion is faith, so he must first of all see to that.
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3260. Spiritual Convalescence
| Answers in Genesis If our eyes have been opened to see ourselves as we are
in God’s sight, we know that we are as weak as water, and that from
us, unassisted by divine grace, there can never come any good thing.
3318. How to Read the Bible
| Answers in Genesis I have no right to expect that the Spirit will reveal truth to me without the use of a book when I can find it out for myself with the book. “The Holy Spirit helps our infirmities,” but not our idlenesses.
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3316. Their Desired Haven
| Answers in Genesis This natural voyage on the sea may be a very excellent type and picture of the spiritual voyage which all men undertake in their soul’s life.
3310. Prompt Obedience
| Answers in Genesis There is no doubt that we have David speaking to us in this Psalm, but it is equally certain that we must not limit it to David.
3305. A Clear Understanding
| Answers in Genesis It would be good for someone to run up to us, as Philip did to the eunuch, and say to us as Philip did to him, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
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3303. A Very Early Bible Society
| Answers in Genesis The Old Testament is a divine light which has led multitudes of saints to the Lord’s right hand, and its lustre is not dimmed by the New Testament, but increased by it.
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3302. Faith in Christ’s Ability
| Answers in Genesis Among professing Christians, there is much so-called faith that is not really faith. Many of us profess much more in our creeds than we believe in our hearts, and we hold a great deal more in theory than we do in reality.
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3301. A Prophetic Warning
| Answers in Genesis Christ had spoken to his disciples of earthquakes in various places, famines, and pestilences; but these were only the beginning of sorrows.
2982. The Memorable Hymn
| Answers in Genesis Our glorious Jesus plays the man beyond all other men. Boldest of the sons of men, he does not quail in the hour of battle, but tunes his voice to loftiest psalmody.
1017. The Talking Book
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon talks about the Bible, explaining that it is a living book, a friend to the righteous, and a guide for believers.
2753. Patience, Comfort, And Hope From The Scriptures
| Answers in Genesis You know that we are saved by faith, and that by faith we find complete and immediate salvation in our Lord Jesus Christ. But you must never forget that, as soon as we are saved, we come under the discipline of Christ, and a part of that discipline lies in the exercise of patience, “the patience of the Scriptures.”
493. Gethsemane
| Answers in Genesis Few had fellowship with the sorrows of Gethsemane. The majority of the disciples were not there. They were not sufficiently advanced in grace to be admitted to behold the mysteries of “the agony.”
494. The Betrayal
| Answers in Genesis When Satan had been entirely worsted in his conflict with Christ in the garden, the man-devil Judas came upon the scene.
2553. The Enemies of the Cross of Christ
| Answers in Genesis We dream that our temptations are worse than those of our fathers, but
they are not. We imagine that the Church is subject to worse diseases
than in her early days, but it is not so.
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97. Pride and Humility
| Answers in Genesis Almost every event has its prophetic prelude. It is an old and common saying, that “coming events cast their shadows before them;” the wise man teaches us the same lesson in the verse before us.
63. Marvelous Increase of the Church
| Answers in Genesis The ancient church, in foreseeing her mighty increase in these latter days lifts up her hands in astonishment, and having been so used to see the Lord’s grace confined to a small nation, she exclaims.
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481. A Drama in Five Acts
| Answers in Genesis Holy Scripture seldom gives a special rule for each particular case, but it rather instructs us by general principles applicable to all cases.
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428. A Cure for Care
| Answers in Genesis No one precept contains all of a believers duty; but usually in Scripture, the precepts rise one above the other, like those stone steps by which the traveller in Egypt ascends to the pinnacle of the
1998. Not Bound Yet
| Answers in Genesis We take death and the grave in transit now: they do not hinder our advance to glory, and immortality, and eternal life.
2591. Pride The Destroyer
| Answers in Genesis Habakkuk had to prophesy to the people that God would eventually
deliver them out of the hand of the Chaldeans, and send them better
times.
1805. Strength And Recovery
| Answers in Genesis When there remains no strength in you, nor any ability of any kind or sort, then fling yourself upon the divine strength, and lay hold on it, and rejoice.
2870. Revelation And Conversion
| Answers in Genesis As long as we are blind, we can see no faults in ourselves; but when the Spirit of God comes to us, and reveals to us the law of God, then we perceive that we have broken all of the ten commandments in the spirit, if not in the letter of them.
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2775. David Warned And Rewarded
| Answers in Genesis Never allow anyone to make you depreciate the Old Testament. No part of the Bible is to be set up above the rest, or to be treated as of secondary importance. “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.”
2493. “A Man Named Matthew.”
| Answers in Genesis I do not think there is
any part of Matthew’s Gospel that touched him more than this portion
in which he was writing down the story of divine love for himself,
and of how he himself was called to be a disciple of Christ.
2966. Resistance to Salvation
| Answers in Genesis Deathlike slumber is the condition of those who are dead in sin; but to be aroused to action is the sure result of the gospel coming with power to anyone.
514. Tell It All
| Answers in Genesis Jesus was pressing through the throng to the house of Jairus to raise the ruler’s dead daughter; but he is so profuse in goodness that he performs another miracle while upon the road.
2482. An Unparalleled Cure
| Answers in Genesis No sooner is one act of mercy done than there
is another person needing an equal display of grace and power; and
the Saviour at once goes to the task, and heals again, again, again,
and yet again. What an inexhaustible fulness there is in Christ!
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1809. May I?
| Answers in Genesis I know that multitudes of sin-sick men and women are vexed with this same question. Oh that I could help them over the difficulty!
3298. Lessons from Christ’s Baptism
| Answers in Genesis I want to teach two lessons tonight; the first will be a most
necessary one for the unconverted, the second will be more suitable
for believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.
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3296. Praise for Jesus
| Answers in Genesis I intend only to speak about Judah so far as he is a type of Christ,
and I trust that I shall, by the Holy Spirit’s gracious guidance,
move all the brethren of the Lord Jesus Christ to praise him, so that
I shall be able reverently to say to him, “Jesus, you are he whom
your brethren shall praise.”
3287. The Only Door
| Answers in Genesis The Word of God tells us that in the midst of the great mass of men
there are to be found a special people—a people who were chosen by
God out of the common race.
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3286. The Fear of Death
| Answers in Genesis We may truly say concerning our Father in heaven
that his plans, his arrangements, his actions, his gifts are very
emphatically for the children.
3283. The Voices of Our Days
| Answers in Genesis In the discussion between Job and his three friends, Elihu was
present, but though by far the wisest man he remained quiet.
Sometimes, a still tongue proves a wise head.
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3282. Preparing for the Week of Prayer
| Answers in Genesis Our great High
Priest is represented here as standing at the golden altar which is
before the throne of God, having in his hand a golden censer full of
incense, the fragrance of which would give acceptance to the prayers
of the saints for his sake.
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3281. The Broad Wall
| Answers in Genesis It seems that, around Jerusalem of old, in the time of her splendour,
there was a broad wall, which was her defence and her glory.
Jerusalem is a type of the Church of God. It is always good when we
can see clearly, distinctly, and plainly, that around the Church to
which we belong there runs a broad wall.
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3280. Christ’s Prayer and Plea
| Answers in Genesis I believe that we have in this verse a prayer of the Lord Jesus
Christ. Some portions of this Psalm cannot apply to anyone but the
Saviour; and we have the examples of Peter and Paul to warrant us in
saying that, in this Psalm, David spoke of Jesus Christ.
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3278. The Wordless Book
| Answers in Genesis I daresay that most of you have heard of a little book which an old
divine used to study constantly, and when his friends wondered what
there was in the book, he told them that he hoped they would all know
and understand it, but that there was not a single word in it.
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3276. Christ’s Glory Turned to Shame
| Answers in Genesis In
the case of both of David and Jesus, the sons of men turned their glory into
shame, but I want especially to have you remember the sufferings of
our Saviour in this respect.
2447. “God, And Not Man,”—What Does It Mean?
| Answers in Genesis In a thousand respects, God is greater than man; but the Lord here puts this truth most prominently forward,
that he is “God, and not man,” in that he is infinitely more
forbearing, infinitely more tender, infinitely more ready to pass by
offences than any man ever can be.
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2884. “Who Is On The Lord’s Side?”
| Answers in Genesis Justification by faith is the side on which God is; but justification by the works of the law is a lie; in fact, it is an impossibility. Now, dear friends, on which side are you with regard to this matter of salvation by Christ or salvation by self? Are you “on the Lord’s side” of that question?
2494. The Cause And Cure Of A Wounded Spirit
| Answers in Genesis I am persuaded that there is no
man in this world who does not have trial in some form or other,
unless it is those whom God permits to have their portion in this
life because they will have no portion of bliss in the life that is
to come.
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2417. First Forgiveness, Then Healing
| Answers in Genesis He cares more about you, and about what shall take place in you, than about any of the Pharisees or doctors of the law who may be sitting by. God is glorified in scattering his miracles of mercy where there is the greatest need of them.
2018. Cured At Last!
| Answers in Genesis Here is one of the Lord’s hidden ones: a case not publicly described because of its secret sorrow. We have here a woman of few words and much shamefacedness.
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2019. “She Was Not Hidden.”
| Answers in Genesis Many would have quoted her case as a reason why they might be allowed to escape the responsibilities, duties, and sufferings which discipleship might involve.
2613. Sonship Questioned
| Answers in Genesis In speaking on the temptation of our Lord, I want first to say a few
words that ought always to be remembered by those who are tempted.
2933. Dead, Yet Alive
| Answers in Genesis Every believer is truly dead to sin, because Christ has died to sin, just as every believer is truly alive to God, because Christ is alive to God.
2572. Fellowship With Christ
| Answers in Genesis There is one great difference between Christ, as the Founder of the
Christian religion, and all mere men who have attempted to create a
system of belief.
1649. Freshness
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon discusses the excellency of freshness, the fear of its departure, and the hope of its continuance.
2655. Decided Ungodliness
| Answers in Genesis There are some who have refused to return, and who have said as much. Many people in the great world have actually declared that they will not yield to God. They will sooner burn than turn, they will rather perish in their iniquities than be pardoned after repenting of their sins.
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2833. Lessons On Divine Grace
| Answers in Genesis God has not bestowed his love, his favour, his mercy, on me because he foresaw that I should repent of my sin, and trust in his dear Son. No, there is a deeper reason for his love. If I am a child of God, an heir of heaven, the well-spring of God’s love for me is in his own sovereign grace.
828. Dying Daily
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon elaborates on the fact that we are all in the process of dying and explains how we should respond to this truth.
2525. Joy In Place Of Sorrow
| Answers in Genesis As I have often
reminded you, it has become a Christian duty for believers to be
glad. “Rejoice in the Lord,” is a precept given to us over and over
again, and I believe that, broadly speaking, the general condition of
God’s people is one of joy.
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2907. The Holy Spirit Glorifying Christ
| Answers in Genesis It is the Holy Spirit’s office to come between us and Christ, to lead us to Christ, even as the Son of God comes between us and the Father, to lead us to the Father; so that we have the whole Trinity uniting to save a sinner, the Triune God bowing down out of heaven for the salvation of rebellious men.
129. David’s Dying Prayer
| Answers in Genesis There was a time when this prayer would have been unnecessary; a period, in fact, when it could not have been offered, seeing the thing to be asked for was already existed.
The Oft-Repeated Invitation
| Answers in Genesis If God shall bless that invitation, "Come", and sinners do come to Christ, there will be more music evoked from this note than if my sermon had been as brilliant as the highest human eloquence could make it, for angels in heaven and God himself will rejoice if sinners are brought to the Saviour.
1937. A Mingled Strain
| Answers in Genesis In what state of heart should we come to the communion table? It is no light matter: in what manner shall we come before the Lord in so sacred an ordinance?
2431. The Double Cleansing
| Answers in Genesis Are any of you here broken down under a sense of sin? Then I am glad that I have such good news for you as my text contains. It is for sinners that Jesus bled and died. It is for you
who are conscious of your great guiltiness that the fulness and the freeness of his grace are revealed.
2419. Repentance After Conversion
| Answers in Genesis I appeal to those who have tasted that the Lord is gracious, who have been restored from spiritual death, who are debtors to free grace and dying love. I invite and entreat them to accompany us while we present to God the sacrifices which he will not despise, the sacrifices of a broken spirit and a contrite heart.
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2510. Apart
| Answers in Genesis Remember, you have to be born alone, you will have to die alone, you will have to be judged alone, and you must be born again alone; and therefore, there must be for yourself a personal sense of sin, a personal seeking to Christ, a personal acceptance of pardon through the precious blood.
86. Unimpeachable Justice
| Answers in Genesis There is now agitating the public mind something which I thought I might improve this day, and turn to very excellent purpose. There are only two things concerning which the public have any suspicion.
3269. A Frail Leaf
| Answers in Genesis Poor Job! who could have been brought lower than he? He had lost his
possessions, his children, his health; he was covered with sore
boils, and he was aggravated by the unkind speeches of his friends.
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3268. The Saviour’s Silence
| Answers in Genesis Our gracious
Master always walked the hospital, for the whole world was that to
him, and whenever he went his supreme business here below was by
touch, or look, or word, to bestow healing on the soul and body.
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3267. Under His Shadow
| Answers in Genesis “He who dwells
in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of
the Almighty”: and that shadow shall preserve him from nightly terror
and ghostly evil, from the arrows of war and of pestilence, from
death and from destruction.
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3265. Faith Tried and Triumphing
| Answers in Genesis In this epistle Peter is speaking of the scattered saints in all
parts of the world, and, taught by the Holy Spirit, he says of them
that they were “a holy priesthood.”
3263. Intelligent Obedience
| Answers in Genesis So far as the sinner is concerned, by the law
comes the knowledge of sin. The law can do nothing more for him than
convince him that he needs a Saviour, and drive him out of himself to
find in Christ what he cannot find in himself.
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3262. Satan’s Arrows and God’s
| Answers in Genesis Dear friends, when we preach to you, we do as it were, shoot arrows
at a mark; but, alas! how few of them ever reach the target! If any
of our arrows are shot without earnestness and zeal, they are almost
certain to fall short of the mark.
3257. Thoughts and Their Fruit
| Answers in Genesis It has almost passed into a proverb, that “thought is free.” Thought must be
free, and it shall be acknowledged, by God’s help, perfectly free as
between man and man.
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3256. Beggars Becoming Princes
| Answers in Genesis So strange are the workings of providence that, however low
anyone may be in temporal circumstances, he need not give way to
despair, but he may cherish hopes of better times coming to him.
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3254. The Curse Removed
| Answers in Genesis Not human lawgiver could have given out such a law as what
we find in the Decalogue. It is a perfect law, for all human laws
that are right are to be found in that brief compendium and epitome
of all that is good and excellent towards God, or between man and men.
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3251. Christ The Tree Of Life
| Answers in Genesis We believe our Lord Jesus Christ to be none other
than that tree of life in the centre of the new paradise, whose leaves are for the healing of the
nations.
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3250. The Growth Of Faith
| Answers in Genesis May our experience keep pace
with our knowledge, and may that experience be composed of a
practical using of our Lord. Jesus casts a shadow, let us sit under
it: Jesus yields fruit, let us taste its sweetness.
221. Comfort Proclaimed
| Answers in Genesis What a sweet title: “My people!” What a cheering revelation: “Your God!” How much of meaning is couched in those two words, “My people!”
478. Christ — Perfect Through Sufferings
| Answers in Genesis Believing that God foreknows all things, we can only come to the conclusion that he foreknew the fall, and that it was only an incident in the great method by which he would glorify himself.
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2620. Christ’s Prayer For Peter
| Answers in Genesis Spurgeon Sermon 2620. Christ’s Prayer For Peter, delivered On Lord’s Day Evening, January 22, 1882, By C. H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.
1975. The Convenanter
| Answers in Genesis You can play with religion until you are laid low, and then it becomes serious work. The romance of religion is one thing; the reality of it is another.
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2885. Christ’s Sympathy With His People
| Answers in Genesis Remember, believers, that you not only have the love of Christ’s heart, but you also have the strength of Christ’s arm at your disposal. He rules over all things, in heaven, and earth, and hell, so rest in him, for he still bears the scars of his wounds to show that he has suffered even as you do.
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2552. Take Heed, Brethren
| Answers in Genesis True religion is not
a thing that can be acquired by carelessness or neglect; we must take
heed, or we shall never be found in the narrow way.
2496. Joyful Anticipation Of The Second Advent
| Answers in Genesis The
destruction of Jerusalem was, so to speak, the rolling up of the
curtain on the great drama of the world’s doom; it will not fall
again until all the things that we now see shall have passed away,
and only the things that cannot be shaken—the things of God and of
eternity, which we cannot see—shall remain.
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2432. Kept From Iniquity
| Answers in Genesis There was scarcely any bad thing which the court of Saul did not attribute to David; but he was upright before God, and he dared to challenge the investigation of the Most High, for he was sincere and true to the core.
2420. “The King Can Do No Wrong.”
| Answers in Genesis We may go and do, on our own account, things that shall bring dishonour to the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and King. He will have no part nor lot in them, nothing that he has taught will suggest them, and nothing that he desires will urge us to act like that.
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2511. Brought Out, To Be Brought In
| Answers in Genesis I am sure that, in my early youth, no teaching
ever had such an impression on my mind as the instruction of my
mother; neither can I conceive that, for any child, there can be one
who will have such influence over the young heart as the mother who
has so tenderly cared for her offspring.
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2904. The Plumb-line
| Answers in Genesis First, then, dear friends, a plumb-line is used in building when it is done as it ought to be; and I remind you that God always uses it in his building. Everything that God builds is built plumb, and straight, and square, and fair.
2921. An Old-Fashioned Remedy
| Answers in Genesis The healing of natural sickness is not accomplished without the power of God. Vain would be the skill of the most learned physician unless the God of nature cooperated with the medicine. If any of you have been recently restored from sickness, I charge you to praise God for his goodness.
2856. Our Hiding-Place
| Answers in Genesis Many of you know only too well that there are rough winds of outward trial and trouble I do not doubt that many a stormy blast has swept across your heart, in your families, or in your lives; in one way or another, you have realized your need of “a hiding-place from the wind, and a refuge from the tempest."
1751. Fathers in Christ
| Answers in Genesis Truth, which is fundamental, should be repeated by the teacher until the disciple has learned it beyond all fear of ever forgetting it.
2436. “How Good To Those Who Seek!”
| Answers in Genesis It is the prophet Jeremiah, in his Book of Lamentations, who says to you who are seeking the Lord, “The Lord is good to the soul that seeks him.” You do not need to take any discount off his words of cheer. Depend on it, what he says is true.
3229. The Royal Saviour
| Answers in Genesis These apostles were the representatives of
Messiah the Prince, acting under his authority, and, so far as they
could, filling up the gap caused by his absence.
2941. Mary’s Magnificat
| Answers in Genesis Oh, surely, if the children of earth sing, the children of heaven ought to sing far more often, far more loudly, far more harmoniously than they do.
2402. Under Arrest
| Answers in Genesis When Christ came to the chosen people, they were in a most miserable condition, and there was no hope for them at all apart from the promised Messiah.
3248. Gathering Without Planting
| Answers in Genesis As the Holy Spirit shall help us, let us first learn from the text as it referred to Israel; and then, taking the general principle mentioned here, let us learn from their case to consider our own, for we also enjoy what we have neither produced nor earned.
3239. Woe And Weal
| Answers in Genesis Those who expect to find the road to heaven smooth and unobstructed will discover little in the experience of the ancient saints to support the expectation.
3232. Facts And Inferences
| Answers in Genesis We must never judge by appearances, for many things that we see with
our eyes and hear with our ears are not really what they appear to be
to us.
2739. “I Have Enough.”
| Answers in Genesis It is very remarkable that there should be, in this chapter, a record of two people, who each said, “I have enough.” It is especially noteworthy that this was said by two brothers that differed so greatly from one another. It seems to me as if, on that occasion, the blessing of their father Isaac rested on them both.
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2817. Jacob’s Fear And Faith
| Answers in Genesis Jacob, in his fear, is not to be held up as an example for us. He is not to be commended for fearing Esau, neither are we to imitate him in this respect. There is a great deal that Christians feel which they never ought to feel, and there are many places into which Christians come in which they never ought to come.
2922. An Infallible Sign of Revival
| Answers in Genesis Wherever God comes out in his great mercy his name alone is exalted. So again it will be when yet farther on in human history the end shall come, when you and I and all born of woman shall stand before the dread tribunal of the last great day; then the Lord alone shall be exalted.
350. A Blow at Self-Righteousness
| Answers in Genesis Ever since man became a sinner he has been self-righteous. When he had a righteousness of his own he never gloried in it, but ever since he has lost it, he has pretended to be the possessor of it.
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60. Sovereignty and Salvation
| Answers in Genesis If it were within the range of human capacity to conceive a time when God dwelt alone, without his creatures, we should then have one of the grandest and most stupendous ideas of God.
2881. Feeble Faith Appealing To A Strong Saviour
| Answers in Genesis We now have to consider the tearful discovery: “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.” When did the man make this discovery? When he began to believe. Is it not an ironic thing that, as soon as he ever had a little faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, he discovered the great abyss of his unbelief?
58. Canaan on Earth
| Answers in Genesis It has generally been considered, that the passage of the Jordan by the Israelites is typical of death, and that Canaan is a fitting representation of heaven.
1926. Love’s Complaining
| Answers in Genesis He loves much, and therefore he never judges harshly. He loves much, and therefore he always judges jealously. Jealousy is the sure attendant of such love as his.
1867. Jubilate
| Answers in Genesis This is the very first of those sacred songs preserved in Scripture, and in some respects it is first in merit as well as in time.
320. Contentment
| Answers in Genesis The apostle Paul was a very learned man, but not the least among his various acquisitions in science was this—he had learned to be content.
1900. Rejoice Evermore
| Answers in Genesis That joy should be made a duty is a sure sign of the blessed New Covenant. Because Jesus has suffered, we are encouraged, commanded, and enabled to rejoice.
1898. Mouth And Heart
| Answers in Genesis He who composes short and striking summaries of gospel truth may be working as effectively for the salvation of men as another who delivers earnest, pleading discourses.
511. Pentecost
| Answers in Genesis How absolutely necessary is the presence and power of the Holy Spirit! It is not possible for us to promote the glory of God or to bless the souls of men, unless the Holy Spirit be in us and with us.
2805. “Life For A Look.”
| Answers in Genesis For salvation out of any trouble, we should only look to God. When I have spoken briefly on that point, I shall carry the principle into deeper spiritual matters by showing you, in the second place, that, for eternal salvation, we must assuredly only look to God.
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1022. Do Not Sleep
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon talks about actively serving the Lord rather than falling asleep like the disciples on the night Jesus was arrested.
2219. A Harp Of Ten Strings
| Answers in Genesis The essence of true divinity is greatening God, magnifying him, and enlarging our conceptions of his majesty and his glory to the utmost degree.
2908. The Saints Heritage And Watchword
| Answers in Genesis The ship of Christ’s Church never sails so well as when she is rocked from side to side by the winds of persecution, and when, at every lurch, she is almost overwhelmed. Nothing has helped God’s Church so much as persecution; she has been increased and strengthened by it.
1041. Mercy’s Master Motive
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon uses a passage in Isaiah about the ways in which God refined Israel to discuss the ways He converts sinners and purifies believers.
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2542. Christ’s Rest And Ours
| Answers in Genesis Let us, dear friends, always look on
Christ as the great Standard-Bearer of all the hosts of God, and let
us pitch our tents as near to his ensign as we can, and constantly
follow where his banner leads the way.
2810. “Nevertheless At Your Word.”
| Answers in Genesis For a man to take his creed blindly from a pope or a priest, is to degrade himself, because he receives that teaching from his fellow man; but for him to lay his whole mind down at the feet of Jesus Christ, is no degradation, since Christ is the wisdom of God, and all wisdom is infallibly gathered up in him.
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128. The Uses of the Law
| Answers in Genesis The apostle, by a highly ingenious and powerful argument, had proven that the law was never intended by God for the justification and salvation of man.
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123. Particular Election
| Answers in Genesis It is exceedingly desirable that in the hours of worship and in the house of prayer our minds should be as much as possible divested of every worldly thought.
2415. The Believer’s Inheritance Of Joy
| Answers in Genesis When David wrote these words, he was not in a condition of ease and luxury. He was not even in a position of assured safety. You know what we mean when we say that a man carries his life in his hand; that is to say, he expects death, he is in imminent peril, and may at any moment be cut off from his fellow men.
551. Faith and Life
| Answers in Genesis The two most important things in our holy religion are faith and life. He who shall properly understand these two words is not far from being a master in experiential theology.
1305. The Mighty Arm
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon considers the mighty power of God in his grace, as revealed in our experience and the divine power, as displayed in Christ Jesus.
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1964. Why Is Faith So Feeble?
| Answers in Genesis None of us has any idea how scanty our faith really is. When trial comes, the heap from the threshing-floor becomes very small beneath the winnowing fan.
2852. Comfort For The Fearful
| Answers in Genesis All the trouble in the world cannot harm you so much as half a grain of unbelief. Poverty cannot make you so poor as doubt can; and sickness cannot make you so sick as unbelief can. The greatest evil to be dreaded is that of doubting your Lord.
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2853. Observing The King’s Word
| Answers in Genesis There is far too little of diligent observance of what God says in his Word. Dear friend, if you want to have the pardon for your sin, it is only God who can do this for you. Hence, every anxious enquirer ought to be a diligent searcher of his Bible.
831. The Altar
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon takes a look at the altar, which he believed to be an antitype of Christ, and then discusses the dangers of idolatry.
2479. Spices, Flowers, Lilies, And Myrrh
| Answers in Genesis You may apply the microscope to Christ; you may examine his little things, if, indeed, anything can be little that refers to him; you may look into the deep things of Christ, the hidden things of Christ, his secrets, and the more closely you look, the more you will be amazed, and astonished, and filled with delight.
2347. The Lord’s Famous Titles
| Answers in Genesis You know that it helps men to come to a person when they know who he is, how good he is, and how likely it is that they will find some benefit by coming to him.
614. For Christ’s Sake
| Answers in Genesis Spurgeon Sermon 614. For Christ’s Sake, delivered on Sunday Morning, February 12, 1865, by C. H. Spurgeon, st the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.
2352. Great Joy In The City
| Answers in Genesis When Philip went to the city of Samaria, he found there a people prepared by the Lord. Jesus sowed the seed; Philip came, and reaped the harvest.
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2405. Joy, A Duty
| Answers in Genesis People who are very happy, especially those who are very happy in the Lord, are not apt either to give offence or to take offence.
1960. The Servants and the Pounds
| Answers in Genesis Jesus’ disciples were to be in the position of servants put in trust with property while their master was gone away to receive a kingdom, and then to come again.
345. Self-Sufficiency Slain
| Answers in Genesis Conscious of this truth in my own case, I would earnestly seek the help of God’s Spirit in preaching as in every other spiritual exercise, for without him I can do nothing.
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346. All Sufficiency Magnified
| Answers in Genesis There have been some men who, puffed up with vanity, have in their hearts said, “I can do all things.” Their destruction has been sure, and near at hand.
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336. Struggles of Conscience
| Answers in Genesis There are many people who long to have a deeper sense of their sinfulness, and then with a certain show of conscientious scruple, they make an excuse for the exercise of simple faith.
2350. “Take, Eat.”
| Answers in Genesis We are all agreed on this one point, that the Lord’s supper is an emblem of the death of Jesus Christ, and of the way by which we receive benefit from him.
2008. The Lord And The Leper
| Answers in Genesis A leper comes to him, and kneels before him, and expresses his faith in him, that he can make him whole. Now the Son of Man is glorious in his power to save.
76. Gospel Missions
| Answers in Genesis I shall address you, at large, upon a subject which I am sure will occupy your attention, and has done for many days and years past - the subject of gospel missions.
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144. Waiting Only upon God
| Answers in Genesis Rest calm and undisturbed. Your enemies are around you, and have sorely surrounded you; your troubles do surround you like strong bulls of Bashan; but rest, my soul, in God.
3220. “A Time To Love”
| Answers in Genesis If you will look at our text, dear friends, you will see that it is
very ominously followed by the words, “and a time to hate.”
2454. The Secret Of Failure
| Answers in Genesis It is no new thing that we should be made a
laughing-stock to the enemies of the cross of Christ because we
cannot even do what we have formerly done, and are beaten in the very
field where previously we have achieved great and notable victories
for our Master.
1783. Pentecost
| Answers in Genesis Without any deliberation or delay we conclude that if he has loved us, and given himself for us, we ought to show our love for him in some obvious way.
2593. A Welcome For Jesus
| Answers in Genesis The Lord Jesus Christ will not stay where he
is not wanted; just as he told his disciples, when they were
persecuted in one city, to flee to another, so he does himself.
2989. Near the Kingdom, or in It?
| Answers in Genesis Almost saved is altogether lost. Think of that, you who are not far from the kingdom. It is being in the kingdom that saves the soul, not being near the kingdom.
2450. The Joy Of Redemption
| Answers in Genesis When the human mind is on the stretch of emotion, whether it is under
the influence of grief or joy, it often thinks that the whole world
is in sympathy with itself. It seems to wrap the mantle of the
universe all around its spiritual nature as a garment.
1654. “At Your Word.”
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon discusses how this phrase ought to apply to the affairs of ordinary life, matters of spiritual profiting, and our great life business, which is being fishers of men.
2706. Feeding On The Bread Of Life
| Answers in Genesis It is quite certain that those whom Christ has quickened by his Spirit shall never die; but it is just as certain that they would die if they did not feed on Christ, and sustain their life by that means; the two things are not contrary to each other.
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947. Seeking for Jesus
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon uses a passage about those who sought Jesus for selfish reasons to discuss the true character of those who seek Jesus for salvation from sin.
1642. “Truly, Truly”
| Answers in Genesis If Jesus says, “Truly, truly,” there is something coming to which we should attend with all our hearts. The subject which he thus introduces is our possession of eternal life, and our being delivered from condemnation by faith in himself.
2541. “Mr. Moody’s Text.”
| Answers in Genesis I saw this text advertised as being printed in colours, and it was
called, “Mr. Moody’s Text.” When I saw him yesterday, I asked him how
it was his text any more than it is mine. He said that he was sure he
did not know; he never called it his text, so far as he knew.
2948. Stephen And Saul
| Answers in Genesis It is a calamity for the Church of Christ when her best men, whether ministers or deacons, are called home; yet it often that God takes his servants home when they are most useful.
2476. “This Thing Is From Me.”
| Answers in Genesis It is very delightful to read a history in which God is made
prominent. How sadly deficient we are of such histories of our own
English nation! Yet surely there is no story that is more full of God
than the record of the doings of our British nation.
2674. Learning In Private What To Teach In Public
| Answers in Genesis If you get your message of mercy directly and distinctly from the living Christ, you will have truth in its personality, — living, acting, feeling, for he is “the way, the truth, and the life.” The message will come to you with power because he uttered it, and therefore you will preach him as well as it.
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2675. Jehovah's Challenge
| Answers in Genesis I can believe in the conversion of the Jews when I hear Jehovah’s challenge, “Is there anything too hard for me?” I can believe in the spread of his gospel over the whole world when I hear him ask, “Is there anything too hard for me?”
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187. Providence
| Answers in Genesis During this week my mind has been much directed to the subject of Providence and you will not wonder when I relate a portion of one day’s story.
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180. How to Keep the Heart
| Answers in Genesis Inasmuch as the heart is the most important part of man, it would be natural to expect that Satan would be sure to make his strongest and most perpetual attacks upon the heart.
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7-8. Christ Crucified
| Answers in Genesis What contempt has God poured upon the wisdom of this world! How has he brought it to nought, and made it appear as nothing. He has allowed it to work out its own conclusions, and prove its own folly.
1723. “Knock!”
| Answers in Genesis If we abound in pleading with God we shall grow strong in the Lord, and we shall be happy in his love, we shall become a blessing to those around us.
2795. The Double Drawing Near
| Answers in Genesis Drawing near to God will help you to become pure. There is cleansing by water as well as by blood; the blood, that washes away the guilt of sin, is accompanied by a cleansing flood that takes away the power of sin, so that hands are cleansed and hearts are purified when we draw near to God.
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2796. A Man Of God Alone With God
| Answers in Genesis The whole world is full of God to him who believes in God, and he has fellowship with God wherever he goes. He cannot live without it; it is his joy and delight. How can he live happily in his Father’s house unless he often sees his Father’s face, and speaks with him, and hears his voice in return?
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1704. All Joy In All Trials
| Answers in Genesis Let brotherly love continue; let us love each other with a pure heart fervently, and reveal that love, not in word only, but in deed and in truth.
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2537. A Warning To Waverers
| Answers in Genesis Whenever James talks about faith,
he seems to be saying all the while, “Believe”; if he discourses on
prayer, you can hear him crying, “Pray”; and if he speaks concerning
holy living, you can hear the thunder behind his words commanding us
to forsake sin and to follow after righteousness.
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2538. An Epistle Illustrated By A Psalm
| Answers in Genesis A life so full of the lovingkindness of the Lord
should yield more praise to God than any one tongue can possibly
utter. “The Lord has done great things for us, of which we are
glad”; let us therefore praise him with all our hearts.
1848. The Mirror
| Answers in Genesis At this time I shall draw a distinction between the true and blessed hearer of the Word, and the person who misses the blessing because he hears only to forget.
2313. Charity And Purity
| Answers in Genesis Spurgeon Sermon 2313. Charity And Purity, delivered On Thursday Evening, May 23, 1889, By C. H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.
2821. “Until He Finds It”
| Answers in Genesis It is the Shepherd who finds the lost sheep. True salvation comes to the sinner by Jesus Christ finding him. You and I, if we are very earnest in seeking the souls of others, may readily find the lost ones, for they are all around us.
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2823. One Trophy For Two Exploits
| Answers in Genesis We may say of the three Persons of the Divine Trinity that each of these is our Redeemer, because they have all brought to its full completion the grand work of our redemption from the power of sin, and death, and hell. Our Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, — the Lord of hosts is his name.
16. Paul’s First Prayer
| Answers in Genesis God has many methods of quenching persecution. He will not allow his church to be injured by its enemies, or overwhelmed by its foes.
580. God is with Us
| Answers in Genesis Spurgeon Sermon 580. God is with Us, delivered on Sunday Morning, July 17, 1864, by C. H. Spurgeon, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.
256. The Believer’s Challenge
| Answers in Genesis The protest of an innocent man against the charge of an accuser may well be strong and vehement. But here we have a more uncommon and a more sublime theme.
2241. A Stanza Of Deliverance
| Answers in Genesis The house of bondage is a true picture of our condition when we are convicted of sin, but are ignorant of the way to escape from its guilt and power.
3196. Noah’s Eminence
| Answers in Genesis God keeps his eyes on the sons of men, and he searches among them for certain individuals on whom he delights to fix his gaze.
782. Saving Knowledge
| Answers in Genesis Charles Spurgeon uses the example of the woman at the well to explain the spiritual ignorance of many and how we should address it.
2150. “All The Day Long.”
| Answers in Genesis Today we will consider two precepts, that we may not seem to neglect any part of the Word of God; for the precept is as divine as the promise.
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2297. Sealed And Open Evidences
| Answers in Genesis We must be satisfied to give up anything which Christ may require of us for the sake of what is yet to come. Our inheritance is not on this side of Jordan.