Fusion in the Word

We Have This Treasure John Bunyan: In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.   Paul Barnett: Suffering, real though it is, is ephemeral because it belongs to this age, in contrast to the age to come, which is eternal.   NOTES: There were tech issues with the … [Read More...] 2 Corinthians 4:1-18

No Longer Strangers and Aliens John Stott: It would be hard to exaggerate the grandeur of this vision. The new society God has brought into being is nothing short of a new creation, whose characteristic is no longer alienation but reconciliation, no longer division and hostility but unity and peace. This new society God rules … [Read More...] Ephesians 2:11-22

FIRE Richard Sibbes: God is a Spirit, and he looks to our very spirits; and what we are in our spirits, in our hearts and affections, that we are to him. Therefore, what ill we shun, let us do it from the heart, by hating it first. A man may avoid an evil action from … [Read More...] Psalm 97

NEW SONG Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Praise should be proportionate to its object, therefore let it be infinite when rendered unto the Lord. We cannot praise him too much, too often, too zealously, too carefully, too joyfully. He deserves that nothing in his worship should be little, but all the honour rendered unto him should be … [Read More...] Psalm 96

GREAT John Newton: When I see Thee as Thou art, I’ll praise Thee as I ought.     Lesson Audio https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2022/03/26121126/Psalm95_032022.mp3   Right Click / Save to download lesson audio: Psalm95_032022 Psalm 95 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us … [Read More...] Psalm 95

STRONGHOLD John Calvin: The heavier our calamities grow, we should hope that divine grace will only be the more powerfully manifested in comforting us under them. Believers are conscious of two very different states of mind. On the one hand, they are afflicted and distressed with various fears and anxieties; on the other, there is a … [Read More...] Psalm 94

MAJESTY Martin Geier: Having considered in all quarters the worldly rule of idols, and earthly deities or kings, the Psalmist at last bursts forth into the words which attribute supreme government to none other, but to the Lord, the true God. Let it be granted that the monarchs of Assyria, the kings of Egypt, and the masters … [Read More...] Psalm 93

HIGH John Boys: The servants of the Lord are to sing His praises in this life to the world’s end; and in the next life without end.   Lesson Audio https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2022/03/28223626/Psalm92_022722.mp3   Right Click / Save to download lesson audio: Psalm92_022722 Psalm 92 It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to … [Read More...] Psalm 92

SHELTER Charles Haddon Spurgeon: No shelter can be imagined at all comparable to the protection of the Lord's own shadow. The Almighty Himself is where his shadow is, and hence those who dwell in His secret place are shielded by Himself. What a shade in the day of noxious heat! What a refuge in the hour … [Read More...] Psalm 91

EVERLASTING Jeremy Taylor: A man’s greatest care should be for that place where he dwelleth longest; therefore eternity should be in his scope.   Harry Ironside: Time is given us to use in view of eternity. Lesson Audio https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2022/02/21231850/Psalm90_021322.mp3   Right Click / Save to download lesson audio: Psalm90_021322 Psalm 90 Lord, you have been our … [Read More...] Psalm 90

SON OF MAN Charles Feinberg: When man tries to be independent of God, he does not lift himself up, but rather plunges himself into the pit. It is spiritual catastrophe, and it is suicide of the soul. Lesson Audio https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2022/02/02171308/013022_Son-of-Man.mp3   Right Click / Save to download lesson audio: 013022_Son of Man Daniel 7:9-14 As … [Read More...] Son of Man

SERVANT John Calvin: He calls Him a light, because the Gentiles were plunged in the deepest and thickest darkness. Now, then, the blame lies solely with ourselves, if we do not become partakers of this salvation; for He calls all men to Himself, without a single exception. Let us only open our eyes. He alone … [Read More...] Servant

SHEPHERD Charles Feinberg: The contrast is presented between men’s faithlessness and the faithfulness of God. Whereas human leaders had no concern for their subjects, the Lord will seek and search out His sheep. The picture is one of taking charge with deep affection. The only solution to the failures of the monarchy clearly will be … [Read More...] Shepherd

BRANCH Hetty Lalleman: Hope for salvation and a secure future will only come via the King after God’s own heart who will reign in righteousness. The kings have led their people astray. Yet this is not the end, for God will provide a righteous, true Son of David who will reign justly and bring safety … [Read More...] Branch

SHOOT Alan Redpath: The immense step from the Babe at Bethlehem to the living, reigning triumphant Lord Jesus, returning to earth for His own people - that is the glorious truth proclaimed throughout Scripture. As the bells ring out the joys of Christmas, may we also be alert for the final trumpet that will announce … [Read More...] Shoot

PRINCE Charles Haddon Spurgeon: How complex is the person of our Lord Jesus Christ! Almost in the same breath the prophet calls Him a “child,” and a “counselor,” a “son,” and “the everlasting Father.” This is no contradiction, and to us scarcely a paradox, but it is a mighty marvel that He who was an infant … [Read More...] Prince

SON James Montgomery Boice: The virgin birth is important because of its unique and miraculous nature, which therefore points to the uniqueness of Jesus Christ. It is significant that the life of the Lord Jesus is bracketed by two great miracles. At the beginning is the virgin birth; at the end is the resurrection. Lesson … [Read More...] Son

SEED A.W. Pink: Here again we behold the exceeding riches of God’s grace. Before He acted in judgment He displayed His mercy; before He banished the guilty ones from Eden, He gave them a blessed promise and hope. Though Satan had encompassed the downfall of man, it is announced that One shall come and bruise … [Read More...] Seed

Psalm 119:25-32   Jonny Huff led us through a study on Psalm 119:25-32, as well as an overview of how to study the Psalms. DALETH My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to your word! When I told of my ways, you answered me; teach me your statutes! Make me understand the … [Read More...] Psalm 119:25-32

Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! C.H. Spurgeon: God’s mill grinds slowly, but it grinds to powder. Justice loiters to commune with mercy, but it speedily makes up for its lingering.   Lesson Audio https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2021/11/15215946/Joel3.11-21_111421.mp3   Right Click / Save to download lesson audio: Joel3.11-21_111421 Joel 3:11-21 Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, … [Read More...] Joel 3:11-21

Beat your plowshares into swords Charles Feinberg: The great sin of the nations – all will be involved in it in the time of Jacob’s trouble – is that against Israel. Little do the nations realize how they incur the wrath of God when they lay violent hands upon His heritage and the plant of … [Read More...] Joel 3:1-10

And it shall come to pass John Calvin: That the people, then, might not form other expectations, God shows that all their hope was in him alone. He further shows that salvation was not to be sought afar off, provided the people had not forgotten the covenant, that God was dwelling in the midst of … [Read More...] Joel 2:28-32

"Yet even now," declares the LORD Charles Feinberg: When the faintest cry of the penitent is uttered, it does not escape the ear of the LORD. His zeal and jealousy on behalf of His people are aroused, and He goes forth to bless them unstintingly. He remembers the wounds of His land and He heals them. … [Read More...] Joel 2:12-27

For the day of the LORD is coming Charles Simeon: Repentance is in every view so desirable, so necessary, so suited to honor God, that I seek that above all. The tender heart, the broken and contrite spirit, are to me far above all the joys that I could ever hope for in this vale … [Read More...] Joel 2:1-11

Cry out to the LORD! Matthew Henry: Some people do not like to hear much of repentance; but I think it is so necessary that if I should die in the pulpit, I would desire to die preaching repentance, and if out of the pulpit I would desire to die practicing it. Lesson Audio https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2021/09/27224147/Joel1.8-20_092621.mp3 … [Read More...] Joel 1:8-20

Awake! Lament! Weep! John Calvin: And as men are not easily moved by God’s judgments, the Prophet here declares that God had executed such a judgment as could not be regarded otherwise than miraculous! But common punishments are wont to be unheeded; men soon forget those punishments to which they have been accustomed.   God has, … [Read More...] Joel 1:1-7

The Whole Earth is Full of His Glory Alexander Maclaren:  We see ourselves when we see God. Once flash on a heart the thought of God’s holiness, and, like an electric searchlight, it discloses flaws which pass unnoticed in dimmer light. The easy-going Christianity, which is the apology for religion with so many of us, … [Read More...] Isaiah 6:1-13

Jesus Christ, to Whom Be Glory Forever and Ever While the sacrifices for sin are completed once-for-all in the finished work of Christ, there is a sacrifice which believers should continually offer, and that is a sacrifice of praise. We do not cease to worship. In fact, the knowledge that Jesus has completed such sacrifices … [Read More...] Hebrews 13:15-25

Let Us Go to Him Outside the Camp Charles Haddon Spurgeon: If He be always the same, here is a rock that cannot be moved; build on it. Here is an anchorage, cast your anchor of hope into it and hold fast in time of storm. If Christ were variable, He were not worthy of … [Read More...] Hebrews 13:7-14

Let Brotherly Love Continue D.L. Moody: Love is the badge by which the disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ are known.   Lesson Audio https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2022/04/21230150/Heb13.1-6_080121.mp3   Right Click / Save to download lesson audio: Heb13.1-6_080121 Hebrews 13:1-6 Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels … [Read More...] Hebrews 13:1-6

For Our God Is a Consuming Fire For those who know the Lord, this reinforces why we persevere. While we still live on this side of eternity, we have come to Mt. Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem. When our eyes are fixed here and on Jesus, this world loses its attractions.   For those who … [Read More...] Hebrews 12:18-29

Strengthen Your Weak Knees F.F. Bruce: If it is the grace of God that sets people’s feet at the entrance of the pathway of faith, it is equally the grace of God that enables them to continue and complete that pathway.   Lesson Audio https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2021/07/19213848/Heb12.12-17_071821.mp3   Right Click / Save to download lesson audio: Heb12.12-17_071821 Hebrews … [Read More...] Hebrews 12:12-17

The Lord Disciplines the One He Loves A.W. Pink: God’s chastenings instead of being retributive are corrective. They are sent to empty us of self-sufficiency and self-righteousness: they are given to discover to us hidden transgressions, and to teach us the plague of our own hearts. Lesson Audio https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2022/04/21213700/Heb12.4-11_071121.mp3   Right Click / Save to … [Read More...] Hebrews 12:4-11

Let Us Run with Endurance Horatio Bonar: The road is rugged, and the sun is hot. How can we be but weary? Here is grace for the weariness – grace which lifts us up and invigorates us; grace which keeps us from fainting by the way; grace which supplies us with manna from heaven, and … [Read More...] Hebrews 12:1-3

Of Whom the World Was Not Worthy D.L. Moody: The longer I live the more I am convinced that godly men and women are not appreciated in our day. But their work will live after them, and there will be a greater work done after they are gone, by the influence of their lives, than when … [Read More...] Hebrews 11:29-40

For He Was Looking to the Reward Charles Haddon Spurgeon: [Moses] did not say, "Yes, there is a God undoubtedly and these are God's people and there is an end of it." But he said, "There is a God for me to worship, for me to trust, for me to obey. Here are God's people. … [Read More...] Hebrews 11:23-31

They Desire a Better Country J.C. Ryle: We must endeavor to pass through the world like people who are not yet at home, and are not so troubled about the fare they meet with on the road and at the inn. Blessed are they who feel like pilgrims and strangers in this life, and whose best … [Read More...] Hebrews 11:13-22

Strangers and Exiles Robert Leighton: At the best, a Christian is but a stranger here, set him where you will. And when he thinks not so, he forgets himself, and descends far below his quality, when he is much taken with anything in this place of his exile. But this is the wisdom of a … [Read More...] Hebrews 11:8-16

By Faith Matthew Henry: Faith is a firm persuasion and expectation that God will perform all that He has promised to us in Christ; and this persuasion is so strong that it gives the soul a kind of possession and present fruition of those things, gives them a subsistence in the soul by the firstfruits … [Read More...] Hebrews 11:1-7

A Fearful Expectation of Judgment G. Campbell Morgan: If this great way of salvation, this mightiest sacrifice of all is refused, no other sacrifice remains. The work of Jesus is God's uttermost possible for the salvation of man. If this be rejected, by such rejection man deliberately chooses for himself the only possible alternative, which is … [Read More...] Hebrews 10:26-39

Let Us Draw Near D.L. Moody: Church attendance is as vital to a disciple as a transfusion of rich, healthy blood to a sick man.   Lesson Audio https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2021/05/10203309/Heb10.19-25_050921.mp3   Right Click / Save to download lesson audio: Heb10.19-25_050921 Hebrews 10:19-25 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of … [Read More...] Hebrews 10:19-25

Once for All Martyn Lloyd-Jones: The Cross not only shows the love of God more gloriously than anything else, it shows His righteousness, His justice, His holiness, and all the glory of His eternal attributes. They are all to be seen shining together there. If you do not see them all you have not seen … [Read More...] Hebrews 10:1-18

On Our Behalf John Owen: The repetition of the annual sacrifices under the law was mainly from hence, because they were not able perfectly to effect that which they did signify; but the one sacrifice of Christ did at once perfectly accomplish what they did represent. Herein, therefore, of necessity there was to be a … [Read More...] Hebrews 9:15-28

By Means of His Own Blood Martyn Lloyd-Jones: So the Cross does not merely tell us that God forgives, it tells us that that is God’s way of making forgiveness possible. It is the way in which we understand how God forgives. I will go further: How can God forgive and still remain God? – … [Read More...] Hebrews 9:1-14

Speaking of a New Covenant Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Brethren, the Holy Spirit makes men love the will of God, makes them delight in all in which God delights, and abhor that which the Lord abhors. It is well said in the text that God will do this, for certainly it is not what a man can … [Read More...] Hebrews 8:7-13

We Have Such a High Priest J.C. Ryle: Christ's continual Priesthood is the grand secret of daily comfort in Christianity. Oh, what an unspeakable comfort it is to remember that we have a great High Priest in Heaven, who never forgets us night or day, and is continually interceding for us, and providing for our safety! Christian, that … [Read More...] Hebrews 8:1-6

Such a High Priest Harry Ironside: Thus as the ever-living One, He is able to deliver completely those who draw near to God by Him, seeing He ever lives to make intercession for them. He whom God saves is saved eternally, for He who died for him lives to keep him and to complete the … [Read More...] Hebrews 7:20-28

In the Likeness of Melchizedek A.W. Pink: God designed that the Lord Jesus should in all things have the pre-eminence. This was due Him because of the glory of His person and the transcendent excellency of His work. Christ is the center of all God’s counsels, the key to every problem. All things are being … [Read More...] Hebrews 7:11-19

He Continues a Priest Forever Martin Luther: The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.   Lesson Audio https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2022/04/17181750/Heb7.1-10_030721.mp3   Right Click / Save to download lesson audio: Heb7.1-10_030721 Hebrews 7:1-10 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, … [Read More...] Hebrews 7:1-10

A Sure and Steadfast Anchor John Calvin: It is a striking likeness when he compares faith leaning on God’s word to an anchor; for doubtless, as long as we sojourn in this world, we stand not on firm ground, but are tossed here and there as it were in the midst of the sea, and … [Read More...] Hebrews 6:9-20

We Feel Sure of Better Things F.F. Bruce: Once more, our author emphasizes that continuance is the test of reality. In these verses he is not questioning the perseverance of the saints; we might say that rather he is insisting that those who persevere are the true saints. Lesson Audio https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2022/04/09183505/Heb6.4-12_022121.mp3   Right Click / … [Read More...] Hebrews 6:4-12

Go On to Maturity John Calvin: And indeed the Lord speaks to us so clearly and without any obscurity, that his word is rightly called our light; but its brightness become dim through our darkness. This happens partly through our dullness and partly through our sloth; for though we are very dull to understand the … [Read More...] Hebrews 5:11-6:3

You Are A Priest Forever Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Beloved friends, we live in a world of sin and sorrow, and we ourselves are sinful and sorrowful; we need one who can put away our sin and become a sharer in our sorrow. If He cannot go with us through all the rough places of our … [Read More...] Hebrews 5:1-10

Hold Fast our Confession D.L. Moody: No one could sympathize with them as Jesus could; no one had the same compassion with them that Jesus had. In all our troubles, the best thing we can do is to follow in the footsteps of John's disciples, and tell it all to him. He is a high-priest … [Read More...] Hebrews 4:14-16

Strive to Enter that Rest John Calvin: God's Word brings the light of knowledge to the mind of man as it were from a labyrinth, where it was held before entangled. There is indeed no thicker darkness than that of unbelief, and hypocrisy is a horrible blindness; but God’s word scatters this darkness and chases … [Read More...] Hebrews 4:11-13

Do Not Harden Your Hearts Richard Sibbes: Let us, therefore, embrace Christ, and in Him God’s love, and build our faith safely on such a Savior that is furnished with so high a commission. And this power is conveyed by faith, by which, after union with Christ in His estates both of humiliation and of … [Read More...] Hebrews 4:1-10

Take Care, Brothers John Stott: Unbelief is not a misfortune to be pitied; it is a sin to be deplored. Its sinfulness lies in the fact that it contradicts the Word of the one true God and thus attributes falsehood to Him.   Lesson Audio https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2021/01/15211109/Heb3.7-19_011020.mp3   Right Click / Save to download lesson audio: … [Read More...] Hebrews 3:7-19

And We Are His House A.W. Pink: Because Christ is the One through whom Deity is now fully and finally manifested, because He is the Brightness of God’s glory and the very Impress of His substance; because, therefore, He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than the angels; because He, in infinite grace, became … [Read More...] Hebrews 3:3-6

Apostle and High Priest of Our Confession Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Think much of Him. Remember who it is you follow, with whom you are brethren. If you think little of your Leader you will live but poor lives. Consider him, often think of him, try to imitate him. With such a Leader what manner of … [Read More...] Hebrews 2:16-3:2

Bringing Many Sons to Glory A.W. Pink: That the Creator of angels should leave His throne on High and descend to this sin-cursed earth; that the very One before whom all the angels bow should, for a season, be made lower than they; that the Lord of glory, who had dwelt in "light unapproachable," should … [Read More...] Hebrews 2:10-15

Such a Great Salvation Lesson Audio https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2022/04/08164057/Heb2.1-9_120620.mp3   Right Click / Save to download lesson audio: Heb2.1-9_120620 Hebrews 2:1-9 Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a … [Read More...] Hebrews 2:1-9

Sit at My Right Hand John Owen: If I have observed anything by experience, it is this: a man may take the measure of his growth and decay in grace according to his thoughts and meditations upon the person of Christ, and the glory of Christ's Kingdom, and of His love. Lesson Audio https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2020/12/02224434/Heb1.8-14_112920.mp3   … [Read More...] Hebrews 1:8-14

You are My Son G. Campbell Morgan: The Church of God apart from the Person of Christ is a useless structure. However ornate it may be in its organization, however perfect in all its arrangements, however rich and increased with goods, if the Church is not revealing the Person of Christ, raising Him to the height … [Read More...] Hebrews 1:3-9

God has spoken Erwin Lutzer: Don't ever think that there are many ways to the Divine. Jesus is the one qualified Mediator, the only qualified Sacrifice, and the only qualified Savior.   Lesson Audio https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2020/11/16174558/Heb1.1-4_111520.mp3   Right Click / Save to download lesson audio: Heb1.1-4_111520 Hebrews 1:1-4 Long ago, at many times and in many … [Read More...] Hebrews Intro & 1:1-4

HOSANNA Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Jesus in all things has the preeminence, he is the principal stone of the whole house of God. God himself laid him where he is, and hid within him all the precious things of the eternal covenant; and there he shall forever remain the foundation of all our hopes, the glory … [Read More...] Psalm 118:17-29

GIVE THANKS Thomas Manton: They who constantly attend upon God, and depend upon him, have a much sweeter life, than those that wait upon princes with great observance and expectation. A servant of the Lord is better provided for than the greatest favorites and minions of princes. Lesson Audio https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2022/03/09174054/Psalm118.1-16_110120.mp3   Right Click / Save … [Read More...] Psalm 118:1-16

LAUD Alexander McLaren: The historical limitations of God’s manifestation to a special nation were means to its universal diffusion. The fire was gathered in a grate, that it might warm the whole house. All men have a share in what God does for Israel. Lesson Audio https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2020/10/30164832/Psalm117.1-2_102520.mp3   Right Click / Save to download lesson … [Read More...] Psalm 117:1-2

LOVE Thomas Manton: It is love that doth open our mouths, that we may praise God with joyful lips. The proper intent of mercies is to draw us to God. When the heart is full of a sense of the goodness of the Lord, the tongue cannot hold its peace. Self love may lead us … [Read More...] Psalm 116:1-19

TRUST John Gill: He is the help of his people; they are helpless in themselves, and vain is the help of man, for there is none in him; there is no help but in the Lord, and he is a present, seasonable, and sufficient help. Jehovah the Father has promised them help, and he is … [Read More...] Psalm 115:1-18

TREMBLE John Calvin: The sea, in rendering such obedience to its Creator, sanctified His name; and Jordan, by its submission, put honor upon His power; and the mountains, by their quaking, proclaimed how they were overawed at the presence of His dreadful majesty. The psalmist interrogates the sea, Jordan, and the mountains, in a familiar … [Read More...] Psalm 114:1-8

PRAISE Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Praise, O ye servants of the LORD. Ye above all men, for ye are bound to do so by your calling and profession. If God's own servants do not praise him, who will? Ye are a people near unto him, and should be heartiest in your loving gratitude. While they were … [Read More...] Psalm 113:1-9

FEAR Charles Haddon Spurgeon: This man not only studies the divine precepts and endeavors to observe them, but rejoices to do so: holiness is his happiness, devotion is his delight, truth is his treasure. Let self-righteous men praise themselves, but he who has been made righteous by grace renders all the praise to the Lord. … [Read More...] Psalm 112:1-10

REMEMBER! Barton Bouchier: We see the stress here laid upon a whole heart, and the want of which is the great canker of all vital godliness. Men are ever attempting to unite what the word of God has declared to be incapable of union--the love of the world and of God--to give half their heart … [Read More...] Psalm 111:1-10

SIT! Abraham Wright: What doctrine doth the Scripture afford more comfortable to a drooping soul than this, that God hath sworn his Son a priest for ever, to sanctify our persons, and purge our sins, and tender all our petitions to his Father? What sin is so heinous, for which such a priest cannot satisfy … [Read More...] Psalm 110:1-7

HELP! Charles Haddon Spurgeon: The misery caused to a good man by slanderous reports no heart can imagine but that which is wounded by them; in all Satan’s armory there are no worse weapons than deceitful tongues.   Note: Scott mentions his lesson on Psalm 137. That audio can be found here.  Lesson Audio https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2020/08/30204733/Psalm109.1-31_083020.mp3 … [Read More...] Psalm 109:1-31

AWAKE! David Dickson: He who would have God's help in any business, must quit confidence in man's help; and the seeing of the vanity of man's help must make the believer to trust the more unto, and expect the more confidently God's help.   Lesson Audio https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2020/08/23222433/Psalm108.1-13_082320.mp3   Right Click / Save to download lesson … [Read More...] Psalm 108:1-13

CONSIDER John Gill: Every one of the wise men - they will perceive the kindness of God unto men. In the several dispensations of His providence towards them, and the special love and kindness towards His own people, even in all their afflictions they will perceive this to be at the bottom of every mercy … [Read More...] Psalm 107:23-43

SAY SO! William Romaine: That mercy was, and is, and will be, "for ever", and sinful miserable man may always find relief in this eternal mercy, whenever the sense of his misery disposes him to seek for it. And does not this motive loudly call upon us to "give thanks"? Because there is mercy with … [Read More...] Psalm 107:1-22

Avoid foolish controversies J. Sidlow Baxter: Somehow as we ponder this short but weighty note to Titus, we have an uneasy feeling that all too many of us modern Christians live far below its simply worded but searching standards. Although there is a transparent courtesy about it, there is a plainspoken directness which goes straight … [Read More...] Titus 3:8-15

We might become heirs to the hope of eternal life J.C. Ryle: True holiness, we surely ought to remember, does not consist merely of inward sensations and impressions. It is much more than tears, and sighs, and bodily excitement, and a quickened pulse, and a passionate feeling of attachment to our own favorite preachers and … [Read More...] Titus 3:1-7

The grace of God has appeared Thomas Watson: The growth of grace is the best evidence of the truth of it; things that have no life will not grow.     Titus 2:11-15 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to … [Read More...] Titus 2:11-15

That in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior John Wesley: The Bible knows nothing of solitary religion.       Titus 2:1-10 But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. Older women likewise … [Read More...] Titus 2:1-10

They must be silenced Martin Luther: The devil also can preach, but he does it to provide himself an opportunity to win adherents.  Then he comes forth and sows his poisonous seed, so that the condition becomes worse than in the beginning. Titus 1:10-16 For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, … [Read More...] Titus 1:10-16

Appoint Elders in every town Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Urgently we do need a revival of personal godliness. This is, indeed, the secret of church prosperity. When individuals fall from their steadfastness, the church is tossed to and fro; when personal faith is steadfast, the church abides true to her Lord. Titus 1:5-9 This is why … [Read More...] Titus 1:5-9

For the sake of the faith of God’s elect John Calvin: Whenever the subject of our salvation is dealt with, we should remember that it is founded who cannot deceive or lie. Indeed, the only foundation is the unchangeable truth of God.   Note: Scott references two visuals in his lesson; both have been uploaded. … [Read More...] Titus 1:1-4

TRUTH C.S. Lewis: God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.     T.S. Eliot: We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first … [Read More...] Ecclesiastes 12:9-14

REMEMBER John Owen: Satan's greatest success is in making people think they have plenty of time before they die to consider their eternal welfare.   Ecclesiastes 11:1 - 12:8 Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know … [Read More...] Ecclesiastes 11:1-12:8

STENCH J.C. Ryle: I cannot forget that the world is just now fixing its attention on material things to a most extravagant extent. We live in an age of progress—an age of steam-engines and machinery, of locomotion and invention. We live in an age when the multitude are increasingly absorbed in earthly things—in railways, and … [Read More...] Ecclesiastes 10:1-20

SHEOL C.S. Lewis: You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you. It is easy to say you believe a rope to be strong and sound as long as you are merely using it to cord a box. But suppose you … [Read More...] Ecclesiastes 9:1-18

WHATEVER J. Campbell Morgan: Here, then, is the permanent value of the book. It reveals the fact that if a man put God out of count in the actuality of his conduct, no matter how accurate his intellectual convictions may be, these thing inevitably follow. His outlook on the universe is oblique; he comes to … [Read More...] Ecclesiastes 8:1-17

WISDOM J.I. Packer: Not until we have become humble and teachable, standing in awe of God's holiness and sovereignty, acknowledging our own littleness, distrusting our own thoughts, and willing to have our minds turned upside down, can divine wisdom become ours. Ecclesiastes 7:15-29 In my vain life I have seen everything. There is a righteous … [Read More...] Ecclesiastes 7:15-29

FOLLY R.A. Torrey: Men will give you many reasons why they are skeptics, many reasons why they are infidels and agnostics and atheists, but in the great majority of cases the real reason is this — men hope by the denial of the existence of God to hide themselves from the discomfort of God's acknowledged … [Read More...] Ecclesiastes 6:10-7:14

UNSATISFIED J.C. Ryle: Money, in truth, is one of the most unsatisfying of possessions. It takes away some cares, no doubt; but it brings with it quite as many cares as it takes away. There is trouble in the getting of it. There is the anxiety in the keeping it. There are the temptations in … [Read More...] Ecclesiastes 5:1-6:9

WICKEDNESS C.S. Lewis: I have gained something I might not have gained from a flawless, ethical exposition. The shadows have indicated (at least to my heart) something more about the light. Nor would I (now) willingly spare from my Bible something in itself so anti-religious as the nihilism of Ecclesiastes. We there get a clear, … [Read More...] Ecclesiastes 3:16-4:16

TIME Derek Kidner: We are like the desperately near-sighted, inching our way along a great tapestry or fresco in the attempt to take it in. We see enough to recognize something of its quality, but the grand design escapes us, for we can never stand back to view it as the Creator does, whole and … [Read More...] Ecclesiastes 3:1-15

TOIL G. Campbell Morgan: Ecclesiastes is an inspired confession of failure and pessimism, when God is excluded, when man lives under the sun, and forgets the larger part, which is always over the sun, the eternal and abiding things. If you want to know what a man of great privilege and of great learning and … [Read More...] Ecclesiastes 2:12-26

Thomas Brooks: Christians, bear your faithful ministers upon your hearts when you are wrestling with God. They can tell when they want (lack) your prayers, and when they enjoy your prayers. Did you pray more for them, they might do more for your internal and eternal good than they do now.   Our look at … [Read More...] The Role of the Pastor in the Church

MYSELF Derek Kidner: A wisp of vapor, a puff of wind, a mere breath – nothing you could get your hands on; the nearest thing to zero. That is the vanity that this book is all about. This airy nothingness is not seen as a mere flicker on the surface of things, where it might … [Read More...] Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:11

VANITY Qoheleth forces us to look at the brevity of life and our attempts to find meaning. He forces us to reassess our values and our pursuits.   Just as order points to an orderly Creator, just as a longing for justice points to One who is truly righteous, so does disappointment with the temporal … [Read More...] Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

MERCY John Calvin: our exhortations and labors can do nothing except through the power of God accompanying them.   Jude 20-25 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that … [Read More...] Jude 20-25

UNGODLY Charles Haddon Spurgeon: He that perverts truth shall soon be incapable of knowing the true from the false. If you persist in wearing glasses that distort, everything will be distorted to you. Jude 14-19 It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands … [Read More...] Jude 14-19

WOE J.C. Ryle: False doctrine does not meet men face to face and proclaim that it is false. It approaches us secretly, quietly, insidiously, plausibly, and in such a way to disarm our suspicion, and throw us off guard. Jude 8-13 Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, … [Read More...] Jude 8-13

CONTEND Harry Ironside: The faith once delivered needs neither angelic nor human additions. It is perfect and complete, and the man or woman of God will refuse all other and newer revelations. Jude 3-7 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing … [Read More...] Jude 3-7

Introduction J.C. Ryle: That old enemy of mankind, the devil, has no more subtle device for ruining souls than that of spreading false doctrine. Jude 1-2 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James,   To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:   May mercy, … [Read More...] Jude 1-2

I Feel Fine John Calvin: Our joy shall not depend on outward prosperity; for though the Lord may afflict us in an extreme degree, there will yet be always some consolation to sustain our minds, that they may not succumb under evils so grievous; for we are fully persuaded, that our salvation is in God’s … [Read More...] Habakkuk 3:12-19

Trouble Comin' Every Day John Calvin: Whoever securely slumbers will be confounded in the day of affliction; but he who in time anticipates the wrath of God, and is touched with fear as soon as he hears that God the judge is at hand, provides for himself the most secure rest in the day of … [Read More...] Habakkuk 3:1-13

Nowhere to Run Martin Lloyd-Jones: Woe is declared upon the ways of all opposed to God. They are doomed. They may have great temporary success, and we must be prepared for that; they may apparently bestride the universe, but as certainly as their star arose it will go down. Habakkuk 2:9-20 “Woe to him who … [Read More...] Habakkuk 2:9-20

A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall D.L. Moody: We are to trust Him at all times. We are to trust at night as well as by day. We are to trust when we cannot see how it is coming out, as well as when we can.   Waylon Bailey: The righteous are courageous enough to accept … [Read More...] Habakkuk 2:4-8

All Along the Watchtower John Calvin: Except then we be fully persuaded that God by His secret providence regulates all these confusions, Satan will a hundred times a day, yea every moment, shake that confidence which ought to repose in God. Habakkuk 1:12 - 2:5 Are you not from everlasting, O Lord my God, my … [Read More...] Habakkuk 1:12-2:5

Hold On, Babylon's Comin' Charles Feinberg: God is far from being an unconcerned spectator in earth’s affairs. We can always be certain that, if our hearts are stirred by the prevalence of sin and ungodliness, God is all the more deeply concerned. Habakkuk 1:5-11 "Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For … [Read More...] Habakkuk 1:5-11

You Can't Always Get What You Want God’s plan is accomplished in His way and on His schedule. A mature faith trusts humbly and persistently in Him.   Habakkuk 1:1-4 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw.   O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to … [Read More...] Habakkuk Intro & 1:1-4

The Gospel & The Cross John Stott: The truth is that we cannot boast in ourselves and in the cross simultaneously. If we boast in ourselves and in our ability to save ourselves, we shall never boast in the cross and in the ability of Christ crucified to save us. Galatians 6:11-18 See with what … [Read More...] Galatians 6:11-18

The Gospel & Good Deeds Harry Ironside: The spiritual man is one who sees things from God’s standpoint, therefore he cannot be insular, self-centered, indifferent to the needy souls all about him.   Galatians 6:6-10 Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches. Do not be deceived: … [Read More...] Galatians 6:6-10

The Gospel & Restoration Harry Ironside: Where a spirit of censoriousness prevails, or where malice and bitterness fill the heart, one may be certain that, for the time being at least, the one who manifests such a disposition has lost the sense of his debtorship to the grace of God! Galatians 6:1-5 Brothers, if anyone is … [Read More...] Galatians 6:1-5

The Gospel & The Fruit, Part 3 John Calvin: In his usual way, Paul draws an exhortation out of his doctrine. The death of the flesh is the life of the Spirit. If the Spirit of God lives in us, let him govern our actions. As the soul does not remain idle in the body, … [Read More...] Galatians 5:22-26, Part 3

The Gospel & The Fruit, Part 2 John Owen: The choicest believers who are assuredly freed from the condemning power of sin, ought yet to make it their business all their days to mortify the indwelling power of sin. The principle cause of this duty mentioned is the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of God, … [Read More...] Galatians 5:22-26, Part 2

The Gospel & The Fruit, Part 1 Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Augustine used frequently to pray, “Lord, deliver me from that evil man, myself.” All the fire which the devil can bring from hell could do us little harm if we had not so much fuel in our nature. It is the powder in the magazine … [Read More...] Galatians 5:22-26, Part 1

The Gospel & The Flesh J.C. Ryle: It is the mark of a holy man that he is not at peace with indwelling sin, as others are. He hates it, mourns over it, and longs to be free of its company.   Galatians 5:16-21 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not … [Read More...] Galatians 5:16-21

The Gospel & The Walk John Owen: To say that we are able by our own efforts to think good thoughts or give God spiritual obedience before we are spiritually regenerate is to overthrow the gospel and the faith of the universal church in all ages. Galatians 5:13-16 For you were called to freedom, brothers. … [Read More...] Galatians 5:13-16

The Gospel & Love Martin Luther: When faith in Christ is overthrown peace and unity come to an end in the church. When the unity of the spirit has been lost there can be no agreement in doctrine or life. New errors must appear without measure and without end. Galatians 5:7-12 You were running well. … [Read More...] Galatians 5:7-12

The Gospel & Freedom John Stott: You cannot add circumcision (or anything else, for that matter) to Christ as necessary to salvation, because Christ is sufficient for salvation in Himself. If you add anything to Christ, you lose Christ. Galatians 5:1-6 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit … [Read More...] Galatians 5:1-6

The Gospel & The Jerusalem Above J. Gresham Machen: The very center and core of the whole Bible is the doctrine of the grace of God—the grace of God which depends not one whit upon anything that is in man, but is absolutely undeserved, resistless and sovereign. Galatians 4:21-31 Tell me, you who desire to … [Read More...] Galatians 4:21-31

The Gospel & The World's Principles John Calvin: Let us learn that the message of the gospel compels us to abandon all that sets itself in opposition to simple faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. He alone must be our source of righteousness, for He alone is perfect.   R.A. Torrey: We are not saved … [Read More...] Galatians 4:8-20

The Gospel & The Heirs Thomas Watson: God has a Son of His own and such a Son, how wonderful God’s love in adopting us! We needed a Father, but He did not need sons!   J.I. Packer: If you want to judge how well a person understands Christianity, find out how much he makes … [Read More...] Galatians 3:25-4:7

The Gospel & The Children John Stott: We are equal, equal in our need of salvation, equal in our inability to earn or deserve it, and equal in in the fact that God offers it to us freely in Christ. Once we have received it, our equality is transformed into a fellowship, the brotherhood which … [Read More...] Galatians 3:21-24

How to Live the Christian Life (According to Jesus)   Jerry Malozienc's lesson looked at Christ's instructions on living the Christian life - abiding in the Vine - from John 15:1-11. John 15:1-11 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes … [Read More...] How to Live the Christian Life (According to Jesus)

The Gospel & The Promise A.W. Tozer: Grace is the good pleasure of God that inclines Him to bestow benefits upon the undeserving. Its use to us sinful men is to save us and make us sit together in heavenly places to demonstrate to the ages the exceeding riches of God’s kindness to us in … [Read More...] Galatians 3:15-20

The Gospel & The Curse Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Away with your accursed and idolatrous dependence upon yourself; Christ has finished salvation-work, altogether finished it. Hold not up your rags in competition with his fair white linen: Christ has borne the curse; bring not your pitiful penances to mingle with the precious fountain flowing with his … [Read More...] Galatians 3:7-14

The Gospel & The Spirit Harry Ironside: If Christ has actually given Himself for me it is because it was impossible for me to do one thing to save myself. Because I could not fit myself for the presence of God, because I could not cleanse my heart from sin, because no work of righteousness … [Read More...] Galatians 3:1-6

The Gospel & New Life John Calvin: True faith always expresses itself by humility. It makes a man willing to count himself nothing, while attributing all praise to God. It would seem strange if a believer, who is a mere mortal, were to praise himself because Jesus Christ lives in him. Galatians 2:15-21 We ourselves … [Read More...] Galatians 2:15-21

The Gospel & Hypocrisy Martin Luther: Paul reproved Peter for no trifle, but for the chief article of Christian doctrine, which Peter's hypocrisy had endangered. No one except Paul had his eyes open. Consequently it was his duty to reprove Peter and his followers for swerving from the truth of the Gospel. It was no … [Read More...] Galatians 2:11-16

The Gospel & the Apostles Charles Haddon Spurgeon: There are many points and particulars in which the gospel is offensive to human nature, and revolting to the pride of the creature. It was not intended to please man. How can we attribute such a purpose to God? Why should he devise a gospel to suit … [Read More...] Galatians 2:1-10

The Gospel & the Apostle John Stott: As he asserted the divine origin of his apostolic commission, so now he asserts the divine origin of his apostolic gospel. Neither his mission nor his message was derived from man; both came to him direct from God and Jesus Christ. Galatians 1:11-24 For I would have you … [Read More...] Galatians 1:11-24

The Gospel & Another Gospel John Calvin: When the glow of justification is ascribed to another, and a snare is laid for the consciences of men, the Savior no longer occupies his place, and the doctrine of the gospel is utterly ruined. Galatians 1:6-10 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who … [Read More...] Galatians 1:6-10

The Gospel & the Galatians William Gurnall: The reason why many poor souls have so little heat of joy in their hearts is that they have so little light of gospel knowledge in their mind. The further a soul stands from the light of truth, the further he must be from the heat of comfort. … [Read More...] Galatians 1:1-5

When the Hurting and the Healer Collide Pastor Steve Mason looked at Mark's account of Jesus, Jairus, and the hemorrhaging woman. It was a reminder of Jesus' compassion toward those who are hurting, but more than that, of His sovereign presence with us even in the darkest of days.   Mark 5:21-43 And when Jesus had … [Read More...] When the Healer and the Hurting Collide

SEEK Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Amid the tumult and disasters of the present the LORD reigneth; but in the halcyon days of peace the rich fruit of his dominion will be apparent to every eye. Great Shepherd, let thy glorious kingdom come. Psalm 24 The earth is the LORD's and the fullness thereof, the world and … [Read More...] Psalm 24

LIE DOWN Derek Kidner: Depth and strength underlie the simplicity of this psalm. Its peace is not escape; its contentment is not complacency; there is readiness to face deep darkness and imminent attack, and the climax reveals a love which homes towards no material goal but to the LORD Himself. Psalm 23 The LORD is … [Read More...] Psalm 23

REMEMBER Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Amid the tumult and disasters of the present the LORD reigneth; but in the halcyon days of peace the rich fruit of his dominion will be apparent to every eye. Great Shepherd, let thy glorious kingdom come. Psalm 22:22-31 I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst … [Read More...] Psalm 22:22-31

CRY John Calvin: There is not one of the godly who does not daily  experience in himself the same thing. According to the judgment of the flesh, he thinks he is cast off and forsaken by God, while yet he apprehends by faith the grace of God, which is hidden from the eye of sense … [Read More...] Psalm 22:1-21

EXULT Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Let us, with our LORD, rejoice in salvation, as coming from God, as coming to us, as extending itself to others, and as soon to encompass all lands. We need not be afraid of too much rejoicing in this respect; this solid foundation will well sustain the loftiest edifice of joy. … [Read More...] Psalm 21

Hope and How to Get It   Jerry Malozienc shared a topical message on biblical hope, its source, and how we can hold to that hope. Hebrews 10:19–25 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us … [Read More...] Hope and How to Get It

Living in a Living Hope   Jerry Malozienc's message on 1 Peter 1:3–9 blessed us with a reminder of the amazing hope we have in Christ. 1 Peter 1:3-9 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a … [Read More...] Living in a Living Hope

TRUST D.L. Moody: If God cannot be trusted, whom can we trust? Unbelief is more than a misfortune, it is a dreadful sin.   Psalm 20 May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you! May he send you help from the sanctuary and … [Read More...] Psalm 20

DECLARING John Chrysostom: The heavens may be silent, but the sight of them emits a voice that is louder than a trumpet’s sound, instructing us not by the ear but by the medium of the eyes. Psalm 19 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours … [Read More...] Psalm 19

FOREVER Theodore Beza: David focused on this one thing alone: to proclaim that he did not reign to promote himself but to promote God’s glory alone.   Psalm 18:31-50 For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?— the God who equipped me with strength and made my way … [Read More...] Psalm 18:31-50

REWARDED John Calvin: Whoever therefore would desire to persevere in uprightness and integrity in life, let them learn to exercise themselves daily in the study of the Word of God. For whenever a man despises or neglects instruction, he easily falls into careless and stupidity. All the fear of God vanishes from his mind. Psalm 18:20-30 … [Read More...] Psalm 18:20-30

RESCUED John Calvin: It is to be observed, that love to God is here laid down as constituting the principal part of true godliness; for there is no better way of serving God than to love him. But as he requires nothing so expressly as to possess all the affections of our heart, and to … [Read More...] Psalm 18:1-19

SATISFIED Thomas Manton: The more ready the Scripture is with us; the greater the advantage. When the devil came to assault Christ, He had Scripture ready for him, whereby He overcame the tempter. The door is barred upon Satan, and he cannot find such easy access when the Word is hid in our hearts. Psalm … [Read More...] Psalm 17

GLAD Ralph Venning: Take notice, not only of the mercies of God, but of God in the mercies. Mercies are never so savory as when they savor of a Savior.   Psalm 16 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, “You are my LORD; I have no … [Read More...] Psalm 16

UNSHAKEN Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Without the wedding-dress of righteousness in Christ Jesus, we have no right to sit at the banquet of communion. Without uprightness of walk we are not fit for the imperfect church on earth, and certainly we must not hope to enter the perfect church above. Psalm 15 O LORD, who shall … [Read More...] Psalm 15

BE GLAD Stephen Charnock: The fool is the one that has lost his wisdom and right notion of God and divine things; not void in rational faculties but grace in those faculties; not one who lacks reason, but abuses reason. Psalm 14 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, … [Read More...] Psalm 14

REJOICE Charles Haddon Spurgeon: The mercy seat has so refreshed the poor weeper that he clears his throat for a song. If we mourned with him, let us now dance with him.   Psalm 13 How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long … [Read More...] Psalm 13

KEPT George Horne: When men cease to be faithful to their God, he who expects them to be so to each other will be sorely disappointed.   Psalm 12 Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man. Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; … [Read More...] Psalm 12

BEHOLD William Gurnall: The saints’ falls have been when they have run out of their trench and stronghold; for behold, the wicked bend the bow, they have fitted their arrow to the string, and their strength lies in the rock of God’s almightiness. Psalm 11 In the LORD I take refuge; how can you say … [Read More...] Psalm 11

SEEN & HEARD Charles Haddon Spurgeon: To the tearful eye of the sufferer, the LORD seemed to stand still, as if He calmly looked on, and did not sympathize with his afflicted one. Let us, then, ever remember that the LORD is nigh us. The refiner is never far from the mouth of the furnace when … [Read More...] Psalm 10

EXULT Charles Haddon Spurgeon: The enduring existence and unchanging dominion of our LORD are the firm foundation of our joy. The enemy and his destructions shall come to a perpetual end, but God and His throne shall endure forever. Psalm 9 I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all … [Read More...] Psalm 9

LOOK Robert Leighton: The carnal mind sees God in nothing, not even in spiritual things, His word and ordinances. The spiritual mind sees Him in every thing, even in natural things, in looking on the heavens and the earth, and all the creatures. Psalm 8 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in … [Read More...] Psalm 8

SHELTER John Calvin: And this is a genuine and an undoubted proof of our faith, when, being visited with adversity, we, notwithstanding, persevere in cherishing and exercising hope in God. From this passage, we also learn that the gate of mercy is shut against our prayers if the key of faith do not open it for … [Read More...] Psalm 7

WEEP John Donne: As God sees the water in the spring in the veins of the earth before in bubble in the face of the earth, so God sees tears in the heart of a man before they blubber his face. God hears the tears of that sorrowful soul, which for sorrow cannot shed tears. Psalm … [Read More...] Psalm 6

WATCH John Calvin: Nothing is more foolish, than for the ungodly to cast away the fear of God, and suffer the desire of doing mischief to be their ruling principle; yea, there is no madness worse than the contempt of God, under the influence of which men pervert all right. David sets this truth before … [Read More...] Psalm 5

TRUST Robert Leighton: Prayer soars above the violence and impiety of men, and with a swift wing commits itself to heaven, with happy omen, if I may allude to what the learned tell us of the augury of the ancients, which I shall not minutely discuss. Fervent prayers stretch forth a strong, wide extended wing, … [Read More...] Psalm 4

SLEEP Thomas Watson: The saints, though they are bruised, yet they are blessed. Not only they shall be blessed, but they are so.   Psalm 3 O LORD, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; many are saying of my soul, “There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah   But you, … [Read More...] Psalm 3

KISS Charles Spurgeon: However mad the resolution to revolt from God, it is one in which man has persevered ever since his creation, and he continues in it to this very day. Earth loves not her rightful monarch, but clings to the usurpers way. Psalm 2 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot … [Read More...] Psalm 2

DELIGHT F.B. Meyer: Do not see the face of man before you see the face of God. Before you enter on the day with its temptations, look up into His face and hide His Word in your heart.   Psalm 1:1-6 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor … [Read More...] Psalm 1

WELCOME Not only should we be thinking about how we present ourselves, how we speak, how we teach people, but we should also be thinking very seriously about our welcome. Because our welcome speaks volumes.   If you really fulfill the royal law according to Scripture -- you shall love your neighbor as yourself -- … [Read More...] Welcomes in the Early Church

Do Not Imitate Evil but Imitate Good Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Satan always hates Christian fellowship; it is his policy to keep Christians apart. Anything which can divide saints from one another he delights in.   3 John 9-15 I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not … [Read More...] 3 John 9-15

Support People Like These John Stott: A Christian congregation supporting its minister is one thing; missionaries begging money from unbelievers is another.   3 John 1-8 The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.   Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good … [Read More...] 3 John 1-8

The Canon of Scripture David Ewert: The canon of Scripture is the list of books that belong to the Holy Scriptures and are reckoned as supremely authoritative for faith and conduct.   Click here to download the class notes for this lesson. Psalm 119:89-104 Your word, Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens. Your … [Read More...] The Canon of Scripture

Do Not Receive Him Thomas Watson: Let me tell you, the Devil has his ministers – as well as Christ. There are some, who by the subtlety of their wit have learned the art of mixing error with truth, and to give poison in a golden cup. 2 John 7-13 For many deceivers have gone out … [Read More...] 2 John 7-13

Because of the Truth John Stott: We love each other not because we are temperamentally compatible, or because we are naturally drawn to one another, but because of the truth which we share.   NOTE: due to technical issues with the AV system, the audio for this lesson is lower quality than usual. However, the … [Read More...] 2 John 1-6

Wise Up and Know God   Jerry Malozienc's message on Proverbs 2:1-8 reminded us that there is often as much blessing in the pursuit of wisdom as when we find it! Proverbs 2:1-8 My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your … [Read More...] Wise Up and Know God

Learning to Worship: The Scandalous Woman Brandon Chism’s lesson on John 4 taught us that an encounter with Jesus: breaks social barriers; delivers counter-cultural truth; and inherently engages others evangelistically John 4 7 A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8 (For his disciples had gone away into the city … [Read More...] Learning to Worship: The Scandalous Woman

We Are in Him Who Is True John Newton: I am not what I ought to be — ah, how imperfect and deficient! I am not what I wish to be — I abhor what is evil, and I would cleave to what is good! I am not what I hope to be — soon, soon … [Read More...] 1 John 5:18-21

And This Is the Confidence Harry Ironside: Someday when we get home to heaven, we will see that many of the prayers we thought God had not heard were answered in His own wonderful way.   1 John 5:13-17 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that … [Read More...] 1 John 5:13-17

Whoever Has the Son Has Life Horatius Bonar: Upon a life I did not live, upon a death I did not die; another’s life, another’s death, I stake my whole eternity.   1 John 5:10-12 Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him … [Read More...] 1 John 5:10-12

This Is He Who Came Robert Leighton: As the sun can be seen only by its own light, so Christ can be known only by His own Spirit.   1 John 5:6-9 This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the … [Read More...] 1 John 5:6-9

This Is Love for God J.C. Ryle: Christ’s life secures the continuance of spiritual life to His people. They shall not fall away. They shall persevere unto the end. The divine nature of which they are partakers, shall not perish. The incorruptible seed within them shall not be destroyed by the devil and the world. Weak … [Read More...] 1 John 5:1-5

God Is Love Harry Ironside: When our hearts are occupied with His wonderful love, we remember that He loved us when we were unlovely, and some of us are not very lovely now. We remember that He loved us when we were unlovable, and some of us are not very lovable yet. If He could love … [Read More...] 1 John 4:16b-21

He Has Given Us of His Spirit John Stott: Without the Holy Spirit, our minds are dark and our hearts cold. Only the Holy Spirit can enlighten our minds to believe in Jesus and warm our hearts to love God and each other. So believing and loving are evidence that His Spirit is at work … [Read More...] 1 John 4:13-16a

The Love of God John Stott: It cannot be emphasized too strongly that God’s love is the source, not the consequence, of the atonement. God does not love us because Christ died for us; Christ died for us because God loved us. 1 John 4:9-12 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, … [Read More...] 1 John 4:9-12

The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error Martyn Lloyd-Jones: The love of God can only be finally understood and appreciated in the Lord Jesus Christ. It is what God has done in Him and through Him that ultimately reveals it all. 1 John 4:4-8 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, … [Read More...] 1 John 4:4-8

Do Not Believe Every Spirit John Stott: The Spirit of God always honors the Son of God.     1 John 4:1-3 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of … [Read More...] 1 John 4:1-3

God is Greater than Our Heart Thomas Brooks: By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? Little children, let us not love … [Read More...] 1 John 3:19-24

In Deed and Truth F.F. Bruce: Frequently, a Christian will not be called upon to give his life, or even risk it, for his fellows. But he will have frequent opportunity of showing his love in less exacting ways.   1 John 3:16-18 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we … [Read More...] 1 John 3:16-18

Because We Love the Brothers John Stott: Eternal life is evidenced not only in a general love for all humankind, but in a particular love for our brothers and sisters in Christ. The authentic followers of Jesus Christ hunger for Christian fellowship. They do not give up meeting together, but delight to worship and pray … [Read More...] 1 John 3:11-15

The Reason the Son of God Appeared John Stott: The devil is still busy doing his wicked works, but he has been defeated, and in Christ we can escape from his tyranny.   1 John 3:7-10 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. Whoever makes a practice of sinning … [Read More...] 1 John 3:7-10

Children of God R.A. Torrey: The truth of our Lord’s return is one of the most precious truths the Bible contains. It fills the heart of the believer with joy, and girds him with strength for the battle. It lifts him above the sorrows and fears and necessities and trials and ambitions and creed of … [Read More...] 1 John 2:28-3:3

Abide in Him John Stott: The only safeguard against lies is to have remaining within us both the Word that we have heard from the beginning and the anointing that we have received from Him.   1 John 2:24-27 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning … [Read More...] 1 John 2:24-27

No One Who Denies the Son Has the Father John Calvin: As Christ is the end of the law and of the gospel, and has in himself all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, so he is the mark at which all heretics level and direct their arrows. 1 John 2:20-23 But you have been anointed by the … [Read More...] 1 John 2:20-23

Many Antichrists will Come Oecumenius: Some people will ask where the antichrists have come from, and the sad answer is that they have come from our midst.   1 John 2:18-19 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last … [Read More...] 1 John 2:18-19

Do Not Love the World John Owen: We all profess that we are bound for heaven, immortality, and glory: but is it any evidence that we really design it if all our thoughts are consumed about the trifles of this world, which we must leave behind us, and have only occasional thoughts of things above. … [Read More...] 1 John 2:15-17

You Have Overcome the Evil One John Calvin: Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness … [Read More...] 1 John 2:12-14

A New Command D.L. Moody: Love is the badge by which the disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ are known.     1 John 2:7-11 Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. At the same time, it is a new … [Read More...] 1 John 2:7-11

The Love of God is Made Complete John Stott: True love for God is expressed not in sentimental language or mystical experience, but in obedience.   1 John 2:4-6 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love … [Read More...] 1 John 2:4-6

He is the Propitiation for our Sins John Stott: A universal pardon is offered for the sins of the whole world, and enjoyed by those who embrace it.   1 John 2:1-3 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an … [Read More...] 1 John 2:1-3

He is Faithful and Just John Calvin: Few realize how miserable and unhappy is a wavering conscience.     1 John 1:8-10 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from … [Read More...] 1 John 1:8-10

God Is Light Harry Ironside: If you are going to know fullness of joy, you must first of all be brought into the presence of God as He is; and God is light.   1 John 1:5-7 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him … [Read More...] 1 John 1:5-7

The Life was Revealed John Calvin: The Son of God became the Son of Man, so that the sinful sons of men might become the sons of God.     1 John 1:1-4 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, … [Read More...] 1 John 1:1-4

The Mountain of the House of the Lord This single lesson, taught on Marathon Sunday, provided a bridge from our SOLA series into 1 John.   Isaiah 2:1-5 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.   It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of … [Read More...] Isaiah 2:1-5

SEMPER REFORMANDA: Always Reforming The Church is holy, then, in the sense that it is daily advancing and is not yet perfect. It makes progress from day to day, but it has not yet reached its goal of holiness. ~ John Calvin     2 Chronicles 34:14–21 While they were bringing out the money that had … [Read More...] SOLA: Semper Reformanda

SOLI DEO GLORIA: To the Glory of God Alone We never truly glory in Him until we have utterly discarded our own glory. The elect are justified by the Lord, in order that they may glory in Him, and none else. ~ John Calvin     Isaiah 43:1-7 But now thus says the LORD, he who … [Read More...] SOLA: Soli Deo Gloria

Priesthood of the Believer I defy the pope and all his laws. If God spare my life, ere many years, I will cause the boy that driveth a plow shall know more of Scripture than thou doest. ~ William Tyndale     Exodus 19:1-6 On the third new moon after the people of Israel had gone out … [Read More...] SOLA: Priesthood of the Believer

SOLA FIDE: By Faith Alone We therefore teach and believe with the apostle that sinful man is justified by faith alone in Christ, not by the law or any works. ~ Heinrich Bullinger     Psalm 32:1-5 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the LORD … [Read More...] SOLA: Sola Fide

SOLA GRATIA: By Grace Alone The Holy Ghost does sanctify and regenerate us, without respect to any merit proceeding from us, be it before or after our regeneration. ~ John Knox     Psalm 103:6-14 The LORD works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed. He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to … [Read More...] SOLA: Sola Gratia

SOLUS CHRISTUS: By Christ Alone Our only comfort, redeemer, savior, and mediator with God is Jesus Christ, in whom and through whom alone we can find grace, help, and salvation. ~ Ulrich Zwingli     Isaiah 53:1-6 Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? … [Read More...] SOLA: Solus Christus

SOLA SCRIPTURA: By Scripture Alone Do not make your own ideas into articles of faith. For then your faith may become a nightmare. Hold to Scripture and to the Word of God. For then you will find truth and safety. ~Martin Luther     Psalm 19:7-11 The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the … [Read More...] SOLA: Sola Scriptura

Real vs. Semi-Repentance   William Dennis’ lesson from 1 and 2 Samuel comparing the repentance of Saul and David after their grave sins. 1 Samuel 15:20-34 And Saul said to Samuel, “I have obeyed the voice of the Lord. I have gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me. I have brought Agag the … [Read More...] Real vs. Semi-Repentance

Let Everything that Has Breath Praise the LORD! Ronald Barclay Allen: The praise of God is no passing fancy! It is one of the most elemental, fundamental, necessary factors of the life of faith in this and any age. It is the goal and direction of all creation. The praise of God is the occupation … [Read More...] Psalm 150

Sing to the LORD a New Song Matthew Henry: Our praises of God should flow from a heart filled with delight and triumph in God’s attributes, and our relation to Him. Much of the power of godliness in the heart consists in making God our chief joy and solacing ourselves in Him. Psalm 149 Praise the … [Read More...] Psalm 149

Let Them Praise the Name of the LORD C.S. Lewis: The Psalmists in telling everyone to praise God are doing what all men do when they speak of what they care about.   Psalm 148 Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels; praise him, … [Read More...] Psalm 148

The LORD Lifts Up the Humble Charles Haddon Spurgeon: The Lord is not only a Builder, but a Healer; He restores broken hearts as well as broken walls.   Psalm 147 Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting. The … [Read More...] Psalm 147

The LORD Will Reign Forever G. Campbell Morgan: In contrast with the vanishing life of princes and sons of men, the LORD reigns for ever, and is the God of Zion to all generations.   Psalm 146 Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! I will praise the Lord as long as I … [Read More...] Psalm 146

One Generation Shall Commend Your Works to Another Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Worship should be somewhat like its object—great praise for a great God. There is no part of Jehovah’s greatness which is not worthy of great praise.   Note: The first few seconds of Scott’s introduction were cut off. He opened by saying “Last week I talked … [Read More...] Psalm 145

Blessed Are the People whose God Is the LORD! Matthew Henry: A prayer for further mercy is fitly begun with a thanksgiving for former mercy; and when we are waiting upon God to bless us, we should stir up ourselves to bless Him. Psalm 144 Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for … [Read More...] Psalm 144

I Stretch Out My Hands to You John Stott: Faith is a reasoning trust, a trust which reckons thoughtfully and confidently on the trustworthiness of God.   Psalm 143 Hear my prayer, O LORD; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness! Enter not into judgment with your servant, … [Read More...] Psalm 143

I Pour Out My Complaint Before Him A.W. Pink: Nothing is too great and nothing is too small to commit into the hands of the Lord.   Psalm 142 With my voice I cry out to the Lord; with my voice I plead for mercy to the Lord. I pour out my complaint before him; I … [Read More...] Psalm 142

Set a Guard, O LORD, Over My Mouth Charles Leighton: The cure of an evil tongue must be done at the heart. The weights and wheels are there, and the clock strikes according to their motion.   Psalm 141 O LORD, I call upon you; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I … [Read More...] Psalm 141

Guard Me, O LORD, from the Hands of the Wicked Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Never let the pious forget to pray, for this is a weapon against which the most determined enemy cannot stand. Psalm 140 Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; preserve me from violent men, who plan evil things in their heart and … [Read More...] Psalm 140

How Precious to Me Are Your Thoughts, O God! Charles Haddon Spurgeon: When we remember that God thought upon us from old eternity, continues to think upon us every moment, and will think of us when time shall be no more, we may well exclaim, “How great is the sum!” Psalm 139:13-24 For you formed my … [Read More...] Psalm 139:13-24

You Have Searched Me and Known Me A.W. Tozer: To us who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope that is set before us in the gospel, how unutterably sweet is the knowledge that our Heavenly Father knows us completely. Psalm 139:1-12 O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You … [Read More...] Psalm 139:1-12

I Give You Thanks, O LORD, with All My Heart Charles Haddon Spurgeon: If ever our heart is whole and wholly occupied with one thing, it should be when we are praising the Lord.   Psalm 138 I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise; I … [Read More...] Psalm 138

How Shall We Sing the LORD's Song in a Foreign Land John Chrysostom: If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer.   Psalm 137 By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. On the willows there … [Read More...] Psalm 137

His Steadfast Love is Forever Charles Simeon: Begin then this song: continue this song throughout the day: let every fresh occurrence call forth free acknowledgments of the mercy of your God: and rest assured, that the more you abound in these expressions of your gratitude, the richer displays you shall have of the Divine glory, … [Read More...] Psalm 136

Praise the LORD, for the LORD is Good Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Let those who are themselves full of holy praise labour to excite the like spirit in others. It is not enough for us to praise God ourselves, we are quite unequal to such a work; let us call in all our friends and neighbours. … [Read More...] Psalm 135

Standing Firm on Your Faith   William Dennis’ lesson from 2 Kings 16.   2 Kings 16:1-9 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, began to reign. Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he … [Read More...] Standing Firm on Your Faith

Abundant Harry Ironside: When we have given to our utmost limit, we have only returned a little of His own, and even that He will abundantly repay.   Philippians 4:14-23 Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble. And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left … [Read More...] Philippians 4:14-23

Content A.W. Pink: Contentment, then, is the product of a heart resting in God. It is the outcome of my will being brought into subjection to the Divine will. It is the blessed assurance that God does all things well, and is, even now, making all things work together for my ultimate good. Philippians 4:10-13 … [Read More...] Philippians 4:10-13

Think F.B. Meyer: Almost everything in life depends on the thoughts, as the forest lies in the acorn.   Philippians 4:8-9 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about … [Read More...] Philippians 4:8-9

Makin' Up is Hard to Do Thomas Watson: If God be our God, He will give us peace in trouble. When there is a storm without, He will make peace within.   Philippians 4:2-7 I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord. Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these … [Read More...] Philippians 4:2-7

Walk This Way F.B. Meyer: We are citizens of the skies, who come forth to spend a few hours each day on earth. This is our inn, yonder is our true home.   Philippians 3:17-4:1 Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in … [Read More...] Philippians 3:17-4:1

Born to Run J. Alec Moyter: For every believer there is an identical goal: to be satisfied with Jesus and to grow into His likeness.   Philippians 3:12-16 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his … [Read More...] Philippians 3:12-16

Everything Charles Haddon Spurgeon: The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.   Philippians 3:7-11 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my … [Read More...] Philippians 3:7-11

Beware! D.L. Moody: Satan either tries to make men believe that they are good enough without salvation, or if he can’t make them believe that, he tries to tell them that they are so bad God won’t have anything to do with them. Philippians 3:1-7 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the … [Read More...] Philippians 3:1-7

Almost Dead (and Grateful) Harry Ironside: Those who believe themselves to be worthy of honor and esteem are not the ones whom God calls the saints to recognize. Rather, those who are willing to take the lowly path and not seek great things for themselves are the ones whom the Lord will exalt in due … [Read More...] Philippians 2:25-30

No One Like You John Calvin: For it is impossible that the man who is devoted to self should apply himself to the interests of the Church.   Philippians 2:17-24 Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with … [Read More...] Philippians 2:17-24

Shining Star Martyn Lloyd-Jones: The glory of the gospel is that when the church is absolutely different from the world, she invariably attracts it.   Philippians 2:12-16 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with … [Read More...] Philippians 2:12-16

Exalted Jonathan Edwards: In the person of Christ do meet together infinite glory and lowest humility. Infinite glory, and the virtue of humility, meet in no other person but Christ.   Philippians 2:8-11 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. … [Read More...] Philippians 2:8-11

Humbled John Calvin: Christ did not seek or receive anything for himself, but everything for us.     Philippians 2:5-7 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking … [Read More...] Philippians 2:5-7

New Attitude John Newton: I am persuaded that love and humility are the highest attainments in the school of Christ and the brightest evidences that He is indeed our Master.   Philippians 2:1-4 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete … [Read More...] Philippians 2:1-4

Get Up, Stand Up John Calvin: It is the highest honor that is conferred upon us by Divine grace, that we suffer for his name.   Philippians 1:27-30 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear … [Read More...] Philippians 1:27-30

Stayin' Alive J.C. Ryle: Break off from a world that can never truly satisfy you. Seek that treasure which alone is truly incorruptible.   Philippians 1:18b-26 Yes, and I will rejoice, for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, as it … [Read More...] Philippians 1:18b-26

Jailhouse Rock F.B. Meyer: The wicked may plot against God, seeking to injure His servants and obstruct the progress of His truth, and within certain limits they may appear to succeed; but when they expect to reap the harvest of their evil machinations, they suddenly find themselves put to the worse, and God takes all … [Read More...] Philippians 1:12-18a

I Left My Heart in Philippi Andrew Murray: Our love to God is measured by our everyday fellowship with others and the love it displays.   Philippians 1:7-11 It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, … [Read More...] Philippians 1:7-11

Thank You Matthew Henry: The best remembrance of our friends is to remember them at the throne of grace.   NOTE: The lesson ended abruptly (due to a fire alarm) before Scott finished verse 6. He picked up with 1:6 on the following Sunday. Philippians 1:3-6 I thank my God in all my remembrance of … [Read More...] Philippians 1:3-6

Introduction Thomas Watson: Dejection in the godly arises from a double spring; either because their inward comforts are darkened, or their outward comforts are disturbed.   Philippians 1:1-2 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus,   To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:   Grace to … [Read More...] Intro & Philippians 1:1-2

HEALED Charles Feinberg: He will love them freely, without a cause in themselves, apart from and regardless of any merit or demerit of theirs, namely, from a very necessity of His being. The floodgates of his love will be opened, and, thank God, it will overwhelm them. Hosea 14:1-9 Return, O Israel, to the Lord your … [Read More...] Hosea 14:1-9

GUILTY Harry Ironside: The soul that turns from the living and true God to idols of whatever nature will learn at last what it is to be bereft and forsaken when help is most needed.   Hosea 13:1-16 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel, but he incurred guilt through Baal and … [Read More...] Hosea 13:1-16

RICH Richard Greenham: Poverty hath slain a thousand, but riches have slain ten thousand. They are very uncertain, they promise that which they cannot perform, neither can they afford a contented mind. Hosea 12:7-14 A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress. Ephraim has said, “Ah, but I am rich; I … [Read More...] Hosea 12:7-14

STRIVING A.W. Pink: Faithful people have always been in a marked minority.     Hosea 11:12-12:6 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit, but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One. Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they … [Read More...] Hosea 11:12-12:6

LOVED Thomas Brooks: We may force our Lord to punish us, but we will never have to force Him to love us.   Hosea 11:1-11 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the … [Read More...] Hosea 11:1-11

FALSE Vance Havner: We are sometimes repentant because of the harm we have done ourselves and others in our transgressions but there is little repentance toward God. We may regret what our sins do to our testimony and the evil effect on others but we are little concerned because the fellowship with God is broken. This … [Read More...] Hosea 10:1-15

DETESTABLE John Calvin: When God then comes to us of his own accord, when he invites us, when he offers to us the privilege of children, an inestimable benefit, and when we reject his favour, is not this more than savage ferocity? Hosea 9:10-17 Like grapes in the wilderness, I found Israel. Like the first fruit … [Read More...] Hosea 9:10-17

DEFILED D.L. Moody: I am one of those who believe that there is a good deal of repentance to be done by the Church before much good will be accomplished in the world.   Hosea 9:1-9 Rejoice not, O Israel! Exult not like the peoples; for you have played the whore, forsaking your God. You have … [Read More...] Hosea 9:1-9

SWALLOWED G. Campbell Morgan: We cannot get away from Him. We have mislaid Him. He is at our elbow. We may be oblivious of Him, we may do without Him, but all the while we are living and moving and having our being in Him. In His hand, our breath is. Hosea 8:1-14 Set the trumpet … [Read More...] Hosea 8:1-14

DEVOURED Charles Haddon Spurgeon: If there is no visible difference between you and the world, depend upon it there is no invisible difference.   Hosea 7:8-16 Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned. Strangers devour his strength, and he knows it not; gray hairs are sprinkled upon him, and he knows … [Read More...] Hosea 7:8-16

SURROUNDED Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Though my thought be invisible to the sight, though as yet I be not myself cognizant of the shape it is assuming, yet thou hast it under thy consideration, and thou perceivest its nature, its source, its drift, its result. Never dost thou misjudge or wrongly interpret me: my inmost thought is … [Read More...] Hosea 6:11-7:7

TORN Jeremy Taylor: It is the greatest and dearest blessing that ever God gave to men, that they may repent; and therefore to deny or to delay it is to refuse health when brought by the skill of the physician - to refuse liberty offered to us by our gracious Lord. Hosea 6:1-10 “Come, let … [Read More...] Hosea 6:1-10

SICK John Calvin: It is the beginning of healing, when men consider the cause of their disease.   Hosea 5:8-15 Blow the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah. Sound the alarm at Beth-aven; we follow you, O Benjamin! Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of punishment; among the tribes of Israel I make … [Read More...] Hosea 5:8-15

WITHDRAWN Matthew Henry: By dealing treacherously with the Lord, men only deceive themselves. Those that go to seek the Lord with their flocks and their herds only, and not with their hearts and souls, cannot expect to find him; nor shall any speed who do not seek the Lord while he may be found. Hosea 5:1-7 … [Read More...] Hosea 5:1-7

STUBBORN John Calvin: Every one of us is, even from his mother’s womb, a master craftsman of idols.   Hosea 4:12-19 My people inquire of a piece of wood, and their walking staff gives them oracles. For a spirit of whoredom has led them astray, and they have left their God to play the whore. They … [Read More...] Hosea 4:12-19

GREEDY C.S. Lewis: You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness.   Hosea 4:7-11 The more they increased, the more they sinned against me; I will change their glory into shame. They feed on the sin of my people; they are greedy … [Read More...] Hosea 4:7-11

DESTROYED Pastor Lutzer: Those who love the Law of God are better off than those who have everything else, but ignore the Law of God.   Hosea 4:1-6 Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or … [Read More...] Hosea 4:1-6

REDEEMED C.S. Lewis: No creature that deserved redemption would need to be redeemed. They that are whole need not the physician.   Hosea 3:1-5 And the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they … [Read More...] Hosea 3:1-5

BETROTHED John Calvin: Let us then know, that whenever we are deprived of the sense of God’s favour, the way has been closed up through our fault; for God would ever be disposed willingly to show kindness, except our contumacy and hardness stood in the way. But when he sees us so subdued as to be … [Read More...] Hosea 2:14-23

FORGOTTEN Harry Ironside: Such is the marvelous lovingkindness of our God that He finds the objects of His love, not among the righteous and the holy, but among sinners lost and ruined. Hosea 2:1-13 “Plead with your mother, plead— for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband— that she put away her … [Read More...] Hosea 2:1-13

NOT Charles Haddon Spurgeon: God’s mercy is so great that you may sooner drain the sea of its water, or deprive the sun of its light, or make space too narrow, than diminish the great mercy of God.   Please note: due to technical issues with the recorder, the audio quality of this lesson is … [Read More...] Hosea 1:4-2:1

UNFAITHFUL Derek Kidner: God will settle for nothing less than love, nothing shorter than forever.     Hosea 1:1-3 The word of the Lord that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of … [Read More...] Hosea 1:1-3

Follow Me! Alan Redpath: The entrance of self-confidence into a man’s experience means the departure of heavenly strength.   John 21:15-25 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He … [Read More...] John 21:15-25

It Is the Lord! A.W. Pink: Before He furnishes the abundant supply, we must first be made conscious of our emptiness. Before He gives strength, we must be made to feel our weakness.   John 21:1-14 After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in … [Read More...] John 21:1-14

Peace Be with You Harry Ironside: Is that blessing yours? We have never seen Him with our mortal eyes, but we gladly confess Him as our Lord and our God.   John 20:19-31 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear … [Read More...] John 20:19-31

Why Are You Weeping? A.W. Pink: It was love for Christ that caused her to weep: she was weeping because the sepulcher was empty, yet in fact that was the very thing which should have made her rejoice. John 20:11-18 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look … [Read More...] John 20:11-18

He Saw and Believed Charles Haddon Spurgeon: The silver thread of the resurrection runs through all the blessings, from regeneration onward to our eternal glory, and binds them together.   John 20:1-10 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that … [Read More...] John 20:1-10

They Laid Jesus There J.C. Ryle: It is special circumstances that bring to the surface special Christians. It is not those who make the greatest show in the Church, who are always found the closest friends of Christ. John 19:31-42 Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain … [Read More...] John 19:31-42

It Is Finished! John Stott: If there was no way for a righteous God to righteously forgive our unrighteousness, except that it should be borne in Christ, our sin must be serious indeed. John 19:23-30 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each … [Read More...] John 19:23-30

Behold, Your King! S. Lewis Johnson: And so Rome and Jerusalem unite unwittingly in offering up the Passover lamb, which is slain for the sins of sinners.   John 19:12-22 From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar's friend. Everyone who … [Read More...] John 19:12-22

Behold, the Man! J.C. Ryle: There is no worse judgment from God than to be left to ourselves, and given over to our own wicked hearts and the devil.   John 19:1-11 Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and … [Read More...] John 19:1-11

My Kingdom is Not of this World Leon Morris: It is when we see the sinless Son of God hanging on Calvary that we come to understand what truth in action, real truth, means.   John 18:28-40 Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning. They … [Read More...] John 18:28-40

And at Once a Rooster Crowed John Calvin: A man, filled not with fortitude but with wind, promises that he will obtain an easy victory over the whole world; and yet, no sooner does he see the shadow of a thistle, than he immediately trembles. Let us therefore learn not to be brave in any … [Read More...] John 18:12-27

I Am He J.C. Ryle: Here, as in all His earthly ministry, Jesus was a willing sufferer. He had set His heart on accomplishing our redemption. He loved us, and gave Himself for us, cheerfully, willingly, gladly, in order to make atonement for our sins. John 18:1-11 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went … [Read More...] John 18:1-11

Keep Them In Your Name Harry Ironside: What perfect security and what blessed communion! In spite of all our failures, He will be glorified in all His own.   John 17:4-11 "I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence … [Read More...] John 17:4-11

Father, the Hour Has Come A.W. Pink: He prayed to be glorified not for His own sake, but that the Father might be glorified in our salvation! Here again we see Him loving us “unto the end!”   John 17:1-3 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, … [Read More...] John 17:1-3

I Have Overcome the World A.W. Pink: The world is a conquered world; it has been conquered for us by Christ. Then let us take courage. The storms of trial and persecution may sometimes beat fiercely upon us; but let them only drive us closer to Christ. John 16:25-33 “I have said these things to … [Read More...] John 16:25-33

Your Sorrow Will Turn to Joy Leon Morris: The world had the capacity to plunge them into sorrow when it took their Leader and put Him on the cross. But the world could not keep them sorrowful once Jesus rose.   John 16:16-24 “A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again … [Read More...] John 16:16-24

It Is to Your Advantage that I Go Away John Stott: There can be no life without the life-giver, no understanding without the Spirit of truth, no fellowship without the unity of the Spirit, no Christlikeness of character apart from His fruit, and no effective witness without His power.   John 16:5-15 "But now I … [Read More...] John 16:5-15

He Will Bear Witness about Me D.L. Moody: There is no better evangelist in the world than the Holy Spirit.     John 15:26-16:4 “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me. And you … [Read More...] John 15:26-16:4

You Are Not of the World A.W. Pink: If then the purest love which was ever manifested on earth, if goodness incarnate was hated by men in general, if the brighter His love shone, the fiercer was the enmity which it met with in response, then how can we expect to be admired and esteemed … [Read More...] John 15:18-25

Greater Love Has No One than This Harry Ironside: You are no lover of Christ if you do not love his children. As soon as ever the heart is given to the master of the house it is given to the children of the house. Love Christ and you will soon love all that love … [Read More...] John 15:12-17

Apart from Me You Can Do Nothing A.W. Pink: We know that we cannot do the important things without Christ’s aid, but how many of the little things we attempt in our own strength! No wonder we fail so often. John 15:5-11 "I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and … [Read More...] John 15:5-11

I Am the True Vine Harry Ironside: If we are branches in the living Vine, if we have trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior, then the one great thing for which we are left in this world is to bear fruit to the glory of God. John 15:1-4 “I am the true vine, and … [Read More...] John 15:1-4

My Peace I Leave with You Thomas Watson: If God be our God, He will give us peace in trouble. When there is a storm without, He will make peace within.   John 14:25-31 “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the … [Read More...] John 14:25-31

I Will Not Leave You as Orphans Martyn Lloyd-Jones: Love is not just a sentiment. Love is a great controlling passion and it always expresses itself in terms of obedience.   John 14:15-24 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, … [Read More...] John 14:15-24

Because I Go to the Father J.C. Ryle: There is no greater work possible than the conversion of a soul.     John 14:8-14 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not … [Read More...] John 14:8-14

I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life Erwin W. Lutzer: Don’t ever think that there are many ways to the Divine. Jesus is the one qualified mediator, the only qualified sacrifice, and the only qualified savior.   John 13:36-14:7 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered him, “Where … [Read More...] John 13:36-14:7

Just As I Have Loved You D.L. Moody: Love is the badge by which the disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ are known.   John 13:31-35 When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also … [Read More...] John 13:31-35

One of You will Betray Me Warren Wiersbe: Judas was exposed to the same spiritual privileges as the other disciples, yet they did him no good. The same sun that melts the ice only hardens the clay.   John 13:18-30 I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But … [Read More...] John 13:18-30

A Servant is Not Greater than His Master Thomas Watson: The right manner of growth is to grow less in one’s own eyes.     John 13:8-17 Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” Simon Peter said … [Read More...] John 13:8-17

He Loved Them to the End J.C. Ryle: Humility and love are precisely the graces which the men of the world can understand, if they do not comprehend doctrines. They are graces about which there is no mystery, and they are within reach of all Christians. John 13:1-7 Now before the Feast of the Passover, … [Read More...] John 13:1-7

They Still Did Not Believe in Him A.W. Pink: They had refused the light, now darkness shall be their dreadful portion. They had rejected the truth, now a heart which loved error should be the terrible harvest.   John 12:36-50 "While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of … [Read More...] John 12:36-50

Walk While You Have the Light Matthew Henry: The first lesson in Christ’s school is self-denial.     John 12:27-36 “Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from … [Read More...] John 12:27-36

The Hour Has Come J.C. Ryle: The world may pour contempt on our religion, and laugh us and our Christianity to scorn; but when the Father honors us at the last day, before the assembly of angels and men, we shall find that His praise makes amends for all. John 12:12-26 The next day the … [Read More...] John 12:12-26

You Do Not Always Have Me S. Lewis Johnson: A person can be very, very close to the Lord Jesus by position and very, very far in heart from him.   John 12:1-11 Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. So they … [Read More...] John 12:1-11

One Man should Die for the People J.C. Ryle: God can make the designs of His enemies work together for the good of His people, and cause the wrath of man to praise Him. In days of trouble, and rebuke, and blasphemy, believers may rest patiently in the Lord. The very things that at one … [Read More...] John 11:45-57

Lazarus, Come Out! A.W. Pink: He was the Man of sorrows and “acquainted with grief.” Yet, here too was more than an expression of human sympathy. Here were souls upon which rested the weight of the dark shadow of death, and they were souls which He loved, and He felt it. John 11:28-44 When she … [Read More...] John 11:28-44

I Am the Resurrection and the Life Leon Morris: Death cannot blot out life, not the life that Jesus gives.     John 11:17-27 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, and many of the Jews had come … [Read More...] John 11:17-27

It Is for the Glory of God Harry Ironside: Often He seems to wait so long and appears to be so indifferent. He is never indifferent. He is always interested.   John 11:1-16 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed … [Read More...] John 11:1-16

My Sheep Hear My Voice John Calvin: It is He who will be the faithful guardian of our salvation, for He says that it is in His hand. And if that were not enough, He says that they will be safely protected by the Father’s power. John 10:22-42 At that time the Feast of Dedication … [Read More...] John 10:22-42

I Am the Door for the Sheep J.C. Ryle: Like a good shepherd, Christ KNOWS all His believing people. There is not a thing about the least and lowest of them with which He is not familiar. The children of this world may not know Christians, and may count their lives folly; but the Good Shepherd … [Read More...] John 10:7-21

I Am the Door Charles Haddon Spurgeon: O blessed Jesus, it is the same still, thou wilt not dazzle or amuse, and therefore men prefer any charlatan to thee.   John 10:1-6 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man … [Read More...] John 10:1-6

Do You Believe in the Son of Man? A.W. Pink: Ah! Christian reader, if you did as this man you would know something of his experience. If you refused to walk arm-in-arm with the world, and lived here as a stranger and pilgrim; you would be very unpopular – perhaps the very thing that you most … [Read More...] John 9:24-41

How then Does He Now See? John Calvin: The more diligently they inquire, the more impressively does the truth of God appear; for they act as if one were endeavoring to extinguish a strong flame by his breath.   John 9:13-23 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. Now it was … [Read More...] John 9:13-23

Rabbi, Who Sinned? John Calvin: God has sometimes another object in view than to punish the sins of men, when he sends afflictions to them.   John 9:1-12 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born … [Read More...] John 9:1-12

Before Abraham Was Harry Ironside: Here was Truth incarnate moving among men. They listened and turned away incredulous. They could not believe because their minds were blinded on account of their sins.   John 8:42-59 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am … [Read More...] John 8:42-59

If You Were Abraham's Children F.F. Bruce: What Jesus taught was the truth. False teaching holds the minds of men and women in bondage. Truth liberates them.   John 8:31-41 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the … [Read More...] John 8:31-41

Unless You Believe that I am He Leon Morris: The cross forces people into a final decision.  They would accept Him as God’s own Son and Messiah who was bringing salvation.  Or they would turn away from Him with finality. John 8:21-31 So he said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek … [Read More...] John 8:21-31

I Am the Light of the World S. Lewis Johnson: Jesus says, “I am the light of the world,” not “I point you to the light” as great religious teachers have sometimes sought to say. Nor “I bring you the light”, but “I am the light.” John 8:12-20 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am … [Read More...] John 8:12-20

Let Him Drink Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Have you any desire after God? Have you any will to be rid of your sin? Have you any anxiety to escape from the wrath to come? Have you any weariness after Jesus and the rest which only He can give? Do you desire to be made pure? Well, … [Read More...] John 7:37-52

You Cannot Come John Stott: Unbelief is not a misfortune to be pitied; it is a sin to be deplored. Its sinfulness lies in the fact that it contradicts the word of the one true God and thus attributes falsehood to Him. John 7:25-36 Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this … [Read More...] John 7:25-36

He Will Know A.W. Pink: God will not grant light on His Word unless we are truly anxious to walk according to that light.   John 7:14-24 About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and began teaching. The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning, … [Read More...] John 7:14-24

Where Is He? Leonard Ravenhill: If a Christian is not having tribulation in the world, there’s something wrong!   John 7:1-13 After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. Now the Jews' Feast of Booths was at hand. So his brothers said … [Read More...] John 7:1-13

This Is a Hard Saying J.C. Ryle: Where shall we find such peace, and hope, and solid comfort as in serving Christ, however poorly we serve Him? Can we better ourselves by turning our back on Christ, and going back to our old ways? John 6:60-71 When many of his disciples heard it, they said, … [Read More...] John 6:60-71

The Bread I Give for the Life of the World Jeremy Taylor: Faith is the root of all blessings. Believe, and you shall be saved; believe, and you must needs be satisfied; believe, and you cannot but be comforted and happy. John 6:47-59 "Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. I … [Read More...] John 6:47-59

And They Will All be Taught by God A.W. Pink: Pride, the wicked pride of the self-righteous heart, is responsible for unbelief. Men despise and reject the Savior because they feel not their deep need of Him. John 6:41-46 So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down … [Read More...] John 6:41-46

The Food that Endures Leon Morris: God has supplied the need of His people, by sending them, not something to eat like the manna, but a Savior.   John 6:30-40 So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? Our fathers … [Read More...] John 6:30-40

The Food that Endures John Calvin: Knowing that the senses of men are held bound by earthly cares, Jesus first enjoins them to be loosed and freed from those cords, that they may rise to heaven. John 6:22-29 On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that … [Read More...] John 6:22-29

Do Not Be Afraid! A.W. Pink: Look around, and we shall be disheartened. Look within, and we shall be discouraged. But look unto Him, and our fears will vanish.   John 6:16-21 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was … [Read More...] John 6:16-21

Truly This is the Prophet J.C. Ryle: Of all the great works that He did, none was done so publicly as this, and before so many witnesses.   John 6:1-15 After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. And a large crowd was … [Read More...] John 6:1-15

You Refuse to Come to Me Harry Ironside: It is a pitiful thing to pretend to honor the Bible while rejecting the Christ of the Bible.   John 5:37-47 "And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen, and you … [Read More...] John 5:37-47

There is Another who Bears Witness about Me Harry Ironside: We imagine sometimes that the greatest happiness we can have is to take our own way, but that is a mistake. The happiest man or woman on earth is the one who makes the will of God supreme. John 5:30-36 “I can do nothing on … [Read More...] John 5:30-36

Because He Is the Son of Man F.F. Bruce: For those who put their faith in the word which Christ speaks, a veritable day of resurrection dawns.   John 5:25-29 "Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of … [Read More...] John 5:25-29

Whatever the Father Does J.C. Ryle: And now let us think whether it is possible to make too much of Christ. If we have ever thought so, let us cast aside the thought forever.   John 5:19-24 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his … [Read More...] John 5:19-24

Making Himself Equal with God Alexander McClaren: They did not acknowledge that the miracle proved Christ’s Messiahship, but they were quite sure that doing it on the Sabbath proved His wickedness.  How formalism twists men’s judgments! John 5:1-18 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.   Now … [Read More...] John 5:1-18

Unless You See Signs and Wonders Leon Morris: It is still the case that people who look for the spectacular and the sensational have not understood what the Christian way means.   John 4:43-54 After the two days he departed for Galilee. (For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his … [Read More...] John 4:43-54

Lift Up Your Eyes D.L. Moody: It is the greatest pleasure of living to win souls to Christ.     John 4:35-42 Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. Already the one … [Read More...] John 4:35-42

My Food Is to Do the Will of Him Who Sent Me R.A. Torrey: To win men to acceptance of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord is the only reason Christians are left in this world.   John 4:27-34 Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but … [Read More...] John 4:27-34

I Who Speak to You Am He F.F. Bruce: The prophets spoke of a coming day when not one central sanctuary alone, but the whole earth, would be the habitation of the name and glory of God.   John 4:21-26 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this … [Read More...] John 4:21-26

The Hour is Coming Karl Barth: Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.   John 4:15-20 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw … [Read More...] John 4:15-20

If You Knew J.C. Ryle: There is no heart satisfaction in this world, until we believe on Christ. Jesus alone can fill up the empty places of our inward man. Jesus alone can give solid, lasting, enduring happiness. John 4:1-14 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing … [Read More...] John 4:1-14

God is True John Calvin: As nothing is more dear to Him than His truth, so we cannot render to Him more acceptable worship than when we acknowledge by our faith that He is true, for then we ascribe that honor which truly belongs to Him. John 3:31-36 He who comes from above is above … [Read More...] John 3:31-36

He Must Increase, but I Must Decrease Thomas Watson: The right manner of growth is to grow less in one’s eyes.     John 3:22-30 After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing. John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water … [Read More...] John 3:22-30

And This is the Judgment A.W. Tozer: Unbelief is actually perverted faith, for it puts its trust, not in the living God but in dying men.   John 3:19-21 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. … [Read More...] John 3:19-21

For God so Loved the World John Chrysostom: The immortal, the infinite Majesty, without beginning or end, loved those who were but dust and ashes, who were loaded with ten thousand sins but remained ungrateful, even as they constantly offended Him. John 3:16-18 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, … [Read More...] John 3:16-18

So Must the Son of Man be Lifted Up John Wenham: At the heart of the story stands the cross of Christ where evil did its worst and met its match.   John 3:9-15 Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you … [Read More...] John 3:9-15

You Must be Born Again D.L. Moody: The doctrine of the New Birth is the foundation of all our hopes for the world to come. To be born again is the greatest blessing that will ever come to us in this world. John 3:3-8 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one … [Read More...] John 3:3-8

This Man Came to Jesus at Night Harry Ironside: God gave miracles to authenticate the Word, but faith must rest on something far better than miracles.   John 2:23-3:3 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. But Jesus … [Read More...] John 2:23-3:3

Zeal for Your House will Consume Me A.W. Pink: In raising Himself from the dead He would furnish the final proof that He was God manifest in flesh, and if God, then the One Who possessed the unequivocal right to cleanse the defiled temple which bore His name. John 2:12-22 After this he went down … [Read More...] John 2:12-22

The First of His Signs Charles Haddon Spurgeon: If Christ can turn water into wine by His will, He can do anything and everything. If Jesus has once exercised a power beyond Nature, we may readily believe that He can do it again—there is no limit to His power—He is God and with God all … [Read More...] John 2:1-11

You Will See Greater Things than These F.F. Bruce: Whatever doubts Nathanael had vanished instantly.  The One who manifested such intimate knowledge of his movements and his thoughts was certainly the one to whom the ancient Scriptures pointed forward. John 1:43-51 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said … [Read More...] John 1:43-51

We Have Found the Messiah! John Chrysostom: Andrew’s words are the expression of a soul that longs for His presence, looking for His coming from above, and is so ecstatic when what he is looking for happens that he hurries to tell others the good news. John 1:35-42 The next day again John was standing … [Read More...] John 1:35-42

This Is the Son of God! J.C. Ryle: Christ is a SAVIOR. He did not come on earth to be a conqueror, or a philosopher, or a mere teacher of morality. He came to save sinners. He came to do that which man could never do for himself - to do that which money and … [Read More...] John 1:29-34

Who Are You? F.B. Meyer: We need to cultivate more of this lovely spirit, content to stand in the shade and cast a light on the blessed Lord.   John 1:19-28 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” He confessed, … [Read More...] John 1:19-28

He Has Made Him Known Charles Haddon Spurgeon: In Christ Jesus the Lord dwelt among men, as God of old dwelt in His sanctuary in the midst of the tribes of Israel. This is very delightful and hopeful for us: the Lord God doth dwell among us through the incarnation of His Son. John 1:15-18 … [Read More...] John 1:15-18

We Have Seen His Glory John Chrysostom: He became the Son of Man, who was God’s own Son, in order that He might make the sons of men to be children of God.   John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the … [Read More...] John 1:14

Children of God Augustine: That same only Son, by Whom He created all things, is the One He sent into this world so that He might not be alone but have adopted brothers and sisters.   John 1:9-13 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the … [Read More...] John 1:9-13

A Man Sent from God Harry Ironside: You cannot see a voice, you can only hear it. John did not want them to become occupied with him. It was his delight simply to exalt the One whose herald he was, and in this John becomes the example for every servant of God. John 1:6-8 There … [Read More...] John 1:6-8

The Light Shines A.W. Pink: It is only in Christ that God is fully told out. He was God, the Son, manifest in flesh. And so fully and so perfectly did He reveal God, He could say, "He that hath seen me hath seen the Father”. John 1:2-5 He was in the beginning with God. All … [Read More...] John 1:2-5

In the Beginning J.C. Ryle: Before the mountains were brought forth, or the earth and world were formed, Jesus Christ was like the Father, very God. From the beginning He was foreordained to be the Savior of sinners. John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word … [Read More...] Introduction & John 1:1

Humility & God's Grace Blaise Pascal: Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair. 1 Peter 5:1-4 https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2022/04/21092959/1Peter5_1-4_061012.mp3   Right Click / Save to download lesson audio: 1Peter5_1-4_061012 1 Peter 5:5-7 https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2022/04/21093006/1Peter5_5-7_061712.mp3   Right Click / Save to download lesson audio: 1Peter5_5-7_061712 1 Peter … [Read More...] 1 Peter Chapter 5

Suffering, Sin & the Will of God John Bunyan: Righteousness thriveth best in affliction, the more afflicted, the more holy man; the more persecuted, the more shining man. 1 Peter 4:1-2 https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2022/04/21092926/1Peter4_1-2_050612.mp3   Right Click / Save to download lesson audio: 1Peter4_1-2_050612 1 Peter 4:3-6 https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2022/04/21092932/1Peter4_3-6_051312.mp3   Right Click / Save to download lesson audio: … [Read More...] 1 Peter Chapter 4