Sermons & Devotionals by Arthur Pink

The Doctrine of Mortification (Arthur Pink, 1952) "For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you mortify the deeds of the body, you will live." Romans 8:13 1. Introduction It is the studied judgment of this writer, and he is by no means alone therein, that doctrinal p... Read More

Salvation from the Pleasure of Sin Arthur Pink It is here that God begins His actual application of salvation unto His elect. God saves us from the pleasure or love of sin before He delivers us from the penalty or punishment of sin. Necessarily so, for it would be neither an act of holiness nor of r... Read More

Sins of the Saints Arthur Pink 1. The One Overtaken in a Fault 2. What If It Were Possible for a True Believer to Be Eternally Lost 3. What Are the Consequences of a Believer's Sinning? 4. Preservation and Perseverance In every believer there remains the liability to sin. The new birth is not, as so... Read More

MARVELS! Arthur Pink, 1952 (As in the English, so in the Hebrew and Greek, "marvels" and "wonders" are synonymous, and therefore throughout this article, we shall render the term uniformly, instead of following the Authorized Version.) Marvels! We are literally surrounded by them. We are ourselves t... Read More

NO MARVELS! Arthur Pink, 1952 "If you see oppression of the poor, and perversion of justice and righteousness throughout the land — do not marvel at the matter ." Ecclesiastes 5:8 In the midst of his soliloquizings and moralizings, King Solomon interjected an occasional counsel or exhortation: "More... Read More

Curiosity Rebuked Arthur Pink September, 1946 This short article has been suggested by the nature of the inquiries we often receive from correspondents. We welcome questions of a practical character, which evince a desire for a closer walking with God; but those which savor of mere intellectual inqu... Read More

Why Doctrinal Preaching Declines Arthur Pink, 1939 When God raises up His servant, equips him and sends him forth to preach — that servant will necessarily preach the Word, and denounce all that is opposed to the Word. Hence his message is bound to be unpopular, in fact hated by all who are not rege... Read More

Beholding the Crucified Christ Arthur Pink, 1911 "They crucified Him....and sitting down they watched Him there." (Matthew 27:35, 36) The reference is to the Roman soldiers, as is clear from John 19:23, confirmed by Matthew 27:54. They were the ones authorized to carry out the death sentence which h... Read More

Obstacles to Coming to Christ Arthur Pink "No one can come to Me, unless the Father who sent Me draws him." John 6:44 The natural man is unable to "Come to Christ." The reason why this is such a "hard saying," even unto thousands who profess to be Christians, is that they utterly fail to realize the... Read More

Christ as Prophet Priest and King Arthur Pink The general office with which our Redeemer was invested by His Father is that of Mediator between God and men. To discharge that great office, it was necessary that He become incarnate, that He should take into union with His divine person a holy and per... Read More

To the Unsaved by Arthur Pink September, 1944 As one who has been called to declare "all the counsel of God," it is our bounden duty to keep back nothing which may prove profitable. We dare not assume that all of our readers have actually passed from death unto life; and therefore, we are required t... Read More

GO SLOW! Arthur Pink October, 1949 "He who believes shall not make haste!" Isaiah 28:16 The writer has often had occasion to be thankful that this text was frequently quoted to him by a wise and godly father — in the years of his impetuous youth, and also during the early days of his Christian life ... Read More

The Rest of Christ Arthur Pink "Come unto Me all you that labor and are heavy laden—and I will give you rest !" Matthew 11:28 In his most excellent sermons on these words and the verses which follow, John Newton pointed out that the dispensation of the Gospel may be compared to the cities of refuge ... Read More

The Yoke of Christ Arthur Pink "Come unto Me all you who labor and are heavy laden—and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28). As we have previously intimated, this was not a general invitation, addressed indefinitely to the careless and giddy masses—but rather is it a gracious call unto those seriou... Read More

The Example of Christ Arthur Pink "Come unto Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden—and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me ; for I am gentle and humble in heart—and you shall find rest unto your souls." Matthew 11:28-29 It has been pointed out in the preceding remarks up... Read More

Acceptable Worship Arthur Pink "Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and godly fear ." Hebrews 12:28 No exhortation in this Epistle is more needed by our perverse generation than this one. How this imperat... Read More

David's Flight Arthur Pink There are few incidents in the checkered life of David more pathetic, than the one which is now to engage our attention, illustrating as it does—the providential ups and downs, and the alternating spiritual prosperity and adversity, which is the lot of God's people on this... Read More

David's Terrible Sin Arthur Pink The question has been asked, "Can a person who has committed such atrocious crimes, and so long remains impenitent, be indeed a child of God, a member of Christ, a temple of the Holy Spirit, and an heir of everlasting glory? Can one spark of Divine life exist unextin... Read More

Saving Faith by Arthur Pink Perhaps the reader is already a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. Yet that, of itself, is no proof he has been born again, and is journeying to Heaven. The New Testament tells us that "many believed in His name when they saw the miracles which He did. But Jesus did not c... Read More

Internal Salvation by Arthur Pink "Being confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you, will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus" (Phil. 1:6). These words set forth a fundamental aspect of salvation that is now widely ignored, and it is one of the vital point... Read More