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This verses are just a summary of what has gone before. It is remarkable how much we may be found amongst the circumstances in which we are placed - having God in them, but still amongst them - or how much we may get out of them all, in spirit, into that to which we are called by grace. The very hym... Read More

Romans 5:3-4 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Surely the Lord could perfect us instantaneously. It would not be difficult for the Almighty to take a new convert and instantly make h... Read More

God's Purpose in Trials by Harold Vaughan Scripture Reading --James 1:2-3 "My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience." What's this? Consider it pure joy when we fall into all sorts of trials? No, this isn't a misp... Read More

The Nature and Blessedness of Sonship with God by Samuel Davies "Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us—that we should be called the sons of God! Therefore the world knows us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we sh... Read More

If you are now suffering at the hands of others, Or if you have in the past and you're still suffering over those memories -- Is there anything harder to bear than undeserved suffering? Well, fix your eyes on Jesus. It sounds like a cliché but it's not, by any means. What does Jesus have to say to y... Read More

INTRODUCTION 1. Well, I'd believe in a loving God if it weren't for the problem of evil - but that's just too hard to swallow. I mean, I can't accept that a loving God would allow thousands to die in the Soviet archipelago of prison camps or would allow Hitler to gas millions of Jews! " That is the ... Read More

Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, Jan. 9, 1850, by J. C. Philpot "My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into diverse temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith works patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking nothing." J... Read More

This internal warfare "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28 The believer is heavily burdened with a daily conflict. This conflict between a body of sin and the holy, pure, and divine nature of which God's people are made partakers—lasts dur... Read More

Preached at Eden Street Chapel, on August 15, 1852, by J. C. Philpot "And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also; knowing, that tribulation works patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope--and hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the ... Read More

Preached at Trinity Chapel, on Thursday evening, August 22, 1846, by J. C. Philpot "Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?" Jeremiah 15:12 Some people object very much to the use of figures in preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. They say that the truths of the gospel need no such illust... Read More