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Reuben Archer Torrey

How to Work for Christ: Book 1: Personal Work, Chapter 13

Reuben Archer TorreyHOW TO DEAL WITH THE DELUDED I. ROMAN CATHOLICS. 1. Very few Roman Catholics have assurance of salvation, indeed very few understand that it is our privilege to know that we have forgiveness of sins and eternal life. A good way then to deal with a Roman Catholic is to ask him if he knows that his si... Read More
Reuben Archer Torrey

How to Work for Christ: Book 3: Preaching and Teaching the Word of God, Chapter 5

Reuben Archer TorreyTEXTUAL SERMONS IN OUTLINE We print in this chapter a number of outlines of textual sermons. It is not intended that these outlines shall be used exactly as here given; they are simply offered by way of illustration and suggestion. We first give outlines of sermons for Christians, and afterward outl... Read More
Reuben Archer Torrey

Not a Word of Christ Shall Ever Fail

Reuben Archer Torrey"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass away." Matt. 24:35. JESUS CHRIST here asserts that His words are more stable and enduring than heaven or earth: that while heaven and earth shall pass away, His word shall not pass away. When we consider the position that Jesus Christ occ... Read More
Reuben Archer Torrey

Which Shall We Believe, God Or Man?

Reuben Archer Torrey"For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar." Rom. 3:3,4. WHAT I say to-night is going to save some of you and it is going to damn some of you. Some of you are going to heed the truth and repent.... Read More
Reuben Archer Torrey

How to Work for Christ: Book 1: Personal Work, Chapter 8

Reuben Archer TorreyHOW TO DEAL WITH THOSE WHO ENTERTAIN FALSE HOPES I. THE HOPE OF BEING SAVED BY A RIGHTEOUS LIFE. 1. This is the most common of false hopes. Even among those who profess to be Christians, there are many who are really depending upon their lives as Christians for their acceptance before God. Those who... Read More
Richard Baxter

The Saints' Everlasting Rest 4: The People Who Receive the Saints' Rest

Richard BaxterThe heavenly rest is designed for "the people of God," as the text identifies them (Heb. 4:9). They are chosen by God "before the foundation of the world" (Eph. 1:4). They are but a part of humanity. They are fewer than the world imagines, yet not as few as some narrow-minded people think. These peo... Read More
Richard Baxter

The Saints' Everlasting Rest 5: The Misery of Those Who Lose the Saints' Rest

Richard BaxterIf you, reader, are a stranger to Christ and to the holy nature and life of His people, and if you live and die in this condition, let me tell you that you will never partake of the joys of heaven or have the least taste of the saints' everlasting rest. I must repeat the sinister words of Judges 8:2... Read More
Richard Baxter

The Special Duties of Children and Youth Towards God

Richard BaxterFrom: Baxter's Practical Works, Vol. 1, A Christian Directory, on Christian Economics, Chap. XII THOUGH I put your duty to your parents first, because it is first learned, yet your duty to God immediately is your greatest and most necessary duty. Learn these following precepts well. Direct. I. Learn... Read More
Richard Baxter

The Special Duties of Parents For Their Children

Richard BaxterFrom: Baxter's Practical Works, Vol. 1, A Christian Directory, on Christian Economics, Chap. X., pp. 449-454 OF how great importance the wise and holy education of children is, to the saving of their souls, and the comfort of their parents, and the good of church and state, and the happiness of the ... Read More
Samuel Rutherford

The Trial & Triumph of Faith: Sermon 24

Samuel Rutherford"THY faith." Faith is so Christ's, as the fountain and the cause, that it is ours, as agents moved and acted by Christ. Hence it is a foul error to say, That there is no inherent righteousness in the saints, and no graces in the souls of believers, but in Christ only.' There is water, even "the Spir... Read More

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