hebrews-11:6

Selected Verses: II Corinthians 2:14. Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. James 2:26. For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the... Read More

Selected Verses: Hebrews 11:6. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Psalm 37:5. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. II Corinthians 1... Read More

A Woman to Be Remembered "Remember Lot’s wife." (Luke 17:32). There are few warnings in Scripture more solemn than that which heads this page. The Lord Jesus Christ says to us, "Remember Lot’s wife." Lot’s wife was a professor of religion; her husband was a "righteous man" (2 Pet. 2:8). She left Sod... Read More

UNWORTHY SERVANTS Let us notice, in these verses, the important request which the apostles made. They said unto the Lord, "Increase our faith." We know not the secret feelings from which this request sprung. Perhaps the hearts of the apostles failed within them, as they heard one weighty lesson afte... Read More

"Which of you, intending to build a tower, does not down first sit down and count the cost?" (Luke 14:28). The text which heads this page is one of great importance. Few are the people who are not often obliged to ask themselves, "What does it cost?" In buying property, in building houses, in furnis... Read More

THE FIGHT "Fight the good fight of faith." (1 Tim. 6:12). It is a curious fact that there is no subject about which most people feel such deep interest as fighting. Young men and maidens, old men and little children, high and low, rich and poor, learned and unlearned, all feel a deep interest in war... Read More

A DISCOURSE ON PRAYER. 1 CORINTHIANS 14:15; former Part. What is it then ? I will pray the Spirit, and will pray with the understanding also. The design of this epistle is chiefly to reprove the Church at Corinth for the divisions and contentions, which were there fomented and kept up on account of ... Read More

Baptism: A DIVINE COMMANDMENT TO BE OBSERVED Being A Sermon Preached At Barbican, October 9, 1765 At The Baptism Of The Reverend Mr. Robert Carmichael, Minister Of The Gospel In Edinburgh. The Preface The following discourse was not designed for the press; had it, the subject of it would have been a... Read More

NEGLECT OF FERVENT PRAYER Complained of. A Sermon, Preached November, 21, 1754, at a Monthly Exercise of Prayer, in the Reverend Mr. Steven’s Meeting- House near Devonshire-Square. ISAIAH 64:7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee. These words ar... Read More

A Body of PRACTICAL Divinity Book 1—Chapter 18 OF CHRISTIAN FORTITUDE Though saints are to be humble, self-denying, submissive to the will of God, and patient towards all men, and in all things; yet they are not to indulge to pusillanimity and to a meanness of spirit; but to show firmness of mind, r... Read More