Test All Things

“And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and sinner appear?” (1st Peter 4:18) The righteous are said to be “scarcely saved;” not with respect to certainty of the event,...

“Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.” (1st Peter 1:2) When we see and feel how we need grace every moment of our lives, we at once perceive a beauty in the...

“A peculiar people.”(1st Peter 2:9) The whole verse reads thus: “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the...

“Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;...

“Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” (1st Peter 5:7) Carry all your concerns to Him — in the arms of faith! The LORD knows all His people — all...

“For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the...

“In the days of Noah, the ark was a preparing, eight souls were saved by water, the like figure where unto even baptism doth also now save us, by the resurrection...

“But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you....

“For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps.” (1st Peter 1:21)       Here is our calling. — “For...

Most of us don’t know God well enough to trust Him. Are you persuaded that God has complete control in reference to the things which excite our anxiety? Are you persuaded...

“Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to...

“Unto you therefore which believe, he is precious.” (1 Peter 2:7) 1. The Lord Jesus Christ is precious in His essence. (John 1:1) 2. His condescension was precious, for not only...

“For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling...

“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. For...

“Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you, but rejoice.” (I Peter 4:12-13) If God has given...

“Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” (1...

“Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree.” (1 Peter 2:24) ____________________________________ I was told, an hour ago, that it was madness for me to...

“Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”(1 Peter...

“Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.” (I Peter 2:5) “Ye also, as...

“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. For...

“Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” (1...

“There is no truer sign nor more alarming symptom of the decline of vital godliness than the want of love and union among those who profess the truth. If love to...

“…Be courteous.” (1 Peter 3:8) Christian courtesy is an important subject. It is embraced in the well-known text: “This people have I formed for myself they shall shew forth my praise”...

“Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood...

“For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow His steps.” (1 Peter 2:21) We are not like many in...

1 Peter 3:16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. 1 Peter...

1 Peter 4:17 For the time (is come) that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them...

J. C. Philpot, preached at Zoar Chapel, London, on August 6, 1843 “But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that...

“A peculiar people.” (1 Peter 2:9) What an involuntary testimony do ungodly people often bear to the truth of the Scriptures! What, for instance, is more common in the world, and...

“Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.” (1 Peter 1:5) This Epistle of Peter, like all the other...

Preached at Providence Chapel, London, on July 15, 1847, by J. C. Philpot “Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold...

Preached at Gower Street Chapel, London, on July 9, 1865, by J. C. Philpot “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though come...