Test All Things

“Thou shalt come to thy grave IN A FULL AGE, like as a shock of corn COMETH IN HIS SEASON. Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it,...

“Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked...

“O that I knew where I might find him.” (Job 23:3) What a mere shallow pretense to vital godliness satisfies most ministers, most hearers, and most congregations! But there was a reality in Job’s religion. It...

“Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man. For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker...

“But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.” (Job 23:13) Some think they do God a favor or make...

“Behold, I am vile.”(Job 40:4) This was Job’s reply after listening to Almighty God describe the majesty of His glorious character. This is good ground to be placed upon. Because it...

“In famine he shall redeem thee from death.” (Job 5:20) Famine here represents coming to nothing with regard to substance. God does not say that He will not send drought, but...

“And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.” (Job 19:26) God’s children DO see Him and WILL see Him. He whom we...

“I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” (Job 42:5-6) Repentance is...

“The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”(Job 1:21) When God had sent Job severe trials he fell down upon the ground and...

“Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going to the pit, I have found a ransom.” (Job 33:24) What is that which Christ has given for the...

“Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.” (Job 29:18) Job’s nest was very comfortable and appeared to be very secure. It was on high and not...

“Vain man would be wise.” (Job 11:12) Such as view themselves in the flattering looking-glass of self-love, appear bigger in their own eyes than they are! They think their spark—is a sun! They think their drop—is...

“Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?” (Job 38:2) When the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, it was in great mercy and condescension to reprove and...

Job was once a man greatly admired by his friends and neighbors. He was a man of great happiness, prosperity, and peace. He enjoyed physical health, material wealth, and domestic tranquility....

“He justified himself rather than God.” (Job 32:2) Here we are told that Elihu’s wrath was kindled against Job, “because he justified himself rather than God.” Job was a believer, a child of God,...

“A perfect and an upright man.” (Job 1:8) This is the testimony of God himself concerning His servant Job: “There is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright...

“If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.” (Job 14:14) If a man dies will he live...

“Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow,...

“Canst thou by searching find out God?” (Job 11:7) He who alone is God, the great, solitary God can only be known by revelation. I offer no arguments to prove the existence...

“Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.” (Job...

“I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause.” (Job 5:8) ——————– Eliphaz (unbeknownst to him, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit) had spoken of committing...

“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...

“If there be a Messenger with him, an Interpreter, One among a thousand, to show unto man His uprightness: then He is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going...

“He withdraweth not His eyes from the righteous; but with kings are they on the throne; yea, He doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.” (Job 36:7) IN looking...

Preached at Zoar Chapel, London, on Thursday Evening, August 3, 1843, by J. C. Philpot “For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away...

“And the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.” – Job 32:8 To see the vast quantity of religious magazines, books, etc., on religion in the present day is, what I...

Job said, “Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; I go backward, but I cannot perceive Him.” (Job 23:8) “I GO FORWARD.” Frequently believers are overtaken with this fault;...