Instructions to the Afflicted: Sermons for the Bereaved, Afflicted, and Suffering (Emmons)

Who among us has not experienced bereavement, suffering, affliction, or distress? None who have lived very long in this world can claim to be exempt. How many will never experience the death of a loved one and the pain which comes with it? Although many live in the world as if they should never die, how many will ultimately cheat the shrouded figure of death? Will you?

The sermons in this book are unlike anything you will hear from the pulpit today, regardless of the circumstances. They deal with all from the pulpit today, regardless of the circumstances. They deal with all aspects of affliction and suffering; but unlike the presumptions of men, they begin with a sovereign God who determines all things; therefore, there is a reasonableness to them founded upon the word of God.

Table of Contents:

Sermon 1: The Proper Ground of Submission – Psalm 39:9

Sermon 2: Watchfulness – Matthew 13:33

Sermon 3: Death Without Order – Joshua 10:22

Sermon 4: Burdens Cast Upon God – Psalm 55:22

Sermon 5: Benefit of Affliction – Isaiah 48:17

Sermon 6: Happy Death – Revelation 14:13

Sermon 7: The Shortening of Human Life – Isaiah 38:10

Sermon 8: Communion with God in Affliction – Jeremiah 52:1

Sermon 9: Future State of Christians – 1 John 3:2

Sermon 10: Submission to Divine Sovereignty – Job 9:12

Sermon 11: Hope in Death – Proverbs 14:32

Sermon 12: Happiness of Saints in Heaven – Psalm 17:15

Sermon 13: Christian Pilgrims – Hebrews 11:13

Sermon 14: Living and Dying Unto the Lord – Romans 14:8

Sermon 15: Divine Providence Incomprehensible – Psalm 77:19

Sermon 16: Wisdom of Hearing the Voice of Affliction – Micah 6:9

Sermon 17: The Power of God to Prevent Death – John 11:21

Sermon 18: A Warning to Youth – Ecclesiastes 11:9

Sermon 19: Every One Disposed to Think His Afflictions Peculiarly Severe – Lamentations 1:12

Sermon 20: Divine Sovereignty in the Death of Men – Luke 17:34

Sermon 21: Silence Under Affliction – Leviticus 10:3

Sermon 22: The Troubles of life Divinely Appointed – Job 5:6,7

Sermon 23: Death in Early Life – 2 King 4:20

Sermon 24: Right Conduct Under the Smiles and Frowns of God – Job 1:21

Sermon 25: Dependence on Man Forbidden – Psalm 146: 3,4

Sermon 26: Expectation of Long Life Unwise – Ecclesiastes 9:12

Sermon 27: Souls of Believers Live Separate From Their Bodies – John 6:25

Sermon 28: Comfort in Christ – Isaiah 32:2

Sermon 29: Death of Saints – Psalm 126: 15

Sermon 30: Entire Devotion to Duty – Ecclesiastes 9:10

Sermon 31: The House of the Grave – Job 17:13

Sermon 32: Dependence on God for Life – Daniel 5:23

Sermon 33: Good Men Wait for the Day of Their Death – Job 14:14

Sermon 34: The Living Go to the Dead – 2 Samuel 12:23

Sermon 35: Death in the Midst of Life – Psalm 102:24

Sermon 36: The Word of God Taught by His Providence – Psalm 94:12

Sermon 37: View of Eternity – 2 Corinthians 4:18

Sermon 38: Saints with Christ in Heaven – John 17:24