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Doubt, assurance, unbelief, and confidence in Christ

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Psalm 41

… Thou hast a special regard to me, I have the secret assurance of this in my heart, and, therefore, thine outward dealings do not dismay me, for I …

SERMON • SERMON 658

From The Dunghill To The Throne

Psalm 113:7

… I have no doubt it has a more spiritual meaning. The dunghill is a place where men throw their worthless things. When you have quite done with an …

SERMON • SERMON 2777

The Queen of Sheba, a Sign

Matthew 12:42

… There may be some who doubt but, on the whole, they are believed. Yet, when we give our report concerning the Lord Jesus, we have often to ask …

SERMON • SERMON 2112

Peace—How Gained, How Broken

Psalm 85:8

… I pray that none of you may rest in anything short of a Divine assurance of salvation. See how the waves are tossing themselves on high! Hark to …

SERMON • SERMON 3045

Believers A Blessing

Zechariah 8:13

… No doubt many a shaft has missed the mark because it has not been shot from the bow of a consistent preacher, or because it has been turned …

SERMON • SERMON 300

Spiritual Peace

John 14:27

… our peace may be interrupted also by unbelief. Indeed, this is the sharpest knife of the four, and will most readily cut the golden thread of our enjoyments …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 26

… Rebecca acted out a great falsehood in order to fulfil the Lord's decree in favour of Jacob—this was unbelief; but Abraham left the Lord to fulfil …

SERMON • SERMON 2725

Elijah Fainting

1 Kings 19:4

… All I could reply was, "No doubt, my good Friend, you know yourself and if, at your best, you are not a man, I do not know what …

SERMON • SERMON 3203

Christ Made Sin

2 Corinthians 5:21

… While repentance should make you lie low, yet it is not repentance, but unbelief, that makes you doubt the power of Christ to save you! Christ never came …

SERMON • SERMON 3436

Christ Glorified

Isaiah 55:5

… other blessing which is secured to us, and about which we have no doubt—all this comes to us in Him! We are preserved in Christ Jesus. Because …

SERMON • SERMON 2782

Love's Lamentation

Malachi 1:2

… a sad, lean, low condition—when they begin to grow cold and to doubt whether they can be the children of God at all—it is well for …

SERMON • SERMON 3363

Witnessing at the Cross

Luke 23:39-43

… I did think that, perhaps, he would have said, "Blessed be the name of the Lord for that sweet assurance. Now I can die in peace." But his …

SERMON • SERMON 1233

Healing Leaves

Revelation 22:2

… It is delightful never to doubt, but to go from strength to strength until you come to full assurance of understanding. But if you cannot thus mount up …

SERMON • SERMON 334

Man'S Weakness—God'S Anointing

2 Samuel 3:39

… Here, no doubt, he looked well to himself in the bargain about Rachel, and as he did not trust his father-in-law, his father-in-law did …

SERMON • SERMON 234

Corn in Egypt

Genesis 42:1

… He had been at prayer, I doubt not, asking God to deliver his family in the time of famine; and by-and-bye he hears, first of his …

SERMON • SERMON 2250

Words To Rest On

2 Chronicles 32:8

… You have some of that terrible fever of unbelief on you! Beloved, try to practice the art of resting yourself upon the Word of God. God has promised …

SERMON • SERMON 889

Real Grace for Real Need

Luke 9:11

… He is God, dare you doubt Him? He died for sinners. Can you doubt the power of His blood? He has promised. Will you insult Him by mistrusting …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 35

… Full assurance. An assurance positive, personal, spiritual, present, divine, complete, coming by a word from God. Verse 3. (last clause). Heaven made sure.— Thomas Adams' Sermon. Verse 4 …

SERMON • SERMON 436

A Sermon For Spring

Solomon 2:10-13

… Now we have our assurance back again. And Christ is near us and we have fellowship with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ. Well, then, what …

SERMON • SERMON 2962

Diamond Hinges - 'as' and 'so'

Isaiah 54:9

… You may have to go through deep waters, and sometimes unbelief will say— "The Lord has quite forsaken you! Your God will be gracious no more." But that …

SERMON • SERMON 3392

Justification by Faith

Romans 5:1

… gone forth against you and the sign that it is so is your unbelief, for, "He that believes not is condemned already, because he has not believed on …

SERMON • SERMON 1077

The Lord Blessing His Saints

Psalm 115:15

… The floods of doubt have carried all away. We are taught from the pulpit to doubt. The old Gospel was, "He that believes and is baptized shall be …

SERMON • SERMON 1247

The Special Prayer Meeting

Acts 12:12

… And that their astonishment was the result of unbelief. Perhaps so, but I doubt it, for you must remember that their prayers did set Peter free, and therefore …

SERMON • SERMON 2359

Personal and Effectual Calling

John 10:3

… Please, you may mention my name if you like." "Just so, Biddy," he said, "I will do it and God will bless you, I do not doubt." Well …

SERMON • SERMON 3

The Sin of Unbelief

2 Kings 7:19

… His sin was unbelief. He doubted the promise of God. In this particular case unbelief took the form of a doubt of the divine veracity, or a mistrust …

SERMON • SERMON 598

Two Visions

Zechariah 1:8-21

… You say, O son of man, feeble and full of unbelief, that God's Church will become extinct, that Popery will devour her and infidelity will eat her …

SERMON • SERMON 2554

The Spiritual Resurrection

John 11:43

… So-and-So— they have not so much faith and assurance and do not know as much as others—so they are afraid they are not alive. I …

SERMON • SERMON 2947

Royal Emblems for Loyal Subjects

2 Samuel 23:4

… Another reason, no doubt, is lest they should be utterly destroyed by the terror of His Judgment. "He tempers the wind to the shorn lamb," but, better than …

SERMON • SERMON 844

Justification by Faith—Illustrated by Abram’s Righteousness

Genesis 15:6

… Though thy faith be not always at the same pitch as the patriarch’s when he staggered not at the promise through unbelief, yet if it be simple …

SERMON • SERMON 2998

The Rule of Christ

2 Samuel 23:4

… So long as you do but come, you may come in the most irregular fashion, with some faith and a great deal of unbelief—with many a doubt …

SERMON • SERMON 603

Delivered On Sunday Morning, December 4, 1864,

2 Corinthians 6:2

… look up and view the flowing of His soul-redeeming blood, with Divine assurance, knowing He has made my peace with God. At this moment, my dear Brothers …

SERMON • SERMON 2036

The Whole-Heartedness of God in Blessing His People

Jeremiah 32:41

… And we may lay hold, without doubt or hesitancy, upon all the spiritual promises made to the seed of Israel as being made to all who, like Israel …

SERMON • SERMON 2176

The Lord No More Angry with His People

Isaiah 54:9

… and your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you shall fear day and night, and shall have no assurance of your life." What a rebuke is …

SERMON • SERMON 3008

An All-important Question

John 9:35

… I am no advocate of doubts and fears, as you all well know—on the contrary, I delight to extol the blessings of a full assurance of faith …

SERMON • SERMON 997

Prosperity Under Persecution

Exodus 1:10-12

… So, too, if you know the truth of God to be at any time assailed, and your own mind is beset with doubt about any doctrine, always ask …

SERMON • SERMON 2140

A Homily for Humble Folks

Proverbs 30:2

… But did Agur really mean all he said? I cannot doubt it. Forcible expressions are not always to be understood in their strictest sense, yet I have no …

SERMON • SERMON 2941

Mary's Magnificat

Luke 1:46

… Had it been my own child, I do not doubt that it would have touched my heart still more! And God loves to hear His children sing. Even …

SERMON • SERMON 3507

Our Lord's Solemn Enquiry

Matthew 27:46

… There is no doubt that at certain times they would come to us again, ringing shrill and clear through the thick darkness. We should remember just how they …

SERMON • SERMON 946

The Profit Of Godliness In The Life To Come

1 Timothy 4:8

… No self-righteous man will venture to speak of the assurance of faith. In fact, he denounces it as presumption. He feels that his own basis is insecure …

SERMON • SERMON 731

A Word in Season

Job 22:29

… No doubt Providence is the handmaid of Grace. If Christians were but wide awake they would soon see that the wheels of Providence are all working to assist …