Doubt & Assurance

The Glory in the Rear

Exodus 14:19-20

… They had been given to understand, I do not doubt, that the Lord would be always with them; and yet now, as they looked forward, the bright light …

Mistaken Notions About Repentance

Ezekiel 36:31

… A very gross mistake is made by some who imagine that unbelief, despondency and despair are repentance. These things are wide as the poles asunder! No doubt there …

Christ Set Forth As A Propitiation

Romans 3:25

… You would go to him first, ask him whether his love was still firm, whether he had forgiven the fault, and when you had received the assurance of …

Unbelief Condemned and Faith Commended

Deuteronomy 32:20

… Outspoken and naked unbelief the most of you abhor. Should unbelief display itself in its real hideousness, you who have been brought up religiously would be startled at …

Confidence and Concern

2 Timothy 1:12-14

… in the Truth of God assuredly believed? To doubt is to be downcast and feeble. Only in solemn assurance is there courage and strength. Come on, you who …

For Whom Did Christ Die?

Romans 5:6

… I have no doubt that the apostle had in his eye the description of the helpless infant given by the prophet Ezekiel; it was an infant’an infant …

The Jewel of Peace

2 Thessalonians 3:16

… wandering Arabs of doubt and fear—and to whom He has given a settled government of Grace and an establishment in steadfastness and quiet assurance and, lo, that …

A Sermon for the Time Present

Zephaniah 3:16-18

… I do not doubt that it was specially fulfilled as it was intended; and if there still remains some special piece of history to which this passage alludes …

A Round of Delights

Romans 15:13

… My joyful experience of His indwelling, comforting, illuminating and sanctifying power leads me into a full and confident assurance that He will carry on the work of Grace …

All the Promises

2 Corinthians 1:20

… Well, then, if God will acknowledge it as His promise, shall I, to whom it is given in Infinite Mercy, doubt whether it is His promise or not …

Faith—What Is It? How Can It Be Obtained?

Ephesians 2:8

… May we get so strong a faith that, as we have no doubt of the rising and setting of the sun, we may never doubt the Savior's …

The Death of Christ for His People

1 John 3:16

… And know, with assurance, you never can die, Since Jesus, your righteousness, lives." 12-14. Then said they unto him, Where is He? He said, I know not …

The Judgment Upon Zacharias

Luke 1:20

… would be, "Unbelief." And when unbelief comes into the Christian's heart, as it does at times—for the truest believer has his times of doubt; even Abraham …

Paul Cheered in Prison by His Lord

Acts 23:10-13

… Questioning, mistrust, unbelief, doubt—all these die when we come truly and heartily to love our Lord! And in proportion as our love to Him burns like a …

The Priest Dispensed With

1 John 5:10

… To come directly to Jesus Christ with the whole heart needs thought, consideration and heart work—but to confess to a priest and get his assurance of pardon …

Backsliding Healed

Hosea 14:4

… shall perceive signs of the most sorrowful decay through an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God. Think, Beloved, each one of you who are …

How A Man's Conduct Comes Home To Him

Proverbs 14:14

… Even those who sincerely love the Master, sometimes wander—and we all need to take heed lest there be in any of us an evil heart of unbelief …

Christ in Gethsemane

Mark 14:32

… Believe not the devil when he tells you that your prayer is in vain! Let not your unbelief say, "The Lord has closed His ears against you." "Behold …

Looking for One Thing and Finding Another

1 Samuel 9:3

… No doubt he wished to please his masters and felt a contempt for the Apostles. The jailors in those days had usually been soldiers—and camp life among …

A Description of Young Men in Christ

1 John 2:13

… who know what they believe, and know it with a certainty of full assurance which nothing can shake. They have not yet had the experience of fathers and …

Seeing And Not Seeing—Or, Men As Trees Walking

Mark 8:22-25

… It is a happy day for a soul when it comes into personal contact with the Lord Jesus! Brethren, when we are in our state of unbelief we …

A Sight Of Self

Isaiah 64:6

… There is sin in our very holiness! There is unbelief in our faith. There is hatred in our very love. There is the slime of the serpent upon …

The Main Matter

John 20:30

… There is no text in the whole Book which was intended to create doubt. Doubt is a seed self-sown, or sown by the devil—and it usually …

Songs in the Night

Job 35:10

… And many a night do we have—nights of sorrow, nights of persecution, nights of doubt, nights of bewilderment, nights of affliction, nights of anxiety, nights of ignorance …

Mahanaim—or, Hosts Of Angels

Genesis 32:1

… Thus I have mentioned the time when these invisible forces become visible to faith and there is no doubt whatever that they are sent for a purpose. Why …

A Distinction with a Difference

Luke 1:18

… Babes in Grace should not doubt, but if they do, their unbelief is not so willful as that of fathers in Israel. If standard bearers faint, it is …

A Visit to the Tomb

Matthew 28:6

… The text contains, first of all, an assurance! And secondly, an invitation. First, an assurance—"He is not here, for He is risen." Secondly, an invitation—"Come, see …

A Poor Man's Cry—and What Came Of It

Psalm 34:6

… To me they are so familiar as to cease to excite my surprise, but to many they would seem marvelous, no doubt. Why, I could no more doubt …

Election no Discouragement to Seeking Souls

Exodus 33:19

… Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.” Let it be said over and over again, that there shall be no doubt about this matter, that if there be …

Esther's Exaltation—or, Who Knows?

Esther 4:13

… You have been instructed in the faith in a time when unbelief is rampant. Why? You have been confirmed in full assurance at a time when many are …

The Power Of Prayer And The Pleasure Of Praise

2 Corinthians 1:11

… Augustine says, "The poor are made for the rich and the rich are made for the poor." I do not doubt but that strong saints are made for …

The Danger Of Doubting

1 Samuel 27:1

… His unbelief is absurd from his own showing. So with you, and with me, Brethren. We are great fools when we doubt God and that is saying the …

The Physician Pardons His Palsied Patient

Matthew 9:2-7

… utter blasphemy, there is the shadow of its dark presence even in that unbelief of yours. Notice, also, how Jesus judged their thoughts. He said to them, "Why …

Plenary Absolution

Psalm 103:12

… You would not like to be in doubt as to whether a mortal disease is upon you. You are anxious to be sure of your safety and your …

Enquirers and Converts (Continued)

… No doubt they are just as safe as others, but they lack a good deal of comfort afterwards ; and, sometimes, persons who are very readily converted, and who …

Cords and Cart-Ropes

Isaiah 5:18

… It is a shocking thing; but there is no doubt that many people go to hell for the love of being respectable. It is not to be doubted …

Withholding Corn

Proverbs 11:26

… And so I doubted the whole and from doubt went on to unbelief and ran into sin—and here I am. O that you had wept over me …

The Perseverance of the Saints

Philippians 1:6

… in your hands, and may the Spirit of God put it beyond a doubt in your souls that it is even so. Remember, it is not the doctrine …

"Blessed in Him"

Psalm 72:17

… of the miry and boggy country of hesitation and doubt and stands upon the firm ground of full assurance, so that he can say, "I am God's …

No Fixity Without Faith

Isaiah 7:9

… It seems so idle to have to prove what nobody ought to doubt. For, once more, remember that the honor of God is involved in His veracity. If …