Doubt & Assurance

Rest

Hebrews 4:3

… If you will today throw down your self-will and give up the obstinacy of your unbelief and trust in the Incarnate God who on the bloody tree …

The Tender Grapes

Solomon 2:13

… Another tender grape is a humble faith in Jesus Christ The man, perhaps, has got no farther than to say, "Lord, I believe, help my unbelief! I trust …

Hagar at the Fountain

Genesis 16:13

… And when, in her unbelief, Sarai proposed that her maid should become his secondary wife, Abram listened to her. According to the custom of the times and of …

The Free-agency of Christ

Mark 8:22-26

… their unbelief by his experience in his dying hour—yet mark what really happened! They all knew of his genuine piety. They had not a doubt about that …

Death and Life—the Wage and the Gift

Romans 6:23

… Our nature, at the very outset, has lost that delicacy of perception which comes of healthy life and, as men proceed in unchastity, or injustice, or unbelief, or …

Craving the Best Things

1 Samuel 21:9

… He has attained to the full assurance, not of hope, though that is a good thing, nor of belief, though that is also a good thing—but the …

The Matchless Mystery

Ephesians 5:30

… Are you man? Jesus was a Man! Do not doubt it. Do not look at your Lord as standing up there on a pinnacle of superior nature where …

The Forerunner

Hebrews 6:20

… and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish." With this assurance let us go our way, resolving to follow our Forerunner till we get …

Fellowship With Christ

1 Corinthians 10:16

… Yes, He uncrowns Himself to put His crown upon the head of Faith! You young Believers know how sweet it is, by holy assurance, to come near your …

The Holy Spirit Compared To The Wind

John 3:8

… So with the Holy Spirit—sometimes He gives us faith, makes us bold—other times full of assurance, confidence, joy and peace in believing. "You hear the sound …

Mistrust of God Deplored and Denounced

Numbers 14:11

… next, that, though unbelief certainly exists, it is a most unreasonable thing. If God has made a promise, on what grounds do we doubt its fulfillment? Which of …

Chastisement

Hebrews 12:5

… Just now I was on the mount of assurance, and God has brought me to the valley of humiliation. Can that be any good to me? A few …

Knowing the Lord Through Pardoned Sin

Jeremiah 31:34

… When asked her reason, she replied, "Perhaps it is because I know the Author." Personal acquaintance with God turns faith into assurance. The knowledge of God is the …

Simeon

Luke 2:25

… Though your minister does not hear it—though Unbelief says no one can hear it—there is a God in Heaven who knows the cry of the penitent …

Two Essential Things

Acts 20:21

… Many men do, no doubt, repent truly through being aroused by fear of death, and judgment, and the wrath to come. But if this fear goes no further …

The Danger of Carnal Security

Judges 18:7

… He entered into full assurance of faith at the first, but that full assurance has begun to rust into confidence in self. And now, no longer emptied from …

Belief in the Resurrection

Mark 16:6

… THE ALMOST UNIVERSAL POWER OF UNBELIEF IN THE CHURCH. This is a good instance to illustrate a general fact, for our Savior had told them in plain terms …

A Day to Be Remembered

Luke 19:9

… Yes, be exceedingly glad! If anything can make a man leap for joy, it ought to be the assurance of his eternal safety. If salvation has come to …

Cheering Words and Solemn Warnings

Isaiah 3:10

… But it is not dangerous to assure the Christian that it is well with him, for otherwise the Lord would not command us to repeat the assurance in …

Joyful Transformations

Isaiah 42:16

… Alexander had unstaggering faith in his friend, which did not admit of doubt. "See now," said he, "how I have trusted you." This is the assurance which the …

The Message from the Lord's Mouth

Ezekiel 3:17

… think their statements worth listening to may listen to them—they will, no doubt, greatly please themselves and they will, for awhile, amuse the little coteries who look …

The Blood of Sprinkling (Second Sermon.)

Hebrews 12:24

… He that believeth in him is not condemned." "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God." Are not these words full of strong assurance? Indeed, we …

'Whose Goodness Never Fails'

John 10:11

… What assurance have we that it is the same now, when He is no longer among us?" I answer, "Dear Brothers and Sisters, we know it is true …

The Long Illness

… Spurgeon's illness ; and I cannot help conveying to you the earnest assurance of my sympathy with you and with him, and of my cordial admiration, not only …

The High Rock

Psalm 61:2

… At other times, He gives repentance and then He makes us tarry for many a day before He gives us full assurance of our interest in Christ—but …

A Lesson and a Fortune for Christian Men of Business

Hebrews 13:5

… until I have done that which I have spoken to you of." That assurance meant—"I will bless you and I will bless your future seed. I will …

The Rule of the Race

Hebrews 12:1

… And men, if they get into them, are very apt to fall asleep and lose their roll of comfortable assurance—therefore, pass these arbors by. Runners must not …

Trials Expected and Conquered

Isaiah 43:2

… Brothers and Sisters, if you never doubt your Lord till you have just cause to do so, you will never doubt Him at all! And if you never …

Prayer 15 — The Peace of God

… May their little faith brighten into strong faith and may their strong faith ripen into the full assurance of faith. May we all have this last blessing. May …

Life by Faith

Galatians 3:11

… It is inexpressibly lovely and infinitely desirable—no, it must be produced in its season or we may justly doubt the genuineness of a man's profession—but …

The Sin of Unbelief

To doubt the lovingkindness of God, is thought by some to be a very small sin; in fact, some have even exalted the doubts and fears of God …

Bonds Which Could Not Hold

Acts 2:24

… If He had been, think what the consequences to us would have been, for, first, we should have had no assurance of our own resurrection! The blessed hope …

Faith Necessary

… Thousands of prayers have been stopped by unbelief; many songs of praise, that would have swelled the chorus of the skies, have been stifled by unbelieving murmurs; many …

The Unbeliever’s Unhappy Condition

John 3:36

… But yet further, the unbeliever touches God in a very tender place by his unbelief. No doubt, it was to the great Maker a joyous thing to fashion …

The Proof of Our Ministry

2 Corinthians 13:3

… Dear fellow Believers, observe that you can know whether you are saved or not—assurance, yes, full assurance is within your grasp—but it is only to be …

John's First Doxology

Revelation 1:5

… I would have you, Beloved, know beyond all doubt that Jesus is yours, so that you can say without hesitation, "He loved me and gave Himself for me …

Psalm 94

Psalm 94

… The persons mentioned above not only cherished an infidel unbelief, but dared to avow it, uttering the monstrous doctrine that God is too far away to take notice …

The Cleansing of the Leper

Leviticus 13:12-13

… As to full assurance I do not think that is to be attained by immediate faith in Christ; full assurance is an after-result. Faith groweth by the …

Immeasurable Love

John 3:16

… in this assurance we greatly rejoice. V. The last commendation of his love lies in the positive —IN THE POSSESSION. I shall have to go in a measure …

Psalm 124

Psalm 124

… There is no doubt as to our deliverer, we cannot ascribe our salvation to any second cause, for it would not have been equal to the emergency; nothing …