Doubt & Assurance

The Church Encouraged and Exhorted

Isaiah 43:6

… I doubt not that, in dark Africa, the Lord Jesus has multitudes of those who are redeemed with His precious blood—those who are elect according to the …

Sincerity And Duplicity

1 John 2:3

… And what a confident air this assurance before God would give us with the sons of men! We should not stammer in the presence of their philosophers, or …

The Touchstone of Godly Sincerity

Job 27:10

… If perchance in some favored moment we could imagine ourselves to have exhausted all the list of our needs, were we enjoying complete pardon and full assurance, did …

Prayer 13 — The Wings of Prayer

… Let us be forgiven and know it and may there remain no lingering question in our heart about our reconciliation with God, but by a firm, full assurance …

Psalm 42

Psalm 42

… We could sooner doubt the authorship of the second part of Pilgrim's Progress than question David's title to be the composer of this Psalm. SUBJECT . It …

Why Is Faith So Feeble?

Mark 4:40

… doubt Him whose life and death are crowded with Infallible proofs of His unchanging love to us? Our Lord questioned His Apostles thus, not only because their unbelief …

Psalm 140

Psalm 140

… He was assured that Jehovah was his God, he expressed that assurance, and he expressed it before Jehovah himself. That had need be a good and full assurance …

Folly of Unbelief

Luke 24:25

… He let them know that their unbelief was blameworthy, and he called them foolish for indulging it. O beloved brother, if thy Master chide thee, do not doubt …

Mature Faith—Illustrated By Abraham's Offering Up Isaac

Genesis 22:2

… The quickest road to full assurance is perfect obedience! While assurance will help you to obey, obedience will help you to be assured—"If you keep My commandments …

The Secret of Failure

Matthew 17:19-21

… There seems to be little doubt that it was inserted in certain copies by persons who thought that it ought to be there because it was in Mark …

Psalm 108

Psalm 108

… I have it already, and it is to me the token and assurance that the rest of the promised heritage will also come into my possession in due …

Morning, November 7

Is 49:16

… of my hands? How darest thou doubt my constant remembrance, when the memorial is set upon my very flesh?” O unbelief, how strange a marvel thou art! We …

Morning, August 27

Nu 14:11

… Jesus is the Son of the Highest, and has unbounded wealth; it is shameful to doubt Omnipotence and distrust all-sufficiency. The cattle on a thousand hills will …

The Lord,—the Liberator

Psalm 146:7

… Alas! were it not for these, that heavy door would long ago have been taken from its hinges. 'Twas unbelief that shut the prisoners in, and if unbelief …

"If You Can"—"If You Can"

Mark 9:22

… There really is no, "if," in reference to Christ, though it is quite probable that your unbelief is suggesting some doubt about His love, or power, or willingness …

Psalm 33

Psalm 33

… It is said that David praised God upon an instrument of ten strings; and he would never have told how many strings there were, but that without doubt …

All of Grace

… that they are “elect according to the foreknowledge of God.” This is an assurance “wherein ye greatly rejoice.” Ah! even when the Christian is most “in heaviness through …

The Tender Pity of the Lord

Psalm 103:13

… wilderness as to fill so great a multitude?" Alas, for such unbelief! How could they doubt when with all their eyes they had seen what the Master could …

God Justified, Though Man Believes Not

Romans 3:3

… SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON LORD'S-DAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1890. "For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faith of …

Psalm 105

Psalm 105

… Joseph was a great instructor in political economy, and we doubt not that he mingled with it the purest morals, the most upright jurisprudence, and something of that …

Psalm 81

Psalm 81

… God has heard us, delivered us, liberated us, and too often our unbelief makes the wretched return of mistrust, murmuring, and rebellion. Great is our sin; great is …

Psalm 121

Psalm 121

… There can be no doubt that in Palestine we are in the "Highlands" of Asia. This was the more remarkable in connection with the Israelites, because they were …

Christ and His Co-workers

Mark 16:20

… He loves them, but He loves not their unbelief! No, He is more vexed with unbelief in them than in other people. 14, 15. Because they believed not …

Signs Of The Times

Luke 12:54-57

… I never doubt whether there is a sun when it shines on me and makes me warm. I can never doubt the existence of bread when I am …

Psalm 31

Psalm 31

… This was an unworthy speech; but unbelief will have a corner in the heart of the firmest believer, and out of that corner it will vent many spiteful …

A Word From the Beloved's Own Mouth

… This utterance of our Saviour to His disciples has been as a wafer made with honey to our taste, and we doubt not it may prove equally as …

Dec. 9 — THE "ALL" OF BELIEF

Mark 9:23

… 9 THE "ALL" OF BELIEF "Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth" Mark 9:23 Our unbelief is the …

Evening, June 8

Nu 11:23

… Moses, being overtaken by a fit of unbelief, looks to the outward means, and is at a loss to know how the promise can be fulfilled. He looked …

The Glorious Right Hand Of The Lord

Numbers 11:23

… as it has been with you), for when we doubt, it is sin. Oh cursed sin of unbelief—most damnable of sins, because it so stains God's …

Evening, November 9

Is 33:16

… bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.” Isaiah 33:16 Do you doubt, O Christian, do you doubt as to whether God will fulfil his …

Evening, July 5

Is 26:4

… It were well if doubting were banished from the household of God; but it is to be feared that old Unbelief is as nimble nowadays as when the …

Israel And Britain. A Note of Warning

John 12:37-41

… They refused the plainest messages of grace, and were so confirmed in unbelief that all their prophets cried with one plaintive voice, "Who hath believed our report? and …

“All These Things”—A Sermon with Three Texts

Genesis 42:36

… Everything is for you! Now, usually, our unbelief is a great liar. Our best things are reckoned by unbelief to be our worst. God sends His mercies to …

The True Aim of Preaching

Acts 13:38

… You will never doubt that reconciliation is an effect of Infinite Wisdom if you once clearly understand the condition that made it requisite. Though His people were objects …

The Death of Moses

Deuteronomy 34:5

… Because of unbelief "their carcasses fell in the wilderness." Only Caleb and Joshua remained, the sole survivors of the great host which crossed the Red Sea. The Great …

Psalm 93

Psalm 93

… The unspeakable comfort conveyed in this assurance is ever tested in the experience of God's people. There is no truth more precious to the heart of the …

Jacob Worshipping on His Staff

Hebrews 11:21

… There is a mimic faith, a false assurance, which lasts under all ordinary heats of trial, but this evaporates when the fires of death surround it. Certain men …

Fearing and Trusting—trusting and Not Fearing

Psalm 56:3

… No doubt, too, there have been diseases which have brought men to their graves which have been caused by fright. Fear is always distressing and whether it is …

The Increase of Faith

… How can you doubt Him? It is cruelty to distrust the ever truthful Jesus. He has done nothing to deserve distrust; on the contrary, it should be easy …

Lions Lacking—But the Children Satisfied

Psalm 34:10

… I ask any one here who has an assurance that he is a pardoned man, thoroughly justified and complete in Christ—are you not seeking the Lord? “Oh …