Doubt & Assurance

Thy Redeemer

Isaiah 41:14

… Unbelief! wilt thou doubt Jehovah? Can the “I Am that I Am” lie? Can the God of faithfulness and truth deceive thee? O unbelief! infamous traitor! wilt thou …

Exposition of the Doctrines of Grace

… Augustine obtained his views, without doubt, through the Spirit of God, from the diligent study of the writings of Paul, and Paul received them of the Holy Ghost …

Canaan on Earth

Deuteronomy 11:10-12

… I have known believers who have existed for years almost without a doubt as to their acceptance. They have enjoyed a sweet and blessed reliance on Christ; they …

Reminiscences as a Village Pastor

… unbelief is a sin. Surely, with rational and unprejudiced persons, it cannot require any reasoning to prove it. Is it not a sin for a creature to doubt …

Sharing Christ's Life

John 14:19

… He is a Man before the Throne of God and I have no doubt that He wears the symbol, of course, mightily glorified, of His sufferings— "Looks like …

Comfort for the Fearful

Matthew 8:26

… Being awakened because there was danger, He dealt first with the chief cause of danger—what was that? Not the winds or the waves, but the disciples' unbelief …

Psalm 27

Psalm 27

… To approach continually unto the temple, and thither continually to repair was the dwelling, no doubt, here meant; to dwell, to reside continually there, not to come for …

The Problem of the Age

Mark 8:4

… This is of such a character that it shamefully gives way to unbelief. You ask me to give an instance—I point to you! Have you not often …

The Census of Israel

Numbers 16:66

… But all these things together did not save them from dying in the desert, shut out of Canaan by unbelief. "They could not enter in because of unbelief …

The Only Road

John 14:6

… because in Christ I had the full assurance that my transgressions were forgiven me! The life that gives the assurance of pardon is the life which is the …

Psalm 110

Psalm 110

… Of the correctness of this title there can be no doubt, since our Lord in Mt 22:1 says, "How then doth David in spirit call him Lord …

To Those Who Have Believed

… doubt, without a hesitation. The life of faith is life within God’s wicket-gate. If we have hitherto stood trembling outside in the wide world of unbelief …

Two Choice Benedictions

Numbers 6:23-27

… And what blessings, my dear Friends, may we hope will be in store for us during the coming year? Many troubles, I have no doubt, are in store …

The Evidence of Our Lord's Wounds

John 20:27

… He does not say, "If he does not choose to believe he may continue to suffer for his unbelief." But no; he fixes his eye upon the doubter …

The Works of the Devil Destroyed

1 John 3:8

… What next? Have you any unbelief in your heart as to the promises of God? That is a favorite work of the devil—unbelief is one of his …

Who Found It Out?

2 Kings 7:3-7

… How sad is this unbelief which renders even the Truth of God, itself, untrue to us and darkens our sun at midday! Our unbelief is our worst enemy …

Love Joying In Love

Solomon 5:1

… risen from the grave, He ate a piece of a honeycomb and I doubt not that He had a reason for choosing that food—sweet gathered from sweets …

Appreciative Correspondents, 1855-1890 (Continued)

… You will come back and find that socialism, contemptuous unbelief, and an utter disregard of anything but that which tends to make this world the ' be-all ' and …

Jesus, The Stumbling Stone Of Unbelievers

1 Peter 2:7

… If I doubt the veracity of God I have assailed His authority and if, when He sets forth His Son to be a Propitiation for sin, I refuse …

Psalm 37

Psalm 37

… in perplexity and doubt we are resting on superior wisdom, in all times of trial and hard service we can stay ourselves on the assurance of his perfect …

God's Thoughts and Ours

Psalm 139:17

… of our minds, helped thus far towards Heaven and comforted with the full assurance that we shall, in due time, be brought into our heavenly Father's immediate …

Finding and Following Christ

John 1:45

… I can understand a man being in doubt upon this matter, but I cannot understand his resting comfortably while it is a matter of doubt! If you are …

Psalm 63

Psalm 63

… Who would not, therefore, hate his own life, which hangs in doubt continually before him, and of which he can have no assurance, when he knows that the …

The Minstrelsy of Hope

Psalm 67:6

… There is no doubt that much of revivalism has been a sham—that there has been a windbag-filling—a bladder-blowing in the Christian Church which has …

Mercy, Omnipotence, and Justice

Nahum 1:3

… The greatness of his power is an assurance, and an assurance that he will not acquit the wicked. Who among you could witness the storm on Friday night …

A Painful and Puzzling Question

Mark 4:40

… believe Me? If others, who do not know Me, doubt Me, I can endure their unbelief—but unbelief from you, My close personal acquaintances, My own familiar friends …

The Drawings of Love

Jeremiah 31:3

… with loving kindness have I drawn you." How exceedingly great and precious this assurance! How priceless this blessing to be embraced with the love, the everlasting love of …

A Word with those who Wait for Signs and Wonders

Luke 11:29

… Israel in the wilderness saw great marvels worked by the Lord their God and yet perished in unbelief. Pharaoh is a still more notable instance—what signs and …

Faith in Christ's Ability

Matthew 9:28

… Moreover, it seems to me that if you doubt God concerning any one trial, you give up the whole case. You would have me believe that your present …

The Way to God

John 14:6

… When thy faith shall grow into assurance, when the follies of thy life shall all be expunged, when thy character shall be saintly, when thy heart shall be …

I Know That My Redeemer Liveth

Job 19:25-27

… I would have you, dear Christian friends, never look upon the full assurance of faith as a thing impossible to you. Say not, “It is too high; I …

A Sense of Pardoned Sin

Isaiah 38:17

… n doubt. He kind trusted his God, he had cast himself upon the merit of the promised Messiah, and as the result of that faith, assurance had been …

The Fear of Death

Hebrews 2:14

… No doubt, too, the fear of death answers very wise and important purposes in the economy of humanity. If men were in peril, they would probably give themselves …

The Hope That Purifies

1 John 3:3

… I know there are some who will say, "Well, if I had a hope, a sure hope, a full assurance and confident expectation that I would go to …

"You Are Now the Blessed of the Lord"

Genesis 26:29

… If you have, through Christ, an assurance of an abundant entrance, there, though you never have a house of your own on earth and roam from place to …

The Kingly Priesthood of the Saints

Revelation 5:10

… know, this morning, that I am a justified man; I have the full assurance that “The terrors of law and of God, With me can have nothing to …

Psalm 29

Psalm 29

… Thus, though I like not their way who are given to allegorize the Scriptures, yet I doubt not but we may make a profitable use of this and …

First Forgiveness, Then Healing

Luke 5:20

… There are some persons, no doubt, who have ailments that can easily be cured if they believe they can be cured because there is not much the matter …

Divine Love and Its Gifts

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… Then she grows into Assurance and having used her eyes to look with, she next employs her hands to grasp with. She takes hold of Jesus and says …

A Triumphal Entrance

Psalm 24:9

… Unbelief becomes to us a burden, and we cry, "Lord, I believe, help You my unbelief!" and He does help that unbelief and we do believe! That which …