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Doubt & Assurance
Doubt, assurance, unbelief, and confidence in Christ
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The Great Miracle Worker
John 11:47
… And they had not the shadow of a doubt that a notable miracle had been worked and that a dead man had been raised to life! One would …
SERMON • SERMON 11The People's Christ
Psalm 89:19
… ORIGINALLY, I have no doubt, these words referred to David. He was chosen out of the people. His lineage was respectable, but not illustrious; his family were holy …
SERMON • SERMON 2089Profitable Mixture
Hebrews 4:2
… I have heard much of "honest doubt." But I honestly believe that much of doubt is the most dishonest thing out of perdition. Take heed that you are …
SERMON • SERMON 1088The Essence of Simplicity
John 9:35
… This was one of the most fearful calamities that could befall a Jew and I do not doubt but what the man considered it to be so. Now …
SERMON • SERMON 1152A Lesson from the Life of King Asa
2 Chronicles 16:9
… You would not have thought that a man who could perform that grand action would become, a little after, full of unbelief! But the greatest faith of yesterday …
SERMON • SERMON 3368Fathomless
Psalm 36:6
… I remember what Cowper said— "He that has ne ver doubted of his state, He may—perhaps he may—too late." Let us delight in full assurance, but …
SERMON • SERMON 740Stephen's Martyrdom
Acts 7:55
… This is no small thing— "He lives, the great Redeemer lives! What joy the blest assurance gives!" Alive, too, after the Crucifixion! Stephen knew that Christ had died …
SERMON • SERMON 3004The Christian's Manifestation
1 John 3:2
… But they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us but they went out, that they might …
SERMON • SERMON 2442"My Beloved Is Mine"
Solomon 2:16
… The desire is strong, but the doubt is killing and they dare not sing with us. It seems too good, too great, too glorious a claim to come …
SERMON • SERMON 2400Number 2400—or, "Escape for Your Life!"
Genesis 19:17
… I doubt not that this message of love was spoken by the messenger in very solemn tones. I do not know how angels speak, but I am certain …
SERMON • SERMON 2014"As We Have Heard, So Have We Seen"
Psalm 48:8
… I doubt not when we arrive at its blessed abodes and tread its golden streets and wear our crowns of immortality, we shall not only say, "As we …
SERMON • SERMON 3166'A Greater Than Solomon'
Matthew 12:42
… The sneer of the skeptic shall not make me doubt it and the assurance of the confident professor shall not make me certain of it. I will go …
SERMON • SERMON 2726Fourfold Satisfaction
Jeremiah 31:14
… And when, by faith, we laid our hand on that dear head of His and made confession of our transgression, we received the personal assurance that our sin …
SERMON • SERMON 1141Good News for the Destitute
Psalm 102:17
… ASSURANCE. "He will regard the prayer of the destitute." Now, Beloved, whatever is in Scripture we accept as the Infallible Truth of God. We dare not doubt when …
SERMON • SERMON 1989"He Comes With Clouds"
Revelation 1:7
… That assurance is pouring its savor into John's heart while he is adoring and it becomes inevitable, as well as most meet and proper, that his doxology …
SERMON • SERMON 365Humility
Acts 20:19
… Led, no doubt, by the Holy Spirit thus to speak—that he might be an example to all coming ages—he becomes the mirror to all the ministers …
SERMON • SERMON 1443A Clear Conscience
Psalm 119:6
… Dear Friend, have respect unto ALL His commandments, for, perhaps, your fear, your doubt, your hesitancy, your need of assurance may have arisen from your lack of a …
SERMON • SERMON 1540The Mediator—Judge And Savior
Acts 10:42
… Herein is ground for quiet assurance. IV. Let us next notice the fact that OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE FIRST OFFICE OF THE MEDIATOR IS EXCEEDINGLY NECESSARY TO OUR …
SERMON • SERMON 1954The Breaker and the Flock
Micah 2:12
… I have no doubt that the first fulfillment of this prophecy was given when Cyrus conquered Babylon and gave permission for Israel to return to their own land …
SERMON • SERMON 1560The Plain Man's Pathway To Peace
Matthew 9:27-30
… There are cases of conversion which are just as simple as this case of the opening of the eyes of the blind and we are not to doubt …
SERMON • SERMON 1251The Sacred Love-Token
Exodus 12:13
… God cannot and will not go back from His promise! The blood is the faithful assurance of the security of all the saints. III. But now, thirdly, this …
SERMON • SERMON 2816Invitation to a Conference
Isaiah 1:18
… It suffices here to give us an assurance that it shall be so. Well, then, what is the inference from that assurance? Why, Sinner, surely it is that …
SERMON • SERMON 3150'Never, No Never, No Never'
Hebrews 13:5
… He may have quoted the Septuagint version rather than the Hebrew, for no doubt he was familiar with both. There is not any one text in the Old …
SERMON • SERMON 1956On the Cross After Death
John 19:31-37
… You must not expect, because you are pardoned, even if you have the assurance of it from Christ's own lips, that, therefore, you shall escape tribulation! No …
SERMON • SERMON 3470An Earnest Entreaty
Psalm 17:7
… He has lost the comfortable assurance of the Covenant of Grace and so it is rather more like the cry of the prodigal when he returned and said …
SERMON • SERMON 237Hypocrisy
Luke 12:1
… My dear Christian brethren, if you are at this time in doubt concerning yourselves, the truths to utter will, perhaps, help you in searching your own heart and …
SERMON • SERMON 2155The Beginning of Miracles Which Jesus Did
John 2:11
… When you feel a thing yourself, you have a full assurance of it. John knew that the other five disciples believed on Jesus by what they said to …
SERMON • SERMON 1091Prayer Certified Of Success
Luke 11:9-10
… Moreover, He is Himself God—the purposes of Heaven are His own purposes and He who ordained the purpose here gives the assurance that there is nothing in …
SERMON • SERMON 1934"And We Are"—a Jewel from the Revised Version
1 John 3:1
… There are only two words in the Greek—"and we are." That the addition is correct I have not the slightest doubt. Those authorities upon which we depend …
SERMON • SERMON 170The Immutability of Christ
Hebrews 13:8
… Incredulity—unbelief; and he begins his miserable oration by declaring, “How can that be true? ‘Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.’ Why, yesterday …
SERMON • SERMON 1212Faith and Its Attendant Privileges
John 1:11-13
… Do you believe or do you doubt? This makes the broad line of distinction! To the receivers of Christ or the non-receivers—to which do you belong …
SERMON • SERMON 2168The Test of Taste
1 Peter 2:3
… Assuredly I would suggest no doubt concerning my Brethren by the use of the same words, yet I would put you upon a search to make assurance doubly …
SERMON • SERMON 3364Surveying the Field
Nehemiah 2:12
… you slumberer, up! God help you up! Mistake no longer presumption for assurance! Recollect that assurance will stand the fullest examination, but if you dare not examine yourself …
SERMON • SERMON 552Do You Know Him?
Philippians 3:10
… The flagons which he sends me, and the love-tokens which he gives me, they stay me for awhile with the assurance of his affection but they only …
SERMON • SERMON 1151A Revival Promise
Isaiah 44:3-6
… What a right royal promise it is! How lofty and full of assurance is the language! "I will pour water upon him that is thirsty." It is for …
SERMON • SERMON 2043The Blood of the Lamb, the Conquering Weapon
Revelation 12:11
… We can never doubt his existence if we have once come into conflict with him. Yet he is to us all the more real because so mysterious. If …
SERMON • SERMON 1382The Touch
Mark 5:28
… I must ask for patience to bear it till I die, but no longer dream of a cure." But no, bright-eyed woman as I have no doubt …
SERMON • SERMON 1056Perseverance Without Presumption
John 10:28
… Were it not for the Holy Spirit's abiding with us, we might be the subjects of some doubt, but as long as He continues to abide with …
SERMON • SERMON 730Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled
John 14:1
… We have never heard of a man, whose business was declining, who managed to multiply the number of his customers by unbelief in God. I do not remember …
SERMON • SERMON 2727Bitter Herbs
Exodus 12:8
… Full Assurance is a grand thing, but I think I have known a kind of full Assurance that I would never covet, though it speaks very glibly as …