Doubt & Assurance

Two Ancient Proverbs

Proverbs 29:25

… Now I do not doubt that some are hindered by the fear of man from committing great crimes and open acts of wrong, but the utmost that the …

Good Cheer for Many That Fear

Isaiah 35:4

… He has known the Lord for more than 60 years and he says that not once in his life did he ever have a doubt concerning his election …

Solomon's Plea

1 Kings 8:53

… before Him, our mind is conscious of great power in asking—and much assurance of receiving. The expressions by which the Spirit teaches us are very comely when …

Peace By Believing

Romans 5:1

… As Moses never lost sight of the goodwill of the Dweller in the bush, so, too, there is a more blessed assurance of goodwill in the faith that …

Neither Forsaken Nor Forgotten

Isaiah 49:16

… Now I come, as God shall help me, to speak concerning THE COMFORT BESTOWED. "I have engraved you upon the palms of My hands." This assurance is the …

The Child Of Light Walking In Darkness

Isaiah 50:10

… While I know I am the son of God, I am undismayed—but when my sonship is in doubt, I am distressed, indeed. If a clear sense of …

Observing the King's Word

1 Kings 20:33

… In like manner, I look upon the preaching of the duty of repentance and the command to repent as containing within themselves the assurance that whoever repents shall …

Appreciative Correspondents, 1855-1890

… This assurance was most gratefully received by him, and on many occasions he was quite bowed down under the weight of loving sympathy thus sent to him from …

Jehovah-Jireh

Genesis 22:14

… That is the only alteration— otherwise, in the same terms he repeats the assurance that, "the Lord will provide." That first utterance was most remarkable! It was simple …

David's Five-stringed Harp

… A little faith may do for a skirmish with the enemy, but you need the full assurance of faith for a pitched battle. When the waters are up …

The Sin Offering

Leviticus 4:3

… Get as much assurance as you can, my Brothers and Sisters, but beware of presumption! I have seen some of those fine Christians who will not say— "Rock …

The Blood Shed For Many

Matthew 26:28

… The perpetuity of ordinances indicates a perpetuity of doctrine! But hear the moderns talk—"The Apostles, the Fathers, the Puritans—they were excellent men, no doubt, but then …

The Master Key—Opening the Gate of Heaven

Genesis 32:12

… No merchant here would say, "I have a number of bills, drafts and checks at home somewhere—I have no doubt that they are all good and that …

The Leading of the Spirit, The Secret Token of the Sons of God

Romans 8:14

… Now, are you in doubt tonight? Are you embarrassed? Are you in difficulties? Then the sons of God are led by the Spirit and you will be led …

On Laying Foundations

Luke 6:46-49

… A kindly assurance from a Christian friend may breed false confidence if that assurance was mistakenly given. In these days, we do not meet with many Christians who …

The Common Salvation

… wretched! Let every doubt on that point be like a sword in your bones. May God cause your heart either to rejoice with full assurance or else to …

Psalm 143

Psalm 143

… For when we have obtained an assurance of God's favour, as he is reconciled to us in Jesus Christ, it followeth next that we should desire to …

Wholehearted Religion

Jeremiah 32:39

… necessary to usefulness! And I am sure it is necessary for anything like assurance. The best of Believers may, through holy anxiety, question their own state, but the …

The Joy of the Lord, the Strength of His People

Nehemiah 8:10

… It is the right and portion of every believer to live in the assurance that he is reconciled to God, that God loves him, and that he is …

The Blood of Sprinkling and the Children

Exodus 12:21-27

… In full assurance let us rest. Do you believe that Jesus died for you? Then be at peace! Let no man's heart fail him, now that he …

Buying Without Money

Isaiah 55:1

… I conclude now by saying a few things by way of ASSURANCE, to show that this is all real and true, and no make-believe. Every needy, thirsty …

Christ's Universal Kingdom and How It Comes

Psalms 2:8

… The assurance of faith, if we were filled with it, would make us go forth "fair as the moon, clear as the sun and terrible as an army …

Eternal Life!

John 17:3

… God, there springs up in the man's heart a hope, no, an assurance that it must be well with his soul and that, though Heaven and earth …

Love To Jesus

Solomon 1:7

… The Church, in the expression which she uses concerning Christ, speaks not only with a realization of His Presence, but with a firm assurance of her own love …

Paul's Parenthesis

1 Corinthians 15:10

… He who has brought us to repent and to believe will bring us to greater faith, to fuller assurance and to completer conformity to Christ. And He will …

Love at Its Utmost

John 15:9

… it will be a sort of blasphemy to doubt after such a pledge as this. Think of it, and let your assurance become doubly sure. Behold the course …

Little-faith

… 116 The Sin of Unbelief. 117 The One Family. 118 The Spirit of Praise. 120 Love to Christ. 122 The First Lesson. 123 Danger of Prosperity. 123 Idleness …

Miracles Of Love

Isaiah 38:17

… And it is equally a cure for despondency and unbelief. What a pit of corruption unbelief is—a pit in which we hear strange noises of terrors to …

Fearing and Hoping

Psalm 147:11

… Observe, it is not said, here, that God has pleasure in those who possess full assurance, though that is most true, but He has pleasure in "them that …

Who Are The Elect?

1 Samuel 16:12

… We are told, by certain Divines, that we should never doubt our safety. Beloved, we should never doubt God. But I am inclined to think that no man …

Peter's Shortest Prayer

Matthew 14:30

… Lord, save me now, save me from condemnation, save me from the damning sin of unbelief! Lord, I know I am now upon the brink of death and …

Three Sights Worth Seeing

1 Thessalonians 2:13-14

… No doubt the Lord is with them, for they form what he has made a quorum. They are within the number to which the promise is made: "Where …

The Sinful Made Sinless

1 John 3:4

… This is the resolve, the intent, the prayer, the hope, the assurance of every Believer—that one day he shall be perfectly in Christ—and then he will …

Scourge For Slumbering Souls

Amos 6:1

… Jesus is King of Salem and Prince of Peace, "and the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance forever" ( Isa. 32 …

Mysterious Visits

… For our Lord to visit us is something more than for us to have the assurance of our salvation, though that is very delightful, and none of us …

The Shrill Trumpet of Admonition

Jeremiah 48:11

… I never was so guilty as he," cries the moralist! "I have no doubt but what it will be all right with me at last. I pay my …

The Samaritan Woman and Her Mission

John 4:27-30

… A horrible man, I have no doubt, that monarch was, yet when his country had been plundered by the invading kings, Abraham marched out on behalf of the …

Psalm 106

Psalm 106

… enter in because of unbelief"—this was the key which turned the lock against them. When pilgrims to the Celestial City begin to doubt the Lord of the …

Fever and Its Cure

Luke 4:38

… Oh, that He would bid it be gone! Oh, that He would say tonight, "Be gone unbelief! Be gone anxiety! Be gone fretfulness! Be gone doubt and fear …

The Hedge of Thorns and the Plain Way

Proverbs 15:19

… I can only say that if it were so, it showed much wisdom on the part of those who made the arrangement and I have no doubt that …