Doubt & Assurance

Christ's Testimony Received

John 3:33

… Receivers of Christ's testimony allow nothing to make them doubt what He has said. When the Believer is down in the dumps and is passing through a …

A New Year's Benediction

1 Peter 5:10

… And whither away? I hear a voice to-day—unbelief tells me that there is a voice calling me to Jordan’s waves. Oh, unbelief! it is true …

Psalm 111

Psalm 111

… Put away all doubt, question, murmuring, and rebellion, and give yourselves up to the praising of Jehovah, both with your lips and in your lives. I will praise …

Cheer For The Faint-Hearted

Judges 13:23

… of unbelief. There may have lived—I will not dare to say to the contrary—there may have lived some man who did never once doubt his God …

How to Please God

Hebrews 11:6

… It is not possible that He should be pleased with works done in unbelief or with men abiding in unbelief! Notice, also, that there is another strong word …

"Knock!"

Matthew 7:12

… I believe, no doubt, that, taken very strictly, the three exhortations of this verse—which, indeed, are but one— were, first of all, intended for God's believing …

The Lion-slayer—the Giant-killer

1 Samuel 17:36

… And in the present instance he remembered, I doubt not, that Samuel had anointed him to be king over Israel and he felt that some of the responsibility …

Psalm 10

Psalm 10

… Men doubt Omniscience when they persecute the saints. If we had a sense of God's presence with us, it would be impossible for us to ill-treat …

A Hard Case

Job 33:14-18

… With a great many more, the ear seems to be doubly sealed up by unbelief. They will not believe that which God, Himself, has spoken. If they do …

God Justifieth the Ungodly

… I know by a full assurance that I am justified by faith which is in Christ Jesus, and treated as if I had been perfectly just, and made …

Psalm 4

Psalm 4

… Some of the titles of the Psalms are, we doubt not, derived from the names of certain renowned singers, who composed the music to which they were set …

A Free Salvation

Isaiah 55:1

… how sweet to view the flowing Of his soul redeeming blood! With divine assurance knowing, He has made my peace with God.” Oh! what would you give for …

Psalm 23

Psalm 23

… Those believers who have for years enjoyed a "full assurance of faith" should greatly bless their gracious God. The second part of a vigorous Christian's life consists …

A Secret And Yet No Secret

Solomon 4:12

… There are even times when the Christian himself finds this well so shut up that he cannot see it himself— and he is led to doubt about it …

Psalm 44

Psalm 44

… On a survey of this Psalm, it would seem not to admit of a doubt that the speakers are of the race of Israel; and yet expositors for …

Mr. Evil-Questioning Tried and Executed

2 Kings 5:12

… well as at their old father. Their names are these—Mr. Doubt, Mr. Legal Life, Mr. Unbelief, Mr. Wrong Thoughts of Christ, Mr. Clip Promise, Mr. Carnal Sense …

A Memorable Interview

John 20:27

… Is there any door between my soul and Christ, tonight, then? Have I shut myself up in the chamber of doubt, despondency, unbelief? He can come to me …

A Willing People and an Immutable Leader

Psalm 110:3

… Ofttimes do we ask, “O Lord, where shall we find thy subjects?” When we have preached to hard hearts, and prophesied to dry bones, our unbelief at times …

Hope in Hopeless Cases

Matthew 17:17

… You see a mind tossed up and down on 10,000 waves of unbelief, never resting at any time but perpetually disturbed and distracted with surmises, suspicions, and …

The Saints' Riches

Romans 8:32

… But now, as a third blow at your unbelief, I want you to remember, Beloved, THE MANNER IN WHICH THIS GIFT WAS GIVEN. The text says, "He that …

March 30 — PRAYER, THANKSGIVING, PRAISE

Phil. 4:6

… Will you not obey this dear command? Yes, Lord, I do believe thee; but, I beseech thee, help mine unbelief.

Oct. 26 — BECAUSE OF US

Matt. 24:22

… He blesses believers that they may be a blessing to those who are in unbelief. Many a sinner lives because of the prayers of a mother, or wife …

A Song at the Wellhead

Numbers 21:16-18

… Let us pitch a tune and join with them, however low our estate may be!— "Begone, unbelief, my Savior is near, And for my relief will surely appear …

June 12 — DWELLING SAFELY APART

Deut. 33:28

… We shall be safe from the baleful influence of its unbelief, its pride, its vanity, its filthiness. God also will make us dwell in safety alone in that …

June 7 — THE SAFEST PLACE

John 10:28

… The most obstinate unbelief cannot force this meaning out of this sentence. Then, to make the matter complete, He declares that His people are in His hand, and …

Oct. 30 — THOROUGH CLEANSING

Ezek. 36:25

… The uprisings of unbelief, and the deceitful lusts which war against the soul, the vile thoughts of pride, and the suggestions of Satan to blaspheme the sacred name …

Nov. 29 — KNOW HOW TO WAIT

Isa. 28:16

… to wait. He shall not haste by plunging into wrong or questionable action. Unbelief must be doing something, and thus it works its own undoing; but faith makes …

Sept. 21 — LET TRIALS BLESS

Rom. 5:3

… Tribulation in and of itself worketh petulance, unbelief, and rebellion. It is only by the sacred alchemy of grace that it is made to work in us patience …

Faith's Way of Approach

Romans 10:17

… But I have never read a Chapter setting forth the wonders of unbelief. Unbelief is barren, impotent, a mere negation, a dead and accursed thing! But faith bears …

Sept. 23 — DELIVERANCE FROM DUST AND CHAFF

Amos 9:9

… great rate, with the earnest desire to get rid of us for ever. Unbelief is not slow to agitate our heart and mind with its restless fears. The …

Sept. 28 — WORK IS DONE; REST IN HIM

Heb. 4:9

… Those to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief; therefore, that Sabbath remains for the people of God. David sang of it; but he …

Unstaggering Faith

Romans 4:19-21

… Not a shadow of doubt crossed the mind of the holy Patriarch. He staggered not at the promise through unbelief and though he came to be 100 years …

April 7 — WITHOUT FEAR OF MAN

Deut. 28:10

… This would show a mean spirit, and be a token of unbelief rather than of faith. God can make us so like Himself, that men shall be forced …

Psalm 32

Psalm 32

… No doubt the case of David has led thousands to seek the Lord with hopeful courage who, without such an instance to cheer them, might have died in …

The One Family

… heaven and earth are not so separate as unbelief has dreamed. As the Lord hath but one family, written in one register, redeemed with one blood, quickened by …

Evening, September 10

Hab 1:8

… Great Shepherd, slay these evening wolves, and bid thy sheep lie down in green pastures, undisturbed by insatiable unbelief. How like are the fiends of hell to evening …

Witnesses for God

Isaiah 43:10

… We have been losers all round by our unbelief, but never gainers. Unbelief is a sorry cheat. Mr. Bunyan says that Incredulity was taken and condemned to be …

Why Men Cannot Believe in Christ

John 5:44

… They have no doubt that they will fare as well as most people. They will just do their best and God Almighty is very merciful and, no doubt …

Making Light of Christ

Matthew 22:5

… of God, to doubt the existence of a God after that. Ah! unbelievers, turn ye, or rather, may the Lord turn you from your unbelief, for this makes …

God's Care of Elijah

1 Kings 17:4

… ever doubt His faithfulness to the very end? It is strange, I say, but I must confess how strangely true of myself and how cunningly old Unbelief still …