Doubt & Assurance

Heedful Hearing

Luke 8:18

… He cannot deny Himself Glory be to God, the unbelief of man cannot make God break His promises! Christian, all your unbelief has not made God unfaithful to …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage

… But I had since become cold and indifferent to the things of God; seasons of darkness, despondency, and doubt, had passed over me, but I had kept all …

Consolation For The Despairing

Psalm 31:22

… Let him doubt his sonship and he is overwhelmed. Let him question his interest in Christ and his joy has fled. Let him fear that the life of …

The Christian’s Heaviness and Rejoicing

1 Peter 1:6

… pluck them out of my hand.” Ah! this is the doctrine, the cheering assurance “wherein we greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if needs be, we are …

Two Pauls and a Blinded Sorcerer

Acts 13:12

… Saul did it ignorantly in unbelief, but there is reason to fear that this Elymas willfully perverted the right ways of the Lord and set himself deliberately, with …

War With Amalek

Exodus 17:8

… But I must add a third, which sprang out of these two by reason of the unbelief of their hearts. That third evil, far worse than the other …

Thought-Reading Extraordinary

Psalm 10:17

… I desire to be strong in faith, but I mourn my unbelief. I desire to be fervent, but I sigh over my lukewarmness. I desire to be holy …

Sowing in the Wind, Reaping Under Clouds

Ecclesiastes 11:4

… Next, we are guilty also of unbelief if we cannot sow because of the wind. Who manages the wind? You distrust Him who is Lord of the north …

The Infallibility of God’s Purpose

Job 23:13

… But no, despite our sin, our unbelief, our backslidings, our forgetfulness of him, he was of one mind. And brethren, I know this, that though we shall wander …

Psalm 17

Psalm 17

… The Psalmist here comes back to his first prayer, and thus sets us an example of pressing our suit again and again, until we have a full assurance …

Our Ascended Lord

1 Peter 3:22

… He had to cheer the heart of Magdalene, to overcome the unbelief of Thomas, to give warning and encouragement to Peter and to brace them all for their …

Faith Tried and Triumphing

Job 13:15

… The book of God is readable—it is written in human language! But the works of God are often unreadable— "Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan …

Our Place—at Jesus' Feet

Luke 7:38

… The highest delight and the fullest assurance are perfectly consistent with the lowliest reverence. You may rise even to the Master's lips, until you can say with …

Forts Demolished and Prisoners Taken

2 Corinthians 10:5

… forever, that he neglects his God and turns away from his Savior, for unbelief is an act of high treason against the Divine Majesty, plucking at the crown …

No Tears In Heaven

Revelation 7:17

… No unbelief in departing from the living God shall vex them in Paradise! No suggestions of the arch enemy shall be met and assisted by the uprisings of …

The Gospel of the Glory of Christ

2 Corinthians 4:4

… Considering their case with care he sorrowfully perceived that they must first have shut their eyes by willful unbelief. Therefore he felt Satan had exercised his evil power …

The Friend of God

Isaiah 41:8

… Abraham had no such controversy—"he staggered not." David, too, was sometimes plagued with unbelief, so that he almost came to infidel conclusions. He was perplexed to know …

'Peace! Perfect Peace!'

Isaiah 26:3

… kept outside—but when they break into the cabin of the heart's assurance and begin to fill the hold of the heart—then are we in peril …

The Royal Pair in Their Glorious Chariot

Song 3:6-11

… Poor Unbelief holds up her hands and cries—"Ah! the good men are all dead; Zion is under a cloud; the Lord hath taken away the great men …

Sorrow at the Cross Turned into Joy

John 16:20-22

… Remember the well-known exclamation of Paul—"God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ." He had, no doubt, as vivid …

The Restoration And Conversion Of The Jews

Ezekiel 37:1-10

… There is no doubt that we have in this passage a most striking picture of the restoration of dead souls to spiritual life. Men by nature are just …

The Shameful Sufferer

Hebrews 12:2

… When they saw his head fall upon his breast, they would, no doubt, make some bitter remark about it, and say, “Ah! he will never lift his head …

Moving

Exodus 33:15

… When some of our older friends left Carter Lane Chapel, which once stood on the site now occupied by the London Bridge railway, I have no doubt that …

Cleansing—a Covenant Blessing

Ezekiel 36:25

… To have lived so long in sin and unbelief seemed still more a marvel—and though I was not then, 15, it appeared horrible to have lived so …

Causes and Cure of Fainting

Isaiah 40:29

… And as we feel that He cannot faint or be weary, we ought not to harbor a single doubt concerning His fainting. How can He faint? It is …

The Queen Of The South, Or The Earnest Enquirer

Matthew 12:42

… your unbelief, but you will never forgive yourselves. You will say, me-thinks, even in Heaven, "How could I have been so foolish as to doubt the message …

Love's Competition

Luke 7:42

… As I said the other day, they hardly know whether it is faith or unbelief. Their cry is, "Lord, I believe! Help my unbelief," as if they had …

A Leap Year Sermon

1 Corinthians 15:8

… O you who are troubled with unbelief, believe as much as you can, and then cry, "Lord, I believe, help You my unbelief and, especially, help me to …

The Shank-bone Sermon—Or, True Believers and Their Helpers

Acts 18:27

… To meet the deep depravity of our nature and its settled unbelief, He who gave the Gospel to be believed also gives the faith that believes the Gospel …

Paul in the Tempest

Acts 27:18-25

… It is most of all surprising that God's children should ever doubt Him—especially those who have been so highly favored as some of us have been …

A Sermon on a Grand Old Text

1 Timothy 1:15

… It is true that he did it ignorantly in unbelief, but then, unbelief is, in itself, the greatest of all sins. It is an atrocious thing for a …

The Saddest Cry From the Cross

Matthew 27:46

… but our Lord Jesus Christ was a stranger to unbelief. It was impossible for Him to cherish any doubt about the faithfulness and loving kindness of His Father …

Psalm 40

Psalm 40

… Here is the assurance which makes preachers bold and workers persevering. Reader, are you one among the many? Note the way of salvation, a sight, a fear, a …

"Sitting By"

Luke 5:17

… Don't you know that it was said, even of Jesus, "He did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief? Even He, as Man, was, in …

The Resurrection Credible

Acts 26:8

… We know but very little of the disembodied state, but we know quite enough to rest certain beyond all doubt that— "They are supremely blest, Have done with …

A Desperate Case—How to Meet It

Matthew 17:19-21

… It was while he was praying (and I make no doubt, fasting likewise) that the fashion of his countenance changed. By his own personal devotion, and by the …

Fat Things, Full of Marrow

Isaiah 54:7-10

… He says He will not, and, Brothers and Sisters, it were something like blasphemy to indulge a doubt about this. My text suggests to me that we have …

A Singular Title and a Special Favor

Psalm 59:10

… moths when unbelief betrays us. We can attempt any labor and make any sacrifice when we have confidence in the Lord. But if we doubt whether we are …

In Whom Are You Trusting?

Isaiah 36:5

… Why should we fear, my Brethren? "Oh, you of little faith, why do you doubt?" "Oh," says one, "I do doubt, but I can hardly tell why." Well …

Faith's Sure Foundation

1 Peter 2:6

… treason to doubt Your power to save, it must be so when we see You hanging upon the Cross! You have triumphed over our unbelief upon the bloody …