Doubt & Assurance

How To Meet the Evils of the Age

… A second, and what I regard as an equally terrible evil, is  abounding unbelief.  I am not speaking now of that coarse kind of infidelity which rails at …

Christ's Finished Work

John 19:30

… And yet this is the work, this is the Atonement, this is the Sacrifice which modern essayists dare with scorn and unbelief to trample beneath their feet! Oh …

A Plain Answer to an Important Enquiry

John 6:29

… Help You my unbelief." I can well understand why our Savior should say, "If you wish to work the work of God, you must believe in Jesus Christ …

Confirmation

… It would be a deplorable thing for a man to be confirmed in unbelief and ungodliness. Divine confirmation can only be enjoyed by those to whom the grace …

Psalm 16

Psalm 16

… Sometimes he loved to meditate upon God, as he lay upon his bed; and it was no doubt as he meditated on the Lord's goodness, and on …

Unabated Affection between Pastor and People

… We never could doubt your sincerity, in offering the praise to God, when we witnessed your humility in imparting so much of the credit (entirely due to yourself …

Messengers Wanted

Isaiah 6:8

… You Sunday school teachers cannot hope to do much good to others while you doubt your own acceptance in the Beloved. You must know that you are saved …

Lecture 2: On Commenting

… a shall, or an if gathered out of tim translation, with as much assurance of infallibility and sense of importance as if the same language had occurred in …

Spring In The Heart

Psalm 65:10

… I have said, however, that mixed with misapprehension there is a great deal of unbelief. I cannot put it all down to an ignorance that may be forgiven …

Spring in the Heart

… I have said, however, that mixed with misapprehension there is a great deal of unbelief. I cannot put it all down to an ignorance that may be forgiven …

Fear Not

Isaiah 41:14

… Doubt the Eternal, distrust the Omnipotent? O, traitorous fear! thickest thou that the arm which piled the heavens, and sustains the pillars of the earth shall ever be …

How To Keep the Heart

Philippians 4:7

… I know that I myself, even in my merriest moments, am disturbed; that when my enjoyments run the highest, still there are waves of doubt and fear across …

The Evil and Its Remedy

Ezekiel 9:9

… sweet to view the flowing Of my Saviour’s precious blood, With divine assurance knowing, He has made my peace with God” What would you not give to …

The Parable of the Ark

Genesis 7:15

… No doubt there were storms during that year, but we do not hear that the ship was ever in danger of being wrecked. The rocks, it is true …

Christ—The Power and Wisdom of God

1 Corinthians 1:24

… UNBELIEF toward the gospel of Christ is the most unreasonable thing in all the world, because the reason which the unbeliever gives for his unbelief is fairly met …

The Comforter

John 14:26

… try to make the soul believe, that what is presumption, is the real assurance of the Holy Ghost; thus he deceives many by false comfort. Ah! there have …

A Solemn Warning for All Churches

Revelation 3:4

… He who is covered with sin must not expect to enjoy full assurance, but he who liveth close to his God, and keeps his garments unspotted from the …

Psalm 47

Psalm 47

… We doubt not that angels and glorified spirits welcomed him with acclamations. He came not without song, shall we imagine that he returned in silence? The Lord with …

A Sermon to Ministers and Other Tried Believers

1 Peter 5:7

… You preach faith, do you not? How sad it will be for you to be convicted of unbelief! Our own words may condemn us if we are anxious …

Divine Destruction and Protection

Ezekiel 17:29

… How many of God's people may be fitly compared to a dry tree! They have little joy; they have not got to full assurance. They are afraid …

Our Expectation

Isaiah 53:10

… made assurance doubly sure by piercing His side. His disciples buried Him. They would not have left Him in the cave if they had felt any doubt about …

The Spiced Wine of My Pomegranate

… We doubt not that, in many instances, the mutual benefactions of the Church fail to reveal our fellowship to our poor brethren, and produce in them no feelings …

Psalm 84

Psalm 84

… There were two altars; the "brazen altar, "and the "golden altar; "to those, no doubt, the psalmist refers. Both were of shittim wood, which sets forth the holy …

The Soul's Desertion

Song 5:6

… Then it follows that he loses much of his assurance. He used to know he was a Christian. Now he begins to sing, "'Tis a point I long …

A Sad Confession

Isaiah 53:3

… BY PERSISTENT UNBELIEF IN HIM? I know it for myself. I held up the handkerchief before my eyes, saturated with my own tears. This sympathy for our sorrows …

The Royal Prerogative

Deuteronomy 32:39

… Get a hold of a lacerated spirit, torn with unbelief and try what you can do. Say, "Trust in the Lord, my Friend," and he replies, "I cannot …

The Holy Spirit and the One Church

Jude 1:19

… fruits are, joy in the Spirit, and peace, and love, and confidence, and assurance for ever. 4. Bear with me once more. I have to show you one …

Confession of Sin—A Sermon With Seven Texts

Exodus 9:27

… Have I any such here this morning? I doubt not I have hardened persons who would scorn the very idea of religion, who would count me a cant …

Psalm 77

Psalm 77

… He confesses that unbelief is an infirmity, a weakness, a folly, a sin. He may also be understood to mean, "this is my appointed sorrow, "I will bear …

Living Temples for the Living God

Isaiah 66:1

… If the Lord had said He dwelt with those that had full assurance, it would shut many of us out. If the Lord said He dwelt with those …

“A New Departure”

… Has there been no unbelief to hinder the blessing? We often talk of unbelief as if it were an affliction to be pitied instead of a crime to …

The Enchanted Ground

… The distressed soul does not sleep; it is after we get into confidence and full assurance that we are in danger of slumbering. Take care, thou who art …

The Work of the Holy Spirit

Galatians 3:3

… I doubt not there have been some who have sat in these pews, and in the middle of a sermon or in prayer, or singing—they knew not …

Believing With The Heart

Romans 10:10

… If I say to myself, "Well, I have no doubt the Christian religion is true. I dare say it is"—but if I do not in my heart …

Little Sins

Genesis 19:20

… Many souls, I doubt not, have been caught in this trap, and being snared thereby, have been destroyed. They have ventured into sin where they thought the stream …

Little, But Lovely

Luke 12:32

… They spoke, no doubt, broad country dialects, and were looked upon as unlearned and ignorant men by those who heard them. When the Holy Spirit was on them …

The Great Assize

2Corinthians 5:10

… Our motives, our heart sins, especially, our hatred of Christ, our neglect of the gospel, our unbelief'all of these shall be read aloud and published unreservedly. 'Well …

The Seven Sneezes

2 Kings 4:35

… They frequently betray culpable ignorance and sinful obstinacy, combined with pride, unbelief and self-will—and yet in them there is a secret something which betokens an awakening …

The Centurion—Or An Exhortation To The Virtuous

Luke 7:4-9

… of sin, because they believe not on Me." That one sin of unbelief is such a concentration of all wickedness that it could outweigh the crimes of Sodom …

Brief, Silent Prayer

Nehemiah 2:4

… By the manner of the question he would seem to imply an assurance that he means to help Nehemiah. And here we are somewhat surprised to find that …