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Doubt, assurance, unbelief, and confidence in Christ
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The Novelties of Divine Mercy
Lamentations 3:22
… Let every new mercy confirm our confidence in the God of Mercy! All these compassions of our Covenant-keeping God are so many swift witnesses against our unbelief …
SERMON • SERMON 3272How to Become Full of Joy
1 John 1:4
… I do not doubt but that you have the proofs of this in yourselves, in your eternal circumstances. You cannot always rejoice, because although your treasure is not …
SERMON • SERMON 310Christ—Our Substitute
2 Corinthians 5:21
… It is satisfactory for us to know, and to believe beyond a doubt, that our Lord Jesus was without sin. Of course, in his divine nature he could …
SERMON • SERMON 723The Root That Bears Wormwood
Deuteronomy 29:18
… Until we reach our home in Glory, we shall have need to be often warned and put on our guard lest our evil hearts of unbelief should depart …
SERMON • SERMON 892A Serious Reprimand
2 Kings 5:13
… Since I believe that Christ is God, I cannot doubt the efficacy of His atoning, cleansing blood. Then how is it that you do not trust Him, that …
SERMON • SERMON 3214Two Wilderness Incidents
Numbers 21:1-6
… It is true that God had led them a long way roundabout, but then that was because of their unbelief. And it is also true that God had …
SERMON • SERMON 3003A Vivid Contrast
John 7:53
… I doubt not that the greatest saint among us has some cause to reproach himself for having wasted time and disobeyed that solemn Apostolic injunction, "See, then, that …
SERMON • SERMON 3349'The Garment of Praise'
Isaiah 61:3
… Him for salvation! To be conscious of nothing but abounding sin and raging unbelief and to expect nothing but sudden destruction—this is an earthly Tophet! There are …
SERMON • SERMON 3339The Heart Perfumed
Romans 5:5
… indeed, if she had a doubt as to her husband's love—she could not be happy unless she could have an assurance of being its possessor. And …
SERMON • SERMON 3461The Welcome Visitor
John 11:28-32
… And that hair of hers, I doubt not, all disheveled—might she not have arranged that a little, and prepared her dress, and made herself trim for the …
SERMON • SERMON 3311The Water and the Blood
John 19:34
… He had refused the drugged draught which they had first offered to Him to lull His pain, but He accepted this, which was simply weak wine, no doubt …
SERMON • SERMON 3312The Carpenter's Son and His Relations
Matthew 13:55
… And He did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief This was a notable illustration of John's words concerning Christ, "He came unto His own …
SERMON • SERMON 909Voices from the Excellent Glory
Matthew 3:16
… Concerning that He prayed, and concerning that the Voice gave full assurance. The result of the Lord's lifework was declared to be ensured, and therefore, wrapping Himself …
SERMON • SERMON 3553The Fullness and the Filling
John 1:16
… in righteousness by that Man whom He has ordained, whereof He has given assurance unto all men in that He has raised Him from the dead?" In Him …
SERMON • SERMON 2603Comfort for the Tempted
1 Corinthians 10:13
… impatienceof Job? You have heard, no doubt, of the strong faith of Peter. Have you never heard of Peter's unbelief? God's people usually fail in the …
SERMON • SERMON 3232Facts and Inferences
Psalm 37:35-37
… but that mystery has no terrors for him, for he has the same assurance that Paul had when he wrote, "we know that if our earthly house of …
SERMON • SERMON 3462To the Rescue
Isaiah 49:24
… Beza once preached to a heap of stones, and, I doubt not, that the result was quite as happy as any that I could anticipate from an audience …
SERMON • SERMON 278Grieving the Holy Spirit
Ephesians 4:30
… Again, the Holy Spirit is exceedingly grieved by our unbelief. When we distrust the promise he bath given and applied, when we doubt the power or the affection …
SERMON • SERMON 3366Deliverance From the Power of Darkness
Colossians 1:13
… If we were not warned by our astronomers when an eclipse was coming, I have no doubt that half the world would be dreadfully frightened as soon as …
SERMONThe True Apostolical Succession
Psalms 45:16
… And what is an infidel but a blasphemer, who has not courage to say out what he thinks in his heart? And so you doubt the Deity of …
SERMON • SERMON 1459ASatan's Punctuality, Power and Purpose
Luke 8:12
… Think of this! You are missing, by your unbelief, fellowship with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ—and instead thereof you are having fellowship with Satan …
SERMON • SERMON 3160The Call of 'Today'
Hebrews 3:7
… Spurgeon, and I have not the slightest doubt that it has had an influence on my whole life. The text was, 'He is as a root out of …
SERMON • SERMON 3475The Soul's Great Crisis
Romans 7:8
… For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?It was a privilege to belong to the Jewish people, even …
SERMON • SERMON 3243The Vine of Israel
Psalm 80:14
… And if through their unbelief we have taken their place, we cannot but recollect who occupied it for so many centuries—and we cannot but look with extraordinary …
SERMON • SERMON 3463Why Men Do Not Believe
John 5:46
… When you see them cheat, you do not wonder that they doubt an honest Gospel—it were a great pity that they should believe it! When you hear …
SERMON • SERMON 500Ebenezer!
1 Samuel 7:12
… I doubt not, that on the field of Ebenezer there were the graves of thousands who had been slain in fight. Let the graves of our past proud …
SERMON • SERMON 3012God Comforting His People
Isaiah 49:13
… Never let us doubt the universal benevolence of God. Let us hold it as a fundamental Doctrine that "the Lord is good to all; and His tender mercies …
SERMON • SERMON 26The Two Effects of the Gospel
2 Corinthians 2:15-16
… Even so, the first time our ears were opened to hear the words of love—the assurance of our pardon—we never heard the word so well as …
SERMON • SERMON 3208The Faithful Olive Tree
Judges 9:8
… I feel persuaded that when you have full assurance of faith and your heart is filled with joy in Christ, you are able to repel the fiery darts …
SERMON • SERMON 3369Man Humbled, God Exalted
Isaiah 2:17
… I think we should beware of being too suddenly filled with strong confidence and assurance. I do not say beware of too suddenly believing in Christ! That is …
SERMON • SERMON 834The Universal Remedy
Isaiah 53:5
… By the term "stripes," no doubt the Prophet understood here, first, literally, those actual stripes which fell upon our Lord's shoulders when He was beaten by the …
SERMON • SERMON 910Overwhelming Obligations
Psalm 116:12
… I was delivered up to fear, and doubt, and despair. Bless the Lord, it is over now! Blessed be the name of God, my soul has escaped like …
SERMON • SERMON 1240The Song of Songs
Isaiah 44:23
… NO DOUBT THIS PROPHECY had a fulfillment in the restoration of the captive Jews from Babylon, in the rebuilding of the temple, and the completion of the walls …
SERMON • SERMON 3276Christ's Glory Turned to Shame
Psalm 4:2
… What a sweet assurance! O Brothers and Sisters, the Mercy Seat is always open to us! It will be a blessed thing if everyone of us can say …
SERMON • SERMON 3087A Time of Finding for Lost Sheep
Ezekiel 34:16
… Sometimes unbelief does it—the sinner sees Christ on the Cross, the blood flowing from His head and hands and feet and side, and he thinks— "Oh I …
SERMON • SERMON 2587"Much More"
Romans 5:10
… is the livingChrist— "He lives, the great Redeemer lives, What joy the blest assurance gives!" What has Christ's risen life to do with us? Well, first, Christ …
SERMON • SERMON 974Compassion for Souls
Genesis 21:16
… And what, O moralist, though you never taught your child a vice, if you taught it unbelief, and if your example helped to harm its heart in bold …
SERMON • SERMON 211The Voice of the Blood of Christ
Hebrews 12:24
… I have no doubt Adam had from the very first of his expulsion from the garden of Eden offered a sacrifice to God; and we have some dim …
SERMON • SERMON 3231A New Year's Wish
Philippians 4:19
… After that, dare you despond? O Soul, what insanity is unbelief? What flagrant blasphemy is doubt of the love of God! He must bless us; and, blessed by …
SERMON • SERMON 2339Baptism Essential To Obedience
Mark 16:16
… Cast your guilty soul on Him this very moment! Live not another second in unbelief, for that unbelief is a slander on my Lord, a grievous injury to …