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Doubt & Assurance

Doubt, assurance, unbelief, and confidence in Christ

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SERMON • SERMON 3193

The Man Whose Hand Stuck to His Sword

2 Samuel 23:9

… Every now and then some wise men think to convert us to skepticism, or what is very like it—modern thought—and they approach us with full assurance

SERMON • SERMON 1994

Sweet Peace For Tried Believers

John 16:33

… It is an acquired taste, no doubt, but he that has it will be at peace about trouble. It shall help you greatly to attain peace if you …

SERMON • SERMON 2486

Overcoming Christ

Solomon 6:5

… I have known You too long to doubt You now, my blessed Lord. You have done too much for me in the past for me to turn away …

SERMON • SERMON 494

The Betrayal

Luke 22:47

… Beyond a doubt, however, the main reason for this was that Christ might offer a perfect atonement for sin. We may usually read the sin in the punishment …

SERMON • SERMON 435

Obtaining Promises

Hebrews 11:33

Doubt and be distrustful about the promise that you have, and you cannot expect God to increase His Revelation to your soul. Be afraid, stagger through unbelief at …

SERMON • SERMON 822

The Panting Deer

Psalm 42:1

… Liberate him from his unbelief. Let him have his freedom and he will fly at once to his Lord Jesus! And nothing can tempt him to linger or …

SERMON • SERMON 3077

Death—a Sleep

1 Thessalonians 4:13

… We doubt not that God will guard the dust of the precious sons and daughters of Zion. We believe that in the Resurrection there shall be a perfect …

SERMON • SERMON 3431

The King Passing Over Kidron

2 Samuel 15:23

… No doubt Mark was the great friend of Peter, and writes his Gospel from Peter's point of view, so Peter, in the Gospel of Mark records the …

SERMON • SERMON 23

Thoughts on the Last Battle

1 Corinthians 15:56-57

… repent, and we will be better for the rest of our lives; no doubt God is merciful, and he will forgive us.” And we hear many divines often …

SERMON • SERMON 521

The Power Of Aaron'S Rod

Exodus 7:12

… There is not one doubt which the craft of Hell can insinuate—there is not one difficulty which the infernal wisdom of Diabolus can suggest—but simple faith …

SERMON • SERMON 2958

The Saints' Love to God

Psalm 31:23

… how fervently should you do it, who stand upon the mountaintops of full assurance and walk in the bright sunlight of confidence in God! I address myself to …

SERMON • SERMON 649

Songs For Desolate Hearts

Isaiah 54:1

… for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, says the Lord." Doubt not but that the Lord will appear for His …

SERMON • SERMON 686

Obedience Better Than Sacrifice

1 Samuel 15:2

… of offering sacrifice to God—but Samuel met him at once with the assurance that such sacrifices were no excuse for an act of direct rebellion. In so …

SERMON • SERMON 412

God'S First Words To The First Sinner

Genesis 3:9

… But now I must turn, lest time should fail us, to a fourth way in which no doubt this verse was intended. It is an arousing voice, a …

SERMON • SERMON 3189

The Tenderness of God's Comfort

Isaiah 66:13

… O let us, dear Friends, as often as we can, gather together with the Lord's people for praise and prayer! No doubt, "in Jerusalem" we shall find …

SERMON • SERMON 3019

The Hungry Filled, the Rich Emptied

Luke 1:53

… His soul cries, "Lord, give me Christ! Give me salvation! Give me assurance to know that my many iniquities are cast behind Your back, to be remembered against …

SERMON • SERMON 966

Joseph's Bones

Hebrews 11:22

… No doubt he would have had a sumptuous tomb enough in Egypt. But no, he will not be buried there, for he is not an Egyptian. In Sakhara …

SERMON • SERMON 1246

The Blessings Of Following On

Hosea 6:3

… Their confident assurance when they were as certain of their interest in Divine Love as of their own existence—we shall climb to that and stand upon our …

SERMON • SERMON 1276

Unconditional Surrender

James 4:7

… Such humility is not at all inconsistent with believing that we are saved, nor with the fullest assurance of faith, nay, not at all inconsistent with the nearest …

SERMON • SERMON 2961

'Heirs of God'

Romans 8:17

… There may be times when we shall doubt it, but we shall know it, partly by the indwelling of the Spirit, as Paul wrote to the Galatians, "Because …

SERMON • SERMON 1385

Jesus Interceding For Transgressors

Isaiah 53:12

… No doubt the Savior included these rough Gentiles in His supplications. And perhaps their centurion who "glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous Man," was converted in …

SERMON • SERMON 2478

Christ's Perfection and Precedence

Solomon 5:10

assurance, that each one of you may be able to say of Christ, "This is my Beloved and this is my Friend—I would as soon doubt my …

SERMON • SERMON 2116

The Unchanging God Cheering Jacob in His Change of Dwelling Place

Genesis 46:1-4

… Do you wonder that he was afraid? His fear also, no doubt, arose, next, from the fact that he was going into an idolatrous country of which he …

SERMON • SERMON 1086

Jesus, The King of Truth

John 18:37

… Jesus gives sinners who believe in Him the Truths of God which they need to know—the assurance of sin forgiven through His blood, favor ensured by His …

SERMON • SERMON 32

The Necessity of Increased Faith

Luke 17:5

… are great battles and great works to do, there must be great faith. Assurance can carry mountains on its back; little faith stumbles at a mole-hill. Great …

SERMON • SERMON 1090

For The Troubled

Psalm 88:7

… Those of you who are happy and rejoicing in God, full of faith and assurance, can very well spare a discourse for your weaker Brothers and Sisters—you …

SERMON • SERMON 1865

The Nobleman's Faith

John 4:46-53

… No doubt he had tried all the remedies known to the times, had sent for every physician that could be found within miles of Capernaum and now, having …

SERMON • SERMON 2744

Lost Through One-Saved Through One

Romans 5:16

… And I feel very little doubt that there are many other anxious enquirers who are a long time looking for what is close to them all the while …

SERMON • SERMON 2718

The Tenses

2 Corinthians 1:10

… I have no doubt that almost all of you have had, at one time or another, some very special proof that, "unto God the Lord belong the issues …

SERMON • SERMON 2935

Christ's Joy and Ours

John 15:11

… heart made of if it does not leap with joy at such an assurance as that? You are Beloved of the Lord and a friend of the Son …

SERMON • SERMON 1046

Covenant Blessings

Ezekiel 36:26

… And in looking into my own heart I saw no ground of comfortable assurance as to my being a possessor of the Grace of God—my feelings towards …

SERMON • SERMON 2443

The Determination of Christ to Suffer for His People

Mark 15:23

… In His preaching He had been accustomed to say, "Verily, verily," and here He is, even on the Cross, still the same Preacher, for there was such assurance

SERMON • SERMON 1932

Love's Law and Life

John 14:15

… They had no sort of doubt as to the fact that the cloud received Him out of their sight and, moreover, they received assurance out of Heaven, by …

SERMON • SERMON 3260

Spiritual Convalescence

Zechariah 10:12

… Possibly you have almost begun to doubt the veracity of your God or His faithfulness to His promise. Well then, in your case the promise of the text …

SERMON • SERMON 3178

The Preparatory Prayers of Christ

Luke 3:21

… As I read the first text, no doubt you noticed that it was while Christ was praying that, "the Heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended in …

SERMON • SERMON 1480

Constant, Instant, Expectant

Romans 12:12

… Were you not at prayer? When you first arose to go to your Father, was not you first step a prayer? When you received the assurance of salvation …

SERMON • SERMON 2275

Belief, Baptism, Blessing

Acts 16:33

… It takes a long time to get some of them even a small distance on the road towards a comfortable assurance of salvation. I have no doubt that …

SERMON • SERMON 3139

A Promise for the Blind

Jeremiah 31:8

… possessing a full assurance of being a child of God and then, every now and then, we hear of others who have a doubt, or only a hope …

SERMON • SERMON 1849

Coming Judgment of the Secrets of Men

Romans 2:16

… He had a gospel, a definite form of truth, and he believed in it beyond all doubt; and therefore he spoke of it as "my gospel." Herein we …

SERMON • SERMON 1275

One Greater Than the Temple

Matthew 12:6

… First there was the ark of the covenant, which precious chest was above all other things the token of Israel's high relationship to God, and the assurance