Doubt & Assurance

A Testimony To Free and Sovereign Grace

Psalm 37:39

… over that first hand of Jesus is the Father's hand to make assurance doubly sure! Salvation, then, is of the Lord. This is a doctrine to be …

Prayer—the Forerunner of Mercy

Ezekiel 36:37

… Your assurance was the result of prayer. And when at any time you have had high and rapturous joys, you have been obliged to look upon them as …

The Meek and Lowly One

Matthew 11:28-30

… I have no doubt that both of these interpretations are true, and might be borne out by the connection. It is the lesson of Christ’s school—it …

Unbelievers Stumbling—Believers Rejoicing

Romans 9:33

… Again, the Christian would have cause to doubt if Christ were to fail him, either as to Providence or Grace, in his times of trial and temptation. When …

"Forever With The Lord"

Philippians 1:23

… no doubt that to be loosed from the body and allowed to fly away to Jesus would be a great blessing to him. Of that assurance we will …

Faith and Life

2 Peter 1:1-4

… Little faith has a royal descent and is as truly of divine birth as is the greatest and fullest assurance which ever made glad the heart of man …

Living on the Word

Deuteronomy 8:3

… He who spoke us into being must speak us into yet stronger being! Faith is God's gift, but so is assurance. The very first spark of life …

Lessons From Nature

Psalm 104:17-18

… Since they are more weighty with doubt and perplexity, they need substantial verities to rest on; these find great fir-tree doctrines and cedar-like principles in the …

Strengthening Medicine For God's Servants

Joshua 1:5

… NO doubt God had spoken to Joshua before. He had been a man of faith for many years and his faith enabled him to distinguish himself by such …

Priest and Victim

Hebrews 7:27

… house of God; let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance offaith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with …

Ruth's Reward—or, Cheer for Converts

Ruth 2:12

… I have no doubt that much sorrow might be prevented if words of encouragement were more frequently spoken fitly and in season and, therefore, to withhold them is …

Chastened Happiness

Jeremiah 33:9

… I have no doubt our text includes both temporal and spiritual good, but certainly the temporals are arranged in the second rank, for the eighth verse runs—"I …

Untitled Sermon

Exodus 15:1

… I doubt not that they sang snatches of songs when they found themselves free from their daily tasks and from the Egyptian rod. No doubt there were individual …

Spots in Our Feats of Charity

… My dear Friends, seek after full assurance of faith, but do, do, do abhor anything like presumption. If your lives are not what they ought to be, I …

With the King for His Work!

1 Chronicles 4:23

… about doing good." He began life as a carpenter and, I do not doubt, worked hard at it. Then as a Savior He surveyed on the outset His …

God's Tender Mercy

Luke 1:78

… If you can, from your heart, say to Christ, "Lord, remember me when You come into Your Kingdom," you shall soon have His gracious assurance, "You shall be …

"The Lord Is Risen, Indeed"

Luke 24:5

… Why should you doubt it? Is it not able to cleanse you from sin? No longer enquire as to whether you are saved or can be—if you …

Maschil Of Ethan, A Majestic Song

Psalm 89:1

… With the place of His Throne as the point of our survey, we shall see nothing but His sovereign will to shape events—so with joyful assurance of …

The Agreement Of Salvation By Grace With Walking In Good Works

Ephesians 2:9

… He wrote to inform me that I was a very competent preacher for "niggers." I accepted the assurance at once as a very high compliment! I felt that …

Untrodden Ways

Joshua 3:4

… fears so long that they are now afraid to believe! As for full Assurance, they are as much alarmed at it as if it were a crime rather …

A Wonder Explained By Greater Wonders

Lamentations 3:57

… They know beyond all doubt and they feel beyond all question—"He loved me and gave Himself for me." The alabaster box which they were accustomed to hold …

Love to Jesus the Great Test

John 8:42

… And, moreover, these people were, no doubt, made to suffer a good deal of abuse and reproach for worshipping the one, only and invisible God. They were despised …

Shoes for Pilgrims and Warriors

Ephesians 6:15

… brass upon his legs, but he is better armed who wears a full assurance of peace with God through the Gospel! He shall tread down his enemies and …

Iconoclast

2 Kings 18:4

… How delightful it is when you know by assurance that you are the Beloved's and that the Beloved is yours. When all doubts and fears have fled …

His Name—The Counsellor

Isaiah 9:6

… and confirms me in my resolution.” But God is everlastingly satisfied with himself, and Knoweth not the shadow of a doubt to cloud his purpose; therefore, the council …

Blessed Discipline

Psalm 94:12-15

… No doubt we should like to play the truant—we should be very glad to put away our schoolbags, quit the schoolhouse, go out by ourselves and wander …

Christ's Crowning Glory

Psalm 21:5

… One thing I can say without any doubt. I, personally, know that it is God's salvation that has saved me. And I think I speak the mind …

The First Sermon in the Tabernacle

Acts 5:42

… rottenness of thine heart; except than art a stranger to full assurance, and dost always doubt and fear; except thou abidest on the dunghill and dost scrape thyself …

Great Forgiveness for Great Sin

Ephesians 1:7

… I seem to get but little comfort, yet here are these young folk who have not been saved a week—and they seem to be full of assurance …

Three Blessings of the Heavenly Charter

Job 10:12

… Pray to have life more abundantly, that you may come to joy and peace through believing, that you may have the full assurance of faith, that you may …

The Purging of the Conscience

Hebrews 9:13

… which we are absolved and leads up our peace of heart into full assurance of faith. So you see, Brothers and Sisters, that what the blood of bulls …

Children'S Bread Given To Dogs

Matthew 15:27

… doubt Christ! It is a cruelty! It is an unkind cut to suspect that He is unwilling to forgive. Cast away, I pray you, your wicked unbelief! May …

Perseverance in Holiness

Jeremiah 32:40

… But what is said is this’"They shall not depart from me." What a blessed assurance! They may be tempted; but they shall not be overcome. Though they …

A Call For Revival

Solomon 7:11-13

… These old fruits—the deep love of the matron to Christ, the firm assurance of the veteran Believer—there is a mellowness about them which the Lord delights …

"Peace in Believing"

Romans 15:13

… Now you will get love and soon you will get full assurance! You will have the work of sanctification going on, you will be more and more consecrated …

Free Pardon

Isaiah 43:25

… And if anyone had said God blots out the sin and thinks no more of it, the assurance would have given me no peace. I should have felt …

The Lord's Own View of His Church and People

Solomon 4:12

… to get out of that, "if," "perhaps," "perchance," "maybe," into certainty and full assurance—for then your undivided zeal will go for the Glory of God! "We know …

'The Desire Of All Nations'

Haggai 2:7

… We who preach the Gospel may preach with devout assurance of success. The desire of all nations shall'come! Out of this congregation the truly desirable ones shall …

Helps

1 Corinthians 12:28

… It has become so much the habit of my life to know that God hears prayer that I have no more doubt of it than I have of …

Love Abounding, Love Complaining, Love Abiding

Isaiah 43:1-4

… the faultiness of my obedience! I dwell with supreme pleasure upon that sweet assurance, "You are My servant; you are My servant." He has not turned us out …