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Doubt, assurance, unbelief, and confidence in Christ

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SERMON • SERMON 1406

Remember!

Deuteronomy 15:15

… When you are honored of the Lord and happy in the full assurance of faith, remember that you were a bondman—walk humbly with your God. In the …

SERMON • SERMON 1417

"Your Salvation"

Luke 2:28-30

… Simeon, I doubt not, saw in the presentation of Christ in the temple, a foreshadowing of His death on the Cross. The time would come when He must …

SERMON • SERMON 3268

The Savior's Silence

Matthew 15:23

… Your eyes may be familiar with His marred visage, your faith may have beheld Him exalted on high, and you may have no doubt as to the might …

SERMON • SERMON 2569

The Backslider's Door of Hope

Hosea 2:15

… A third vineyard is that of full assurance of faith. May a backslider ever come back to that vineyard? Yes, that he may! If you, poor Wanderer, do …

SERMON • SERMON 2034

Peter's Restoration

Luke 22:60-62

… His Master had said to him, "What, could you not watch with Me one hour?" And no doubt there was more meaning in the words than appeared on …

SERMON • SERMON 1085

Dwell Deep, O Dedan!

Jeremiah 49:8

… of our union with Him and a solemn conviction deepening into a full assurance of our exaltation in Him! Beloved, this is, indeed, to dwell in the Goshen …

SERMON • SERMON 2748

Rest As a Test

Jeremiah 6:16

… which is fed by the articles in Reviews which spread all sorts of doubt on every hand! If you will just come to the Bible and say— "This …

SERMON • SERMON 2703

The Preservation of Christians in the World

John 17:15

… prove, Zion still dwells upon the heart Of everlasting love." How that gracious assurance should comfort the little handful, the "remnant, weak and small," of God's people …

SERMON • SERMON 957

Jesus No Phantom

Matthew 14:26

… We can no more doubt our conflicts than the wounded soldier doubts the bloodiness of the battle. All these things are evermore before our eyes to our grief …

SERMON • SERMON 2084

The Bible Tried and Proved

Psalm 12:6

Doubt has been cast upon them here and there and at times with great show of reason—doubt which it has been impossible to meet for a season …

SERMON • SERMON 2971

The Right Kind of Fear

Proverbs 28:14

… To doubt His promise—to suppose that He will not make it good—this is, indeed, a fear which has torment. To doubt God's faithfulness—to suppose …

SERMON • SERMON 2928

Sham Conversion

2 Kings 17:25

… He can mimic assurance with presumption. He can give us the pleasures of this world instead of the joy of the Lord and, instead of a simple confidence …

SERMON • SERMON 828

Dying Daily

1 Corinthians 15:31

… He must have his sins forgiven and he must know it by infallible assurance or else death will be to him, of all things, the most terrible. He …

SERMON • SERMON 585

A Mystery! Saints Sorrowing and Jesus Glad!

John 11:14-15

… Faith increases in solidity, assurance, and intensity, the more she is exercised with tribulation, and the more she hath been cast down, and lifted up again. Let not …

SERMON • SERMON 1905

Healing and Pardon

Isaiah 33:24

… and doubt holds us in bondage under sin. But high thoughts of God beget hope in the soul and hope leads to confidence—and confidence brings assurance of …

SERMON • SERMON 1298

Gathering to the Center

Mark 1:45

… No doubt many are charmed by Christian society, by the comforts of religious worship and by the degree of respectability which arises out of a profession—but they …

SERMON • SERMON 2154

The Pastor's Joy and Confidence

Philippians 1:3-7

… So I am constantly told and I have no doubt upon the matter. Now, why was all this joy in the Apostle's mind with regard to the …

SERMON • SERMON 31

The Desire of the Soul in Spiritual Darkness

Isaiah 26:9

… I think, when a man says, “I never doubt,” it is quite time for us to doubt him, it is quite time for us to begin to say …

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Jubilee Joys

… No doubt this restriction somewhat reduced the total sum ultimately reached, for many generous helpers said that, as the Pastor gave away the whole of the ^6,500 …

SERMON • SERMON 1423

A Sacred Solo

Psalm 28:7

… It is not even the Lord's work in my soul, nor the assurance of my faith, nor the ardor of my love that has become my strength …

SERMON • SERMON 1574

I Was Before

1 Timothy 1:13

… Remember that we are not saved by a single act of faith which terminates the moment we receive the assurance of the Divine forgiveness, but by a faith …

SERMON • SERMON 459

A Sermon For Men Of Taste

1 Peter 2:1-3

… No doubt, while the pew is to be supplied by the pulpit, the pulpit is acted upon very greatly by the chilliness and hardness of the pew. If …

SERMON • SERMON 1959

The Watchword For Today—"Stand Fast"

Philippians 3:20

… I have no doubt that many slips and falls and apostasies among professors are due to the fact that they were not right at first—the foundation was …

SERMON • SERMON 1776

Unbinding Lazarus

John 11:43

… They are wrapped about by many a yard of doubt, mistrust, anguish and remorse. "Loose them, and let them go." Another hindrance is the band offear. "Oh," says …

SERMON • SERMON 2144

Believers Sent by Christ, As Christ Is Sent By the Father

John 17:18

… They declared it with the accent of assurance. Our Lord based upon that fact another. He says to His Father, "As You have sent Me into the world …

SERMON • SERMON 1538

Divine Surprises

Isaiah 64:3

… of Grace in the soul, they are evidently all of God, for the assurance of faith, the confidence of hope and the consecration of love were never ascribed …

SERMON • SERMON 2959

God's Love to the Saints

1 John 3:16

… Well, nobody could doubt the love of such a man for his country! If the question happened to be the love of humanity, we have the story—the …

SERMON • SERMON 2910

The Harvest and the Vintage

Revelation 14:14-20

… Therefore He has given assurance unto all men in that He has raised Him from the dead." Even though we cannot comprehend some things that are foretold by …

SERMON • SERMON 2093

The Curse and the Curse for Us

Galatians 3:10-14

… is likely to deliver that Truth to others with tender sympathy and full assurance. Such a preparation, I think, I have had—and I pray that you may …

SERMON • SERMON 1336

A Family Sermon

Genesis 7:1

… For albeit we cannot doubt that he was a faithful minister and an earnest preacher. And, no doubt, he pleaded with the people day and night, yet, sad …

SERMON • SERMON 2800

'Pray, Always Pray'

John 16:26

… You did not doubt your mother's words when you were little and she caught you in her arms and said, "I love you." You believed her, you …

SERMON • SERMON 1711

A Sermon to the Lord's Little Children

1 John 2:12

… believe in Him—and, by His Grace, your sins are forgiven you! This assurance is as sweet to you as a seraph's song! I could not have …

SERMON • SERMON 1817

The Ascension and the Second Advent Practically Considered

Acts 1:10

… That the Lord Jesus rose again from the dead is the warrant of our justification, and also a transcendently delightful assurance of the resurrection of all his people …

SERMON • SERMON 1321

Why May I Rejoice?

Luke 10:20

… Let your faith grow until it reaches the full assurance of faith and then shall you rejoice that your names are written in Heaven! "How am I to …

SERMON • SERMON 1753

Blessed Promises For Dying Outcasts

Jeremiah 30:17

… would overcome them all! Stick to this with unyielding assurance. Let not the devil force you to doubt the boundless power of your Lord. When our Lord Jesus …

SERMON • SERMON 2428

The Marriage Supper of the Lamb

Revelation 19:9

… So, "to make assurance doubly sure," that we may not question its truth because of its greatness, we have this solemn declaration especially certified by order of the …

SERMON • SERMON 1539

"The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved"

John 21:20

… I have heard a Brother with the deepest humility speak with full assurance of the Divine love and while some have thought that he was presumptuous, I have …

SERMON • SERMON 2105

Preparation for the Coming of the Lord

1 John 2:28

… For if they had been of us they would, no doubt, have continued with us." "Abide in Him," then, and do not turn aside unto crooked ways, as …

SERMON • SERMON 2031

David Dancing Before the Ark Because of His Election

2 Samuel 6:20-22

… No doubt there are particularly nice and dainty people who will censure God's chosen if they live wholly to His praise and they will call them eccentric …

SERMON • SERMON 1649

Freshness

Job 29:20

… what a blessed thing it is if we can fall back upon that assurance, "I shall be anointed with fresh oil." Nature decays, but Grace shall thrive. The …