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Doubt, assurance, unbelief, and confidence in Christ
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An Assuredly Good Thing
Psalm 73:28
… is good, indeed! We are the sheep of His pasture and none shall doubt but what it is good for the sheep to draw near to the Shepherd …
SERMON • SERMON 2806'Jesus Our Lord'
Romans 4:24
… And you will always find that in proportion as faith grows, reverence grows. Unbelief is presumptuous, but faith is always humble. The more you know of Jesus as …
SERMON • SERMON 3344Unanswered Prayer
Psalm 22:2
… There was also, no doubt, another reason, namely, that He might be a faithful High Priest having sympathy with His people in all their woes. As this not …
SERMON • SERMON 381Christian Baptism
Colossians 2:12
… if a man as old as Methuselah were to come to us in unbelief, we would say to him, "Sir, your age certainly entitles you to our respect …
COMMENTARYPsalm 114
Psalm 114
… There are many mountains in the soul of a sinner, as pride, unbelief, self conceitedness, atheism, profaneness, etc. These mountains are plucked up by the roots in a …
SERMON • SERMON 3383The Plowman
Isaiah 28:24
… Many of your doubts and fears come from unbelief, or of Satan, or of the flesh—and are not of God at all! Blame Him not for what …
SERMON • SERMON 182Particular Redemption
John 6:44
… We doubt not that it will always be offensive to carnal nature, but, nevertheless, the offending of human nature is sometimes the first step towards bringing it to …
SERMON • SERMON 3402The Nail in a Sure Place
Isaiah 22:23-25
… They have believed, but their faith is mixed with unbelief. They "can do but little, they have but few talents, their knowledge is obscured, their progress in the …
SERMON • SERMON 1132The Seed Upon Stony Ground
Mark 4:5
… But believe me, it is a very dubious sign, indeed! No doubt, one grand effect of the reception of the Gospel into the heart is to bring joy …
SERMON • SERMON 1222The Overflowing Cup
Psalm 23:5
… best of men unbelief is sure to prevent the cup running over. You cannot get into the condition of the Psalmist while you doubt your God! Note well …
SERMON • SERMON 3291The Sea! the Sea! the Wide and Open Sea!
Psalm 95:5
… Often, I have no doubt, when you have been alone, watching at night, pacing the deck to and fro and looking up to the bright stars, you have …
SERMON • SERMON 2749Rehoboam the Unready
2 Chronicles 12:14
… Help You my unbelief." This is the true way of preparing the heart to seek the Lord. And even when that faith is given, the right preparation is …
SERMON • SERMON 3116Preparing to Depart
2 Kings 2:11
… I do not mean by laying aside work, but by laying aside unbelief! Not by giving up toil, but by giving up carking care! Why should I fret …
SERMON • SERMON 3381The Broken Fence
Proverbs 24:30-32
… Sometimes we sing— "My heart rejoice or ache— Resolve this doubt for me. And if it is not broken, break And heal it if it be."
SERMON • SERMON 3419God, the Husband of His People
Jeremiah 31:32
… He has never broken a promise yet—if we never doubted God till God gave us cause to doubt Him—doubting would be unknown! And yet have we …
SERMON • SERMON 678Praise Your God, O Zion!
Luke 19:37-40
… Blind Unbelief and blear-eyed Thanklessness allow the favors of God to be forgotten in ingratitude, and, without praises, die. They walk in the noonday of Mercy and …
SERMON • SERMON 166The Destroyer Destroyed
Hebrews 2:14
… No doubt he gloats over our sicknesses; he rejoices himself in our sin; but death is to him a theme of as much delight as he can be …
SERMON • SERMON 13Consolation Proportionate to Spiritual Sufferings
2 Corinthians 1:5
… and say, “Verily, I may well receive this, considering the evil heart of unbelief which I carry about with me.” Now dost thou see, brother Christian? No hope …
SERMON • SERMON 589Jesus Meeting His Warriors
Genesis 14:18-20
… This is the sovereign remedy for unbelief and the best food for faith. His manifest Presence is our noblest nutriment. When Christ reveals Himself, all grows calm and …
SERMON • SERMON 3444Keeping the Soul Alive
Psalm 22:29
… I doubt not it has also happened to you. Within a very short time a temptation surprised you and you fell into the trap. God's face was …
SERMON • SERMON 2054Judgments and No Repentance— Repetance and No Salvation
Revelation 16:9
… I may be speaking tonight—I do not doubt I am—to some that, year after year, against a mother's tears and the importunities of friends and …
SERMON • SERMON 3338The Witness of the Lord's Supper
1 Corinthians 11:26
… Now, as He will do this, I doubt not, in Palestine, in due season, so does He always make the most desolate places to be built when His …
SERMON • SERMON 944An Encouraging Lesson From Paul's Conversion
Acts 9:13-16
… And we doubt not that the same Jesus has still His own ways of reaching human hearts when human instrumentality is not available. Paul's conversion is a …
SERMON • SERMON 2983A Wonderful Transformation
John 16:20
… Poor old Jacob sorrowed greatly when he thought that he had lost his favorite son, Joseph. "An evil beast has devoured him," he said. "Joseph is without doubt …
SERMON • SERMON 2970God's Jewels
Maalachi 3:17
… There is no doubt that many precious stones will yet be found. Diamond hunters are, at this moment, looking for them in the caverns of the earth and …
COMMENTARYPsalm 141
Psalm 141
… He prefers to be rebuked by the gracious rather than to be flattered by the wicked, and consoles himself with the confident assurance that be will one day …
SERMON • SERMON 2894The Sinner's Only Alternative
2 Kings 7:4
… the vilest of the vile! But I put the matter now as your unbelief puts it—it is not an absolute certainly to you that Christ will reject …
SERMON • SERMON 15The Bible
Hosea 8:12
… unbelief. I went to the very bottom of the sea of Infidelity. I doubted everything. But here the devil foiled himself: for the very extravagance of the doubt …
SERMON • SERMON 2285Paul, the Ready
Romans 1:15
… A feeble faith which might almost be mistaken for unbelief, is the common thing, and, therefore, there is no great readiness to speak. Paul wrote to the Corinthians …
SERMON • SERMON 2456The Lamb Our Leader
Revelation 14:4
… That is something, yet unbelief says, "Well, I can understand that John saw the Lord there, but had He any people with Him? Had He any Church? Listen …
SERMON • SERMON 1330The Great Birthday
Luke 2:10
… the shepherds did—with that faith which staggers not through unbelief. The shepherds never had a doubt! The light, the angels and the song were enough for them …
SERMON • SERMON 1320Why Should I Weep?
Luke 23:27-31
… sins, His chief tormentors were! Each of my crimes became a nail, And unbelief the spear. 'Twas you that pulled the vengeance down Upon His guiltless head: Break …
SERMON • SERMON 3038Justice Vindicated And Righteousness Exemplified
Romans 3:24-26
… he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; and being fully persuaded that what He had promised …
SERMON • SERMON 3456'Peace Be Unto You'
Luke 24:36
… O sad hearts, hear your Redeemer's prayer for you—and do not doubt that it is answered—"that they might have My joy fulfilled in themselves. " 14 …
SERMON • SERMON 2688'Good Judgment'
Psalm 119:65
… God of Heaven and earth and ask for the forgiveness of his ungrateful unbelief in daring to think that God can be otherwise than good and kind towards …
SERMON • SERMON 2985Messages to Sinners and Saints
Isaiah 30:15
… for He shall save His people from their sins." The salvation which Jesus gives is salvation from unbelief, salvation from a seared conscience, salvation from pride, from lust …
SERMON • SERMON 1972A Bit of History for Old and Young
Genesis 48:15
… I doubt not that these two sons of Egypt's prime minister were exposed to exceedingly great temptations. As the sons of a very wealthy and distinguished parent …
SERMON • SERMON 2710Christ the Cause of Division
John 7:43
… No doubt strife has sometimes been caused by a preacher's harshness of expression, or unwise utterances. He may have spoken unadvisedly, or provokingly, but if he did …
SERMON • SERMON 2872The Lord's Supper
1 Corinthians 11:26
… Show Christ's death to your unbelief and, surely, it will vanish away. Show Christ's death to your heart and, surely, it must melt with love to …
SERMON • SERMON 894Christ with the Keys of Death and Hell
Revelation 1:18
… And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." The metaphor of keys is intended, no doubt, to set …