Doubt & Assurance

God Has Spoken!— Rejoice!

Psalm 108:7

… things, but, instead of doing so, you are quivering with the palsy of unbelief and so not grasping what God has put within your reach! There lies Succoth …

Young Man! A Prayer For You

2 Kings 6:17

… But he falls into the hands of one of those tempters to unbelief who are so abundant in this great city. He is taught to pour ridicule upon …

Jesus and the Children

Mark 10:13-16

… Fierce as Pharaoh, they would throw all new-born faith into the river of doubt. Cruel as the Prince of Darkness, they would quench every newly-kindled candle …

The Beatitudes

Matthew 5:1-12

… He notices, no doubt, with pleasure, the eagerness of the crowd to hear—and this drew Him on to speak. A writer quoted in the "Catena, Aurea" has …

The Ear Bored With An Awl

Exodus 21:5

… And before them the man must say plainly—note that word—he must say it very distinctly and plainly, so that there was no doubt about it, that …

“Alas For Us, If Thou Wert All, and Nought Beyond, O Earth”

1 Corinthians 15:19

… But he speaks of Christian people—“If we, who have hope in Christ, are led to doubt the doctrine of a future state and of a resurrection, then …

"Glory Be Unto the Father"

Ephesians 1:3

… says one, "I have some blessings, but need many more." This is your unbelief, for all spiritual blessings are pronounced upon you. Yours are the precious things of …

The Serpent's Sentence

Genesis 3:14

… desire for strong drink, with lust, with avarice, with pride, with anger, with unbelief. Fiery serpents are among us and many die of their venom. If we tolerate …

Ephraim Bemoaning Himself

Jeremiah 31:18

… sins, His chief tormentors were! Each of my crimes became a nail, And unbelief the spear." When we discover that our iniquities put our dearest and best Friend …

"So It Is"

Job 5:27

… The offended person had become settled in unbelief. The preacher went to him and said that he had been sorry to miss him and that he had been …

Sinners Bound with the Cords of Sin

Proverbs 5:22

… It is a marvel of marvels that man should be so base as to reject Christ, and abide in wilful and wicked unbelief. I will try and set …

Light for Those Who Sit in Darkness

Matthew 4:15-16

… This darkness of sorrow was no doubt attended with much fear. We love not darkness because we cannot see what is before us, and therefore we are alarmed …

The Fifth Beatitude

Matthew 5:7

… gone astray from God and that all are shut up in sin and unbelief till eternal mercy comes to their deliverance. Therefore his pity goes forth towards the …

The Rough Hewer

Hosea 6:4

… No doubt some give us early promise of better things because they are under temporary excitement and hardly know what they say. Or they are afraid because of …

Friendship's Guide

John 15:14

… I wonder not that those who doubt concerning Him, doubt about everything—if they will not have this light, how shall they see? 47. And if any man …

God's Remembrance of His Covenant

Psalm 106:44

… His choice of His redeemed was made deliberately and the promises made to them were given forth in the full foresight of all our unbelief, lukewarmness, backsliding, selfishness …

Good News

Proverbs 25:25

… But if I once get a doubt about that matter and if I cease to walk with God, then what is there here below that can content my …

The Warnings and the Rewards of the Word of God

Psalm 19:11

… It is not an easy task to stand fast in the faith, today, for the current which runs towards unbelief is strong as a torrent and many have …

The Heart of The Gospel

… We forget to do what we ought to do, or, doing it, we are guilty of lukewarmness, self-reliance, unbelief, or some other grievious error. It was not …

Paul's Doxology

Ephesians 3:20

… How much we lose thereby I scarcely dare pause to consider! Our unbelief is a great impoverishment to us. Even when faith does become developed, and sometimes it …

The Healing of One Born Blind

John 9:32

… There was no doubt this man was a great student in the matter of blindness—it touched so nearly his own consciousness since he himself dwelt beneath its …

Nearer and Dearer

Solomon 5:2-8

… The newly awakened one went to the door and opened it to her beloved, for though he was gone, she did not doubt of her love, nor of …

Concern For Other Men's Souls

Romans 9:1-5

… He thought of his brethren and their unbelief—and then he thought of how they had been the enemies of Christ and, therefore, sorrow filled his heart. I …

Magdalene at the Sepulcher—an Instructive Scene

John 20:10-16

… What was it, do you think, that prevented her seeing and knowing her Lord? Shall we say that her unbelief and sorrow dimmed her eyes? Was it that …

Our Sanctuary

Jeremiah 17:12

… We still sorrowfully know that an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God remains among us. Those who forsake the Lord are not altogether an …

Advance!

Deuteronomy 1:6

… They say that they believe, yet the petition always has to be added, "Lord, help our unbelief!" Now, my Brother or my Sister, if you are in this …

Jesus and the Lambs

Isaiah 40:11

… Cautious, no doubt He was prudent beyond all human wisdom, but yet ever full of love and generousness, and therefore we find Him receiving children, as He has …

A World Wide Welcome

Matthew 11:28

… No doubt Heaven is described under various metaphors so that every Christian may find some delight appropriate to himself. As for me, whether it is that I am …

Grace Reviving Israel

Hosea 14:5-7

… After a few years, when we have been growing up in ardent piety, it usually happens that some doubt crosses the mind, or some affliction comes, which, if …

"I and the Children"

Isaiah 8:18

… If it is not love of money, it is love of power and influence." To the Christian people they say, "No doubt you increase your business by it …

Saving Faith

Luke 7:50

… him; if he speaks the truth, never doubt him. Then shall ye know when ye have cast aside your wicked unbelief, that your faith has saved you, and …

Victor Emmanuel, Emancipator

Isaiah 42:7

… Though you cannot yet believe as you would, yet say, “Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief,” and he will not reject you. Look at the smoking candle …

The Maintenance of Good Works

Titus 3:3-8

… Exhortations which may most fittingly be addressed to the regenerate may be quite out of place when spoken to those who are under the power of unbelief and …

God's Thoughts Of Peace and Our Expected End

Jeremiah 29:11

… If any of you are in trouble and sorrow today, do not doubt that this is sent you according to the thoughtful purpose of the Lord. It is …

"God With Us"

Matthew 1:23

… Perhaps, though you persecuted His saints, you did it ig-norantly in unbelief. But, behold your God extends the olive branch of peace to you. He extends it …

Adorning the Gospel

Titus 2:10

… When it comes to unbelief of fundamental and vital doctrines, we who are like Titus, set in office over a Church, must deal with such deadly evils with …

War! War! War!

1 Samuel 18:17

… Put down pride and sloth, and lust, and unbelief and you have now a battle before you which may fill your hands, and more than fill them. Oh …

Open House For All Comers

Luke 15:2

… There was never such a reception as this! This fact is still the same—He is still receiving sinners! This fact must not excite your unbelief because of …

The Spirit's Work in the New Creation

Genesis 1:2

… The Spirit would work in us faith, but the heart is full of unbelief. The Spirit would make us pure, but the heart is fond of sin. The …

Life More Abundant

John 10:10

… We may have the powers, but may not exercise them, and no doubt many men have great spiritual capacities, but they lie still for lack of intensity of …