Doubt & Assurance

Onward!

Philippians 3:13

… Sin is a real thing with each one of us and must be daily wrestled with—there is an evil heart of unbelief within us and the devil …

"A Man Named Matthew"

Matthew 9:9

… He can even see faith in you when you cannot see any in yourself! When unbelief covers up the faith you have, He can see it— "Jesus, seeing …

The Ever-Living Christ

Revelation 1:18

… He has proved, once and for all, and beyond all doubt, how much He loves His people! "Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay …

The Chief Of Sinners

1 Timothy 1:15

… He had, no doubt, used expressions quite as strong as those sometimes used by unbelieving Jews when they are much irritated by Christians. He had said some foul …

My Solace in My Affliction

… They denounce the unbelief which limited the Holy One of Israel by distrusting His words. In any of these cases, if we lend them our ears, they succeed …

A Psalm For The New Year

2 Peter 3:18

… help You my unbelief," upward to that which staggers not at the promise, but which, like Abraham, believes that He who has promised is able also to perform …

The Deep-Seated Character of Sin

Jeremiah 17:1

… now?" "Oh, I coax them instead of beating them." Now, I have no doubt that in his peculiar calling, cruelty to animals would be most strikingly laid upon …

And Why Not Me?

Matthew 8:2

… Here I would enlarge by observing, first, that no doubt the leper thought out this matter by himself. Being often alone, he meditated upon what he had heard …

The Spies

Numbers 13:32

… THE UNBELIEF OF THE CHILDREN of Israel, prompted them to send spies into Canaan. God had told them that it was a good land, and he had promised …

Joshua's Obedience

Joshua 1:7

… This middle path, in which we turn not to the right hand of presumption, nor to the left hand of unbelief, is the path which God would have …

The Two "Comes"

Revelation 22:17

… Desires and prayers which grow out of unbelief and insolence can hardly be of the very best order! Perhaps when we more patiently wait and quietly hope, we …

Good News For You

Luke 10:33

… Tell her, if you dare, "If you could get to the seaside, and if you could eat so much beef steak, you would no doubt recover." You are …

An Appeal To Sinners

Luke 15:2

… Thou art a holy Satan,’ (he says it in mockery no doubt,) ‘when thou sayest I am a sinner. Well, then, Satan, Christ died for sinners, therefore he …

More and More

James 4:6

… We need have no doubt about the reality of Christ's Incarnation when we have these open eyes and hands to give us evidence! 2. For the life …

Gospel Missions

Acts 13:49

… He had no doubt about the power of the gospel; but now-a-days, my brethren, we have not faith in the gospel we preach. How many there …

Offended Because of Christ?

Matthew 11:6

… Some have said he sent the messengers for his own sake, for he was then under a fainting fit of unbelief. I hardly think so and yet, it …

The Tender Enquiry of a Friend

Jeremiah 47:5

… But what benefit could this despair possibly be to you? If the Gospel were, "Doubt and be saved," I would bid you doubt. And if it were, "Despair …

The Soul's Best Food

Isaiah 55:2

… I know that Satan, your own unbelief and especially that natural fear of presumption will combine to make you say, "But I dare not claim a share in …

Compassion on the Ignorant

Hebrews 5:2

… They may say, as Paul did, "But I did it ignorantly in unbelief." Well, dear Hearts, if you have been living in sin, not knowing what you were …

Resistance to Salvation

Mark 5:7

… Do not cry out at such a rate—we shall get all right, by-and-by, and no doubt everything will be squared up at the last. But …

The Happy Duty of Daily Praise

Psalm 114:1

… God!" That double-handed grip of appropriation marked the death of his painful unbelief! Can you say, "Jehovah is my God?" To us there are Father, Son and …

The Light of the World

Matthew 5:14

… Even as Christ's life judged upon the men of His age, so does the faith of Christians expose the evils of unbelief. And the holiness of Believers …

Healed or Deluded? Which?

Jeremiah 8:11

… young beginners—all alike! We might infer this from the fact that, no doubt, a large number of persons are deceived. If a large number of persons are …

Following the Risen Christ

Colossians 3:1

… The Apostle casts no doubt and raises no question, but merely puts it thus for argument's sake. It might just as well be read, "Since you then …

"Is the Spirit of the Lord Straitened?"

Micah 2:7

… of God to do with despair? What have we to do, even, with doubt or fear? The Lord lives and His eternal Spirit will work His Divine purposes …

The Good Ananias—a Lesson for Believers

Acts 9:10

… He says, concerning Paul, the persecutor, "I have heard by many of this man." No doubt he had frequently made Paul the subject of conversation, for he was …

"Better Than Wine"

Solomon 1:2

… shed abroad in your heart! Are you, dear Brother, ready to faint through unbelief? You only need more of Christ's love and all shall be well with …

The Agony in Gethsemane

Luke 22:44

… His exclamations were very piteous and His sighs and groans were, I doubt not, very terrible to hear. Chiefly did that sorrow reveal itself in bloody sweat, which …

The Roaring Lion

1 Peter 5:8

… When I have stood foot to foot with that arch-tempter in some dire hour of conflict, I could no more doubt his being shown struggling and wrestling …

Plain Directions To Those Who Would Be Saved From Sin

Psalm 4:4

… Do not doubt it. The world is all in a tangle now but there will be a day when the Lord will draw out a straight thread for …

The Rainbow

Genesis 9:16

… Tokens are given for us, because of our littleness of heart, our unbelief, our constant forgetfulness of God's promises. The rainbow is the symbol of Noah's …

Abram's Call—or, Half-Way—and All the Way

Genesis 11:31

… There is no doubt that Haran answers every purpose and we mean to stay here and Abram must stay with us." His father pleads that he is very …

Remembering God's Works

Psalm 111:4

… Tell the skeptics what God has done for you and ask them whether unbelief can work such wonders for them. You, poor widow, with your seven little children …

Sunlight for Cloudy Days

Psalm 40:17

… What shall we say, then, to these things.?Shall we succumb under the sufferings of the body? Shall we yield to doubt because of all our heavy feelings …

Am I Sought Out?

Isaiah 62:12

… Of this fact there can be no doubt, for you and I, who have been saved by Grace, know right well that we were lost— hopelessly and forever …

Psalm 139

Psalm 139

… He was made to know the marvellous nature of God's work with assurance and accuracy, for he had found by experience that the Lord is a master …

Knowledge. Worship. Gratitude.

Romans 1:20

… Some among the heathen no doubt attained to a very considerable knowledge of God, or at least they walked upon the borders of marvellous discoveries of the Godhead …

Driving Out the Canaanites and Their Iron Chariots

Joshua 17:18

… No doubt many young Christians think that when they are converted the warfare is all over. No—the battle has just begun. You have not come to the …

Young Man, Is This For You?

Luke 7:11-17

… We want conversion, so practical, so real, so Divine—that those who doubt will not be able to doubt—because they see in them the hand of God …

Encourage Your Minister!

Deuteronomy 1:38

… He would have you without carefulness, without doubt, without sorrow. He says, "Encourage him"—as much as if He had told Moses that it was an important thing …