Doubt & Assurance

Though He Were Dead

John 11:24-26

… This is a common folly, this distancing the promises of the Most High. ‘In the resurrection at the last day’no doubt she thought it a very long …

The Paraclete

John 14:16

… There are some Truths in the Bible which nobody could make me doubt at all because they are interwoven with my vitality. And others are so profitable to …

Asleep and Yet Awake—a Riddle

Solomon 5:2

… Certain states and conditions of the flesh, no doubt, will overcome the spirit, as when even the choicest of the Apostles slept in the garden. The Master at …

God's Advocates Breaking Silence

Job 36:2

… a great deal about Zacharias who was struck dumb, on account of his unbelief, while sacrificing in the temple, but was assured that in a few months he …

Bands Of Love

Hosea 11:4

… pleasure in our love! Then, again, our faith, I must almost call it unbelief, it is often so weak—and yet though it is as a grain of …

God Glorified By Children's Mouths

… He is a worm and yet an angel—half-way between dust and Deity—brother to the worm and to corruption and yet immortal! Satan is, no doubt …

"The Tender Mercy of Our God"

Luke 1:77-79

… He had been dumb for a season, as a chastisement for his unbelief; and therefore he used his recovered speech to sing of pardoning mercy. No salvation is …

"A Man Under Authority"

Matthew 8:8

… You do not doubt that fact, but the question is—Is He Almighty to save you? You do not doubt that, if the Savior wills it, He can …

The Dawn of Revival, or Prayer Speedily Answered

… a revival, we shall surely have it! Of this my heart knows no doubt. If there are but half-a-dozen, like Gideon's men that lapped—if …

The Hospital of Waiters Visited with the Gospel

John 5:8

… What is this but an insulting unbelief? Is not the Lord to be believed until a sign or a wonder shall corroborate His Testimony? Such waiting provokes the …

A Page From a Royal Diary

Psalm 119:132

… out with rivers of water, I have flooded them with fountains of grief. Unbelief has come in. I cannot see as I would—the dust of the world …

Natural or Spiritual?

1 Corinthians 2:14

… If you were to offer them a small treatise in which that noble system of divinity should be vindicated, they would say, “Oh! it is no doubt so …

The Open Fountain

Zechariah 13:1

… The fountain is opened for sin, that refers, no doubt, to the guilt of sin, to sin as offending God and deserving punishment. There is a fountain opened …

The Waterpots at Cana

John 2:7

… I have no doubt that such wine as Jesus Christ made was as good for keeping as it was for using. And why not set the family up …

Ezekiel'S Deserted Infant

Ezekiel 16:5

… Little do any of us know how exposed by nature we are to sloth, to drunkenness, to lust, and pride and unbelief—to all those young lions which …

Certain Singular Subjects

Joshua 24:4

… towards Heaven have been drifted back and lost on the forlorn shores of unbelief! It is a great advantage to you, my dear young Friend, to have been …

Man'S Thoughts And God'S Thoughts

Isaiah 55:8

… You cannot unsay it, and that youngster's infidelity and unbelief you cannot now destroy. The perpetual mischief which you have done to others might fitly be a …

Peace—a Fact and a Feeling

Romans 5:1

… It is your unbelief. You are justified by faith, remember. And it is by faith that you obtain peace with God—when you are doubting and fearing instead …

The Two Builders And Their Houses

Matthew 7:24-27

… Of the two houses, one was built, I doubt not, with far less trouble than the other. Digging foundations in hard rocks, as I have said, takes time …

The Hexapla Of Mystery

1 Timothy 3:16

… I doubt not it is true as we sang just now— "They brought His chariot from above, To bear Him to His Throne; Clapped their triumphant wings, and …

Christ's Work No Failure

Isaiah 42:4

… There are some who doubt it, but I still believe in that verse which we sang just now— "Jesus shallreign wherever the sun Does his successive journeys run …

The Withered Fig Tree

Matthew 21:17-20

… He does this so often that we have no right to doubt but what the prominent brother before us is one of these growths of grace. Unless we …

The Power of Christ Illustrated by the Resurrection

Philippians 3:20

… In all sorts of ways have the saints’ bodies been hacked and hewn, and, as a consequence, the particles of those bodies have no doubt been absorbed into …

Crowding to Touch the Savior

Mark 3:10

… But there is no doubt on the minds of those who have watched the various cases. Some of us have, ourselves, been healed—and therefore speak from assured …

Peter'S Three Calls

John 1:37

… violated convictions, and have started back from duties in the exercise of their unbelief, instead of pressing forward in the glory and the majesty of a simple faith …

Rahab

Hebrews 11:31

… I have no doubt that James knew what he was doing and that the Inspiration which guided him was infallible. Possibly Rahab was chosen to represent the Gentiles …

The Sweet and the Sweetener

Psalm 104:34

… Perverted as that truth about His Cross often is, yet it has salvation in it—and I doubt not that many find their way to eternal life, even …

Love's Labours

1 Corinthians 13:7

… She advances a little farther; and, though often disappointed by the unbelief of men and the coldness of her fellow Christians, she nevertheless ‘hopes all things,’ and pushes …

Christ Our Life—Soon To Appear

Colossians 3:4

… When will He come? That is a question which Unbelief asks with a start. Faith replies, "It is not for you to know the times and seasons. Of …

Harvest Past, Summer Ended and Men Unsaved

Jeremiah 8:20

… Sometimes the vile unbelief which now taints the very air creeps over me and I am half a skeptic. Considerations that used to thrill me and make my …

Mercy's Master Motive

Isaiah 48:9-11

… Throw yourself at the cross-foot, and say, 'Lord I believe, help thou mine unbelief;' and God will never tarnish his name by thy destruction. And then, he …

Jonah's Object-lessons

Jonah 4:6-8

… And he did believe in his God—it was the result of a mistake that was made by his faith, rather than by his unbelief, that he tried …

Tell It All

Mark 5:33

… But, beyond a doubt, when the secrets of all hearts shall be revealed, we shall find that Jesus Christ has worked ten times more wonders than eye has …

The Friend of Sinners

Isaiah 53:12

… If you do not, this shall condemn you; not your sin, but your unbelief; for they that believe not are condemned already, Why, why are such condemned? Because …

Inexcusable Irreverence and Ingratitude

Romans 1:20

… Ah, Sir, there is a worse fever than that on you, now! I cannot speak of all the cases here of strange deliverances, but I do not doubt …

Spiritual Knowledge and Its Practical Results

Colossians 1:9

… Without faith it is impossible to please Him—so away with unbelief! Without holiness no man shall see Him, much less please Him—therefore let us follow after …

The Best Beloved

Song 5:16

… No doubt it is desirable that the features should be well balanced; the eyes should be fitly set, no one feature should be exaggerated, and none should be …

'The Zeal of the Lord'

Isaiah 9:7

… Yet, if we think a little as we commune together tonight, I do not doubt but that much of comfort will cluster round the word, "The zeal of …

Micah's Message for Today

Micah 6:8

… your God." Do not think that it is humility to doubt your interest in Christ—that is unbelief! Do not think that it is humility to think that …

Sheep Among Wolves

Matthew 10:16

… The devil and his legions reign over the hearts of men, subjecting them to sin and unbelief. Behold, they claim this world as their dominion, but it is …