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Doubt, assurance, unbelief, and confidence in Christ

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SERMON • SERMON 1433

An Anxious Enquiry for a Beloved Son

2 Samuel 18:29

… David was no doubt, in this case, weak in his excessive tenderness. But, brethren, it is much more easy for us to blame a father under such circumstances …

SERMON • SERMON 1477

Jesus Admired In Them That Believe

2 Thessalonians 1:10

… You will be there, you poor feeble folk who, when you say, "Lord, I believe," are obliged to add, "help You my unbelief." He shall be admired in …

SERMON • SERMON 2132

Christ Put On

Romans 13:14

… Mine not to argue, or doubt, or criticize—the Christ has said it and I, putting Him on, find in His authority the end of all strife. What …

SERMON • SERMON 1094

Always and for All Things

Ephesians 5:20

… A soul condemned for its unbelief is not a soul that can be accepted for its gratitude—it cannot be condemned for one thing and accepted for another …

SERMON • SERMON 1241

Honest Dealing with God

1 John 1:8-10

… this is casting the blame of your unbelief upon God and disowning it yourself. According to your ideas you are a poor innocent whom God delays to bless …

SERMON • SERMON 2568

Sabbath-work

John 5:9

… No doubt it was a trouble for her to walk and she was a very pitiable object—yet she loved the place. I believe she was a gracious …

SERMON • SERMON 480

A Message from God for Thee

Lamentations 4:22

… I hear your last shriek of awful anguish; there is not a single note of unbelief in it now; as you go down and the gurgling waters cover …

SERMON • SERMON 2354

Scarlet Sinners Pardoned and Purified

Isaiah 1:18

… It is no doubt so, but what I have to say to you is that if you have sprung from an ancestry of drunks, if right straight up …

SERMON • SERMON 2402

Under Arrest

Galatians 3:23

… We had a great many shortcomings and failures, no doubt, but in some mysterious way we fancied that all would get rectified and we would be all right …

SERMON • SERMON 1815

The Great Birthday and Our Coming of Age

Galatians 4:3-6

… God alone knows the times and seasons for a Church and, no doubt to Him, the 4,000 years of the old dispensation made up a fit period …

SERMON • SERMON 1000

Number One Thousand; Or, “Bread Enough and To Spare”

Luke 15:17

… And does such a one come to redeem? Is there room to doubt as to his ability, if that be the fact? I do confess this day, that …

SERMON • SERMON 1103

The Conditions Of Power In Prayer

1 John 3:22-24

… gratification of his own unbelief and a dishonor to his parent! For instance, suppose this child should take it into his head to doubt whether his father would …

SERMON • SERMON 2645

'The Time of Jacob's Trouble'

Jeremiah 30:7

… No doubt he did, but the Bible does not say so—it says, "There wrestled a Man with him." There was a great deal in Jacob that needed …

SERMON • SERMON 1970

Loving Persuasion

Acts 28:23

… I have no doubt that he had spread out on the table before him the Books of Moses and the various rolls of the Prophets. To these he …

SERMON • SERMON 2282

David's Prayer in the Cave

… Yet with all the sensitiveness of his nature, he did not fall into unbelief, for his sensitiveness was balanced by his confidence in his God. You will see …

SERMON • SERMON 1811

The Road to Honor

1 Samuel 2:30

… that the man who did not believe every word of it would, "without doubt, perish everlastingly," yet I should feel great trembling for myself if I could not …

SERMON • SERMON 453

Compassion For The Multitude

Matthew 14:17

… More was left than there had been at the first! No doubt that was done to disarm doubt and to defeat skepticism. In after days, some of those …

SERMON • SERMON 1008

Love's Logic

1 John 4:19

… Brethren beloved, if you know that God has loved you, then you will feel grateful; every doubt will diminish your gratitude, but every grain of faith will increase …

SERMON • SERMON 2533

The Ever-present Crisis

2 Peter 3:17

… an iron grip, hold what you hold in these evil times of doubt and unbelief. To my mind, it is a pleasant thing, nowadays, to meet with a …

SERMON • SERMON 2622

Watching to See

Habakkuk 2:1-4

… He wants a cover on his unbelief for that is something he has good need to cover! There is something about his daily walk that does not agree …

SERMON • SERMON 943

The Spur

John 9:4

… Only presumptuous unbelief ever dares suppose the Lord to be perplexed. It will be much better for us to do the work of Him that sent us than …

SERMON • SERMON 795

Joshua's Vision

Joshua 6:10-27

… smite our sins, to cut to the heart His adversaries, to slay their unbelief, to lay their iniquities dead before Him! The sword is drawn, not in the …

SERMON • SERMON 959

Right Replies To Right Requests

Luke 11:11-13

… But since we are such sinful creatures, the chapter proceeds to deal with a grave doubt which may arise in the troubled mind. "It may be God will …

SERMON • SERMON 2483

The Objective of Christ's Death

Galatians 1:4

… And I have no doubt that there are some left who cannot bear to hear of the will and the purpose of God! But to us these words …

SERMON • SERMON 2641

God's Heart the Source of All Blessing

2 Samuel 7:21

… So, when you are praying, if unbelief would stop you, and say, "Do not ask for this or that, for it is too much for you to have …

SERMON • SERMON 2922

An Infallible Sign Of Revival

Isaiah 2:11

… swathed in mist and fog, shall come out of the cloud of her unbelief and out of the darkness of her sin, and shine like her sister stars …

SERMON • SERMON 1500

Number 1500, Or Lifting Up the Bronze Serpent

Numbers 21:9

… We ought to have no doubt about this! But most of those who profess to doubt it are those who fear that it will be their own portion …

SERMON • SERMON 940

The Winnowing Fan

Hebrews 12:14

… voice is hoarse, and bass notes preponderate, and you see traces of doubt and unbelief which never appeared before. Beware of his sin lest you fall into his …

SERMON • SERMON 2336

The Love Of Jonathan and the Love Of Jesus

2 Samuel 1:26

… In fact, I do not doubt that Jonathan thought David's life much more valuable than his own and that he was quite willing to expose himself to …

SERMON • SERMON 564

A Promise For Us And For Our Children

Isaiah 44:1-5

… There can be no doubt that we have here a promise made to God's ancient people, the Jews. Whatever their sins may have been, God has not …

SERMON • SERMON 1437

Others To Be Gathered In

Isaiah 56:8

… Our Lord Jesus has redeemed so great a multitude from among men and His precious blood is of such an infinite value that we know beyond all doubt

SERMON • SERMON 2556

Life Proved by Love

1 John 3:14

… No doubt they are just as safe as others, but they lack a good deal of comfort afterwards and, sometimes, persons who are very readily converted and who …

SERMON • SERMON 441

The Elders Before The Throne

Revelation 4:4

… THE universe of God is one—Heaven and earth are not so separate as unbelief has dreamed. As the Lord has but one family, written in one register …

SERMON • SERMON 671

The Reward Of The Righteous

Matthew 25:31-36

… Come!" You came near enough to say, "Lord, we believe, help You our unbelief!" You looked to Him on the Cross and were lightened. You had fellowship with …

SERMON • SERMON 1064

Salvation All of Grace

Ephesians 2:8

… You bid me repent, but see how hard my heart is! You command me to believe in Jesus, but my unbelief is very strong! You tell me to …

SERMON • SERMON 1360

The Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

… Moreover, the Jews were great haters of the Samaritans and, no doubt, this Samaritan might have thought, "If I were in that man's case, he would not …

SERMON • SERMON 1292

The Soul-Winner

Proverbs 11:30

… I told her she was not a Believer in Christ and had been, no doubt, a hypocrite for many years. She could not stand that and asserted, in …

SERMON • SERMON 961

The Saint One With His Savior

1 Corinthians 6:17

… It will not help you to be holier to doubt your union to your Lord. Men never grow in Grace by departing from the Savior by unbelief. The …

SERMON • SERMON 2623

How Faith Comes

John 4:39-42

… We have left the darkness, the doubt and the difficulty. And 'now we believe.'" Are there any of you, dear Friends, who have been amusing yourselves for years …

SERMON • SERMON 2413

Despised Light Withdrawn

John 12:36

… Himself, bids you to do so! Very often, at the bottom of our unbelief, there lies this thought, "I am, after all, somebody of importance." It is the …