Doubt & Assurance

Earnestness: Its Marring and Maintenance

… There is, no doubt, such a thing as feeding the brain at the expense of the heart, and many a man in his aspirations to be literary has …

Psalm 135

Psalm 135

… Perhaps this is the sweetest word in these two verses. "This God is our God for ever and ever." "Our God" signifies possession, communion in possession, assurance of …

Psalm 56

Psalm 56

… If the heart stay on Christ in the midst of those doubtings, it is not an evil heart of unbelief. Such doubtings consist with the indwelling of the …

Notable Lectures and Addresses, 1857-1878 (Continued)

… He was elected chaplain to the Kentish host, and a warlike chaplain I have no doubt he made. Taking for his text the couplet,— “‘When Adam delv’d …

Psalm 98

Psalm 98

… The name of God, no doubt, can, properly speaking, be celebrated only by the articulate voice; but it is not without reason that David adds to this those …

Psalm 66

Psalm 66

… We do not know who is its author, but we see no reason to doubt that David wrote it. It is in the Davidic style, and has nothing …

Individuality, and Its Opposite

… there are very few converts added to the church, there may be some unbelief. When I came along the Corniche Railway, from Genoa, it was broken in several …

Psalm 107

Psalm 107

… Lowth, in his 20th prelection, remarks of this psalm:—No doubt the composition of this psalm is admirable throughout; and the descriptive part of it adds at least …

The Holy Spirit in Connection with Our Ministry

… I doubt not you are all conscious of different states of mind in preaching. Some of those states arise from your body being in different conditions. A bad …

Diary, April to June, 1850

I have sometimes said, when I have become the prey of doubting thoughts, “Well, now, I dare not doubt whether there be a God, for I can look …

The Minister in These Times

… With deep anxiety, I have watched over minds infected with this raging epidemic; and I have rejoiced as I have seen the rash of unbelief come out beautifully …

Psalm 148

Psalm 148

… Sent of God, from day to day and from year to year, I have seen it dropping apparently all lack of results into the fierce current of unbelief …

Light. Fire. Faith. Life. Love.

… We therefore believe that no new revelation is needed, and that the idea of other light to come is practically unbelief in the light which now is, seeing …

Psalm 115

Psalm 115

… In our own case, by our own lukewarmness and the neglect of faithful gospel preaching, we have permitted the uprise and spread of modern doubt, and we are …

Psalm 97

Psalm 97

… Even now where the gospel is preached in faith, and in the power of the Spirit, it burns its own way, irresistibly destroying falsehood, superstition, unbelief, sin, indifference …

Psalm 72

Psalm 72

… Jesus is here, beyond all doubt, in the glory of his reign, both as he now is, and as he shall be revealed in the latter day glory …

Psalm 55

Psalm 55

… No doubt there was a smothered fire of insurrection which Absalom kindled and fanned, which David perceived with alarm some time before he left Jerusalem; and when he …

Psalm 132

Psalm 132

… No doubt innumerable blessings descend upon families and nations through the godly lives and patient sufferings of the saints. We cannot be saved by the merits of others …

Psalm 51

Psalm 51

… I cannot doubt the prophetic bearing of this Psalm upon the nation of Israel. In the latter day they shall consider their ways: repentance and self loathing will …

Psalm 19

Psalm 19

… There is no doubt a parallel intended to be drawn between the heaven of grace and the heaven of nature. God's way of grace is sublime and …

Psalm 104

Psalm 104

… Angels are like winds for mystery, force, and invisibility, and no doubt the winds themselves are often the angels or messengers of God. God who makes his angels …

Looking Unto Jesus

Psalm 34:5

… I knew a man who said he never had a doubt for thirty years. I told him that I knew a person who never had a doubt about …

May 20 — WE DARE NOT DOUBT

Isa. 45:2

May 20 WE DARE NOT DOUBT "I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut …

'Cases of Conscience'

Psalm 38:4

… There have been some, I doubt not, who have almost been bereft of their senses when they have seen sin in its true colors. Thank God, dear Friends …

Obedience Rewarded

Matthew 28:8-10

… People talk about "honest doubt" and ask me to doubt. I cannot doubt! I live in the enjoyment of the eternal facts. I could sooner doubt my own …

Good Advice For Troublous Times

Isaiah 26:20

… What for? First, to shut out all doubt. You have entered the chamber of Divine Power. Now, do not doubt your God. "Is anything too hard for the …

All-Sufficiency Magnified

Philippians 4:13

… No doubt, as he looks at the blazing Kremlin, he thinks, "I can do all things." But you shall come back to your country alone; you shall strew …

The Secret Spot

Deuteronomy 32:5

… But we straightway tell them that albeit if we lived with them, we have no doubt their speech would betray them when the old brogue of Babylon would …

Oct. 22 — PLEAD HIS OWN PROMISE

II Sam. 7:29

… No, Lord, we cannot doubt thee: we are persuaded that every word of thine is a sure foundation for the boldest expectation. We come to thee and say …

The First Christmas Carol

Luke 2:14

… Now, I doubt not its sincerity, but I do doubt its healthy character. I say it may be true and real enough; God forbid I should say a …

Morning, May 10

1Co 15:20

… How important then will this glorious fact be in his estimation, and how will he rejoice that beyond a doubt it is established, that “now is Christ risen …

Morning, February 21

Heb 13:5

… What doubt will not be slain by this two-edged sword? What fear is there which shall not fall smitten with a deadly wound before this arrow from …

Evening, August 29

Nu 6:4

… Things doubtful we need not doubt about; they are wrong to us. Things tempting we must not dally with, but flee from them with speed. Better be sneered …

Weak Hands and Feeble Knees

Isaiah 35:8

… We must labour with God, that he would be pleased to give us strong faith; that we may not doubt the word of God, nor doubt our interest …

Peter After His Restoration

Luke 22:32

… Do not begin to doubt because you are tempted—that is to lay bare your breast. Do not doubt because you are attacked—that is to loosen your …

False Professors Solemnly Warned

Philippians 3:18-19

… If you had not doubt yourself, I begin to doubt. If you are quite so sure, I really must suspect you; for I have noticed that true Christians …

The New Park Street Pulpit

Ephesians 1:5

… Gill, diligently studying these Doctrines, said that adoption was the act of God in eternity, and that as all Believers were elect in eternity, so beyond a doubt …

The Wide-open Mouth Filled

Psalm 81:10

… You have, no doubt, met with various interpretations of this metaphor—"Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it." You will find that several expositors say that …

Fruitless Faith

James 2:17

… I do not believe they have a doubt—they have suffered too much from the hand of God to doubt His existence! They have felt too much the …

Angelic Studies

Ephesians 3:10

… THE "principalities and powers in heavenly places" to whom the Apostle here refers, are, no doubt, the angels. These bright and glorious spirits, never having fallen into sin …