Doubt & Assurance

March 3 — NOT LEFT TO PERISH

Ps. 16:10

… We may go very low, but not lower than the Lord permits; we may stay in the lowest dungeon of doubt for a while, but we shall not …

Jan. 25 — HE ACTS ON HONEST CONFESSION

Job 33:27

… Why should we despair? Why should we even doubt? The Lord does not mock humble souls. He means what He says. The guilty can be forgiven. Those who …

May 31 — "BE OF GOOD CHEER"

John 16:33

… I have my share of it beyond all doubt. The flail is not hung up out of the way, nor can I hope that it will be laid …

The Sick Man Left Behind

2 Timothy 4:20

… Now, when he could have been of service, he is sick and, no doubt, it was a great grief to him that it should be so. Yet for …

Our Manifesto

Galatians 1:11

… There is much more room to question our call to the ministry than to cast a doubt upon Paul's Apostleship! This indignity, if it is put upon …

The Power of the Holy Ghost

Romans 15:13

… Once again, Christians, if this is the power of the Spirit, why should you doubt anything ? There is your son. There is that wife of yours, for whom …

Sanctified Sorrow

Isaiah 54:11

… Who can doubt that this promise belongs to the Gentile Church, since it has been so richly fulfilled in her history? For many an age the light did …

Obtaining Promises

… of the ladder which Jacob saw, the top whereof shall reach to heaven. Doubt and be distrustful about the promise which you have, and you cannot expect God …

Fine Pleading

Psalm 106:4

… Oh, child of God, if you doubt your own salvation, do not dispute about it, but go as a sinner! Use a sinner's prayer! Begin where the …

Hoping in God's Mercy

Psalm 33:18

… It is true that I am not all I ought to be—no doubt we are all sinners and there is a great deal that is wrong and …

Morning, August 12

Ps 97:1

… remember, in thy pains, God o'er all forever reigns.” In heaven none doubt the sovereignty of the King Eternal, but all fall on their faces to do …

Fear of Death

Hebrews 2:15

… But it can very readily go beyond the point where it is right into the region wherein it becomes evil and I do not doubt that many godly …

Morning, March 31

Is 53:5

… The Saviour was, no doubt, bound to the column, and thus beaten. He had been beaten before; but this of the Roman lictors was probably the most severe …

Particular Redemption

Matthew 20:28

… We hold that Christ, when He died, had an object in view, and that object will most assuredly, and beyond a doubt, be accomplished. We measure the design …

For or Against?

Matthew 28:4-6

… I have no doubt that they were also cruel men. Soldiers often are and Roman soldiers certainly were of that character. They were brave men, too. No men …

Ruth Deciding for God

Ruth 1:16

… There can be no doubt whatever that Ruth looked with loving reverence and admiration upon Naomi, for she saw in her a character which won her heart's …

The Ceremony of Laying the...

… If his life has not left behind it such massive and enduring monuments on earth as that of his predecessor, we doubt not that he hath full as …

Christ About His Father’s Business

Luke 2:49

… I no more doubt the call of Luther than I doubt the call of the apostles, and he did not doubt it either. One of the reasons why …

Evening, August 10

Mt 9:6

… If ye doubt it, see him rising from the dead! behold him in ascending splendour raised to the right hand of God! Hear him pleading before the eternal …

Instability

Genesis 49:4

… After coming out of a great trouble, we have resolutely declared “I can never doubt God again,” but the next cloud that has swept the sky, has darkened …

Evening, April 22

Ps 91:5

… If we give way to foolish fear we shall dishonour our profession, and lead others to doubt the reality of godliness. We ought to be afraid of being …

Morning, December 22

Is 41:10

… outpromised himself, and gone beyond his power to fulfil? Ah, no! Thou canst doubt no longer. O thou who art my God and my strength, I can believe …

Evening, December 3

Ps 24:8

… remaining corruptions, they shall sustain an equally sure defeat, and every temptation, and doubt, and fear, shall be utterly destroyed. In the Salem of our peaceful hearts, the …

Morning, October 28

Jn 15:19

… Those who doubt the doctrines of grace, or who cast them into the shade, miss the richest clusters of Eshcol; they lose the wines on the lees well …

Morning, November 13

Jn 15:4

… The sun is, no doubt, a great worker in fruit-creating among the trees of the orchard: and Jesus is still more so among the trees of his …

Morning, May 20

Ps 17:7

… It is impossible to doubt the sincerity of his charity, for there is a bleeding heart stamped upon the face of all his benefactions. He giveth liberally and …

Evening, February 19

Jn 1:41

… I doubt whether there are not some Christians giving away tracts at other people’s houses who would do well to give away a tract at their own …

The Miracles of Our Lord's Death

Matthew 27:50-53

… The quaking earth produced, no doubt, the rending of the rocks. And the rending of the rocks aided in the fourth wonder—"THE GRAVES WERE OPENED." The graves …

Morning, January 6

1Pe 5:7

… of his family, will bind up thy wounds, and heal thy broken heart. Doubt not his grace because of thy tribulation, but believe that he loveth thee as …

Morning, September 4

Mk 1:41

… if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean;” and there need be no doubt as to the result of the application. Jesus heals all who come, and casts …

Morning, February 16

Php 4:11

… No doubt he sometimes thought he had learned, and then broke down. And when at last he had attained unto it, and could say, “I have learned in …

Evening, March 28

Eze 20:41

… be our acceptance, since it is in him ! Take care that you never doubt your acceptance in Jesus. You cannot be accepted without Christ; but, when you have …

The Sixth Beatitude

Matthew 5:8

… They see reasons for doubting whether Paul wrote the Epistle to the Hebrews, they doubt the canonicity of the Gospel according to John—and that is about all …

The God of Peace

Romans 15:33

… Christian! is thy peace marred? Go to God, and he can say to every doubt, “tie down doubt,” and to every fear, “Begone.”—He can speak to every …

Evening, April 29

Ps 149:4

… Do not deny it or doubt it: “The very hairs of your head are all numbered.” “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and …

Evening, November 3

2 Chronicles 30:27

… In every condition, whether of poverty, or sickness, or obscurity, or slander, or doubt, your covenant God will welcome your prayer and answer it from His holy place …

A Mournful Defection

John 6:67

… Never confide in those persons of whose principles you have good cause to stand in doubt. Above all, let me admonish you young people not to be "unequally …

Meeting Of Our Own Church

… I have not the slightest doubt but that, as our numbers shall increase, in answer to earnest prayer, the Spirit of God will be poured out yet more …

Evening, February 18

Lu 15:18

… against my Father, I shall feel at a distance from him; I shall doubt his love to me; I shall tremble at him; I shall be afraid to …

Morning, September 18

Ga 5:25

… Even so we need the superstructure of spiritual life if we would have comfort in the day of doubt. But seek not a holy life without faith, for …