Doubt & Assurance

"Feed My Lambs"—a Sunday School Sermon

John 21:15

… knowing what full assurance means, but yet true and resolute. Their faith is a trembling one, crying, "Lord, I believe; help You my unbelief." Such are not to …

A Welcome Discovery

Genesis 21:19

… They are making it by their unbelief. It has no other existence than that which their distrust of God gives to it. While they are inquiring, "Where shall …

A Gracious Dismissal

Luke 7:50

… us, but she had what some of you, no doubt, would greatly like to have—she had an assurance that she was saved from the Lord's own …

The Infallibility of Scripture

Isaiah 1:20

… for doubt. O my unconverted and unbelieving Hearers, do remember that if you refuse Christ and rush upon the keen edge of Jehovah's sword, your unbelief of …

The Eye and the Light

Luke 11:33-36

… We may justly say of a man who thus turns light into darkness, "his damnation is just." Yet no doubt there are many such who silently, in their …

How To Converse With God

Job 13:22

… No doubt the Lord had heard the voice of the child in prayer at other times, but upon this notable occasion the Lord first called Samuel, and Samuel …

The Evils of the Present Time, and Our Object, Necessities, and Encouragements*

… I have no doubt that you find it in your churches, weakening your testimony, shaking the unstable, and causing unbelief in many minds. Our gospel is adapted to …

Jerusalem the Guilty

Luke 13:33

… with a full measure of assurance and rather frowned on some of the Brethren who were sometimes depressed and filled with doubt and fears—have not we seen …

Jesus, the Judge

Acts 10:42

… That message begins with the assurance that there is a moral government. There is a Judge over the race of men—we are not as the locusts, of …

The Holy Spirit in the Covenant

Ezekiel 36:27

… Is unbelief prevailing against you? Do your lusts, your evil passions and your corrupt desires seem likely to master you? Then I will not say, "Up, and at …

Saved In Hope

Romans 8:24

… The fact that the world lies in the Wicked One and that men reject Christ and perish in unbelief is a source of much affliction to our hearts …

A Summary of Experience and a Body of Divinity

1 Thessalonians 1:9-10

… No doubt when the apostle went into the synagogue to address his own countrymen he had great hopes that, by reasoning with them out of their own scriptures …

The Threshing Floor of Ornan

1 Chronicles 21:28

… Rest not till you obtain a solid assurance of your peace with God! If Jesus Christ was punished for your sin, you cannot be punished for it! If …

The Singing Army

2 Chronicles 20:4

… A general fast was proclaimed and the preparation to meet the hosts of Moab, Ammon and Edom was prayer! No doubt if the Ammonites had heard of it …

The Peace of the Devil and the Peace of God

Luke 11:21

… Alas, there is a peace which does not lie in believing too much, but in believing too little! Unbelief brings false peace to thousands. If Satan can persuade …

An Astounding Miracle

Mark 1:21-28

… Well might He speak with great assurance when He could say, "Which of you convicts Me of sin?" He was as pure as the Truth which He proclaimed …

The Philosophy of Promise

Isaiah 42:9

… I do not doubt the free agency of man—on the contrary, I see daily evidence of it! I believe man to be a free agent and yet …

The Red Heifer

Hebrews 9:13

… Our acts of faith have a measure of unbelief in them, for the faith is never so strong as it ought to be. Our penitential tears have some …

In Christ No Condemnation

Romans 8:1

… Generally it comes in the serpent's favorite form of, "honest doubt"—"Yes, has God said?" Can it be so? Is He not far too merciful? Is it …

Characteristics of Faith

John 4:48

… His faith has gone from reliance up to full assurance; and then his whole house believed as well as himself. I have given you just these outlines of …

The Dying Thief in a New Light

Luke 23:40-42

… of anybody that had such an assurance from Christ as this man had. "Verily, I say unto you"—such a personal assurance! "Verily I say unto you, Today …

The Soul's Crisis

Luke 18:37

… Alas, alas, for that! And now the gray hairs are stealing over you and half-a-century of unbelief has hardened your heart. You are getting close to …

Faith Justifying Speech

Psalm 116:10

… SOME translators render this passage, "I believed, though I have spoken as I have done," for the Psalmist had spoken words suggestive of unbelief. But, although he had …

'Nevertheless at Your Word'

Luke 5:5

… The crimson way of Christ's shed blood lies open to all Believers! Therefore, "let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having …

Election-its Defenses and Evidences

1 Thessalonians 1:4-6

… Those whom God has chosen receive the Word "in much assurance." They do not all receive it with full assurance—that is a Grace they get afterwards—but …

The Personal Pentecost and the Glorious Hope

Romans 5:5

… The fact of Christ's Resurrection is the assurance of our resurrection! And His entrance into Glory is the pledge of our glorification because we are made one …

"My Times Are In Your Hand"

Psalm 31:15

… Some may doubt this, but all agree that God foresees all things—and how can they be certainly foreseen unless they are certain to be?. It is no …

Restless! Peaceless!

Isaiah 57:20

… that unbelief! Those who have stood foot to foot with Apollyon and fought with him and overcome him in the hour of temptation, will never doubt that there …

The Rule and Reward of Serving Christ

John 12:26

… Whenever Christ went to work, He worked with assurance. He never had a doubt as to His ultimate success. No haphazard work ever came from Christ's hands …

"If There Is No Resurrection"

1 Corinthians 15:12-19

… serious evil to doubt those holy Truths of God. They know not what they do, they cannot see all the result of their unbelief! If they could, one …

Preach, Preach, Preach Everywhere!

Mark 16:15

… You will observe that appearing unto the Eleven as they ate meat, "He upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart because they believed not them which …

Life, and the Path to It

Psalm 16:11

… First, an assurance as to the untrodden path. And, secondly, an assurance as to the life to which that path leads. I. First, then, we have here AN …

The Putting Away Of Sin

Hebrews 9:26

… There is no doubt whatever, that in that casket were many letters from certain of Caesar's followers making overtures to Pompey, and had Caesar read those letters …

Desires Towards God—a Sermon For The Weak

Psalm 38:9

… We would not pamper weakness till we seem to offer a premium to unbelief, but yet we would feed the feeble in the king's meadows till they …

The Blessed Christ

Matthew 21:9

… what can man do to me?The past always gives us assurance for the future, for we are dealing with the same unchangeable God and, therefore, we may …

The Value and Rank of the Believer

Isaiah 43:4

… The Divine assurance of our text comes in as a blessed counterbalance to our lowly sense of our own worthless-ness. The Lord, Himself, bears witness, "You are …

Ho! Ho!

Isaiah 55:1

… But what if your unbelief should tell you that the provisions of Grace are not for you because you have been such a great sinner? Did not Jesus …

Thinking and Turning

Psalm 119:59

… I wish that my best had been a thousand times better and had not been so sadly spoiled, as it often has been, by unbelief at the outset …

Morning, July 26

2Pe 1:5-6

… 1:5, 6 If thou wouldest enjoy the eminent grace of the full assurance of faith, under the blessed Spirit’s influence, and assistance, do what the Scripture …

A Lesson of Humility

… in this, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.” The assurance of our interest in Christ will tend to keep us humble in the day …