Doubt & Assurance

Faith, What Is It?

… There are, no doubt, many at this hour in Hell who understood the doctrine of faith, but did not believe. On the other hand, not one who has …

Jesus Only

… to slander the loving heart of the Friend of sinners, and cast a doubt upon his love. In either case; we should commit a cruel and wanton sin …

Psalm 5

Psalm 5

… Mordecai, no doubt, had put up many prayers for Esther, and therefore he waits at the king's gate, looking what answer God would in his providence give …

Why Are We Saved By Faith?

WHY ARE WE SAVED BY FAITH? WHY IS FAITH SELECTED as the channel of salvation? No doubt this inquiry is often made. "By grace are ye saved through …

Fearing to Believe

… the bath, and he says, “That will do as well, I have no doubt.” What does his physician say when he enquires–“Did you follow my rule?” “No …

Psalm 58

Psalm 58

… No doubt, at the sight of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim destroyed, angels saw cause to rejoice and sing, "Hallelujah." Wickedness was swept away; earth was lightened of …

The Christian—A Debtor

Romans 8:12

… You said to yourselves, “We have no doubt we ought to be there; that is our debt; nevertheless we should like to gratify our curiosity for once, by …

Election

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

… I love to give you a whole volley of texts when I am afraid you will distrust a truth, so that you may be too astonished to doubt …

Christ and His Table-Companions

… If you are suffering, do not doubt His love, but believe that He works all things for your good. If you are vexed with cares, prove your confidence …

The Minister’s Fainting Fits

… There can be little doubt that sedentary habits have a tendency to create despondency in some constitutions. Burton, in his Anatomy of Melancholy, has a chapter upon this …

Two Advents Of Christ

Hebrews 9:27

… These, we cannot doubt, after living for a little while, returned again to the tomb. But for the most part, speaking of the race, "It is appointed unto …

But a Step

1 Samuel 20:3

… First, then, there is a sense in which this text is no doubt literally TRUE OF EVERY MAN—"There is but a step between me and death," for …

Comfort Proclaimed

Isaiah 40:1

… Angels came and ministered unto Jesus, and I doubt not that they minister unto us. Few of us have enough belief in the existence of spirits. I like …

The Question of Fear and the Answer of Faith

Job 23:6

… No doubt Job meant to say, that if God would allow him to argue his case before him, it was his firm belief that God, so far from …

“In Labours More Abundant” (Continued)

… man on the Manx penny.” The gentleman seemed interested, and said that no doubt it would be all right, and we had a very pleasant, and, I hope …

The Fear of Final Falling

… I have no doubt whatever that a mistake about the perseverance of the saints has prevented the perseverance of many who did run well. What did hinder them …

The Sweet Uses of Adversity

Job 10:2

… I dare not doubt—it were treason, it were high treason to doubt thy power to save.” Dissolved by his agonies, I fell on the ground, and embraced …

Light at Evening Time

Zechariah 14:7

… O! for confidence in God never to doubt him, but in the darkest moment of our sorrows, still to feel all is well with us. “At evening time …

A Precious Promise for a Pure People

Isaiah 33:17

… No doubt these words originally had a timely and strictly literal meaning for the people of Jerusalem. When the city was besieged by Sennacherib, the inhabitants saw Hezekiah …

The Resurrection of the Dead

Acts 24:15

… and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.” David believed it beyond the shadow of a doubt, for he …

Araunah's Threshing Floor

1 Chronicles 22:1

… In the presence of the angel, this admits of no doubt. That sin must be punished is taught here with equal distinctness. This looks like a platitude, but …

Elijah’s Appeal to the Undecided

1 Kings 18:21

… It is generally said now-a-days, that all opinions are right, and if a man shall honestly hold his convictions, he is, without doubt, right. Not so …

The Blood of the Everlasting Covenant

Hebrews 13:20

… And, therefore, now we can present the covenant no more as a thing of doubt; but as our claim on God through Christ, and coming humbly on our …

Clinging to Christ

John 6:67

… Others there were, no doubt, who were offended with Christ because what He said glorified Himself. He contrasted Himself with the manna that their fathers ate in the …

Terrible Convictions and Gentle Drawings

Psalm 32:3-4

… Strange perversity of human nature, that when God sends the terrors we doubt, and when he withholds them we doubt none the less. May God the Spirit bless …

The Child Samuel'S Prayer

1 Samuel 3:9

… Now come the shouts of victory over death—now the note of defiance of the grave! The soul has left all care, all doubt, all fear behind! Its …

The New Wine of the Kingdom

Matthew 26:29

… We are sure of it! We have no doubt whatever! We know it by experience, as well as by Revelation. 28. And we know that all things work …

Faith in the Person of the Lord Jesus

… do it deliberately, and without a doubt. Dare to quit all other hopes: venture all on Jesus; I say “venture” though there is nothing really venturesome in it …

Heavenly Worship

Revelation 14:1-3

… that number is not made up, and why should not I be one?” Oh, never doubt about election; believe in Christ, and then rejoice in election; do not …

The Father's Will

John 6:39

… But why does He say, "not to do My own will"? The meaning, I doubt not, as Dr. Owen well interprets it, is first or primarily in reply …

Their Desired Haven

Psalm 107:30

… will to run for this harbor, you may do so and find without doubt that it will be found open to receive you! Christ Jesus, then, is a …

A Bad King's Good Son

1 Kings 14:13

… you have a small quantity of gray sprinkled in your hair is, no doubt, an index of older years and, perhaps, maturer judgment, but I am not certain …

Our Lord's Preaching

Isaiah 61:1

… those dear Brothers and Sisters here present who love the Lord not to doubt about the conversion of their little ones, but to seek it at once with …

Justification by Grace

… One says, “I will go and study the Bible, and believe right doctrine; and I have no doubt that by believing right doctrine I shall be saved.” Indeed …

Ears Bored to the Doorpost

Exodus 21:5

… And then, in the third place, I want to go into this business of boring some of your ears—and I have no doubt there are many here …

The Relationship of Marriage

Jeremiah 3:14

… I once knew a good woman who was the subject of many doubts and when I got to the bottom of her doubt, it was this—she knew …

Paul As a Pattern Convert

1 Timothy 1:16

… In the very midst of his rebellion the Lord saved him! He had not prayed to be converted, far from it! No doubt he had that very day …

'Repentance and Remission'

Luke 24:47

… trust Him, there is no condemnation forever! "But," says one, "I do not doubt that repentance and remission of sins are to be preached in Christ's name …

Holy Song From Happy Saints

Isaiah 5:1

… The swan is said to sing her dying song—a myth, I doubt not, but the Christian is God's swan, and he sings sweetest at the last …

Jesus in Gethsemane

John 18:1

… It had been their Academy! There they had been with the Master in prayer—no doubt, each one praying and learning how to pray better from His Divine …