Doubt & Assurance

God's King Magnified

Psalm 132:18

… No doubt we may also very properly draw from the text what shall become of His friends, for that same hand which is sure to clothe His enemies …

Vanity Deprecated

Psalm 119:37

… Have you sunk very low? Do not, I pray you, doubt the efficacy of the right hand of the Most High to bring you back again! Satan will …

Recruits for the King

1 Samuel 22:1-2

… I think I could as soon doubt that the Deity of Christ is declared as doubt that the Baptism of Believers is enjoined, for the one thing appears …

The First Cry from the Cross

Luke 23:34

… Was not Moses plain enough? Had not Esaias been very bold in his speech? Were not the signs and tokens such that one might as well doubt which …

Psalm 61

Psalm 61

… When it comes to crying with us, we need not doubt but that it will come to attending with God. Our heavenly Father is not hardened against the …

A Defence of Calvinism

… I believe that the happiest of Christians and the truest of Christians are those who never dare to doubt God, but who take His Word simply as it …

The Personality of the Holy Ghost

John 14:16-17

… Even he, with all his eccentricities, I doubt not, was, in many cases, actually inspired by the Holy Spirit; and whenever I find a man in whom there …

With Golden Band Girded

Revelation 1:13

… Father gave Him, for all whom He bought with His precious blood! Never doubt the faithfulness of Christ to you, Beloved, since faithfulness is the band of His …

God, the All-Seeing One

Proverbs 15:11

… he was sent of God to my soul, beyond a doubt, or else he could not have painted my case so clearly.” And not only so, but we …

The Necessity of the Spirit’s Work

… to the outward ceremonies of religion, together with a high moral character, I doubt not I shall blot out whatever slurs and stains there have been.” Can you …

A Christmas Question

Isaiah 9:6

… make thy calling and election sure? Why tarriest thou in the plains of doubt? Get thee up, get thee up to the high mountains of confidence, and never …

A Comforting Message for the Closing Year

Psalm 37:7

… You have not a doubt, I hope, of your interest in Him— if you have, come to Him, again, just as you came at first, as poor sinners …

Mourning at the Sight of the Crucified

Luke 23:48

… There were many, no doubt, who were merely moved with a transient emotion. They had seen the death agonies of a remarkable Man, and the attendant wonders had …

Beloved, and yet Afflicted

John 11:3

… No doubt when Mary and Martha sent to tell Jesus they looked to see Lazarus recover as soon as the messenger reached the Master; but they were not …

The Scarlet Line in the Window

Joshua 2:21

… There are great caverns hard by the spot and, no doubt, they ran into one of them. 20-23. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. And as David came …

A Visit to Bethlehem

Luke 2:15

… two lines that he has learned to sing there— many of you, no doubt, know them— "Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, Once became a Child like me …

The Unrivalled Friend

Proverbs 17:17

… In your needs, has not Christ always helped you? You have been in doubt which way to take and you have gone to Him for guidance—did ever …

Confession and Absolution

Luke 18:13

… of his class, for the Pharisee seems to hint as much; and I doubt not he cast his eye askance at this publican, when he observed, with selfgratulation …

Jesus Angry with Hard Hearts

Mark 3:5

… The question could, no doubt, have been easily answered by these Scribes and Pharisees, but then it would have condemned themselves, and therefore they were all as mute …

Prepare To Meet Your God

Amos 4:12

… There will be no possibility, then, of a Substitute dying in your place. "Prepare to meet your God" will come to you, my Hearer, beyond all doubt. Oh …

Providence

Matthew 10:30

… Beyond a doubt, every imagination, every passing thought, every conception, that is only born to die, is under the hand of God. And in turning over the page …

More Room for More People

Luke 14:22

… No doubt there are more of you coming. All but decided now, you will be altogether decided soon. God is at work with you—He means to bring …

The Fainting Warrior

Romans 7:24

… As I never doubt that I am in flesh and blood, so I never doubt but what I have sin within me. It is a body—a thing …

Come and Welcome

Revelation 22:17

… It has nothing to do with your understanding; it does not say “Whosoever understandeth let him come,” but “whosoever will,” and I do not doubt but what there …

God's Hand at Evening

Ezekiel 33:22

… One look at Jesus Christ will remunerate you far better than 20 looks at yourself! No doubt there are certain marks and evidences of the Christian life for …

A Divine Challenge!

Exodus 8:1

… First, then, THE FULLNESS OF THE SENTENCE. "Thus says the Lord, let My people go, that they may serve Me." I don't doubt but what there are …

Another And A Nobler Exhibition

Ephesians 3:10

… Secondly, without a doubt the wisdom of God is made known to angels and principalities in THE VARIOUS DISPENSATIONS THROUGH WHICH THE CHURCH HAS PASSED. At first the …

Presumptuous Sins

Psalm 19:13

… Now, such a man does not sin presumptuously, when suddenly overcome by anger, though, without doubt, there is presumption in his sin, unless he strives to correct that …

How to Read the Bible

1 Timothy 4:13

… but then the question is—How does the Spirit teach? He teaches, no doubt, mainly through the Word and through our own experimental acquaintance with that Word. But …

The Two Talents

Matthew 25:22-23

… I doubt not it is the same, even in heaven, for there there are “thrones, and dominions, and principalities, and powers”—different ranks of angels, perhaps, rising tier …

'Who Is This?'

Matthew 21:10

… of the reason why the people of Jerusalem asked the question was, no doubt, this—they were struck with the remarkable enthusiasm with which the people received Him …

Meeting Of The Neighboring Churches

… Spurgeon's coming there—that they should all preach better! There was, no doubt, much room for improvement; and perhaps that improvement was needed more in the spiritual …

Our Lord's Triumphant Ascension

Psalm 68:18

… Beyond a doubt, Christ Jesus has risen from the dead and become the first-fruits of them that slept. This being settled beyond question, the time came for …

The Second Time

Acts 7:13

… If I had any doubt of my being saved in Christ, I would give no sleep to my eyes nor slumber to my eyelids until I had found …

God in Heaven, and Men on the Sea

Psalm 65:5

… If it were not clear in this text, we could not doubt it, for the evidence surrounds us on every side. We have, sadly, sufficient proof of our …

The Suffering Christ Satisfied

Isaiah 53:11

… I have no doubt it would, but still, what a shame it would be to stand before the vulgar crowd and to be pointed at as having been …

Men Chosen—Fallen Angels Rejected

Hebrews 2:16

… that if any man does not submit to God’s right to do with him as he pleases, he has very grave reason to doubt his own piety …

Chiding and Cheering

John 14:9

… Come and put your trust again in Me, and your transgression shall be blotted out." Doubt whispers, "Lord, I cannot see how You can forgive this." "Why," He …

The Blessings of Public Worship

Luke 18:10

… And there are some who never doubted their state who may have to doubt it when it is too late! Anyway, it is a deep sense of sin …

A Timely Expostulation

Luke 24:5

… But, alas, if that is your confidence, the next day you may doubt whether there is any Grace within! And where, then, is your confidence? It is gone …