Doubt & Assurance

A Searching Test

Titus 1:15

… God save us from having our minds rendered so impure as to fall into superstition by simple ordinances which are full of instruction! I do not doubt that …

Speaking on God's Behalf

Job 36:2

… of a very retiring disposition?" A beautiful disposition that is, I have no doubt, and rare enough in some select circles to claim admiration, but undesirable, indeed, on …

The Bed and Its Covering

Isaiah 28:20

… I was a dear man, no doubt about that; and so I thought I would cure him, and make his head keep still for once. So I remarked …

Expiation

Isaiah 53:10

… upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” Do not doubt this message: God has sent it to you. Do not reject it: you will …

A Miracle of Grace

… That he is somewhere in this assembly I entertain no doubt. So I speak to some sister who, in an unguarded hour, left the path of virtue, and …

Notable Lectures and Addresses, 1857-1878

… If I have any doubt about anything, it is sin to me; though it may not be sinful in itself. Conscience must be the great judge on those …

The Priceless Prize

Philippians 3:8

… You are a mortal—you cannot doubt it. You will soon die and can you tell what it will be to die without Christ? Have you ever formed …

Our Magnificent Savior

Isaiah 53:11

… Do you doubt it? Paul shall speak again "Who is he that condemns?" Why, Paul, you have done much that you deserve to be condemned for! Oh, but …

A Song, A solace, A Sermon and a Summons

Psalm 136:1

… one say, "I am not looking forward to that, for I have no doubt I shall lay my bones among my brethren. But I have lost many friends …

The Sequel to Divine Sovereignty

Psalm 99:1

… Resist His will, distrust His care, Or murmur at His wise decrees, Or doubt His royal promises? The Lord is King, child of the dust, The Judge of …

Christ a Sanctuary

Isaiah 8:14

… We are, no doubt, justified in referring it to our Lord Jesus Christ, because Peter, speaking by the Holy Spirit, uses the next part of the verse in …

Pleading With the Indifferent

Lamentations 1:12

… Although there is no doubt that this Psalm is intended to describe a very large class of sufferers, we think it never had its full meaning perfectly carried …

The Heavan of Heavan

Revelation 22:4

… spoiler's den! But, Brothers and Sisters, there was a glorious change, no doubt, in the face of our Lord when it was seen by several brethren after …

Intelligent Obedience

1 Chronicles 28:8

… preaches any other Gospel than that we have received, instead of saying, "No doubt he is an excellent, but a mistaken man," let us say with Paul, "Let …

The Believer Not An Orphan

John 14:18

… You, Thomas, who will doubt Me: I will not leave you comfortless." O you who are so little in Israel that you sometimes think it is a pity …

Trust In God—True Wisdom

Proverbs 16:20

… Now I have no doubt there are many here who say, "Well, that is not the way to get on in the world! That can never be the …

Lecture II: Anecdotes From The Pulpit.

… No doubt we may attribute to these stories the breaking down of pews by the overwhelming rush of the people to hear him, and the general interest which …

Discipline in Christ's Army

Joshua 1:11

… Science makes a wonderful discovery and straightaway we are expected to doubt what is plainly revealed in the Word of God! Considering that the so-called "science" is …

The Exaltation of Christ

Philippians 2:9-11

… I have no doubt that every common soldier who stood by the side of the Duke of Wellington felt honoured when the commander was applauded for the victory …

The Sages, The Star, and The Savior

Matthew 2:2

… About His very face I do not doubt there was a supernatural beauty. Whether there was a beauty to everyone's eye I know not, but to theirs …

His Name—Wonderful!

Isaiah 9:6

… The word is sometimes in Scripture translated “marvellous.” Jesus Christ may be called marvellous; and a learned German interpreter says, that without doubt, the meaning of miraculous is …

The Lord's Eternal Rest

Psalm 132:14

… I have no doubt that the Lord had in His mind the greater Zion, "the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem...the general assembly and church …

Grace Abounding

Romans 5:20

… and what a base thing human nature must be when any can deliberately doubt the power of Christ to save the lost! The Inspired declaration is that "He …

Good Talk

1 Chronicles 16:9

… With all my might, as though it were a dead lift, I seek to raise it out of its doubt, and out of its sorrow. 9. 10. Deliver …

Absconding and Apostasy

John 6:67

… Deceivers will beguile the weak and some have been led aside by modern doubt—and modest infidelity has its partisans. They begin cautiously by reading works with a …

The Sealed Hand—a Winter Sermon

Job 37:7

… I am a good-for-nothing creature! What must I do to be saved?" No doubt outward sin has often revealed the secret power of evil in the …

'Tempted of the Devil'

Matthew 4:1

… He begins with an, "if." He tries to cast a doubt upon the Savior's Sonship—and this is the way that he often attacks a child of …

Preparing for the Week of Prayer

Revelation 8:3

… I SUPPOSE that there will be very little doubt among you that the "Angel" mentioned here was either our Lord Jesus Christ, Himself, or a special angelic messenger …

The Family Likeness

Romans 8:14

… than Voltaire, who guided himself, but who guided himself into a maze of doubt and darkness! Put your little hand into the hand of the great Father of …

Secret Sins

Psalm 19:12

… I doubt not it is true of all of us who are here, that in every hour of our existence in which we are active, we commit tens …

“The Boy-Preacher of the Fens”

… opinion of him, and has authorized me to say that he has no doubt, at seasonable time, the church will properly estimate his talents for the ministry. “I …

How God Condemned Sin

Romans 8:3

… do not attempt to define—of the matter of fact, we feel no doubt of the manner thereof—but we can offer no explanation. We suppose that the …

A New Year's Benediction

Hebrews 13:5

… liar sooner than God's Word should for a moment be placed in doubt! We now pass on to ponder upon— II. THE REMARKABLE COMFORT CONTAINED IN THIS …

True Unity Promoted

Ephesians 4:3

… of priestcraft may have in it the spirit of Satan—we do not doubt that—but that it is the unity of the Spirit of God we do …

Solace for Sad Hearts

Isaiah 61:3

… the binder up of the brokenhearted and the liberator of the enslaved! No doubt there was an allusion here to the ancient Jewish Jubilee. When the silver trumpet …

The Cry Of The Heathen

Acts 16:9

… THIS WAS NO DOUBT a special vision sent of God for the direction of the apostle. For we are told in the next verse, that they assuredly gathered …

Holy Violence

Matthew 11:12

… I am a steady unpretending sort of man, and I have no reason to doubt that I shall be saved.” Ah, friend, you have never seen the gate …

Going Home—A Christmas Sermon

Mark 5:19

… but, without doubt, if she had spoken to them altogether, they would have backed each other up in laughing her to scorn. Reprove a man alone. A verse …

"Things To Come"

1 Corinthians 3:22

… cause of angelic joy! Ah, the angels believe the Truth of God and doubt not His infallible love—how I wish the saints on earth were all equally …

The Broad Wall

Nehemiah 3:8

… for Himself to be His own peculiar heritage? God forbid that we should doubt it! Electing love, like a broad wall, surrounds every heir of Grace! And oh …