Doubt & Assurance

The Key-Note of a Choice Sonnet

Luke 1:46

… Some of you are farmers, and I have no doubt you have grumbled because of the weather. I do not wonder, but I hope that you will not …

Only Trust Him! Only Trust Him!

Luke 17:12-14

… But what mischief will you make out of that? Are you going to find evil in our delights? Will you feed your unbelief on the joy of the …

The Poor Man's Prayer

Psalm 106:4

… help You my unbelief.' I see them sitting at a loaded table and they seem to feast most abundantly, but as for me, I am glad it is …

Great Spoil

Psalm 119:162

… Sowers of doubt are no friends to the Gospel, for men are saved by faith—nobody was ever saved by unbelief. "We know and have believed the love …

The Hearing of Faith

Galatians 3:2

… If you have reached after sanctification by your own efforts, made in unbelief, you have never succeeded. Unbelief works towards sin and never towards sanctification! Our good works …

"Waters To Swim In"

… The babe cries in penitence before the perfect man in Christ Jesus sings the song of assurance. Perhaps we have not yet come to know the height, and …

Moses' Dying Charge to Israel

Deuteronomy 8:2

… Surely you cannot, now, doubt as to His ability to lead you and keep you even to the end! Remember those past 40 years—do not forget them …

The Deceived Heart

Isaiah 44:20

… enough to say that he has arrived at such a pitch of unbelief as to doubt the existence of God, but I do not think anyone has ever …

Never! Never! Never! Never! Never!

Hebrews 13:5

… What doubt will not be slain by this to two-edged sword? What fear is that which shall not fall smitten with a deadly wound before this arrow …

Small Things Not to Be Despised

Zechariah 4:10

… This faith grows to full assurance—there is a gradual conformity to the image of Christ—and that image becomes more and more clear till the man reaches …

Redemption Through Blood—The Gracious Forgiveness Of Sins

Ephesians 1:7

… no doubt about it! Many of us know it here and rejoice therein at this moment. Dear Friend, what would you give to have this assurance? You may …

The Reason Why Many Cannot Find Peace

James 4:7-10

… Instantly should every man of prudence make 2 The Reason Why Many Cannot Find Peace Sermon #1408 assurance doubly sure and bind all things fast that he may …

The Great Liberator

John 8:36

… Shall I go Scot free? Shall I have the same reward with the perfectly righteous? After years of unbelief am I still to be treated as though I …

Everlasting Love Revealed

Jeremiah 31:3

… She gathered from that ancient assurance of Divine Grace that her God loved her, still, and would return to her in great mercy. She dwelt with hope upon …

The Shield Of Faith

Ephesians 6:16

… Let the assault of Satan be against the head, let him try to deceive us with unsettled notions in theology, let him tempt us to doubt those things …

Unseasonable Prayer

Exodus 14:15

… For instance, in some cases the prayer for assurance is offered long after assurance has been granted. Someone says that he believes the promise of God, but he …

A New Song For New Hearts

Isaiah 12:1

… Blessed be God, the Holy Spirit knows how to chase away our unbelief and give us power to embrace the blessing! He can make us accept the Covenant …

Psalm 43

Psalm 43

… Note the assurance of David, thou art, not I hope and trust so, but I know it is so; we shall find confidence to be our consolation. Why …

Remember Lot's Wife

Luke 17:32

… His separated life gave great exercise to his faith and so strengthened it that it became a calm, unstaggering assurance and this enabled him to enjoy a quiet …

Daily Blessings for God's People

Psalm 68:19-20

… If Christ is our perpetual bread and wine, so, too, our common bread, in answer to our prayer, is given us according to his assurance, "Thy bread shall …

Fragrant Spices From the Mountains of Myrrh

… Nay, doubt not, O young believer, for we have more wonders to reveal! There are greater depths in heavenly things than thou hast at present dared to hope …

Psalm 25

Psalm 25

… There is a holy boldness which ventures thus to deal with the Most High, let us cultivate it; but there is also an unholy unbelief which suggests our …

Particular Election

2 Peter 1:10-11

… should doubt, it is well they should; and if they did not doubt we might begin to doubt for them. Idle men have no right to assurance. The …

Psalm 69

Psalm 69

… Many waters could not quench his love, neither could the floods drown it; and, because of this, thou hast the rich benefit of that covenant assurance, "as I …

Psalm 130

Psalm 130

… certainly it does rise rapidly out of the depths of anguish to the heights of assurance. It follows well upon 129: when we have overcome the trials which …

Prodigal Love for the Prodigal Son

Luke 15:20

… that we are eternally saved! The father put the assurance of this poor returning prodigal beyond all doubt. If the first kisses were given privately, when only the …

A Woman of a Sorrowful Spirit

1 Samuel 1:15

… But there are others, I doubt not, who labor to their utmost to be all that is delightful and yet fail in the attempt, because, like Hannah, they …

Five Fears

Ecclesiastes 8:12

… True fear, not fearing, but believing, saves the soul; not doubt, but confidence, is the strength and the deliverance of the Christian. Still, fear, as being one of …

Salvation As It Is Now Received

1 Peter 1:8

… Let me repeat those words—if we have really believed in Jesus, we have, at this moment, the assurance of the perfect pardon of all our sins! And …

Loved and Loving

… which has made its assurance doubly sure! There are two positive verbs in the present tense and not the smell of a doubt has passed upon them. Here …

The Final Perseverance of the Saints

Job 17:9

… I would not argue in a circle and prove one thing which you doubt by another thing which you doubt, but, "to the Law and to the Testimony …

A Wafer of Honey

2 Corinthians 12:9

… O Lord, I am oppressed, undertake for me!" The Lord knows how to succor him and, therefore, He gave him that gracious assurance, "My Grace is sufficient for …

"Clear Shining After Rain"

2 Samuel 23:4

… Clouds gather—there is a general dampness round about—the soul seems saturated with doubt, fear, dread. There is something coming, but the soul knows not what. It …

A Bottle in the Smoke

Psalm 119:83

… You have the joy of assurance; but you have also the smoke of doubt, which blows into your eyes, and well nigh blinds you. You have your trials …

Question 35: What are the benefits which in this life do either accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification?

Ro 5:1; Ro 5:2; Ro 5:5; Ro 14:17; Pr 4:18; 1Jo 5:13; 1Pe 1:5

… life do accompany or flow from justification, # Ro 5:1 , 2 , 5 are assurance of God's love, peace of conscience, joy in the Holy Spirit, # Ro 14 …

'Do I Love the Lord or Not?'

John 21:17

… Peter didlove his Master and, therefore, he did not like to have a doubt or a dark suspicion cast on his sincerity. Love is a very jealous emotion …

Faith Illustrated

… AN ASSURANCE of our safety in Christ will be found useful to us in all states of experience. When Jesus sent forth his seventy chosen disciples, endowed with …

Repentance Must Go With Forgiveness

… and I suppose that when faith grows into full assurance, so that we are certain beyond a doubt that the blood of Jesus has washed us whiter than …

The Great Change.—Conversion

… I have no doubt that I heard, scores of times, such texts as these, — “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;” “Look unto Me, and be …

Nov. 2 — HEAVENLY WEALTH

Ps. 84:11

… Full assurance He will bestow, and near communion with Himself, and access into all truth, and boldness with prevalence at the mercy seat. If we have not these …