Forgiveness

Sunshine in the Heart

Psalms 37:4

… and when you have trusted Christ you shall know that your sin is forgiven, that you are reconciled to God by the death of his Son, and you …

Serving the Lord With Gladness

Psalm 100:2

… and for all from the penalty of all his sins—they are all forgiven—he is not afraid of the consequences of them. They are blotted out forever …

God's Works Made Manifest

John 9:3

… God still does wonders of mercy and Grace! Now, suppose, tonight, that that black sinner, with all his years of sin, should be forgiven outright? Suppose that, tonight …

Dressing In The Morning

Romans 13:11-14

… out of sight according to the word, "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, and whose sin is covered." In Christ Jesus there is merit to cover our …

The Resurrection of the Dead

Acts 24:15

… you will be shrieking, howling, wailing for mercy; but— “There are no acts of pardon passed In the cold grave to which we haste; But darkness, death, and …

Love's Transformations—a Communion Meditation

John 14:28

… Love Him as the Source of your hope, your pardon, your life, your future Glory! Loving Him, we learn to prize all His gifts the more, for he …

Vessels Of Mercy—A Sermon Of Self-Examination

Romans 9:23

… Then I knew my sins forgiven! I could dance for mirth! Then I knew my name was inscribed in the Lamb's fair Book of Life, and nothing …

The Holy Spirit in the Covenant

Ezekiel 36:27

… Ask, then, of the Spirit, that you may have the Word applied, the blood applied, pardon applied and Grace applied—and you shall not ask in vain—for …

The Soul Winner

… Numbers of persons think that the Lord Jesus is available for the pardon of past sin, but they cannot trust Him for their preservation in the future. They …

Posture, Action, Gesture, Etc.

… forward, and the word is ‘bound to come.'” A man ought to be forgiven for what he does when he is in an agony, but it would be …

Are You Prepared To Die?

Jeremiah 12:5

… in Him is not condemned! Whoever trusts in Christ is saved! Sin is forgiven, the soul is accepted, the spirit is blessed the moment it trusts the Savior …

Communion With Christ And His People

… they came unto Him; as He bestowed healing and relief; as He gave pardon to penitents, and breathed peace on believers. His was the joy of finding the …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage

… of the Holy Spirit, to the cross of Christ for the peace and pardon my weary soul was longing for. Thus things went quietly on for a little …

First Literary Friends (Continued)

… You pardon his follies, for they are nothing else, for the sake of his unquestionable sincerity and impassioned zeal. You wish it had been possible that a mind …

Elijah's Plea

1Kings 18:36

… God will give pardon to a sinner and peace to a troubled heart on certain lines. Are you wholly on those lines? If so, you will have peace …

The Sheep Before the Shearers

… was compassion like a God, That when the Saviour knew, The price of pardon was his blood, His pity ne’er withdrew.” No doubt he looked across the …

Psalm 78

Psalm 78

… Forgave is a very inadequate translation of the Hebrew word, which necessarily suggests the idea of expiation as the ground of pardon. Joseph Addison Alexander. Verse 38. Many …

Men Bewitched

Galatians 3:1

… be very foolish! Suppose that, instead of trusting in Jesus Christ for perfect pardon and justification, so that you know that there is no condemnation to you because …

On the Voice

… before a glass! Alas! for this age, if graceless hearts are to be forgiven for the sake of graceful manners. Give us all the vulgarities of the wildest …

The Bird Escaped from the Snare

Psalm 124:7

… The metaphor used in the text is simple, but yet beautiful and instructive. Pardon me if I make as much of it as I am able to do …

Psalm 105

Psalm 105

… and prudence—in his providing for his father's family—in his free forgiveness of the injuries he had sustained from his brethren—it maybe truly said, we …

The Son Glorified by the Father and the Father Glorified by the Son

John 17:1

… By His agonies and death He did not merely give a bare hope of the pardon of sin, but He hurled the sin of all His elect into …

Farm Laborers

… the rough crowd in the open air, young man, if you are preaching pardon through the atoning blood, it is the God of Peter who is testifying of …

Might Have Been, or May Be

John 11:37

… with the same unquestioning faith with which you trusted in Him for the pardon of your sins. I say again, He that opened your eyes, when you were …

Two Sorts Of Hearers

James 1:22-25

… from every form of bondage! There is no joy like the joy of pardon! There is no release like release from the slavery of sin! There is no …

Self-Examination

2 Corinthians 13:5

… There are no acts of pardon pass’d In the cold grave, to which we haste; But darkness, death, and long despair, Reign in eternal silence there.” “Examine …

Early Wedded Life (Continued)

… O Lord, pardon Thy servant ! " " Go, dear," he continues, " to the study, and fetch down Baxter's Reformed Pastor, and read some of it to me ; perhaps that …

Under The Apple Tree

… Since He Himself becomes thine altogether, then His redemption and the pardon that comes of it, His living power, His mighty intercession, the glories of His Second Advent …

Letters on Private and Public Affairs, 1856-1890

… Praying that the Lord may give you health and strength, continued usefulness, and increasing holiness, and asking your pardon, if intrusive, " Yours very sincerely, "Vicar of Christ Church …

Manoah's Wife and Her Excellent Argument

Judges 13:22

… own poor way we were content and if He did not mean to pardon us, it was not like the Lord to show us our sin and to …

John Ploughman's Pictures

… I have somewhat indulged the mirthful vein, but ever with so serious a purpose that I ask no forgiveness. Those who see a virtue in dulness have full …

Daily Blessings for God's People

Psalm 68:19-20

… Oh! the benefit of perfect pardon and of righteousness, which covers us and justifies in the sight of God! What an unspeakable benefit is regeneration! Who shall prize …

The Fainting Soul Revived

Jonah 2:7

… the Father's arms are round about his neck, and the kiss of pardon is pressed on his cheek. "I remember thee well," says he; "I have blotted …

The Great Supreme

Deuteronomy 32:3

… thing of willow, that it can easily bend to justify without satisfaction, and pardon without Atonement. Remember this as undoubted Truth of God, that our God is very …

Pure Fun

… me, he said, in a tone of assumed solemnity, ‘Young man, you are forgiven this time; but see that you transgress no more,—until the next fall of …

Psalm 50

Psalm 50

… The Duke of Alva is said to have complained that `his king sent him in fetters to fight for him; 'because without his pardon given him, and while …

Experiences after Conversion

… my burden of sin rolled from off my back, it was a real pardon and a real release from sin to me; and when that day I said …

Psalm 69

Psalm 69

… It is an encouragement to hope for pardon. (a) Because, in the full knowledge of sin, he has declared himself to be merciful and ready to forgive. (b …

How To Keep the Heart

Philippians 4:7

… Come, my soul, art thou at peace with God? Hast thou seen thy pardon signed and sealed with the Redeemer’s blood? Come, answer this, my heart; hast …

Lecture I: Illustrations In Preaching.

… The passages from his loved Austin and Chrysostom, and not less beloved Seneca and Plutarch, the scholar knows how to pardon. The squirrel is not more tempted to …