Forgiveness

The Throne of Grace

Hebrews 4:16

… He delights to pardon penitents, and so to show his pardoning grace; he delights to look upon wanderers and restore them, to show his reclaiming grace; he delights …

The Great Itinerant

Acts 10:38

… s Glory—poor troubled Sinner—cannot He glorify God in you? You need pardon—you will be an illustrious instance of God's Grace if He should ever …

The Beatific Vision

1 John 3:2

… we sowed, that we should reap, without ever mentioning salvation for sinners, and pardon required even by saints. It was something like this: “Be good men and women …

The Message from the Lord's Mouth

Ezekiel 3:17

… and talk to children or grown-up people about sin in that spirit! Pardon—are you going to speak about that? Do you know the sweetness of it …

Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled

John 14:1

… You have believed God concerning the pardon of your soul, believe God about the child, about the wife, about the money, about the present difficulty. You have believed …

The Head of the Church

Colossians 1:18

… I beg the gentlemen's pardon—we have no such choice, for when we are asked which we will have to rule us in spiritual things, we say …

The Voice Of Cholera

Amos 3:3-6

… for I will pardon them whom I reserve." Moreover, the Lord our God speaks to us by His Providence, and says, "Submit yourselves, this day, to God's …

Anecdotes from the Pulpit

… am hunted with such temptation, dogged with such a lust; either thou must pardon it, or I am damned; mortify it, or I shall be a slave to …

Satan's Banquet

John 2:9-10

… But you must pardon me while I occupy only a few minutes in taking you into the HOUSE OF THE SAVIOUR, where he feasts his beloved. Come and …

Psalm 38

Psalm 38

… frequently over my mind than that it was impossible for me to be forgiven my transgression, and to be saved from wrath to come. John Bunyan, in "Grace …

Light—Natural And Spiritual

Genesis 1:1-5

… It is good for him to know a Savior's love—it leads him to trust the Savior and brings him to pardon, to justification, and to eternal …

Substitution

2 Corinthians 5:21

… rebels, they threw themselves at the foot of the cross, and asked for pardon. They had strangely revolted, but I heard them say, ‘If he will forgive me …

Reminiscences as a Village Pastor

… I pardon the man who preached from James 1. 6 before that drunken Solomon, James 1. of England and V1. of Scotland, — the temptation was too great to …

Heaven and Hell

Matthew 8:11-12

… I cried to God to have mercy; and I feared that he would not pardon me. Month after month, I cried to God, and he did not hear …

A Traveller’s Letters Home

… It was an awful thought to me that all these poor creatures should believe that they gained a hundred days’ indulgence and the pardon of their sins every …

Runaway Jonah and the Convenient Ship

Jonah 1:3

… Come to Jesus and find pardon for all your inexcusable sins! As long as you are sewing together the fig leaves of excuse, you will never come to …

Psalm 5

Psalm 5

… In such Psalms wherein he confesseth his sins, or requesteth thy pardon, or praiseth for former, or prayeth for future favours, in all these give me to raise …

The New “Helensburgh House,” Nightingale Lane

… What a solemn spot is that; and what a solemn spot is this! My dear hearers, ere you go away, breathe a prayer for pardon; and, as often …

Notable Lectures and Addresses, 1857-1878 (Continued)

… Perhaps you will remember the verse of brave poetry in which she expressed her courage, and refused the offer of pardon, preferring to hold fast her integrity,— “‘I …

Psalm 11

Psalm 11

… This is the case of a sinner if he repent not; if God pardon not, he is in the snare of Satan's temptation, he is in the …

Psalm 46

Psalm 46

… again, know, ye trembling souls, that I am God; and therefore able to pardon the greatest sins, and cease to dishonour me by your unbelieving thoughts of me …

The Love Of Jesus—What It Is—None But His Loved Ones Know

Ephesians 3:19

… the efficacy of the precious blood." I do not read, perhaps, about the pardon of sin, but I read about the blood-shedding, and about being washed therein …

Week-day Services, 1858-1860

… They did so, and the man was suddenly smitten down, and on the quay began to cry for mercy, and plead with God for pardon. ' Ah ! sir,' said …

Psalm 37

Psalm 37

… for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand! He speaks of a good man pardoned, justified; he may fall; but how far? from pardon, from justification? No, then …

Baptismal Regeneration

Mark 16:15-16

… Son’s wounds; if you can believe now that in Christ there is pardon for transgressions past, and cleansing for years to come; if you can trust him …

Psalm 29

Psalm 29

… Therefore Christ purchased peace of pardon, to obtain peace of conscience for his pardoned ones, and accordingly hath bequeathed it in the promise to them, "Peace I leave …

Later Services at the Music Hall

… in order to obtain pardon of our sins, and for imploring His blessing and assistance on our arms for the restoration of tranquillity in India." About a month …

Psalm 91

Psalm 91

… Lord, pardon this unbelief, and that distrust of thy providence, which made me think of running from thy hand." He immediately ordered his horses to be taken from …

Psalm 26

Psalm 26

… combined with the penitential acknowledgments of sin, and with the earnest supplications for pardon and grace, and with the earnest profession of faith that God has heard his …

Psalm 44

Psalm 44

… I would plead my Saviour's name, Intreat a pardon for his sake, And urge no other claim." Here ends this memorable Psalm, but in heaven its power …

Light. Fire. Faith. Life. Love.

… In seeking pardon, continue to seek till the Holy Spirit bears witness to your peace with God. In preparing a sermon, wait upon the Lord until you have …

How To Meet the Evils of the Age

… But we mean “experiential”—that which groweth out of experience,—pardon the uncomely coinage. Does a man know any gospel truth aright till he knows it by experience …

Psalm 88

Psalm 88

… justified by it, to apprehend myself a living man, and all my sins forgiven? To do this, saith he, is as great a wonder as to raise a …

Psalm 49

Psalm 49

… betake himself to the sacrifice and mediation of the Son of God for pardon, safety, and salvation in that world which he was to all appearance soon about …

Psalm 141

Psalm 141

… with all my sins upon my head; leave not my soul destitute of pardon and peace.— Joseph C. Philpot. Verses 8-10. O pour not out my soul …

Psalm 97

Psalm 97

… So is the earnest of the Spirit, and true seal of salvation; the power, life and sweetness of the word; the remission and pardon of sin, with certainty …

Psalm 95

Psalm 95

… He that hath promised pardon on our repentance hath not promised to preserve our lives till we repent.— Francis Quarles. Verse 7. You cannot repent too soon, because …

Psalm 35

Psalm 35

… mercy, to declare to humble and penitent sinners how great sins he can pardon; yet if any hereupon imbolden themselves in sin, instead of being set up as …

Psalm 84

Psalm 84

… God himself becomes ours; (a) his mercy for our pardon; (b) his power for our protection; (c) his wisdom for our guidance; (d) his faithfulness for our preservation …

Psalm 15

Psalm 15

… work these their own works, and because of them hope to gain the pardon of their unrighteousness, while thousands are deceived by these means! Hence, in the last …