Forgiveness

The Hearing of Faith

Galatians 3:2

… It is so simple, so easy, that surely every man would wish in this way to be forgiven and justified! Instead of which, all the reasoning, all the …

Return! Return!

Jeremiah 3:12

… After having had so much of past sin fully and freely forgiven and, after having then made to rejoice in perfect pardon, can it ever turn away from …

The Sine Qua Non

John 13:8

… There is such a blessed fact as the instantaneous reception of a perfect pardon through faith in Jesus Christ, and this happens the moment a sinner truly looks …

Comfort for the Fearful

Matthew 8:26

… You feel that there is some special aggravation about your transgression and you say to yourself, "I can scarcely believe that there is pardon for me." My dear …

Our Magnificent Savior

Isaiah 53:11

… Moreover, Beloved, the forgiveness of sin, through laying it upon Christ, is made to show to all mankind and to all other created intelligences the tremendous evil of …

Disobedience to the Gospel

Romans 10:16

… and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon." That God should do all …

Perfect Restoration

Zechariah 10:6

… But first of all we must get pardon—pardon through Jesus Christ—or else our offerings are a vain oblation. God bless the reading of this Psalm to …

A New Order of Priests and Levites

Isaiah 66:21

… mercy in forgiveness, having heard those glad tidings, as it were, from the lips of Jesus himself. “Thy sins which are many are all forgiven thee: go in …

Hands Full of Honey

Judges 14:8

… We doubtfully enquire, "How can it be forgiven?" The temptation vanishes before the sight of the dying Redeemer! Then inbred lusts roar against us and we overcome it …

The Annual Atonement

Leviticus 16:30

… We need pardon for our Psalms and cleansing for our hymns! Blessed be God, Atonement is made for all our faults, excesses and shortcomings. Jesus puts away not …

Pleading, Not Contradicting

Matthew 15:27

… way! If pardon is not a matter of human deserving, but of Divine prerogative, then there is hope for me! Why should not I be forgiven as well …

Lost Through One-Saved Through One

Romans 5:16

… pardon them whom I reserve." How can he be accountable to justice, who has already acknowledged his transgression and has received pardon? Does not the Divine forgiveness clear …

Man Humbled, God Exalted

Isaiah 2:17

… Distrust the pardon that does not humble you! Be persuaded that the forgiveness which does not make you lie low in the dust is no forgiveness at all …

God Comforting His People

Isaiah 49:13

… The forgiveness of all their sins is the greatest comfort that the Lord's people can ever enjoy! Moreover, in addition to giving us the pardon of all …

Great Pardon for Great Sin

Psalm 25:11

… But oh, what if you should say, "I care not for forgiveness. I do not want pardon, I will not seek it! I will not have it—I …

The Lord And The Leper

Mark 1:40-42

… There is hope while Jesus sends his gospel to you, and bids you repent. "I believe in the forgiveness of sins": this is a sweet sentence of a …

A Round of Delights

Romans 15:13

… me peace because my sins are forgiven for His name's sake, will not dash that joy by revoking my pardon! He who has given me joy because …

The Savior's Precious Blood

1 Peter 1:19

… pardon, and I shall not at all dogmatically attempt tonight to draw any nice distinction between the two. "We have redemption through His blood—to wit, the forgiveness …

Believing To See No.

Psalm 27:13

… If I felt more repentant then I should think that he had forgiven me." As if his friend's forgiveness were not quite well enough assured to him …

Individual Sin Laid On Jesus

Isaiah 53:6

… and of iniquity shall be forgiven unto men." There is no sin so black, save only one, but it may find forgiveness. Yes, and without exception, there is …

Help for Seekers of the Light

Isaiah 59:9

… We hope, O Seeker, that before long you will be able to sing of pardon bought with blood—and when this scene is closed—shall enter through the …

Tokens For Good

Psalm 86:17

… one of old, "strike me as You will, now that You have forgiven me!" The pardon of sin is such a token for good that all ills disappear …

Three Decisive Steps

1 Samuel 7:2-5

… So have I known many go up to their closet to pray and they have said, "O God, if so vile a sinner can be forgiven, if there …

God's Tender Mercy

Luke 1:78

… You may trust Christ while you are sitting in your pew—and if you do so, you shall be at once forgiven and accepted! No great depth of …

Why Men Cannot Believe in Christ

John 5:44

… pardon sin, and if you will not confess that you have transgressed, how can you believe in His power to pardon? How can you rightly value forgiveness when …

Sin and Grace

Romans 5:20

… And what is Grace? Grace is the free favor of God, the undeserved bounty of the ever-gracious Creator against whom we have offended, the generous pardon, the …

The Fifth Beatitude

Matthew 5:7

… This mercy extends itself, next, to the full forgiveness of all personal offenses against ourselves. "Blessed are the merciful," that is, those persons who do not take to …

Number Two-thousand—Healing by the Stripes of Jesus

Isaiah 53:5

… I would seek my chamber and there, sit alone, read my Bible and pray for forgiveness. But peace did not come to me. Books such as Baxter's …

The Big Gates Wide Open

John 6:37

… are many, shall all be forgiven him— he shall be pressed to the heart of everlasting Love and the kiss of pardon shall be imprinted upon his cheek …

'The Shadow of a Great Rock'

Isaiah 32:2

… The believing man realizes that he is forgiven and, oh, what a blessed realization is that! Hear him sing— "Now, oh joy! My sins are pardoned, Now I …

Christ's Rest and Ours

Isaiah 11:10

… Is it not so? I remember when I first enjoyed rest in the pardon of sin. I t was so glorious that I wanted to shout, "Hallelujah!" all …

Great Changes

Luke 13:30

… No, their only comfort is to weep upon their Father's bosom and to wait for the kiss of forgiveness from His lips. So David prays, "Restore unto …

Jesus and His Brethren

Genesis 45:1-5

… But for a penitent sinner who desires to behold his pardon written in the smiling Countenance of Christ, there must be solitude. You must rise earlier in the …

The Believing Thief

Luke 23:42-43

… We do believe that in a single instant the sins of sixty or seventy years can be absolutely forgiven, and that the old nature, which has gone on …

The Secret Of Health

Psalm 42:11

… No forgiveness of sin, no imputation of righteousness, no justification by faith, if such could be apart from an inward change—could make a man happy so long …

The Story of a Runaway Slave

… Try and set the fallen ones right and give them again, as we say, "a fair start in the world." If God has forgiven them, surely we may …

Marvelous! Marvelous!

Zechariah 8:6

… conclude that the promise of full, free forgiveness cannot be true. Thus they push the promise of God concerning pardon to one side as a good thing which …

Your Own Salvation

Philippians 2:12

… What man in his sober senses will deny that forgiveness is an unspeakably desirable blessing! But salvation means more than that: it includes deliverance from the power of …

Amazing Grace

Isaiah 57:18

… What sort of comfort? The comfort of perfect forgiveness, the comfort of complete acceptance. The Father sets a warm kiss upon the child's cheek and that is …

The New Park Street Tracts

… beyond the range of Almighty love? or has sinned too much to be forgiven? Reader! are you an infidel? What would you do in a similar situation? What …