Repentance

God's Thoughts and Ways Far Above Ours

Isaiah 55:8

… Secondly, there is repentance encouraged. And, thirdly, there is expectation excited. I. First in the text there is REBUKE ADMINISTERED, for thus it runs—"Let the wicked forsake …

Christ Set Forth As A Propitiation

Romans 3:25

… Now, my Hearers, the sins of God's people are taken away by the blood of Christ, and not by any repentance of their own. I have already …

Living Temples for the Living God

Isaiah 66:1

… It is not your tears of repentance or prayers, But the blood that atones for the soul. On Him, then, who shed it— believing, at once, Your weight …

My God

Psalm 91:2

… Here is our creed and our confession of faith! Take Thomas for the illustration. He has been very skeptical. Poor Thomas! He seems to have had too much …

Paul's Parenthesis

1 Corinthians 15:10

… He did not imagine that he was saved because he deservedsalvation, or that he had been forgiven because his repentance had made an atonement for his sin! He …

Peter's Fall and Restoration

Luke 22:61

… It is always a sign of repentance in Christians who have fallen when they leave the company where they were led astray. If any of you were once …

"Behold, He Prays"

Acts 9:11

… Words are but the body of devotion—the confession of sin, the longing for mercy, the groaning for Grace—these are the soul and spirit of prayer! A …

Strong Meat

Hebrews 5:14

… The sighing of repentance, and the crying of simple faith are always in our heavenly Father's ears, giving Him delight. He has men, babes, and for these …

Omniscience

Genesis 16:13

… He said to her, “Go, call thy husband, and come hither.” There was something there which smote her heart; she could not evade the confession of her guilt …

Blood Even on the Golden Altar

Leviticus 4:7

… When you repent of sin, if you begin to trust in your repentance, away with your repentance! When you serve God, if you begin to trust in your …

"My Garden"—"His Garden"

Solomon 4:16

… Therefore I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes." You see, then, that there are sweet spices lying in Christians, like hidden honey and locked-up perfume …

A Page From a Royal Diary

Psalm 119:132

… First, David's brief petition—"Look You upon me." Secondly, his humble confession (it is not given in so many words, but it lies hidden away like the …

Mercy's Master Motive

Isaiah 48:9-11

… But I left my couch and my repentance died on my sick bed. No sooner had I recovered than I returned to my sin, as a dog to …

Psalm 142

Psalm 142

… What a grand confession of faith was this! David spoke to God, and of God " Thou art my refuge." Not thou hast provided me a refuge, but thou …

Grace Exalted—Boasting Excluded

Romans 3:27

… There are thousands who think, "If I could weep so much, and groan so deeply, and experience so much humiliation, and a certain quantity of repentance, and so …

First, King of Righteousness, and after That, King of Peace

Hebrews 7:2

… And then the King came forth, again, and displayed His Countenance and began to judge, correct, and call to repentance. Men perceived that the Countenance of God towards …

Vile Ingratitude!

Ezekiel 16:1-2

… before them for a sweet savour.” I have done this—let me make confession for myself, and then I admonish you each one apply the case to yourselves …

Mysterious Visits

… but now mine eye seeth Thee, wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” We can read of God, and hear of God, and be little …

A Warning Against Hardness Of Heart

Hebrews 3:13

… If you have once plunged into the mire, you can at any time see the evil of it and you have only to repent and straightway there is …

Majesty in Misery

Luke 22:63-65

… And, oh, when a man mocks at true religion, rejects Christ and postpones the day of repentance, He is piercing again that dear heart that bled for the …

Psalm 31

Psalm 31

… He struggled through many obstacles to be able to make the confession which he here makes. He next defines the manner of his faith, namely, that he reflected …

A Cheering Incident at Bethabara

John 10:39-42

… Where repentance has been thoroughly preached, I believe that many will come to believe in Jesus Christ. Jesus fitly followed John and faith will follow readily where repentance …

Jesus and the Children

Mark 10:13-16

… I wonder, my dear Friends, whether any of us are quite innocent in this respect? May we not have hindered others from repentance and faith? It is a …

A Test for True Seekers

Jeremiah 50:5

… Repentance is not a thing to be once manifested and then to be done with forever—repentance and faith go hand in hand all the way to Heaven …

The Stony Heart Removed

Ezekiel 36:26

… I believe that man can repent and can believe, and is not without spiritual power." "Well," said the doctor, "have you repented and believed?" "No," said the other …

'Yet There Is Room'

Luke 14:22

… room" for millions more! There have been multitudes passing through the valley of repentance up to the Cross of Calvary! Multitudes beyond all human calculation have found peace …

Beauty for Ashes

Isaiah 61:3

… Like the Patriarch of old, we cried, "I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes." Repentance since then has always had a large degree of mourning connected …

The Preacher’s Power, and the Conditions of Obtaining It

… If he wishes that he were chosen to repentance, if he desires holiness, if he longs to be the Lord’s, and if that desire be true, he …

The Truly Blessed Man

Psalm 1:1-3

… He must come to confession—full, spontaneous, unreserved— there must be a resolution! "I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord"—a firm determination to hide …

“Through Much Tribulation”

… Precious is that wine which is pressed in the winefat of conviction; pure is that gold which is dug from the mines of repentance; and bright are those …

Fickle Followers

Luke 9:57-62

… There is nothing said about repentance, or about their feeling their deep need of a Savior. They are like many we know. With no tears in their eyes …

A Handkerchief

John 20:15

… If sinners will not repent, we cannot repent for them. If they will not believe, we cannot believe for them. True religion can never be a matter of …

Shame Leading to Salvation

Psalm 83:16

… I watched to mark anything like repentance in them." 6. No man repented of wickedness, saying, What have I done? Everyone turned to his course, as the horse …

With or Without Shedding of Blood

Hebrews 9:22

… your sin may be remitted! There is no sin of which you can repent, which may not be forgiven you! There lives not a mortal man who, if …

Am I Sought Out?

Isaiah 62:12

… Those who repent and seek the Lord before His Grace draws them to Himself must be of a different race from us, for we were far off and …

A Free Salvation

Isaiah 55:1

… If you will now make confession of sin, now seek the Lord, you shall be pardoned now. It is possible for a man to have come in here …

Holy Song From Happy Saints

Isaiah 5:1

… Let us blush for those mock Psalms! Let us shed many a tear of repentance that we could so insincerely have come before the Lord Most High! After …

Observing the King's Word

1 Kings 20:33

… In like manner, I look upon the preaching of the duty of repentance and the command to repent as containing within themselves the assurance that whoever repents shall …

Grace—the One Way of Salvation

Acts 15:11

… In the first place we shall look upon it AS AN APOSTOLIC CONFESSION OF FAITH. You notice it begins with, "We believe." We will call it, then, the …

Heaven and Hell

Matthew 8:11-12

… Ah! men talk as if they could repent when they like. It is the work of God to give us repentance. Some even say, “I shall turn to …