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Repentance

Repentance, confession, turning from sin, and returning to God

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COMMENTARY

Psalm 95

Psalm 95

… If we put of repentance another day, we have a day more to repent of, and a day less to repent in.— W. Mason. Verse 7. He that …

SERMON • SERMON 1556

The Waterpots at Cana

John 2:7

… If you are to repent, ask to have a hearty and a deep repentance’full to the brim. If you are to believe, ask to have an intense …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 110

Psalm 110

… Moses' rod brought water out of the flinty rock, and the gospel of Jesus soon causes repentance to flow in rivers from the once hardened heart of man …

SERMON • SERMON 2300

The Whole Gospel In A Single Verse

1 Timothy 1:15

… When we come and appropriate this sinner's Savior, we do it, first, by a confession. "Lord, I am a sinner. I know it. I mourn over it …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 28

Psalm 28

… Here is David's declaration and confession of faith, coupled with a testimony from his experience. The Lord is my strength. The Lord employs his power on our …

SERMON • SERMON 105

Manasseh

… in their vices, seldom in their repentance; if parents sin, their children will follow them, without much doubt; but when they repent and turn to God, it is …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 25

Psalm 25

… His holy trust, his many conflicts, his great transgression, his bitter repentance, and his deep distresses are all here; so that we see the very heart of "the …

SERMON • SERMON 2341

The Underlying Gospel for the Dying Year

Romans 5:6

… We were told to repent, but our hard heart would yield no waters of repentance. We were told to believe in Christ—the preacher might as well have …

SERMON • SERMON 101

The Exaltation of Christ

Philippians 2:9-11

… cut the curse up by the roots, and you with it, unless you repent and turn unto God with full purpose of heart. There is yet another feeling …

SERMON • SERMON 2059

The Miracles of Our Lord's Death

Matthew 27:50-53

… It was this, which, in the case of many of us, brought tears of repentance to our eyes and led us to submit to the will of God …

SERMON • SERMON 2141

The Question of Questions

John 9:35

… You are bold in your confession but do you really believe in the Lord Jesus? Can that bold confession be supported by your life? I hope you are …

SERMON • SERMON 3275

'A Kind of First Fruits'

James 1:18

… bed—but never to his pulpit, for he cannot win souls! Let him repent of his iniquity, but never pretend to be a minister of Christ! Oh, then …

SERMON • SERMON 714

A Savior Such As You Need

Hebrews 10:15-18

… That repentance which does not look to the Cross is a legal repentance, and it will breed misery. True Repentance looks to Jesus bleeding on the tree and …

SERMON • SERMON 2863

Great Forgiveness for Great Sin

Ephesians 1:7

… Isay unto you, that likewise joy shall be in Heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance. The …

SERMON • SERMON 742

A Sermon to Open Neglecters and Nominal Followers of Religion

Matthew 21:28-32

… Again, you have said, “I will not serve God,” and up to this time it is very possible that you have never been in the humor to repent

SERMON • SERMON 186

The Form and Spirit of Religion

1 Samuel 4:3

… These people would neither repent, nor pray, nor seek God and his prophets; yet they sought out this ark and trusted in it with superstitious veneration. Now, in …

SERMON • SERMON 2623

How Faith Comes

John 4:39-42

… For with the heart man believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Christ loves not a tongue-tied faith—He would not have …

SERMON • SERMON 2239

"Is God In the Camp?"

1 Samuel 4:7

… We must confess our helplessness without God and honestly mean the confession. The first thing that is required of us is to bemoan the fact that, by and …

SERMON • SERMON 900

Preach, Preach, Preach Everywhere!

Mark 16:15

… With such authority is this mandate clothed and so imperative the duty of all men everywhere to repent, that they who do not believe are threatened with a …

SERMON • SERMON 3411

Joining the Church

2 Corinthians 8:5

… He asks only for intelligent love, intelligent service—and I trust that many of you came to Christ knowing what you did, knowing what repentance meant, knowing what …

SERMON • SERMON 1191

For Whom Did Christ Die?

Romans 5:6

… He is exalted on high ‘to give repentance,’ but surely not to give repentance to those who have never sinned, and have nothing to repent of. Repentance and …

SERMON • SERMON 3428

Private and Confidential

Psalm 25:14

… I consider the confession of sins to a priest most degrading to that priest. To make his ear the common sewer of all the filth of a parish …

SERMON • SERMON 449

Joseph And His Brothers

Genesis 45:3-5

… Therefore is this distress come upon us." And though, in the speech which Judah made, it was not necessary to accuse themselves of crime, yet in the confession

SERMON • SERMON 356

Words Of Expostulation

Jeremiah 2:18

… That sword is meant for you unless you repent! What have you to do with taking your ease and eating and drinking and being happy? That man yonder …

SERMON • SERMON 3547

Simple Fact and Simple Faith

Acts 13:38

repentance in trumpet tones till the whole of Judea was startled with the phenomenon—and the multitudes poured forth from town and village to hear his preaching, "Repent

SERMON • SERMON 2726

Fourfold Satisfaction

Jeremiah 31:14

… And when, by faith, we laid our hand on that dear head of His and made confession of our transgression, we received the personal assurance that our sin …

SERMON • SERMON 410

Not Now, But Hereafter!

Job 21:29-31

… He now is swift to destroy, let it be yours on your knees to make confession of your sin and say, “I deserve thy wrath, Great King, I …

SERMON • SERMON 813

The Privileged Man

Ezekiel 16:9-14

… Our past lives will not do to look at—our state before conversion is something to be blushed over—we should repent of it in dust and ashes …

SERMON • SERMON 905

Footsteps Of Mercy

Job 33:23

… himself, made confession, "I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear. But now my eyes see You. Wherefore I abhor myself and repent in dust …

SERMON • SERMON 2889

Christ Receiving Sinners

Matthew 9:10

… You cannot tell all the story of your sin and your repentance to the wife of your bosom, but you can tell Jesus. There is no music that …

SERMON • SERMON 557

Where to Find Fruit

Hosea 14:8

… The Holy Ghost does not repent, nor feed the hungry, nor clothe the naked, nor preach the gospel. He gives us grace to do all these, but we …

SERMON • SERMON 266

The Blind Beggar

Mark 10:46-52

… Tell it out plainly, make a frank and full confession in his presence; and what if it should happen, my dear hearer, that this very day, while thou …

SERMON • SERMON 2770

'Go in Peace'

Luke 7:50

… When your tears, cries, secret love, and earnest seeking—when your confession of sin, your struggle after faith and the dawning of your faith are just accepted by …

SERMON • SERMON 1821

Cords and Cart-Ropes

Isaiah 5:18

… There is an ugly thing which they do not want to have much to do with—called repentance: of this they require much, but they are averse to …

SERMON • SERMON 923

Prepare To Meet Your God

Amos 4:12

… Let us make a full and penitent confession. We cannot be saved by Christ unless we will do as He bids us. Faith is only real as it …

SERMON • SERMON 945

Ripe Fruit

Micah 7:1

… There is repentance in him, but not such repentance as he will have as he sees more the love of Christ in pardoning his sin. There is faith …

SERMON • SERMON 741

A Troubled Prayer

Psalm 25:18

… A sickbed has often been a place of repentance. While the man was occupied with his daily work and the active labor of his hands, or could be …

SERMON • SERMON 2762

Taking Hold of God's Covenant

Isaiah 56:4

… Some have laid hold upon it by a confession of sin—and you know that the Lord has said—"He that covers his sins shall not prosper: but …

SERMON • SERMON 3475

The Soul's Great Crisis

Romans 7:8

… The Lord has sworn, and will not repent, You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. That is, a priestly King, a kingly Priest—Priest and …

SERMON • SERMON 1905

Healing and Pardon

Isaiah 33:24

… But when we go with our confession and find pardon of the Lord, the temporal chastisement is usually removed, or else it is so changed in its purpose …