Repentance

Longing To Find God

Job 23:3

… For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved." So runs …

'Who Is on the Lord's Side?'

Exodus 32:26

… I wish I could persuade some of you not to put off this confession any longer, but to say, "I love my Savior, and I mean to come …

The Last Sermon for the Year

Luke 16:2

… I will now go with the language of confession on my lips and beseech Him to accept me before another year begins." It seems such a long time …

A Call to the Depressed

Isaiah 52:2

… Hear the Word of the Spirit, which says, "Repent, and do your first works." The very first works were repentance and faith, and so even begin again! Away …

A Message From God

Judges 3:20

… They have spoken in hoarse notes, but solemn tones, and though they have not led you to repentance, their admonitions have stilled your pulse, chilled your blood and …

The Sinner's Refuge

Numbers 35:11

… For with the heart man believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." The city of refuge was a priestly city—a city of …

The Saint's Trials and the Divine Deliverances

Psalm 77:1-20

… and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. For these causes the Jews caught me in the …

A Time of Finding for Lost Sheep

Ezekiel 34:16

… I would, but cannot repent—this stubborn heart will not dissolve, although I strive to melt it. This haughty mind will resist the Savior, although I wish to …

A Miniature Portrait Of Joseph

Genesis 39:2

… There was in David so firm and undeviating an attachment to the Lord God and so sincere a desire to do right—and so deep a repentance when …

Heaven

1 Corinthians 2:9-10

… If you feel you cannot repent, go to him and tell him so, for he is exalted to give repentance, as well as remission of sins. Oh! that …

The Holy Spirit—the Need of the Age

Micah 2:7

… I cannot persuade him to hear the Word of God—I cannot do anything with him!" Dear mother, register that confession of inability and then, by faith, write …

Perfect Sanctification

Hebrews 10:10

… The Church has given forth many a valiant confession to His Deity and woe be to her should she ever hesitate on that glorious Truth of God! Yet …

Travailing for Souls

Isaiah 66:8

… Even when his own sins pressed heavily upon him, he could not end his personal confession without entreating the Lord to build the walls of Jerusalem, and to …

God's Work in Man

Hosea 2:16

… And if you will believe and repent, if you are willing, I will take away the names of Baalim out of your mouth. And if you are willing …

What The Church Should Be

1 Timothy 3:15

… In the confession of the Church, made by each one of her members; in the teaching of her ministers and in the witness of the whole body, the …

The Voice Behind Thee

Isaiah 30:21

… God calls to the rebellious, and by his gentle word they are brought to his feet with repentance, turned from their evil wandering, and led in the way …

The Savior You Need

Hebrews 5:9

… What has He to believe? The Holy Spirit does not repent for us. What has He to repent of? You must, yourself, believe, and it must be your …

Blessing for Blessing

Ephesians 1:3

… angels that men should repent—we are in the best and most practical way blessing God when we labor to bring men to repentance through faith in Christ …

'A Greater Than Solomon'

Matthew 12:42

… Jesus came with a clearer command of repentance, and a brighter promise of deliverance—but He spoke to stubborn hearts. Our Lord reminds the Pharisees of this and …

An Infallible Sign Of Revival

Isaiah 2:11

… It is a wretched confession to make, but God' s people know how true it is. We wander from the Lord and for a while He leaves us …

Psalm 119

Psalm 119

… No, no, we are to recover ourselves by repentance, to sue out the favour of God. When David humbled himself, and had repented, then saith Nathan, "The Lord …

Turning From Death

Ezekiel 33:11

… You die and all these are over! But the greater death means no more the house of God, the opportunity to pray, to repent, to believe, to receive …

Public Testimony—a Debt To God and Man

2 Kings 7:9

… Our blessed Lord Jesus Christ couples always, with faith, the confession of it. He that with his heart believes and with his mouth makes confession of Him, shall …

Wheat in the Barn

… Let us not overlook their tender sympathy with us; they behold the Lord rejoicing over our repentance, and they rejoice with him; they are our watchers and the …

The Infallibility of God’s Purpose

Job 23:13

… He is not a man that he should lie, nor the Son of Man that he should repent. He is of one mind. He saw thee ruined in …

The Samaritan Woman and Her Mission

John 4:27-30

… The non-repentance prophets cry, "Peace, peace," where there is no peace! They film the sore, but Jesus puts the knife into it, lays it wide open and …

Early And Late

Matthew 20:1

… on the Lord Jesus Christ," and that, "God commands all men everywhere to repent," then there comes with the general call to the chosen of God a particular …

Life's Ever-Springing Well

John 4:14

… You must turn to the Lord your God with penitential confession on your lips and pray Him in all His infinite compassion to give to you a life …

The Bitterness of the Cross

Zechaariah 12:10

… say that repentance and he had kept such sweet company that the only regret he had about Heaven was that he supposed he would not repent there. Well …

Reasons for Turning to the Lord

Hosea 6:1

… He hardly needs you to make any confession at all, he is so ready to forgive you—and nothing will give him greater pleasure than to have your …

Holiness, The Law of God's House

Ezekiel 43:12

… Let us set to this work at once! Here is the first exercise for us—let us repent of past failures in holiness. We shall never overcome sin …

No Fixity Without Faith

Isaiah 7:9

… Therefore, let not any child of His ever doubt Him and, as I fear we have done so, let us tremble before Him and repent that we should …

The Royal Prerogative

Deuteronomy 32:39

… Christ did not do so! He said, "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. The whole have no need of a physician, but those …

The Monster Dragged to Light

Romans 7:13

… How can a man repent of that which he does not know to be sin? How shall he humble himself before God concerning that which he does not …

The Man Christ Jesus

Hebrews 7:4

… is he of whom it is written, "The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek." I will not say …

Sychar's Sinner Saved

John 4:10

… you w ho know your sinnership and repent of it. He came not call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. God has given His Son Jesus Christ, freely …

'The Desire Of All Nations'

Haggai 2:7

… That is all the Law did—it was a steppingstone towards something better. "By which we draw near unto God." "The Lord has sworn and will not repent …

Patients for the Great Physician

Luke 5:31

… He can no more repent and believe without the Holy Spirit's aid, than he could create a world! And, unless Divine Grace gives him the power to …

Enquire of the Lord

Ezekiel 36:37

… and intercede on their behalf—and in answer to our repentance they shall be made to repent! In answer to our faith they shall be led to believe …

Vessels Of Mercy—A Sermon Of Self-Examination

Romans 9:23

… without repentance—God will not repent and take back the gift which He has given you. If He has called you by His Grace to repentance, He will …