Repentance

An Old-Fashioned Conversion

Job 33:29

… He who loves vice will not hear of repentance—the lover of pleasure detests holy mourning. The licentious think holiness to be another name for slavery. The man …

Robbers of God

Malachi 3:8

… This will come under the head of confession assisted. We shall mention, in detail, certain forms which this robbery may take in order that we may search our …

Five Divine Declarations

Isaiah 45:24

… Yet persecution could not stop the confession of faith in Jesus, for, as fast as one was slain, another stepped forward to take his place! Through all the …

A Merry Christmas

Job 1:4

… Come, let us repent together." And so, being, as I believe, all godly persons, they sat down and thought over their ways. Then no doubt the good old …

Who Can Tell?

Jonah 3:9

… SPURGEON at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens. “Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not …

On Laying Foundations

Luke 6:46-49

… If it is repentance, let it be an intensely earnest repentance, including a vehement hatred of every form of sin. If you make confession before God, confess with …

'Going and Weeping'

Jeremiah 50:4

… if that is all the repentance we have had, it is a repentance of which we need to repent! The old-fashioned repentance is the only one that …

The Believing Thief

Luke 23:42-43

… The Lord will accept all who repent; but how do you know that you will repent? It is true that one thief was saved’but the other thief …

Self-righteousness—a Smoldering Heap of Rubbish

Isaiah 65:5

… It also prevents the heart from repentance. How can you repent if you have never sinned? How can you mourn your failure to obey while you conceive that …

What Self Deserves

Ezekiel 36:31

… Remember them only that you may repent, and that you may bless his name, but never mention them without loathing them—utterly loathing them as if they were …

Honest Dealing with God

1 John 1:8-10

… The absence of confession of present sin means the absence of the light of truth, and sincerity. All sorts of people God saves, however black their sins, but …

Individual Sin Laid On Jesus

Isaiah 53:6

… A comparison is here used, and its use shows that the confession was a thoughtful one and not a matter of careless form. Man is here compared to …

Pardon for the Greatest Guilt

2 Chronicles 33:2

… of the human heart to say, "Repent," and yet not to save those who do so! God's calls to repentance are promises of forgiveness. Where He says …

First Forgiveness, Then Healing

Luke 5:20

… is no repentance. There was never yet the flat, "Your sins are forgiven you," until, first, there was a consciousness of sin and a confession of sin. "If …

Fast-Day Service

DANIEL 9:1-19

… of Israel!” Repent! “The times of your ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent.” And remember that when he gives repentance and faith …

A Sad Confession

Isaiah 53:3

… And you never will repent enough, could your tears flow forever. You cannot be saved by the merit of your repentance. Jesus Christ will forgive your impenitence as …

A Welcome Discovery

Genesis 21:19

… We must repent if we would be saved." Truly so, but I would put it rather thus—he that is saved always repents—repentance and faith go together …

Gray Hairs

Hosea 7:9

… If you see this evil in the looking glass, God give you Grace to repent over your lack of repentance, and to weep that you do not weep …

The Reception of Sinners

Luke 15:22

… He stops his son in the very middle of his confession and, before he can ask to be made as one of the hired servants, his mournful style …

A Lift for the Prostrate

Mark 1:31

… repent you, and believe the Gospel It is clear, from this passage, that our Lord exhorted men to repent and to believe the Gospel. There are some who …

God'S First Words To The First Sinner

Genesis 3:9

… place that I cannot repent as I would." "I have come to seek you, and I am exalted on high to give repentance and remission of sins." "But …

Evening, April 3

Is 53:6

… This confession is unreserved ; there is not a word to detract from its force, nor a syllable by way of excuse. The confession is a giving up of …

God's Gentle Power

1 Kings 19:11-13

… would have given my whole life to have had one tear of repentance. Can you repent now? Can you long after God now? Oh! cherish that longing! Yield …

Evening, September 14

Ps 32:5

… every case where there is a genuine, gracious confession, mercy is freely given, not because the repentance and confession deserve mercy, but for Christ's sake . Blessed be …

Saying Versus Doing

Matthew 21:28-30

… They are then reminded that repentance must be found in any heart that expects forgiveness and they say, "Yes, that is quite correct and very proper." Then they …

Right Replies To Right Requests

Luke 11:11-13

… Now, if you sincerely act thus, I am sure you will not be deceived in your repentance. You shall receive the repentance that needs not to be repented …

A Psalmist's Question and Answer

Psalm 130:3

… First, then, in our text, we have A CONFESSION—a confession which it will be well for everyone to make—"If You, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord …

Faith and Repentance Inseparable

Mark 1:15

Faith and Repentance Inseparable A Sermon (No. 460) Delivered on Sunday Morning, July 13th, 1862, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "Repent ye, and believe …

Repentance Unto Life

Acts 11:18

… So when it says, “Repent and be saved,” it includes the man who has the lowest degree of real repentance. Repentance, moreover, is never perfect in any man …

A Warrant for Your Apprehension

Zephaniah 2:5

… They were always against God and against God's people—and though Jehovah waited long and patiently, that they might have space for repentance, yet they repented not …

Psalm 51

Psalm 51

… The truth of repentance for that one, will bring him to a thorough repentance for his whole estate. This one evil thoroughly understood, brought David on his knees …

Repentance Must Go With Forgiveness

… There never was a person yet who did unfeignedly repent of sin with believing repentance who was not forgiven; and on the other hand, there never was a …

'Repentance and Remission'

Luke 24:47

… enquiry, "Who can tell if God will turn and repent?" Our Lord Jesus Christ has ordained that repentance should be preached in quite a different fashion than that …

The Backslider'S Way Hedged Up

Hosea 2:5-7

… can never fill." O that your repentance, fixed upon such reasons as these, may be deep! May you make a confession of your extreme folly and now fall …

Apostolic Exhortation

Acts 3:19

… But how is it so, when it is added, “Repent and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out”? Does a merely outward repentance bring with it …

The Two Debtors

Luke 7:41

… And even this confession, itself, is forced from our lips because we cannot help feeling that it is, alas, but too true." We are all equal here. III …

Great Pardon for Great Sin

Psalm 25:11

… over the offense because of the repentance. But how great is the guilt of that man who, having sinned, refuses to repent? And is not this exactly the …

Have You Forgotten Him?

Genesis 41:9

… Let us go before God with the confession, "Lord, I was as base and vile as any. Your Cross saved me. I was an heir of wrath even …

Turn or Burn

Psalm 7:12

… He can make thee repent, though thou canst not make thyself repent. If thou feelest thy need of repentance, I will not now say to thee “repent,” for …

Tender Words Of Terrible Apprehension!

Psalm 9:17

… the terrors of the Law, to repent of this great sin of having forgotten God! Oh, Spirit of God, grant repentance now! Will you make your bed in …