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Repentance
Repentance, confession, turning from sin, and returning to God
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Self Low, But Christ High
Matthew 8:8
… In his confession of sin he is unsparing—"Lord I am not worthy that You should come under my roof." But in his confession of faith he is …
SERMON • SERMON 1307Enoch
Genesis 5:21-24
… Then came Enoch whose life went beyond the reception and confession of the Atonement, for he set before men the great Truth of communion with God. He displayed …
SERMON • SERMON 676Man'S Thoughts And God'S Thoughts
Isaiah 55:8
… You want a long ceremony of baptism, confirmation, confession, communion, penance, matins, vespers, festivals and I know not what! But the Gospel is, "Trust Jesus and live." "Believe …
SERMON • SERMON 1918The Abiding of the Spirit the Glory of the Church
Haggai 2:4-5
… He can make you feel more deeply the guilt of sin and your need of pardon. "But I have heard so much about conviction and repentance; I do …
SERMON • SERMON 2906Honor for Honor
1 Samuel 2:30
… So, guilty one, glorify God by making confession of your guilt. You have broken His Holy Law—acknowledge your offense in having broken it. Pay respect to the …
SERMON • SERMON 458The Friend of Sinners
Isaiah 53:12
… If you say "No," then I have nothing to say to you; Jesus Christ came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. If you are a …
SERMON • SERMON 2628"All Hail!"
Matthew 28:9
… He waits because He is "not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." Yet there will be a limit even to His patience …
SERMON • SERMON 2371Freedom At Once and Forever
Isaiah 61:1
… If you are bid to repent, your repentance is given to you by Him who is exalted on high to give it! Faith is asked of you, but …
SERMON • SERMON 1661Praying and Pleading
Jeremiah 14:7
… I beseech you, put your confession into words and state, truthfully, what you have done! The sense of your wickedness will grow more keen when you recall your …
SERMON • SERMON 1726Buying Without Money
Isaiah 55:1
… Sir, if I had a deep sense of need, then I could be saved." Or, "Sir, if I could pray better." Or, "Sir, if I had more repentance …
SERMON • SERMON 1708The Holy Spirit's Threefold Conviction of Men
John 16:8-11
… Secondly (and this is a much more blessed result), to convict men of sin and so to lead them to repentance towards God and faith in our Lord …
SERMON • SERMON 480A Message from God for Thee
Lamentations 4:22
… Yet it is not true that you are thus the only wayfarer in the path of repentance. Oh, but remember, that even though this were true, though all …
SERMON • SERMON 1471Concealing the Words of God
Job 6:10
… Job had not refrained from an open confession of his own faith in God—he had been known in the gates of the city as a worshipper of …
COMMENTARYPsalm 77
Psalm 77
… It is a means of repentance; for, how can we repent or mourn for that which we have forgotten? 7. It is a means of usefulness. When one …
SERMON • SERMON 1495The King-Priest
Zechariah 6:13
… He was to be both a Priest and a King even as David had prophesied in the 110th Psalm—"The Lord has sworn, and will not repent, You …
SERMON • SERMON 3457All Are Guilty
Matthew 27:22
… destroyed its best Instructor The teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ, by the confession of His enemies, was too sound to be disparaged and He was too wise …
SERMON • SERMON 2385Another Lesson From Manasseh's Life
2 Chronicles 33:10
… whole wheel moves! Repentance is the lovely sister of Faith, if it is not Faith's first-born child. So you are not to repent, first, and then …
COMMENTARYPsalm 126
Psalm 126
… tears of earnestness beget tears of repentance: "deep calleth unto deep." Verse 6. He. The general assurance is applied to each one in particular. That which is spoken …
SERMON • SERMON 359The Tabernacle—Outside The Camp
Exodus 33:7
… Know you not that the Lord has said, "He who with his heart believes, and with his mouth confesses, shall be saved"? You must make a public confession …
SERMON • SERMON 2482An Unparalleled Cure
Matthew 9:32
… I scarcely dare look up to Heaven." That confession that you dare not look up has in it the very essence of prayer! "But I cannot pray." Well …
SERMON • SERMON 2582Alto and Bass
Luke 1:53
… And as they hear others making confession of sin, they proudly say, "Lord, we thank You that we are not as other men are." Very superior persons, indeed …
SERMON • SERMON 872The Perseverance of the Saints
Philippians 1:6
… This is what we are looking forward to—that God who taught us to repent—will sanctify us wholly! That He who made the briny tear to flow …
SERMON • SERMON 2421Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Psalm 149:4-6
… So I believe that God is pleased when He sees in any of us some Grace—some repentance, some faith, some beginnings of that sanctification—which will, one …
SERMON • SERMON 1448Forgiveness Made Easy
Ephesians 4:82
… True, we did repent, and did believe, but repentance and faith he gave us, so that he did not forgive us for the sake of them, but purely …
SERMON • SERMON 1767Faith Among Mockers
Psalm 22:8
… No, "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved." "He that with his heart believes and with his mouth makes confession of Him, shall be saved." The …
SERMON • SERMON 609Knowledge Commended
Daniel 11:32
… Bury your head in His bosom in deep repentance and confess that you are not worthy to be called His son. Receive the kiss of His love. Let …
SERMON • SERMON 2092God's Own Gospel Call
Isaiah 55:3
… Come to God by confession of sin. You have lived up to now without Him. Confess that neglect. You have thought that repentance and faith might safely be …
SERMON • SERMON 3207Secret Disciples Encouraged
John 18:25
… BLESSED be His name, there are some of us who count it our highest joy to answer this question, "Yes." Whatever may be entailed by the confession, we …
SERMON • SERMON 2365"Goodness, as a Morning Cloud"
2 Chronicles 24:2
… If my repentance is but a seeming repentance and my faith but the mere shadow of faith, and not the substance of it, Lord, by Your good Spirit …
SERMON • SERMON 438God Or Self—Which?
Zechariah 7:5
… Oh, may His long-suffering lead you to repentance for having lived as if there were no God to love and yourself the only thing worth caring for …
SERMON • SERMON 1798Sight For Those Who See Not
John 9:39
… God, in infinite long-suffering, waits to be gracious, giving men space wherein to repent and to be reconciled to Him. Jesus has come into the world for …
SERMON • SERMON 2308Ten Wrong Kinds of Hearers
Isaiah 58:1
… You have heard about repentance, but you have never repented. What do you come for, if you never make any practical use of what you hear? Why do …
SERMON • SERMON 639Zealots
Luke 6:15
… How different is it with the Christian! That is a remarkable passage in the Revelation where zeal is coupled with repentance. "Be zealous, therefore, and repent." I may …
SERMON • SERMON 3560The Strait Gate
Luke 13:24
… There was no space left him, then, for repentance—he had wasted the opportunity. Therefore, I pray and beseech you, my dear Hearers, by the near approach of …
SERMON • SERMON 983Moab Is My Washpot
Psalm 60:8
… Now the blush of repentance, the shamefacedness of humility, and the tear of gratitude, are three helpful things, and all tend under God’s grace to set us …
SERMON • SERMON 1889The Blood of Sprinkling (Second Sermon.)
Hebrews 12:24
… But see how the great Father bears with you! He stands prepared to hear your prayer, to accept your confession of sin, to honor your faith, and to …
SERMON • SERMON 3069Cleansing—Wrong Or Right?
Job 9:30
… The Word of God is very emphatic upon that point—"If they shall fall away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance" Falling may be retrieved …
SERMON • SERMON 439The Danger Of Doubting
1 Samuel 27:1
… if possible be subdued— and certainly should be the object of our deep repentance and abhorrence. Now let us listen to David, and may his sin and sorrow …
SERMON • SERMON 1565Maschil Of Ethan, A Majestic Song
Psalm 89:1
… My dear Friends, if any of you get into that humor that you say, "I need not make any confession of sin. I need not ask pardon of …
SERMON • SERMON 1264The Man of One Subject
1 Corinthians 2:2
… What indignation, what searching of heart, what stern resolve, what bitterness of regret, what deep repentance have we felt when we have seen that our sins became the …