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Repentance
Repentance, confession, turning from sin, and returning to God
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Sincere Seekers—assured Finders
1 Chronicles 28:9
… All the cannots in the Bible about spiritual inability are tantamount to will nots! But when you say, "I cannot repent," you mean, "I will not—I will …
DEVOTIONALEvening, November 24
Pr 24:33-34
… it will be too late to plough and to sow, too late to repent and believe. In harvest, it is vain to lament that the seed time was …
DEVOTIONALEvening, June 2
Matt. 19:16
… O that they would do so! They would never repent so wise a deed. If they would but take his easy yoke, they would find themselves in so …
DEVOTIONALEvening, November 21
Jn 12:2
… to feast with his brethren? Oh, this is cruel! It behoves us to repent, and do as he has bidden us, for his least wish should be law …
SERMON • SERMON 444The Portion Of The Ungodly
Isaiah 47:14
… And if you perish, it will be because you did not repent. And if you are cast away, it will be because you would not believe in Christ …
SERMON • SERMON 2180A Mediator
Galatians 3:20
… Well, Sirs, if you will have it, you must have it—but I would implore you to repent at once of your insane choice! HOW can you fight …
SERMON • SERMON 14The Victory of Faith
1 John 5:4
… Never mind about him; let him sleep; think about the honesty after you have got the money, and repent at your leisure.” So saith the world; but you …
SERMON • SERMON 3256Beggars Becoming Princes
1 Samuel 2:8
… Therefore I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes." A sight of God will soon show us what our own character is. "The heavens are not clean …
SERMON • SERMON 2248Sad Fasts Changed To Glad Feasts
Zechariah 8:19
… No, the word comes to us full of surprise and power, "I am returned." Instantly, on the repentance, God comes back! A jealous God fights against me. I …
SERMON • SERMON 3398Love's Great Reason
1 John 4:19
… I shall treat the first part of the sentence as the great general confession of the whole Church—"We love Him." And the second first part of the …
SERMON • SERMON 1012The Unbeliever’s Unhappy Condition
John 3:36
… I shall, like John, continue laying the axe at the root of the trees, and shall not go beyond crying, “Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is …
SERMON • SERMON 3302Faith in Christ's Ability
Matthew 9:28
… lamb? Believe you that I can give you the Grace of repentance though you cannot repent without My aid? Do you believe that I am able to do …
SERMON • SERMON 3308Gathering in the Chosen
Jeremiah 31:8
… There is no prayer like a wet prayer saturated with the tears of repentance. 9. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of water in a …
SERMON • SERMON 935The Sad Wonder
Mark 6:6
… One of these days, unless you repent, you will be a wonder to yourselves, for this text will come true to you if God prevents it not. "Behold …
SERMON • SERMON 1927Our Sympathizing High Priest
Hebrews 5:7-10
… He knows what the agony of prayer means and He will cast a Brother's eyes on you when, in the bitterness of your repentance, you seek the …
SERMON • SERMON 2917The Doors of the Shadow of Death
Job 38:17
… shade? If you have, you will not choose them as a place to repent in—you will rather choose the present time to seek the Lord—now while …
SERMON • SERMON 2347The Lord's Famous Titles
Psalm 146:7-9
… Oh, for deep prostration of spirit, a humble waiting upon God, a gracious, tender confession of thanks to Him for all that He has done for poor leprous …
SERMON • SERMON 2398Mediation of Moses
Exodus 32:14
… He who sees all things at once and perceives at one glance the beginning and the end of all things, has no need to repent. "God is not …
SERMON • SERMON 3030A Consistent Walk for Time to Come
Colossians 2:6
… You need not bring tears of repentance to Him. But just come and take Christ. Remember, it is not what you are, but it is what Christ is …
SERMON • SERMON 69The Allegories of Sarah and Hagar
Galatians 4:24
… The covenant gives faith, gives repentance, gives good works, gives salvation, as a purely gratuitous unconditional act; nor does our continuance in that covenant depend in the least …
SERMON • SERMON 1827Exceeding Gladness
Psalm 21:6
… It comes from God and from God, alone, and when He bestows it, it is yours forever, for His gifts are without repentance—He never takes back that …
SERMON • SERMON 3096The Second Time
Acts 7:13
… In the next place, you did not go to Him with a confession of your guilt Joseph's brothers went down into Egypt, the first time, simply to …
SERMON • SERMON 3458Redeeming the Unclean
Exodus 13:13
… We would not, ourselves, accept a service done us by an enemy, or that is done without any motive of repentance. No, since the very essence of obedience …
SERMON • SERMON 349The Wailing of Risca
Jeremiah 4:20
… When thou shalt follow him to the grave, amidst all thy tears for his loss, let there not be one tear of repentance because of thine ill behaviour …
SERMON • SERMON 3218Preaching Christ Crucified
1 Corinthians 1:23
… and brethren, what shall we do?" He was equally Inspired when he answered, "Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for …
SERMON • SERMON 181Particular Redemption
Matthew 20:28
… we began; and even if it has operated, we have still sins to repent of, for we all lay our mouths in the dust, and cast ashes on …
SERMON • SERMON 3212A Command and a Promise
James 4:8
… receive you just as graciously if you only come to Him with wholehearted repentance for your sin and true faith in Jesus Christ as your only Savior! But …
SERMON • SERMON 3409Seeking Richly Rewarded
Psalm 34:10
… Repent! May God's Eternal Spirit lead you to repentance of this great sin of having lived in neglect of God, and from henceforth, seeking pardon for the …
SERMON • SERMON 153The Mysteries of the Brazen Serpent
John 3:14
… If you this day so repent, and put your trust in Jesus, you have in your trust and repentance a sure proof that Christ was punished for you …
SERMON • SERMON 90Men Chosen—Fallen Angels Rejected
Hebrews 2:16
… Far better for him to show his opposition; for then, perhaps, he may know that it is in him, and repent of it before God. But I will …
SERMON • SERMON 2763The Glory of Grace
Ephesians 1:6
… and you turned your face to the wall and you vowed repentance—but you did not repent? You use no other friend so evilly as you have used …
SERMON • SERMON 2163Immanuel—The Light of Life
Isaiah 9:1
… From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand." Yes, Beloved, our Lord made His home in the …
SERMON • SERMON 381Christian Baptism
Colossians 2:12
… believes and is baptized shall be saved." And we read that Peter says, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you;" and again, he says, "Can any man …
SERMON • SERMON 3344Unanswered Prayer
Psalm 22:2
… If you will not listen to My tender command, it is kind to refuse you your desire until you repent and obey." Perhaps this is the way in …
SERMON • SERMON 1802Thought-Reading Extraordinary
Psalm 10:17
… Possibly his confession may run thus—"I desire to be humble, but I lament my pride. I desire to be strong in faith, but I mourn my unbelief …
SERMON • SERMON 1227Spiritual Appetite
Proverbs 27:7
… We must repent of sin and to carnal minds it is a bitter thing to hate sin and leave it. But to those who hunger after Christ, repentance …
SERMON • SERMON 3261The Covenant
Psalm 111:5
… They were a sinful, willful, wicked, degenerate people and He called to them many times to come to Him and repent—but they would not. Here He speaks …
SERMON • SERMON 1216To Souls In Agony
Psalm 116:3
… He used to be able, as he thought, to do anything! His notion was that he could repent and believe, amend and reform and save himself whenever he …
SERMON • SERMON 2226"Lay Hold on Eternal Life!"
1 Timothy 6:12
… Though you seem paralyzed and unable to repent or to believe—this life shall be given to you and it shall be given to you now if you …
SERMON • SERMON 2048A Life-Long Occupation
Hebrews 13:15
… Let the fruit of our lips be a still bolder confession of His name. Let us more and more earnestly make known His Glory and His Grace. If …