Repentance

The Great Arbitration Case

Job 9:33

… And the Arbitrator declares that He cannot mix up other cases with the case now in hand—that the present offender has, on his own confession, broken the …

Sunlight for Cloudy Days

Psalm 40:17

… Now, if you feel that you cannot pray, that you cannot repent, that you cannot believe, that you cannot do anything that is good in your own strength …

Untitled Sermon

Ephesians 1:12

… an honest confession of Him. "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved." "He that with his heart believes, and with his mouth makes confession of Him …

Psalm 60

Psalm 60

… When the divine desertion causes mourning and repentance, it will be but partial and temporary. When a cast off soul sighs for its God it is indeed not …

The Greatest Folly in the World

Romans 3:11

… If you would get a good understanding and seek the Lord, begin by confession. That is the way for you to commence who have, up to now, neglected …

Glory!

1 Peter 5:10

… called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus." We are called to repentance, we are called to faith, we are called to holiness, we are called to …

"The Wedding Was Furnished with Guests"

Matthew 22:10

… If He enters Heaven as a Prince and a Savior and yet no one receives repentance and remission, where is His honor? Where is His Glory? Look at …

Faith Seeing God's Glory

John 11:40

… You may say that you have no feeling, no sensibility—that you cannot repent and a great many other things. But now, can you believe that Christ can …

The Foundation and Its Seal—a Sermon for the Times

2Timothy 2:19

… True godliness is not to say, "I believe," but to believe! Not to talk of repentance, but to repent! It is not to speak of regeneration, but to …

A Solemn Warning for All Churches

Revelation 3:4

… Remember therefore how thou has received and heard, and hold fast and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and …

The Anxious Enquirer

Job 23:3

… God may have given them some peace through believing and brought them into an immediate state of joy—He may have given them some repentance for sin and …

Caleb—The Man For The Times

Numbers 14:24

… Happy shall that man be whose faith was a real faith, whose repentance was sincere, whose obedience was true, who gave his heart, his whole heart to his …

The Candle

Matthew 5:15

… What must that be? A candlestick is an appropriate exhibitor of the light and each man should make an appropriate confession of his faith. The best way is …

Wheat in the Barn

Matthew 13:30

… Let us not overlook their tender sympathy with us—they behold the Lord rejoicing over our repentance—and they rejoice with Him1 They are our watchers and the …

A Sermon for a Winter's Evening

John 18:18

… that Peter's heart was thawed and his eyes dropped with tears of repentance! O Lord and Master, though a bodily sight of You would not warm us …

A Gospel Sermon To Outsiders

Mark 10:49

… Next to this thoughtfulness and repentance comes a little hope—he perceives that there is a salvation worth having and he asks himself why he should not have …

A New Year's Benediction

1 Peter 5:10

… For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.” If he has called thee he will never repent of what he has done, nor cease to bless …

The Coming Resurrection

John 5:28

… Expect, therefore, no place for repentance after this life, no opportunities for reformation, no further proclamations of mercy, or doors of hope. It is now or never with …

Gracious Renewal

Psalm 51:10

… Do you not know, Beloved, that in the renewal of our spirits every Divine Grace is needed that was nestled for our first conversion? We needed repentance in …

The Three Witnesses

1 John 5:8

… He pours his influences upon men, and infidelity melts away like the iceberg in the Gulf Stream; he touches the indifferent and careless, and they repent, believe, and …

Unbelievers Upbraided

Mark 16:14

… That is quite as wrong as saying to the unconverted, over and over again, "Only believe," without ever mentioning the need of repentance and regeneration! There is a …

True and Not True

John 9:31

… God will not hear your prayers! He will hear your supplications if you repent of and forsake your sins—but if you come before Him arm in arm …

The Free Agency of Christ

Mark 8:22-25

… Make a personal confession of sin. Seek for personal faith in a personal Savior. You were born alone—you will have to pass through the gates of death …

The Last Year at Waterbeach and Cambridge

… man had all that he wanted of sinful pleasure, but here is his confession, — “I fly, like a bird of the air, In search of a home and …

Life Proved by Love

1 John 3:14

… David just pulled up the sluices of confession, the floods ran away, and all was quiet! Oh, what a simple plan this is! But pride cannot stand it …

Prayer Perfumed with Praise

Philippians 4:6

… Let even the general confession of sin and the litany of mournful petitions have at least one illuminated letter. Illuminate your prayers; light them up with rays of …

Amazing Grace

Isaiah 57:18

… I will give them over into the hand of their enemies and then, perhaps, they will repent." And so God did this to Israel and the nation was …

Individuality, and Its Opposite

… A penitent mourning for sin fits us to preach repentance. “I preached,” says John Bunyan, “sometimes, as a man in chains to men in chains, hearing the clanking …

Laboring And Not Fainting

Revelation 2:3

… It might be beneficial to them if they had the flavor of it in their mouths, for I am very much afraid that unless they repent it will …

The Trees in God's Courts

Psalm 92:13-15

… And, if the youngster could not spell the biggest word in the whole Confession of Faith, they have said, "Ah, the young people nowadays are not like what …

The Northern Iron and the Steel

Jeremiah 15:12

… He went, however, to his work with unstaggering firmness; hopeful, perhaps, that when his countrymen heard the divine threatening, they would repent of their sin, seek mercy, and …

Sins Of Ignorance

Leviticus 5:17

… seek forgiveness! May the Spirit of God work in us a tender-hearted confession of that sin which we did not, before, know to be sin. And while …

Singing in the Ways of the Lord

Psalm 138:5

… It is written—"If these shall fall away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance, seeing that they have crucified the Son of God afresh and …

Strong Consolation for the Lord's Refugees

Hebrews 6:18

… oath by Him that said unto Him, the Lord swore and will not repent, You are a Priest forever after the order of Melchisedec." By the oath of …

Life Eternal

John 10:28

… That life which has made tears of repentance stream down your cheeks. That life which has caused you to believe in Jesus—this is the life which will …

God the Wonder-Worker

Psalm 136:4

… he could complete the globe in six days, but it often takes many years to bring a sinner to repentance, and to perfect his salvation. The aboundings of …

"God, and Not Man"—What Does It Mean?

Hosea 11:9

… And this goodness, forbearance and long-suffering of God should lead us to repentance. We may not continue in sin because God's Grace abounds, but His abounding …

Psalm 73

Psalm 73

… The confession in this case is, as it should be, very plain and explicit. Verse 3. For I was envious at the foolish. "The foolish" is the generic …

The Swiftly Running Word

Psalms 147:15

… It flashes forth, also, like lightning flames in threats, when God dooms the ungodly or warns them of what shall follow unless they repent. Terrible, indeed, is the …

Self-Sufficiency Slain

John 15:5

… He thought in his own heart that he could believe, and could repent, and could be saved when he liked. He still treasured up in his soul the …