Repentance

The Ploughman

… With your heart believe in Jesus, and with your mouth make confession of him, and you shall be saved. A main part of faith lies in the giving …

What God Cannot Do!

Titus 1:2

… As for instance—"He is not a man that He should lie, nor the son of man that He should repent." The word "lie," here includes beyond its …

Question 81: What is required to the worthy receiving of the Lord's Supper?

1Co 11:28; 1Co 11:29; 2Co 13:5; 1Co 11:31; 1Co 11:18-20; 1Co 5:8; 1Co 11:27-29

… 29 of their faith to feed upon him, # 2Co 13:5 of their repentance, # 1Co 11:31 love, # 1Co 11:18-20 and new obedience, # 1Co 5:8 …

Scourge For Slumbering Souls

Amos 6:1

… Come, take your swing, go to the end of your tether and then pull up of a sudden and repent." Well knows he that then he will have …

Every Man's Necessity

John 3:7

… It is not enough that we, of ourselves and in the energy of our old nature begin to pray, repent and so on, for all that which can …

Cheer For The Faint-Hearted

Judges 13:23

… But still the confession must be made, humiliating though it is—we do know that even those Believers whose hearts are true and whose souls are clad in …

The Royal Prerogative

Psalm 68:20

… does He wink at human sin, but calls upon all men everywhere to repent! And it is clear, too, that God has the power to smite those who …

Concerning Deliverance from Sinning

… puts within us. "The gifts and calling of God are without repentance"; that is, without repentance on His part; He does not take away what He once has …

The Sin of Unbelief

… which should be condemned by every believer, should be struggled against, should if possible be subdued, and certainly should be the object of our deep repentance and abhorrence.

The Seven Sneezes

2 Kings 4:35

… Just so, let us feel thankful when we hear the first groan of distress or see the first tear of repentance! Hopefulness is a helpful element in the …

Penitence, Pardon and Peace

Luke 7:37-38

… O that our eyes were as ready with tears of repentance as were hers! O that our hearts were as full of love as hers and our hands …

Aug. 14 — CHILD CHASTISEMENT NOT FOREVER

I Kings 11:39

… Our present grief is meant to bring us to repentance, that we may not be destroyed with the wicked.

Self-Examination

… risen with Christ;” and at the very bottom of the hill, even at Repentance-gate itself, He meets us with a warrant of arrest, until He sees whether …

Oct. 9 — WHAT SANCTIFIES OUR OFFERINGS?

Lev. 4:7

… Sin mingles even with our holy things, and our best repentance, faith, prayer, and thanksgiving could not be received of God were it not for the merit of …

Grace For Communion

Solomon 4:16

… We may have much repentance, yet no conscious repenting. We may have much fire of love, yet no love flaming forth—and much patience in the heart, though …

Feb. 17 — GOD CAN MAKE YOU STRONG

II Chron. 15:7

… They were also reminded of the sister kingdom, how ill it fared in its rebellion, and how the Lord was gracious to it when repentance was shown. The …

Psalm 82

Psalm 82

… This gives the offenders pause for consideration and confession. Verse 3. Defend the poor and fatherless. Cease to do evil, learn to do well. Look not to the …

The Believer's Present Rest

Hebrews 4:3

… prayers never to depend upon your prayers! Labor in your repentance never to rest upon your repentance and labor in your faith not to trust to your faith …

Evening, August 10

Mt 9:6

… high, and received gifts for men.” “He is exalted on high to give repentance and remission of sins.” The most crimson sins are removed by the crimson of …

Fearful Of Coming Short

Hebrews 4:1

… True faith walks hand in hand with repentance. A faith that never wept is a faith that never lived. Faith without repentance is dead. Hatred of sin always …

Morning, December 18

Joe 2:13

… religious emotion, are easily manifested and are frequently hypocritical ; but to feel true repentance is far more difficult, and consequently far less common. Men will attend to the …

Morning, September 9

Je 33:3

… There are the common frames and feelings of repentance, and faith, and joy, and hope, which are enjoyed by the entire family; but there is an upper realm …

A Bold Challenge Justified

Romans 8:34

… Neither does the Apostle ground his confidence on the fact of his repentance. Some people seem to have a notion that although sin is a very evil thing …

Evening, May 8

Job 22:21

… Endeavour to know the Father; bury your head in his bosom in deep repentance, and confess that you are not worthy to be called his son; receive the …

Evening, March 31

2Sa 21:10

… what ought we to do who have by our sins crucified our Lord? Our obligations are boundless, our love should be fervent and our repentance thorough. To watch …

Evening, August 16

Ro 8:23

… We have repentance, that gem of the first water; faith, that priceless pearl; hope, the heavenly emerald; and love, the glorious ruby. We are already made “new creatures …

Morning, May 25

Ps 38:21

… Forsake me not in the day of my repentance, lest I lose the hope of pardon, and fall into despair; and forsake me not in the day of …

Morning, June 13

Rev 22:17

… If you have no good feelings, if you be but willing, you are invited; therefore come! You have no belief and no repentance,—come to him, and he …

Morning, July 30

Mk 14:72

… We, like Peter, remember our boastful promise : “Though all men shall forsake thee, yet will not I.” We eat our own words with the bitter herbs of repentance …

Evening, January 4

Ge 42:8

… When we wept bitterly in despairing repentance, and viewed him only as a judge and a ruler, he viewed us as his brethren well beloved, and his bowels …

Evening, February 11

Rev 2:4

… Then the flowers appeared in our heart; hope, love, peace, and patience sprung from the sod; the hyacinth of repentance, the snowdrop of pure holiness, the crocus of …

Evening, May 30

Ro 6:6

… With weeping and repentance, come thou to his footstool, and thou shalt be once more received into his heart; thou shalt be set upon a rock again, and …

Evening, September 27

Song 5:4

… What can I do? Tears are a poor show of my repentance, my whole heart boils with indignation at myself. Wretch that I am, to treat my Lord …

Morning, October 31

Ps 51:10

… We needed repentance then; we certainly need it now. We wanted faith that we might come to Christ at first; only the like grace can bring us to …

Jude's Doxology

… We must never be such believers in the repentance of the guilty as to be willing to wink at sin, for sin is a great evil in any …

Evening, November 14

Ge 29:26

… believing, but they must first be wedded to the tender-eyed Leah of repentance. Every one falls in love with happiness, and many would cheerfully serve twice seven …

Evening, October 27

Is 64:6

… Sin mars our repentance, ere the great Potter has finished it, upon the wheel. Selfishness defiles our tears, and unbelief tampers with our faith. The best thing we …

'No Root in Themselves'

Mark 4:17

… One of the roots of a true Christian is secret repentance—and secret prayer is another—those are roots that run down far into the soil. He who …

Coming—Always Coming

1 Peter 2:4

… Christ is exalted on high to give repentance and remission of sins. Come and receive a heart of flesh, for you cannot make one for yourself! "Oh, but …

Pride Catechized and Condemned

1 Corinthians 4:7

… have repentance of sin, but was the repentance natural to you? Did you not receive it from him who is exalted on high to give repentance? Is not …