Repentance

A Psalm of Remembrance

1 John 4:16

… You may insert it in your confession, but I will not put it into my song. Confess your doubts, but write them not in this our psalm of …

The Enchanted Ground

… the third “Our Father which art in heaven.” when they have passed the confession general, and when they have got to the sermon,—which is the time to …

Sermons From Saintly Deathbeds No. 783

Genesis 49:33

… Brethren, it is beautiful to see the repentance of a dying saint—travel far as you may, you will not readily behold a more comely spectacle. I have …

A Sermon From A Rush

Job 8:11-13

… So is it with the hypocrite! He is fair enough on the outside, but there is no solid faith in Christ Jesus in him—no real repentance on …

The Value and Rank of the Believer

Isaiah 43:4

… You that have no repentance, He comes to give you repentance— "True belief and true repentance, Every Grace that brings you nigh! Without money, Come to Jesus Christ …

Brief, Silent Prayer

Nehemiah 2:4

… When business has got into a tangle or a confession which you cannot unravel or arrange, breathe a prayer! It need not occupy a minute, but it is …

Evening, December 31

Je 8:20

… Consecrate these last hours to lonely thought, and if deep repentance be bred in you, it will be well; and if it lead to a humble faith in …

The Loaded Wagon

… My tears entreat thee; let his long-suffering lead thee to repentance. He willeth not the death of any, but that they should turn unto him and live …

Psalm 49

Psalm 49

… In this judgment tears will not prevail, prayers will not be heard, promises will not be admitted, repentance will be too late, and as for riches, honourable titles …

The Bed and Its Covering

Isaiah 28:20

… The 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 …

Coming to Christ

1 Peter 2:4

… We do not come to Christ to bring our repentance, but to get repentance. We do not come to him with a broken heart, but for a broken …

Araunah's Threshing Floor

1 Chronicles 22:1

… of controversy! Oh, my Soul, come not into their secret! Certainly no doctrinal confession or orthodox creed supplies a locus standiwhere all see eye to eye, for good …

The Bride and Her Ornaments—the Sin of Forgetting God

Jeremiah 2:32

… Now I close with a few words of CALL TO REPENTANCE if we have, in any measure or degree, forgotten our God. I am sure, first, that our …

Christ a Sanctuary

Isaiah 8:14

… For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the month confession is made unto salvation. How different all this from that going about to establish our …

The Pierced Heart of Jesus

John 19:32-37

… came! To bear witness to this Truth He died! He witnessed a good confession before Pontius Pilate. If you touch those Doctrines, you touch the apple of His …

Psalm 11

Psalm 11

… This is the case of a sinner if he repent not; if God pardon not, he is in the snare of Satan's temptation, he is in the …

God's Fatherly Pity

Psalm 103:13

… As a rule, the kiss is on our cheek almost before the confession has left our lips! Oh, have we not gone to Him and we have thought …

The Stone Rolled Away

Matthew 28:2

… Here is the confidence of the saints—our Lord Jesus Christ who witnessed a good confession before Pontius Pilate and was crucified, dead and buried, rose again from …

The Family Likeness

Romans 8:14

… it says! And so with every ordinance, whatever it may be—Baptism, confirmation, confession to a priest—what you will, if the Spirit of God has not taught …

An Awful Contrast

Matthew 26:67

… Now came the answer! The good confession that our Lord witnessed before His cruel adversaries. 64. Jesus said to Him, You have said: nevertheless I say to you …

The Voice of the Blood of Christ

Hebrews 12:24

… he would not bring to God an acknowledgment of his guilt, or a confession of his inability to make atonement for it, except by the blood of a …

Prayer 9 — Glorious Liberty

… Bring them out of any hope of salvation by their own prayers or their own repentance. Bring them to cast themselves upon Thy grace to be saved by …

True Unity Promoted

Ephesians 4:3

… Let us unite in confession of sin. Let us join heartily in reforming our errors and a true Evangelical Alliance will cover our land! If any church will …

Lovest Thou Me?

John 21:15-17

… love thee;” thine own heart is witness that thy secret works belie thy confession, for thou art without prayer in secret; and thou canst preach a twenty minutes …

Christ's Prayer and Plea

Psalm 16:1

… and it is remarkable that in it our Lord does not make any confession of sin on account of His people. He does not come before God, as …

"My Redeemer Liveth"

… Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins ( Acts 5:30 …

The Great Reservoir

Proverbs 4:23

… Bend your knee at night, and with a full confession of sin, express your faith in Christ, then you may “dread the grave as little as your bed …

Psalm 85

Psalm 85

… The Lord will give , etc. (a) Is repentance a good thing? The Lord will give repentance. (b) Is pardon? The Lord, etc. (c) Is faith? (d) Is justification …

First Visit to Scotland

… Spurgeon's oratory was unequal and clumsy in the extreme, — the Spirit having deserted him, according to his own confession. Might not this be a punishment for his …

The Multitude Before the Throne

Revelation 7:9

… I believe the confession of the most of God's children will be such as gives the glory to the Gospel, and not to the preacher's skill …

The Dejected Lover

Solomon 3:1-4

… to us—there remains at this hour the positive conviction and the open confession that we do love Him. Four times, I think, does this benighted spouse cry …

Faith

Hebrews 11:6

… Men have repented, and yet have not been saved, because their’s was the wrong repentance. Juda repented, and went and hanged himself, and was not saved. Men …

Pictures of Happiness

Psalm 144:15

… Lord." This work of Grace led you from believing with the heart to confession with the mouth. I trust that many a time since then you have stood …

Jesus About His Father’s Business

John 4:34

… their sermons through as if they were making their last dying speech and confession. What do you think they call it?—why, doing their duty. True ministers call …

Praise Comely to the Upright

Psalm 33:1

… Now a main part of prayer must be occupied by confession and the Psalmist proceeds, therefore— 3. If You, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand …

Glimpses of Essex and Cambridgeshire Life, 1853

… Come Holy Spirit, come!’ Then men must be converted; then the wicked would repent, and the just grow in grace. “If I come, I shall not mind preaching …

The Angelic Life

Matthew 22:30

… You followed Satan, you grew more and more like he is, and now receive the heritage appointed for him." On the other hand, he who by repentance and …

A Defence of Calvinism

… not departed to this day, and I desire to make this my constant confession, “I ascribe my change wholly to God.” I once attended a service where the …

The Savior's Precious Blood

1 Peter 1:19

… thing! You would have bowed yourself before the Lord and joined in the confession, "We have erred and strayed from Your ways like lost sheep. We have done …

A Miracle of Grace

… A PICTURE OF TRUE REPENTANCE. At once he ceased to do evil. He went straightway to the temple and pulled down the idols. How I would like to …