Repentance

Praises and Vows Accepted in Zion

Psalm 65:1-2

… highest praise is but silence before God, and we must praise him with confession of shortcomings. Oh, that we too, as our poet puts it, might, “Loud as …

Three Names High on the Muster Roll

Daniel 3:16-18

… Then the king made this confession to Daniel, "Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a …

The Great Physician And His Patients

Matthew 9:12

… Our repentance is not so tender as it should be. Our communion is distant and interrupted. We cannot pray without sinning and there is filth even in our …

John Ploughman's Talk

… Never bind up a man's head before it is broken, or comfort a conscience that makes no confession. Never hold up a candle to show the sun …

"Take, Eat"

Matthew 26:26

… For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." "Take, eat! Take, eat! Take, eat!" I should like to say …

How the Lambs Feed

Isaiah 5:17

… You will do well to read the "Confession of Faith," and study the proof texts, or to learn the "Assembly's Catechism," which is a grand condensation of …

Mealtime In The Corn Fields

Ruth 2:14

… a sentence of touching power. "And His commandments are not grievous," is the confession of all obedient sons. Sitting at this table, our soul has mounted up from …

Ephraim Bemoaning Himself

Jeremiah 31:18

… If you, being evil, are overcome by your children's tears, how much more shall your Father who is in Heaven find in your bemoaning and confession an …

Open Praise and Public Confession

Psalm 138:1-3

(No. 2604) A SERMON INTENDED FOR READING ON LORD'S-DAY, JANUARY 8, 1899. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11 …

Sinners Bound with the Cords of Sin

Proverbs 5:22

… by the bondage of their sins when we recollect that, according to the confession of the most of them, the pleasures of sin are by no means great …

Angelic Protection in Appointed Ways

Psalm 91:11

… I have declared my ways, and You heard me. "I have made a full confession to You, my God. I have acknowledged my fault wherein I was wrong …

The Crown of Thorns

Matthew 27:29

… Worship Him! Adore Him! Bless Him! And let your voices sing, "Worthy the Lamb." This sight is a stimulus, next, to repentance. Did our sins put thorns around …

The Good Shepherdess

Solomon 1:7

… The bride, in the present case, takes to Jesus her troubles, her distress about herself and her confession concerning her work. She brings before Him her double charge …

Lessons From Nature

Psalm 104:17-18

… Monasticism was the confession of a weakness which they endeavored to cover with the vain show of humility, and the presence of superior sanctity. If my graces are …

A Dirge for the Down-grade and a Song For Faith

Isaiah 66:10

… It is, by the confession of its inventors, the outcome of the period—the monstrous birth of a boasted "progress"—the scum from the caldron of conceit. It …

The Nazarene and the Sect of the Nazarenes

Matthew 2:23

… and Master! "He that with His heart believes, and with His mouth makes confession of Him, shall be saved." "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved …

On the Cross After Death

John 19:31-37

… If you cannot come to Christ with faith and repentance, come to Christ for faith and repentance, for He can give them to you! He is pierced on …

God's Memorial Of His People

Isaiah 49:16

… For with the heart man believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture says, Whoever believes on Him shall not be …

The Cross Our Glory

Galatians 6:14

… I make this confession and I make it very boldly, that I never knew what rest of heart truly meant till I understood the Doctrine of the Substitution …

Surveying the Field

Nehemiah 2:12

… There is a full confession of sin—an acknowledgment of the Justice of God in having punished His people. But then there is a quoting of the Divine …

The Sermon of the Seasons

Genesis 8:22

… He will not use the stern weapons of destruction, but will try the tender ministrations of patience and grace, that men may be led to repentance. There will …

Christ's Love for His Vineyard

Solomon 8:12

… There are some in these days who have, according to their own confession, cast off the God of Abraham. They do not believe in the Jehovah who is …

The Fifth Beatitude

Matthew 5:7

… They had mourned over their past sins with bitter repentance. They had mourned over the condition of practical alienation from God into which sin had brought them—and …

God-Guided Men

Galatians 1:16

… I want you to further notice that this principle also applies to the confession of your faith, i f you have been converted to Christ. Very often some …

Shoes for Pilgrims and Warriors

Ephesians 6:15

… prayers that have not a word in them, prayers for others, prayers of confession, prayers of thanksgiving—"praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit." 18 …

Open House For All Comers

Luke 15:2

… arms and finds himself forgiven before he has time to make a complete confession. At other times men have to knock, but the very first knock opens the …

A Blessed Gospel Chain

John 14:23

… so that it is not simply the minister uttering the prayer or the confession, but he is a sort of preceptor leading the rest of the congregation. In …

The Lily Among Thorns

Solomon 2:2

… of charms, for in ourselves we are deformed and defiled! What is the confession of this very spouse in the previous chapter? She says "I am black"—that …

The Unspeakable Gift

2 Corinthians 9:15

… From the pulpit, when occupied by a gracious man, the confession freely comes that the heralds of the Cross are not able to tell all that is hidden …

The Hunger-Bite

Job 18:12

… I thought I had some sort of repentance and I began to be content with it. But when the Spirit of God came, I found that my repentance …

Chastened Happiness

Jeremiah 33:9

… We have known fathers in Israel who have stepped aside and though they have, by deep repentance, found their way to Heaven, they have gone sorrowing there. Look …

Everlasting Love Revealed

Jeremiah 31:3

… He might have threatened me into repentance. He might have thundered me into submission. But no, "with loving kindness have I drawn you." I spoke to a Brother …

Moving

Exodus 33:15

… I pray you, just as you are, to make a confession of your guilt and come to Christ's Cross! He is just as willing to receive you …

The Objective of the Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 11:26

… By their own confession, He died for being a King and He died for being too greatly good, too royal in His love. He, being King of kings …

Following the Risen Christ

Colossians 3:1

… Conviction was worked in us and confession of sin. A dread of judgment to come and a sense of present condemnation were present, but these were tokens of …

"Is the Spirit of the Lord Straitened?"

Micah 2:7

… cannot use you? Do you not see that though you think such a confession is an evidence of humility, you are straitening the Spirit of God? However weak …

The Two "Comes"

Revelation 22:17

… We know this, that wherever the Lord, Himself, is in a meeting, hearts are sure to be broken and repentance is certain to be manifested! Wherever Jesus Christ …

Christ's Crowning Glory

Psalm 21:5

… From the first sigh of repentance to the last hymn of thanksgiving, everything in us that is good is His workmanship! And so, in that respect, our salvation …

The First Beatitude

Matthew 5:3

… He thinks himself to be a hard-hearted sinner as he acknowledges the deep repentance which his offenses call for. He fears that he is a stranger to …

Helps

1 Corinthians 12:28

… get there?" It does men good to state their spiritual case to others. Confession to a priest is a piece of abomination, but sometimes the communication of our …