Repentance

Girded for the Work

1 Peter 1:13

… give me misery, brokenness of spirit and true godly sorrow for sin!" That confession will naturally melt into prayer for quickening. While you are mourning your misery, God …

The Singing Army

2 Chronicles 20:4

… And one of the most prevailing arguments to be used in prayer with God is a truthful statement of our condition—a confession of our sad estate. So …

The Oft-Repeated Invitation

Revelation 22:17

… He will never barter and haggle with you concerning Him—so much alms and so much repentance, and then you shall have Christ? No, Sirs, I tell you …

Our Lord's Humanity a Sweet Source of Comfort

Daniel 10:18

… hanged himself, which was a very likely thing to do after such a confession. But if you will go and tell your sins to Jesus, who is a …

Our Stronghold

Proverbs 18:10

… one foolish woman said, "Ah, you see, according to the minister's own confession, these Christians are as bad as the rest of us, they have many faults …

Renewing Strength

Isaiah 40:31

… faith but that which God Himself has revealed! "But the Westminster Assembly's Confession?" It must be treated in the same manner. That summary of doctrine is very …

A Business-Like Account

Philippians 3:7-9

… have been better for us if our character had been, by our own confession, a mass of rags—for then we should have been willing to be clothed …

A Singular But Needful Question

John 5:6

… It would be very degrading to me to make the same confession as he does, and I do not intend doing it." The man does not want to …

The Judgment Seat Of God

Romans 14:10-12

… That confession you will not be able to withhold. Oh how the wicked will bite their tongues when they have to acknowledge their folly and wrong doing! But …

Believers as Blessed as the Blessed Virgin

Luke 11:27

… heart you will believe on the Lord Jesus and with your mouth make confession of Him, you shall be saved! Or, to put it in the words of …

Urging Lot

Genesis 19:15

… But what is this but a confession that you have the responsibility of knowing what you ought to do, but you lack either the manliness, or the Divine …

Salvation Altogether By Grace

… Our children, who have learned "The Westminster Assembly's Confession of Faith," know more about the Doctrines of Grace and the doctrine of the Bible than hundreds of …

A Special Benediction

… Still, they were not ashamed of their names and since they were bound to make an open confession of their faith, it is as well that they used …

A Welcome for Jesus

Luke 8:40

… the third beautiful picture which is, a seeking sinner waiting for Christ in confession and prayer He is upstairs in the quiet of his own room. No one …

Joy And Peace In Believing

Romans 15:13

… You, all of you, feel vexed with the Romanist that he can rely upon confession, upon penance imposed by his priest, or upon the hearing of masses. You …

The Ark of the Covenant

Jeremiah 3:16

… When he had made a hearty confession of his sin and cried to God for mercy, he uttered those memorable words, "You desire not sacrifice; else would I …

Paul Apprehended and Apprehending

Philippians 3:12

… opened, that he might be baptized, and that he might thus make his confession of faith in Christ! He well says that he was "apprehended of Christ Jesus …

God's Hidden Ones

Psalm 83:3

… For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." To the secret faith of the heart there ought to be …

Man, Whose Breath Is In His Nostrils

Isaiah 2:22

… Alas, the soil terribly soils his soul! "My soul cleaves to the dust" might be the confession of every man in one sense or another. We bear the …

Lukewarmness

Revelation 3:15

… And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the Covenant and mercy to them …

Jubilee Joy—or, Believers Joyful In Their King

Psalm 149:2

… Light up your houses, all of you, with a holy cheerfulness and a clear confession of Christ. Hang out your flags of joy! You have them lying by …

Harvest Time

1 Samuel 12:17

… But whenever they returned to the Lord with their confession of sin and again sought His mercy, He was always quick to deliver them. Let us profit by …

Love's Logic

1 John 4:19

… Then shall come the deep repentance; then shall come the brokenness of heart; then shall come the holy jealousy, the sacred hatred of sin, and the refining of …

Three Arrows—or Six?

2 Kings 13:18

… Sometimes that hearing of prayer leads men to repentance and they then pray better prayers and receive greater blessings. 4. For He saw the oppression of Israel, because …

Faith's Sure Foundation

1 Peter 2:6

… But yet more confident are we because we see that His Manhood is in union with Deity! We subscribe to that ancient confession, "He is very God of …

Though He Were Dead

John 11:24-26

… confess to God, but not to man unless you have wronged him, and confession of the wrong is due to him. ‘Ah,’ saith one, ‘you don’t know …

The Substance Of True Religion

Job 19:28

… Come, then, let us look more closely into this choice confession of faith! I shall not attempt to expound this golden utterance, but I shall glance at it …

Jesus Appearing To Mary Magdalene

Mark 16:9

… She said, "Master." You can never get into a state of mind for which this confession of allegiance will be a word too cold. No, when your spirit …

"The Tender Mercy of Our God"

Luke 1:77-79

… He has led us to the confession of sin, he has brought us to the acceptance of his mercy through the atoning blood; and so he has truly …

The Priest Dispensed With

1 John 5:10

… sins? This precious, "Steps to the Altar," says, "Let the manner of your confession be in an humble posture, on your knees, as being made to God rather …

Threefold Sanctification

1 Corinthians 1:2

… Most of you have the "Baptist Confession of Faith," published by Passmore and Alabaster. And the "Catechism," which are generally distributed among the families of the Church. They …

Saving Knowledge

John 4:10

… you meet with a gracious spirit you will be sure to find the confession that it was as much the work and gift of God to give us …

Christ's Pastoral Prayer for His People

John 17:9

… That is, by their bold confession of Christ. Do I address myself to any here who love Christ, but who have never acknowledged it? Come out and come …

Driving the Vultures Away from the Sacrifice

Genesis 15:11

… I say "very frequently," for I think the oblation of our confession of Christ should be presented continually in these days. The more frequently we bring forward the …

"Forget You, I Will Not"

Isaiah 44:21

… And pray, what child of God does not have to make the same confession? The Lord says, "You shall not be forgotten of Me," and He will stand …

The Power of Christ Illustrated by the Resurrection

Philippians 3:20

… revealed, for even his enemies as they gazed upon the martyr in his confession of Christ, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel …

Before Daybreak with Christ

Mark 1:35-39

… A large part of our communion with God must lie in our confession of sin, in our expression of personal weakness and in our pleading the righteousness of …

Seeing and Testifying

1 John 4:14

… Where the Godhead and the Manhood of Christ are truly and properly confessed, so far, at any rate, the confession is of God. 3. And every spirit that …

Jesus Calling

Matthew 11:28

… But I make this frank confession to Him and to you—that I was never worth my keep to Him. I have cost Him infinitely more than I …

Grace and Glory

Psalm 84:11

… Let this Truth of God, stern as it is in some aspects, be an encouragement to confession of sin and to contrition before God, for, "the Lord will …