Repentance

The Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ

2 Corinthians 4:6

… the living God." Now note the reply of the Lord Jesus to that confession—"Blessed are you, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood has not revealed it unto …

Sin Subdued

Micah 7:19

… all of a sudden, eager that we should take to self-examination and confession! He who is the Father of Lies sometimes finds truth answers his purpose so …

Sincerity And Duplicity

1 John 2:3

… heart—receiving from Him the Divine secret, and imparting to Him the full confession of all our sins and griefs. In a word, dear Brethren, to know Christ …

Love Stronger Than Death

John 13:1

… and we are His—and we will not run back from the glad confession! Well may He call us, "His own," when it cost Him so much to …

Our Lord's Prayer for His People's Sanctification

John 17:17

… Lastly, we will enquire how is this blessing to be wrought? —"Sanctify them through thy truth;" and our Lord adds an explanatory sentence, which was a confession of …

The Truth Of God's Salvation

Psalm 69:13

… And thus, you see, prayer even becomes a confession of faith. Public prayer may thus furnish a very useful means of instruction. That is not its main purpose …

Life's Need and Maintenance

Psalm 22:29

… at the feet of my fellow man and ask him to hear my confession and absolve me when I know that he cannot keep alive his own soul …

Commendation for the Steadfast

Revelation 3:8

… They have been firm and steadfast in their confession of the faith once delivered unto the saints, and the Lord who gave them the grace to be so …

The Conditions Of Power In Prayer

1 John 3:22-24

… Will you let the confession go round and each one think how often we have done unloving things, thought unloving things, said unloving things, listened to unloving gossip …

The Scales of Judgment

Daniel 5:27

… Head your diary through, let all your iniquities come up before you; (this is the pith of confession) and then, ask conscience whether you can truly say, “I …

From Twenty-five to Thirty-five

Matthew 20:3

… still among us! Think of the difference between these two—one makes a confession of faith for 76 years, and another for only two or three months! Yet …

Christians, and Their Communion With God

Isaiah 26:8

… It is God whom I have offended; unto God will I make my confession. It is from God that I need pardon, oh, that I knew where I …

The Main Matter

John 20:30

… whole Book, the strain is the same, for it begins with Andrew's confession, "We have found the Messiah," and ends with Thomas, to whom Jesus said, "Reach …

Accepted In The Beloved

Ephesians 1:6

… I repeat the confession of our ignorance—it is impossible for us to form even a guess of the intensity of the affection that must exist between the …

Psalm 42

Psalm 42

… It is well to tell the Lord how we feel, and the more plain the confession the better: David talks like a sick child to its mother, and …

The Head and the Body

Ephesians 4:15

… Lord, one faith, one baptism." Both in the inward creed and the outward confession of it they were all one—they were not divided on these points—so …

The Power Of Prayer And The Pleasure Of Praise

2 Corinthians 1:11

… While it is an application to Divine wealth, it is a confession of human emptiness. I believe that the most healthy state of a Christian is to be …

Turning Back in the Day of Battle

Psalm 78:9

… I may make a confession here now. I have read some of my own utterances and have trembled as I have read them, and afterwards I have wept …

Why Saints Persevere

… call cannot be reversed; for, "the gifts and calling of God are without repentance." From the effectual call of His grace the Lord never turns. "Whom he called …

When Should We Pray?

Luke 18:1

… And when others are praising the Lord, it is good to come in as David did with the personal resolve and confession, "and I will declare Your greatness …

Christ and His Co-workers

Mark 16:20

… God to work with them and, therefore, this ought to be our daily confession, that we need God to work with us. We must always realize that we …

The Secret of Failure

Matthew 17:19-21

… They now need their Master and they begin to cry to Him! "Why could we not cast it out?" was now their humiliating confession and enquiry! And there …

Psalm 12

Psalm 12

… Contrast this and the believer's confession, "we are not our own." II. The method of its rebellion — "flattery, and speaking proud things." III. The end of its …

Cheer for the Worker and Hope for London

Acts 18:9

… When the heart believes, the mouth follows suit and makes confession. Faith made Noah a preacher and caused it to be said of Abel, "He, being dead, yet …

God's Love Shamefully Questioned

Malachi 1:2

… I was as a beast before You." That was a wonderful confession for a man of God to have to make. "Oh!" says one, "then he is very …

'Mr. Moody's Text'

Isaiah 12:2

… You will go forward in the confession of Christ before men, not asking whether men like it or dislike it, for while you trust in God you will …

Everyday Religion

Galatians 2:20

… The life of Grace begins to gleam into his spirit and its first effect is the confession of sin. He cries, "Father, I have sinned against Heaven and …

Small Rain for Tender Herbs

Deuteronomy 32:2

… You will possibly think that I have been guilty in this matter, but I cannot make such a confession to any large extent. I have felt no bitterness …

The Necessity of Ministerial Progress

… Is this to be our model? “I shape my creed every week,” was the confession of one of these divines to me. Whereunto shall I liken such unsettled …

The Exeter-Hall Sermon to Young Men

Psalm 116:16

… I want, now, to OFFER COUNSEL IN THE MATTER OF DISTINCT CONFESSION IF YOU BECOME THE SERVANT OF CHRIST. "I am Your servant," says David. And then he …

In Him: Like Him

1 John 2:6

… You cannot be Christians if this spirit of love is foreign to you. “Oh,” say you, “we endorse the confession.” I do not care. You must love your …

The Lost Silver Piece

Luke 15:8-10

… sweep the whole house.” I delight to see an earnest house-sweeping by confession of sin at a prayer meeting, or by a searching discourse, a house-sweeping …

The Peacemaker

Matthew 5:9

… at last have brought them to the minister, that he may hear their confession of faith. Blessed are such peacemakers! You have "saved a soul from death and …

Meeting in the Unfinished Tabernacle

… Go and see for yourselves, and you will not repent it. "We went across to Frankfort and Heidelberg, and then to Baden-Baden. Let me say a few …

Varying Voices–Pro and Con

… He is painting some scene of death-bed remorse, or of timely repentance ; some Magdalene's forgiveness, or some prodigal's return. His colours are taken from the …

Sermon 443. The Two Draughts Of Fishes

Luke 5:4

… In the first case you hear the confession, "Master, we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing." In the last case you hear them answer to …

The Heroic In Christianity

Luke 6:32-34

… Are you not one of them, yourself? If you are not, make the confession and go before God and ask Him to set you right. And when you …

Pray For Jesus

Psalm 72:15

… But do not let us remain satisfied with confession! Let us ask for Divine Grace that our prayers, from now on, shall be larger, wider, broader, more heavenly …

For the Candid and Thoughtful

Mark 12:34

… all his heart, and live! Another point is manifest in this man’s confession; he saw very plainly the supremacy of God over the whole of our manhood …

Unbelief Condemned and Faith Commended

Deuteronomy 32:20

… peace with God! You tell me that you cannot believe, which is a confession that you are so false at heart that you cannot believe the Truth of …