Repentance

Retreat Impossible

Judges 11:35

… If you have come under a rash vow, you must not dare to keep it! You ought to go before God and repent that you have made a …

A Simple Remedy

Isaiah 53:5

… his sins touched his heart and made him repent of his ungodliness. If there was such efficacy to cause repentance in that form of suffering, much more is …

Jehovah Has Spoken—will You Not Hear?

Jeremiah 13:15-17

… Did not Joshua bid Achan give glory to God by confession of his sin? And so must we. By confession we glorify God's Justice, Omniscience and Truth …

Backsliding Healed

Hosea 14:4

… God who says "I will," is not a man that He should lie, nor the son of man that He should repent. If He says, "I will," you …

Jesus Washing His Disciples' Feet

John 13:6

… Seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your Commandments." I hold that I shall be out of Christ altogether when I reject repentance and confession. I know …

The Pierced One Pierces The Heart

Zechariah 12:10

… True repentance has a distinct and constant reference to the Lord Jesus Christ. If you repent of sin without looking to Christ, away with your repentance! If you …

How God Comes to Man

Genesis 3:8

… Called to repentance over and over again, they only become the more impenitent through resisting the call of mercy. Favored with blessings as many as the sands of …

Alas! I Can Do Nothing!

… Remember that the man who truly repents is never satisfied with his own repentance. We can no more repent perfectly than we can live perfectly. However pure our …

Mourning at the Cross

Zechariah 12:10

… God save all of you from a prayer-less, tearless repentance! But if you repent of sin and at the same time really pray, then I believe we …

"A People Prepared for the Lord"

Luke 1:17

… Preaching repentance meant, "You have sinned! Change your mind in reference to that sin you have sinned—quit the sin, mourn over it, ask forgiveness for it. Repent …

Overcoming Christ

Solomon 6:5

… And, first, the eyes of His chosen overcome Him when they look up in deep repentance, glancing at Him hopefully through their tears. Let me try to give …

The Vital Force

Hebrews 10:38

… Whereas, I suppose we shall pass through the pearly gates brushing away the last tear of repentance—always, till then, having need to mourn past sins and grieve …

The Divine Call for Missionaries

Isaiah 6:8

… Who, that ever saw the Glory of God, or the love of Christ, would refuse to join in this confession? And, then, this man of God felt, also …

Spots in Our Feats of Charity

… Never having had a true sense of sin, they nevertheless experienced some alarms and they set down those alarms for repentance. Although they have never truly believed in …

The Warrant of Faith

1 John 3:23

… But you will tell me that I ought to preach it only to those who repent of their sins. Very well; but since true repentance of sin is …

The Snare of the Fowler

Psalm 91:3

… She saw her dreadful backslidings, her pride, her rebellion; and she wept with the tears of a deep repentance. Peace was restored to her soul. Then could she …

Love Abounding, Love Complaining, Love Abiding

Isaiah 43:1-4

… You expect God's mercy words and love words to come to you after your repentance and obedience and so, indeed, they do, for the Lord has choice …

Sin Laid on Jesus

Isaiah 53:6

… really felt it, to use words of general confession without our soul entering into them may be but a “repentance that needeth to be repented of,” an insult …

Faith Justifying Speech

Psalm 116:10

… For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." You see how closely the confession of faith is connected with …

Enquiring the Way to Zion

Jeremiah 50:5

… You do not imagine that this feeling is true repentance, but I believe that a truly repentant soul scarcely ever thinks that it does repent as it ought …

For Whom Is The Gospel Meant?

Mark 2:17

… I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." Mark 2:17 . "Christ died for the ungodly." Romans 5:6 . "God commends His love toward us …

Household Sin and Sorrow

… I will call it their repentance. Now look at Isaac. As soon us Isaac perceives that he has been wrong in wishing to bless Esau, he does not …

The New Song On Earth

Psalm 40:3

… trust—not in your repentance, however—but in Christ! And you that can not repent, but wish to repent, look to Christ for repentance! Trust! Trust! Trust as …

Confession and Absolution

Luke 18:13

… the first is confession, the second is absolution. I. Brethren, let us imitate the publican, first of all in his CONFESSION. There has been a great deal of …

The Fullness Of Christ—Received!

John 1:16

… So, Sinner, you need repentance—you can never repent of yourself. He is exalted on high to give repentance. So you need a sense of your own sin …

Feb. 7 — RETURN FROM BACKSLIDING

Job 22:23

… With deep repentance and sincere faith find your way back from your backsliding. It is your duty, for you have turned away from Him whom you professed to …

The Sinner's End

Psalm 73:17

… Oh, I wonder he did not fall down upon his and pray me to repent, but even if he had, I should have rejected his entreaties. Oh, if …

Accomplices in Sin

1 Timothy 5:22

… If, Sir, I have described you and you will not repent of your sin, I tell you that the hottest place in Hell is reserved for you, for …

Intercessory Prayer

Job 42:10

… that sinner, and I will repent for him, and though my repentance and my faith will not avail him without his personal repentance and faith, yet it may …

Despair Denounced and Grace Glorified

Ezekiel 37:11

… When He pardons sins, He is "exalted on high to give repentance," and there is nothing freer than a gift— "to give repentance and remission of sins." I …

More and More, or Less and Less

Matthew 13:12

… Take repentance for instance. A man may say, "My heart is hard and I cannot repent as I would." No, my dear Friend, but do you really hate …

The Honored Guest

Luke 19:6

… When he distributed his goods to the poor, and made a bold confession of his faith before his fellow men, there was proof positive that Christ had not …

Flesh And Spirit—A Riddle

Psalm 73:22-25

… You would repent, you feel that you would repent, but no tear will flow, for the heart is hard. You would praise God and the lips can utter …

Bochim—Or, the Weepers

Judges 2:4

… If you repent of sin, down with sin! In God's name, down with sin! When repentance is hearty it is practical. When a man truly turns to …

Mouth and Heart

Romans 10:9

… Why did he say, "with your mouth," if he did not require a spoken confession? The mode of confession to which the promise of salvation is given is …

Evening, June 14

Da 9:8

… I pray you look at his repentance, and hear his broken bones, as each one of them moans out its dolorous confession! Mark his tears, as they fall …

Inexcusable Irreverence and Ingratitude

Romans 1:20

… The way to be a fool is to pretend to be wise! A short cut to wisdom is the confession of folly. The near way to folly is …

Recruits for the King

1 Samuel 22:1-2

… If you cannot come to Him repenting, come to Him to get repentance, for He is exalted on high to give repentance as well as remission of sins …

The King in Pilate's Hall

John 18:37

… First, let us ask—WHAT WAS "THE GOOD CONFESSION" THAT JESUS WITNESSED BEFORE PONTIUS PILATE? I think the good confession of our Lord was, first, His avowal of …

Psalm 6

Psalm 6

… O Holy Spirit, beget in us the true repentance which needeth not to be repented of. The title of this Psalm is "To the chief Musician on Neginoth …