Repentance

Wordless Prayers Heard in Heaven

Isaiah 41:17

… and I would repent if we felt as if we were the only ones who had ever broken God's Law. Yet such a repentance as that we …

The Work of the Holy Spirit

Galatians 3:3

… We have heard of an assembly of divines, who once debated whether men did repent first or believe first; and after a long discussion, some one wiser than …

Election no Discouragement to Seeking Souls

Exodus 33:19

… For a man to say, “Thou commandest all men to repent, yet will I not repent, because I do not know that I am chosen to eternal life …

Peter's Shortest Prayer

Matthew 14:30

… The poor man said, "Lord, you know that I have erred, and done wrong," and so on, making a sort of general confession, but that brought him no …

The Watchword For Today—"Stand Fast"

Philippians 3:20

… It is better to have no repentance than a repentance which needs to be repented of! It is better to have no faith than a false faith! It …

Love's Commendation

Romans 5:8

… The sort of sinners I would call to repentance are those whom Christ invited—those who know that they have been guilty, vile, and lost. If thou knowest …

"Your First Love"

Jeremiah 2:2

… If there was any repentance, if there was any faith, it was the work of the Holy Spirit! A man remembers his own work and God, the Holy …

A Timely Expostulation

Luke 24:5

… Do you mean you cannot trust Christ? That is a sad, though, perhaps, it is an honest confession. Do you not believe Him to be true? "Ah," says …

Begin Well

… They look upon all these things as unpleasant preliminaries, and, therefore, before they have attended to repentance, before the Holy Spirit has wrought a good work in them …

God's Non-Remembrance of Sin

Isaiah 43:25

… The times of their ignorance, God has winked at, but now under Gospel rule, He commands all men everywhere to repent, because repentance has the promise of the …

The Powerful Truth of God

Acts 19:19

… He gave them clear proof that Jesus was the Christ and he urged them to repent of sin. He persuaded them to believe in Jesus, but they were …

'That King Ahaz'

2 Chronicles 28:22

… A murderer may repent that he has been brought to the gallows, yet not repent of the murder that brought him there—just as, on their deathbed, many …

Solitude, Silence, Submission

Lamentations 3:28

… It is to God alone that this confession should be made. Some men have never really made a confession of their sin to God at all—they have …

Is Conversion Necessary?

2 Corinthians 5:17

… Yet in all true conversions there are points of essential agreement—there must be in all a penitent confession of sin and a looking to Jesus for the …

Pilate and Ourselves Guilty of the Savior's Death

Matthew 27:24

… They cannot see that they have anything to do with the matter of Jesus' death and, therefore, they are not moved to repentance by hearing of it. Indeed …

Love's Complaining

Rev 2:4

… Repent! Repent! To my mind, as I thought over this text, the call for repentance grew louder and louder, because of the occasion of its utterance. Here is …

Belief, Baptism, Blessing

Acts 16:33

… If he has any doubt about it—if he is afraid that the confession is made in ignorance, or made without due thought—then it may be incumbent …

Why Are Men Saved?

Psalm 106:8

… him? Take heart, if you repent, God has promised to save you; and what is more, he may this morning give you repentance, and even give you remission …

A Singular Plea in Prayer

Psalm 41:4

… The Psalmist's prayer is followed by a confession and, strangely enough, the confession is the argument of the prayer. Listen to the text again—"I said, Lord …

Good Cheer From Christ's Call and From Himself

Mark 10:46-52

… Oh, that I might also know its healing power!" When a call to repentance and faith comes on the back of a minute personal description, you may assuredly …

A Mighty Saviour

Isaiah 63:1

… He is “mighty to save.” If thou canst not pray, he can help thee to do it; if thou canst not repent, he can give thee repentance; if …

Christ Loosens From Infirmities

Luke 13:11-13

… Seeing that the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is a sin which is unto death—and that when a man has committed it, his spirit dies—and repentance …

Struggles of Conscience

Job 13:23

… If it is a cause of repentance to you that your heart is very hard and that you cannot repent, why you do repent. My dear hearer, let …

Witnessing at the Cross

Luke 23:39-43

… Furthermore, the longs-continued testimony and witness for Christ among men was at that time exceedingly feeble and ready to expire, but the thief's confession maintained it …

Secondhand

John 18:34

… Every man must repent of his own sin— make confession of his own sin, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ for himself—love God for himself, obey the …

The Happy Beggar

Psalm 40:17

… We must take the two adjectives and keep them close together in our confession—"I am poor and needy." II. The second part of the subject is much …

'Take Away the Frogs'

Exodus 8:8

… It contains no confession of sin. He says not, "I have rebelled against the Lord. Entreat that I may find forgiveness!" Nothing of the kind—he loves sin …

Jesus Sitting on the Well

John 4:6

… When they were sick, they said, "We will repent if the Lord will spare our lives." They vowed, when they were in danger, that they would turn to …

“Thus Saith The Lord:” Or, The Book of Common Prayer Weighed in the Balances of the Sanctuary

Ezekiel 11:15

… him to make a special confession of his sin if he feels his conscience troubled with any weighty matter, after which confession the Rubric says “the priest shall …

In Christ No Condemnation

Romans 8:1

… His is the confession and theirs is the confidence—he extols the glorious company of Believers, but he lowers himself! This is the style of his language and …

Plain Directions To Those Who Would Be Saved From Sin

Psalm 4:4

… Therefore I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes." How can you feel Him near and not be filled with awe? Stand in awe of God because …

The Necessity of the Spirit’s Work

… The first act of the Christian’s life is repentance. Have you ever tried to repent? If so, if you tried without the Spirit of God you know …

Number Two-thousand—Healing by the Stripes of Jesus

Isaiah 53:5

… must repent," cries another! Assuredly we must and shall, for repentance is the first sign of healing! But the stripes of Jesus heal us—not our repentance. These …

A Call to the Lord's Own Flock

Ezekiel 34:30

… to a lofty form of life! Blessed are they who stand to this confession and walk worthily of it, for flesh and blood has not revealed it unto …

Signs Of The Times

Luke 12:54-57

… It is almost always sins of impurity that weak penitents dare not tell in confession." That is to say, young women have a natural shame about them and …

Instability

Genesis 49:4

… When the scales of justice are lifted up at last you will be found to be light weight, and that upon your own confession. I cannot imagine you …

Restraining Prayer

Job 15:4

… we make the confession!) we must acknowledge that we do restrain or neglect prayer. Now, inasmuch as we speak to those who grieve and repent that they should …

The Plague of the Heart

1Kings 8:38-40

… Today they repent. Tomorrow they return to their sin. Today they are in earnest. Tomorrow they are careless. Today they are almost persuaded to be Christians. Tomorrow they …

The Annual Atonement

Leviticus 16:30

… And should not confession be made with sorrowful repentance? A dry-eyed confession is a hypocritical confession! To acknowledge sin without grieving over it is to aggravate sin …

Loving Persuasion

Acts 28:23

… O my Hearers, if you believe that Jesus is the Savior, why is He not your Savior? If you believe that repentance and faith bring salvation, why have …