Repentance

Spiritual Convalescence

Zechariah 10:12

… for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. He never repented of his sin, but only of the consequences of it. He …

Constraining Love

Psalm 31:23

… He has given us the Grace of repentance and of faith. He has sanctified us, and kept and preserved us up till now. He has taken of the …

The Oil of Gladness

Psalm 45:7

… Jesus gives repentance, but the Spirit works it; faith fixes upon Christ, but the Spirit of God first creates faith and opens the eye which looks to Jesus …

A Promise for the Blind

Jeremiah 31:8

… Pray for them and it may be that God will give them repentance unto life. And then, next, our duty to the mentally blind is to be very …

A Sabbath Miracle

Luke 13:10-13

… and saved forever! The gifts and calling of God are not matters for repentance on His part—He does not give salvation and then take it back, but …

A Lesson from the Life of King Asa

2 Chronicles 16:9

… This should have driven Asa to repentance, but, to show that afflictions of themselves will not set a man right, Asa had fallen into such an unbelieving spirit …

Three Precious Things

1 Peter 2:7

… Let Jesus Christ be once mine as the gift of God—I am safe, for—"the gifts and calling of God are without repentance." The Lord never repents …

A Home Mission Sermon

Ecclesiastes 9:10

… This very day, if it be the first day of your conversion, bring forth fruits meet for repentance—even now. And thou who art now in middle age …

Serving The Lord

Romans 12:11

… Their much-talked-of repentance appears to us to be more early than deep and to be more pretentious than true. But at the same time, if a …

The Test of Taste

1 Peter 2:3

… know how it is written—"It is impossible to renew them again unto repentance." But Jesus held you back from that fatal step, for the Lord is gracious …

The Strong One Driven Out By A Stronger One

Luke 11:21-26

… There was no repentance, no conviction, no struggling against depravity, no weeping before the Lord in prayer and no looking up to the Crucified Savior and reading pardon …

The Lesson of the Almond Tree

Jeremiah 1:11

… And the same Gospel which melts some persons to repentance hardens others in their sins. Take heed that you do not soon see the almond tree blossom in …

'Whose Goodness Never Fails'

John 10:11

… your eyes and bless Him that your heart ever came to know what repentance is, what faith is, what prayer is and what praise is, for now that …

Death for Sin and Death to Sin

1 Peter 2:24

… You cannot make recompense to God for your sin either by repentance or by future reformation. Your only hope is to look to Jesus Christ, who bore the …

A Catechism for the Proud

1 Corinthians 4:7

… You had, at first, conviction of sin—did that arise spontaneously or did the Spirit convict you of sin? Repentance towards God—was that worked in you by …

Dead, Yet Alive

Romans 6:11

… And in reviewing any one day of my life, I have never dared to congratulate myself upon it, but, with tears of repentance, I have had to confess …

Heavenly Lovesickness!

Solomon 5:8

… Had not she loved, absence would not have made her sick, nor would her repentance have made her grieve. Had she not loved, there would have been no …

The Lambs And Their Shepherd

Isaiah 40:11

… this the seal by which we show to Him how true is our repentance—let us feed the lambs. O matrons and strong men—mothers in Israel and …

One Lost Sheep

Matthew 18:12

… evil desires and evil emotions—watching the growth of anything that looks like repentance—and observing with sorrow the hardening of its heart. This is what our Lord …

Concern For Other Men's Souls

Romans 9:1-5

… a larger hope, and I would not have you distress yourself about immediate repentance, for mercy may come to you in another state." Sirs, I dare no more …

Sorrow at the Cross Turned into Joy

John 16:20-22

… if we take care to avoid mere sentiment and turn our grief into repentance—then it is "godly sorrow" which works after a godly sort—and it is …

Grace Reviving Israel

Hosea 14:5-7

… He who is freely proclaimed in revelation, is freely commended to you in ministration. "True relief and true repentance, Every grace that brings you nigh; Without money, Come …

Jesus—"All Blessing and All Blessed"

Psalm 72:17

… Oh, but the day in which you first knew that dear name! When you first felt repentance melting your hard heart! When you first felt hope springing up …

An Observation of the Preacher

Ecclesiastes 7:8

… I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in Heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance …

The Security Of Believers—Or, Sheep Who Shall Never Perish

John 10:27-30

… The Word of God tells them that if they shall fall away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance. Men may fall and be restored. But …

The Spirit's Work in the New Creation

Genesis 1:2

… is everything there that can grieve Him! The Spirit would beget in us repentance for sin, but the heart is hard as a rock. The Spirit would work …

Life More Abundant

John 10:10

… Jesus Christ, you have that eternal life immediately—which all your prayers, tears, repentance, church-going, chapel-going and sacraments could never bring to you! Jesus can give …

"A Man Named Matthew"

Matthew 9:9

… for Iam not chosen to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. I t must have galled these Pharisees to be sent to learn anything, for they thought …

Enquiring of God

2 Samuel 2:1

… If they cannot be stopped by reason or by repentance, they shall be stopped with a shovelful of earth, for God will stop the mouths of all liars …

Joshua's Obedience

Joshua 1:7

… linen and then carelessly to bespatter it with unholiness, and soon to profess repentance, only to fall again, and bemire it in the dirt, and then time after …

More and More

James 4:6

… and frequent recurrence! You confess, indeed, your greater guilt, and there is no repentance to regret it, no force of conviction to forsake it. So it is with …

Gospel Missions

Acts 13:49

… If God’s truth will not save men’s souls, man’s lies cannot; if God’s truth will not turn men to repentance, I am sure there …

The Parent's and Pastor's Joy

… Parent, was not your heart glad when you first saw the tears of repentance in your daughter's eyes? Did you not rejoice when your son could say …

The Tender Enquiry of a Friend

Jeremiah 47:5

… to yourselves? Fathers, if you have never sought to bring your children to repentance, how will you excuse yourselves? If you have never prayed with them, or wept …

Beware of Unbelief

2 Kings 7:2

… and therefore he would not utterly destroy them, but gave them space for repentance. He turned an eye of pity upon the famished thousands and promised them relief …

Compassion on the Ignorant

Hebrews 5:2

… Knill had touched his inmost soul and led him to repentance. Now, if you have compassion on other people, they will wonder why you should be so much …

A Call For Revival

Solomon 7:11-13

… alive there will always be many to observe where the first tear of repentance is glistening. In this congregation every Sunday, thank God, some persons are pricked in …

"The King Can Do No Wrong"

2 Samuel 3:36

… and that it would overtake you, and arrest you, and bring you to repentance and to faith in God! Here is a verse that may help to cool …

Altogether Lovely

Solomon 5:16

… Think of what he is giving at this moment—he is exalted on high to give repentance and remission of sins. Is not this lovely? Under every aspect …

Our Compassionate High Priest

Hebrews 5:2

… And He further adds this word, which shuts out you who never did any harm, "I come not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." To be …