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Repentance
Repentance, confession, turning from sin, and returning to God
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The Shortest of the Seven Cries
John 19:28
… We may therefore come before him, with all the rest of our race, when God subdues them to repentance by his love, and look on him whom we …
SERMON • SERMON 2159The Holdfasts of Faith
Romans 4:16
… What if within your bosom at present there seems to be neither repentance, nor faith, nor hope, nor love?—the Lord can create them all within you! He …
SERMON • SERMON 1415Great Difference
Malachi 2:17
… Now this fact, this gracious fact, which ought to lead man to repentance, has, through the perversity of human nature, been used for quite another purpose. Men have …
SERMON • SERMON 204The Mission of the Son of Man
Luke 19:10
… tells us, that he came “not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance;” and inasmuch as you belong to the righteous, and trust in yourselves that you …
SERMON • SERMON 1417"Your Salvation"
Luke 2:28-30
… so does He dispense it, for He is exalted on high to give repentance unto Israel and remission of sins. As He dispenses it, so out of His …
SERMON • SERMON 2569The Backslider's Door of Hope
Hosea 2:15
… All along the outside of the hedge, where those people come who have just a little religion, the fruit is as sour as it can be—repentance that …
SERMON • SERMON 2045Further Afield
Acts 13:46-48
… He makes men as much free agents in repentance, faith and holiness, as they were when they ran greedily into sin. He makes His people willing in the …
SERMON • SERMON 1395Family Reformation—or, Jacob's Second Visit to Bethel
Genesis 35:1
… a general washing indicative of purgation of character by going to God with repentance and seeking forgiveness. Jacob also said, "Change your garments." This was symbolic of an …
SERMON • SERMON 2094Foundation Work
1 Kings 5:17
… And see to it that with sincere repentance, childlike faith and Gospel holiness you build thereon "great stones, costly stones and hewed stones," which shall lie firmly on …
SERMON • SERMON 2191Believing On Jesus—and Its Counterfeits
John 8:30-32
… I pray that there may come an end to your unbelief by your being convicted in this life and led to repentance. But if it is not so …
SERMON • SERMON 1388Jesus Christ Himself
Ephesians 2:20
… To know Him is our first lesson on repentance and our last attainment as we enter Heaven. Our ambition is that we may know the love of Christ …
SERMON • SERMON 2084The Bible Tried and Proved
Psalm 12:6
… obey that Gospel Word—"He that believes and is baptized shall be saved." Repentance and faith are at once the commands and the gifts of God—neglect them …
SERMON • SERMON 1285Sihon and Og, or Mercies in Detail
Psalm 136:17-22
… our eyes, or to fill them with tears when our Lord sends us repentance. This trouble must come and we must be thankful for the trouble since it …
SERMON • SERMON 2292Abraham, A Pattern To Believers
Hebrews 11:9
… It is impossible, "if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance." "If the salt has lost its savor, with what shall it be salted? It …
SERMON • SERMON 341The High Priest Standing Between the Dead and the Living
Numbers 16:47-48
… need a helper; "He came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance." "He is able to save unto the uttermost them that come unto God by …
SERMON • SERMON 3486God's Desire for Us, and His Work in Us
Psalm 51:6
… God desires "truth in the inward parts," real repentance, real faith, vital godliness, real communion with God! Everything there must be what it professes to be, for God …
SERMON • SERMON 3319The Well-beloved's Vineyard
Isaiah 5:1
… Has it been so with us? Have we rewarded the Well-Beloved thus ungratefully for all His pains? Have we given Him hardness of heart instead of repentance …
SERMON • SERMON 2154The Pastor's Joy and Confidence
Philippians 1:3-7
… The tiny brook at the riverhead of repentance is of God as much as the broad river of heavenly character. This is a solemn Truth of God. How …
SERMON • SERMON 31The Desire of the Soul in Spiritual Darkness
Isaiah 26:9
… If your desires lead you into real “works meet for repentance,” then they come from God. Wishes, you know, are nought unless they are carried out. “Many; say …
SERMON • SERMON 720The Gospel'S Healing Power
Luke 5:17
… high, and received gifts for men." "He is exalted on high to give repentance and remission of sins." At this moment, Sinner, Christ has power to pardon, power …
SERMON • SERMON 1637The Beginning of Months
Exodus 12:1
… of my Lord's Atonement in my mouth, I felt the bitterness of repentance on account of sin and the bitterness of struggling against the temptation to sin …
SERMON • SERMON 1420The Headstone of the Corner
Psalm 118:22-25
… in Him has everlasting life! Now is Christ exalted on high to give repentance unto Israel and remission of sins! Now is He on the throne of power …
SERMON • SERMON 459A Sermon For Men Of Taste
1 Peter 2:1-3
… At the very summit of holy delight, we meet the challenge of sentinel "IP—"Ifyou, then, are risen with Christ," and at the very bottom, even at Repentance …
SERMON • SERMON 1237How They Conquered the Dragon
Revelation 12:11
… Tell the sinner that God is able to put away his sin, because Jesus died, and, touched with repentance, through the teaching of the Holy Spirit, you will …
SERMON • SERMON 1914Secret Drawings Graciously Explained
Jeremiah 31:3
… Hope in that mercy of God which endures forever is the great cord which draws men to repentance. Consequently, after the Lord had sounded the clarion note of …
SERMON • SERMON 2836Prayerful Importunity
Luke 18:7
… Jesus Christ says, "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." He came to save him whose aching heart and bleeding spirit and tearful eyes …
SERMON • SERMON 968Life In Christ
John 14:19
… To turn to God is “repentance unto life.” To forget God is for a man to be “dead whilst he liveth.” To believe the witness of God is …
SERMON • SERMON 501Grace Abounding
Hosea 14:4
… If naturally in man there be any virtue, if there be any praise, if there be any commendable repentance, or any acceptable faith, man ought to be loved …
SERMON • SERMON 2819A Caution for Sin-sick Souls
Hosea 5:13
… doing from before My eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do well. Repentance, practical change of life, renewal of heart, the giving up of evil, the following …
SERMON • SERMON 2279Joy Hindering Faith
Luke 24:41-45
… and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. This Gospel message was to be proclaimed among all …
SERMON • SERMON 2144Believers Sent by Christ, As Christ Is Sent By the Father
John 17:18
… is "not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." He keeps back even the glorious Advent to give men space for salvation! That …
SERMON • SERMON 1113Romans, But Not romanists
Romans 16:1-16
… Great was the joy I felt when I heard that peasant's story of repentance and of faith! She died and went to Heaven a short time after …
SERMON • SERMON 2463Why Men Reject Christ
Luke 9:52
… It is all Yours." If you really say that from your heart, you are ready for Him! Tell Him that you grieve over your sin, for repentance will …
SERMON • SERMON 451Choice Portions
Deuteronomy 32:9
… If a man is a child of God and is suffered to fall, he shall certainly be brought back by bitter repentance before he dies, that his soul …
SERMON • SERMON 2765Marvelous Light
1 Peter 2:9
… the superfluous fluid from the brain, for there is no heart in their repentance—it is mere excitement and nothing more. But it is a very different thing …
SERMON • SERMON 883Multitudinous Thoughts And Sacred Comforts
Psalm 94:19
… the soul— not glanced at superficially, but looked into with hearty and honest repentance—how often will the question arise, "Can there be forgiveness for all these? Is …
SERMON • SERMON 2599A Visit From the Lord
Psalm 106:4
… world to come, if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance"—for God's greatest work has been already worked upon them and if it …
SERMON • SERMON 2723God's Dealings With Egypt and Israel
Psalm 78:51
… He may, for awhile, smite gently, and so give opportunities for repentance. But if they are not accepted, we may depend upon it that God is not playing …
SERMON • SERMON 1991"Sitting By"
Luke 5:17
… ought to have thanked God for blessing your offspring, ridiculed your child's repentance? This is, "sitting by," in a most horrible way—"sitting by" to scoff and …
SERMON • SERMON 1323And Why Not?
Luke 17:22
… it not better that His long-suffering should patiently wait, calling men to repentance and culling out His elect from the sons of men throughout many a generation …