Repentance

What and Whence Are These?

Revelation 7:13-14

… Not one of them became white through his tears of repentance, not one through the shedding of the blood of bulls or of goats. They all wanted a …

Grieve Not the Holy Spirit

Ephesians 4:30

… more sacrifice for sin—it would be impossible to renew you again unto repentance, seeing that you would have crucified the Lord afresh, and put Him to an …

A Family Sermon

Genesis 7:1

… they, themselves, must believe in Jesus—that they must be actively awakened to repentance, to prayer, to a change of life, to confidence in Christ. When this shall …

Election-its Defenses and Evidences

1 Thessalonians 1:4-6

… you want, first of all, to know your election instead of commencing with repentance towards God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ! Election is a lesson for …

Charity and Purity

James 1:27

… Do you know anything about this calling, my dear Hearers? Were you ever led, by conviction of sin, repentance and faith, to fly to Jesus? Have you come …

The Source

John 4:11

… God has appointed Jesus "to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins." It seems to me that these are two …

"Return, Return, O Shulamite; Return, Return!"

Song 6:13

… draw near to him, that his look of love may bring thee to repentance, and cause thy sin to pass away. Remember he hath power in his eyes …

The Little Dogs

Matthew 15:26

… He has doubted my sincerity, questioned the reality of my repentance and caused me the deepest sorrow. It seems as if he did not wish me to be …

The Lord with Two or Three

Matthew 18:20

… It is a happy privilege when they can loose the bound one! When repentance is expressed, when the backslider is restored, when the Church has reason to believe …

A Summary of Experience and a Body of Divinity

1 Thessalonians 1:9-10

… his eye he brushes it away, but it is soon succeeded by another. Repentance calls forth one after another of these her sentinels. The proud man is broken …

Seeing Jesus

Hebrews 2:9

… Go to the Cross for faith if you cannot go with faith, and the Lord grant that you may find in Jesus— "True belief and true repentance, Every …

Jotham's Peculiar Honor

2 Chronicles 27:6

… it to be altered is for you to submit yourself to God by repentance and by looking to Jesus Christ by faith. May His Holy Spirit lead you …

The Very Bold Prophecy

Isaiah 65:1

… Heaven we shall, for we hear the pure Word of God." You postpone repentance and put off the consideration of eternal things because you feel that you can …

Prayer-Its Discouragements and Encouragements

Matthew 15:23

… All the jokes and frivolities of his companions could not take out the dart which God had sent into his heart and, before long, by true repentance and …

The Resurrection Credible

Acts 26:8

… death, I will be your plagues; O grave, I will be your destruction: repentance shall be hid from My eyes." Thus God had plainly promised resurrection in the …

"Jesus Only" —a Communion Meditation

Mark 9:8

… and, clothed in His righteousness, though black with sin, you may, with deep repentance, yet with holy faith, cry— "When from the dust of death I rise, To …

The Top of the Ladder

Ephesians 3:19

… It may be only full of regrets, repentance and desires, but yet if it is full, it is a blessed fullness. Even if you are only full of …

Epilogue — The Golden Key of Prayer

… There are the common frames and feelings of repentance, and faith and joy and hope, which are enjoyed by the entire family, but there is an upper realm …

Behold The Lamb!

John 1:36

… If he had been the most eloquent preacher of repentance. If he had been the most earnest declaimer against the sins of the times, he would, nevertheless, have …

Our Lord before Herod

Luke 23:8

… s servants when they preach their very hearts out, to bring men to repentance, and the only result is to elicit the remark that, "His arguments were very …

Divine Interpositions

Psalm 18:16

… men for a while, because the longsuffering of God leadeth the sinner to repentance, and the sorrow that falleth upon the child of God is blessed to him …

The Far-off, Near—the Near, Far Off

Matthew 2:1-4

… There is Infinite Power even in an Infant Savior! When Jesus is born in the heart and there are only the feeblest impulses towards righteousness and repentance with …

Great Changes

Luke 13:30

… Say in your spirits, "Yes, we're guilty and vile! Save us, Lord, or we perish." Let the cry of your repentance and the utterance of your faith …

Underneath

Deuteronomy 33:27

… does." We have to deal with One whose gifts and calling are without repentance. In the Book of His purpose it is written and His Providence and Grace …

David Dancing Before the Ark Because of His Election

2 Samuel 6:20-22

… If you believe your faith and your repentance to have come to you without the work of the Spirit of God, you will think well of yourself. And …

The Peace of the Devil and the Peace of God

Luke 11:21

… No outward performance can enable you to dispense with inward repentance and faith. If your heart is not right with God you shall perish with the sacramental bread …

Peace By Believing

Romans 5:1

… Do not trust your repentance! Do not trust your faith! Do not rely upon your feelings! Do not depend upon your knowledge—above all, do not depend upon …

The Ever-Living Priest

Hebrews 7:23-25

… So let us judge ourselves this day! Which way are we drifting? Have we ever come to God by sincere repentance of our wanderings? Have we come to …

A Witness and a Partaker

1 Peter 5:1

… one that is in bitterness for his firstborn." Such a faith-view begets repentance, hope and love—and brings salvation to every soul that has it! Peter, then …

Jacob's Model Prayer

Genesis 32:9-12

… Let Your long-suffering, which now leads me to repentance, also move You to forgive my sin. I remember what You did on Calvary for sinners in ages …

The Holy Spirit's Chief Office

John 16:14

… the Sin-Bearer, the one Sacrifice for sin, exalted on high, to give repentance and remission? If so, then the Holy Spirit has glorified Christ, even in you …

Revelation and Conversion

Psalm 19:7

… When the Word of God converts a man, it takes away from him his despair, but it does not take from him his repentance. He does not now …

The True Position of the Witness Within

1 John 5:10

… the Spirit has led us to believe in Jesus and has given us repentance. The Spirit has renewed us. The Spirit has made us different from what we …

What is the Verdict?

1 John 3:21

… Looking within can be easily overdone—we ought to have higher work than that of continually laying the foundation of repentance from dead works. When a ship first …

The Lord Leading—David Following

2 Samuel 5:24

… And when, here and there, you see signs of deep repentance for sin and a humble trembling, about which, perhaps, you hardly dare say much, but you rejoice …

The Covenant Promise of the Spirit

Ezekiel 36:27

… He begins to cry in broken accents, "God be merciful to me." At the same time that he pleads, he feels the soft tug of repentance. He has …

No Compromise

Genesis 24:5-8

… that great sentence, "Ye must be born again," is deprived of its force. Repentance is ignored, faith is a drug in the market as compared with "honest doubt …

Between the Two Appearings

Hebrews 9:26-28

… By once offering up Himself to God, our Lord has done what myriads of years of repentance and suffering could never have done. Blessed be the name of …

An Objection and an Answer

Galatians 5:6

… The next step after that is repentance. The man says, "Well, I struggled against a mighty God who had made Laws which I have broken and only knew …

Abijah, or Some Good Thing Towards the Lord

1 Kings 14:13

… Remember how we read in the New Testament of repentance towards God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. The way the face of the good thing …