Repentance

Saving Faith

Luke 7:50

… Yet it is not said, ‘Thy repentance hath saved thee.’ Her being saved caused her repentance, but repentance did not save her. Sorrow for sin is an early …

Pricked in Their Heart

Acts 2:36-37

… When Peter said, "Repent!" they did indeed repent. If repentance be grief, they grieved at their hearts. If repentance be a change of mind and life, they were …

Finding and Following Christ

John 1:45

… Well then, the Lord Jesus Christ purposed from all eternity to work His good work in you by His Holy Spirit—to bring you to repent of your …

Abundant Pardon

Isaiah 55:7

… He speaks to the unrighteous and the wicked, and invites them to immediate faith and repentance, for so I understand the passage to mean. "Seek you the Lord …

A Helpful Survey of Christ’s Work

… So faith does not heal; that is the work of the atonement of Christ. “But we must repent,” cries another. Assuredly we must, and shall, for repentance is …

The Priest Ordained by the Oath of God

Hebrews 7:20-22

… But our Savior is made a Priest by an oath and it is written, as if to make it exceedingly sure, "The Lord swore and will not repent …

Stand Fast

Colossians 1:23

… A man who begins by trusting in Christ and then makes confession to a priest. A man who rests in the precious blood and then dabbles in sacraments …

A Sore Grievance

Jeremiah 50:6

… The other pretended to repent and did not, and that pretended repentance was more hateful in the sight of God than even the daring and open sin of …

"My Lord and My God!"

John 20:28

… Let us consider THE EXCLAMATION OF THOMAS, "My Lord and my God!" This is a most plain and hearty confession of the true and proper Deity of our …

Truth Stranger Than Fiction

Joel 2:25

… wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? Then will the Lord be jealous for His land and pity His people." Repent, then. This is …

Who Should Be Baptized?

Acts 8:37

… It is true that it is not the current coin of repentance and faith, nevertheless it is valid—the promise that the child shall repent and believe is …

The Dawn of Revival, or Prayer Speedily Answered

… And certainly that Church which is willing to make confession of its own sinfulness and unworthiness is on the eve of a visitation of love. Let us go …

The Procession of Sorrow

John 19:16

… I tell you, sirs, that yonder malefactor carried his cross and died on it; and you will carry your sorrows, and be damned with them, except you repent …

The Leafless Tree

Isaiah 6:3

… When a common sinner sins he repents not, or if he doth repent it is with a legal repentance. His conscience pricks him, but he hushes it. He …

Pleading and Encouragement

Ezekiel 18:23

… he is exalted on high, to give repentance and remission of sins. To-day the word of the Lord is, "Repent ye, and believe the gospel." "If we …

Self-Humbling

2 Chronicles 34:27

… 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 …

Soul Murder—Who Is Guilty?

Psalm 51:14

… I feel sure that even when such persons repent and find forgiveness the thought of the past cuts like a knife. I can hear one of them sighing …

"Feed My Lambs"—a Sunday School Sermon

John 21:15

… when he "went out and wept bitterly." He was now making a new confession of his faith before his Lord. And Brothers and, therefore, because he was thus …

A Far-reaching Promise

Acts 2:39

… The old-fashioned Grace of repentance is not to be dispensed with—there must be sorrow for sin—there must be "a broken and a contrite heart." This …

A Hasty Expression Penitently Retracted

Psalm 31:22

… Behold, then, a written confession, dictated by the penitent heart of David who withdraws the curtain from his own innermost life! I should not wonder if his experience …

"Out of Darkness into Light"

Isaiah 49:9

… In your prayers to Him, make a full confession of your sin. I remember one who used to pray, "Lord, pardon my sin," and he went over a …

What Is the Wedding Garment?

Matthew 22:11-13

… The wedding garment also signified a confession of sympathy with the great occasion. Every man who ate of the fatlings, every man who drank of the wines, every …

Simple But Sound

John 9:25

… This is a MODEL CONFESSION OF FAITH. This blind man did not do as some of you would have done. When he found his eyes, he did not …

A Fear to Be Desired

Hosea 3:5

… myself and repent in dust and ashes." This is a kind of fear which we have need to cultivate, for it leads to repentance and confession of sin …

Return! Return!

Jeremiah 3:12

… As the thief is ashamed when he is found out And there are many people whose repentance is of no more value than the shame of a thief …

God's Care of Elijah

1 Kings 17:4

… man bid to believe in Christ, and to repent of his sins, to bring forth fruits meet for repentance, refuses to do it! Oh, the stubbornness of human …

Particular Redemption

John 6:44

… Coming to Christ, then, embraces in it repentance, self-negation, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and it sums within itself all those things which are the …

God's Innumerable Mercies

Psalm 71:15

… Let us say so and stand to it—and repent that we have not said it more often and proclaimed it more publicly among the sons of men …

The Necessity of Regeneration

John 3:7

… Heaven." "Repent and be baptized, everyone of you," was the answer of the Apostle Peter to those who asked what they must do to so saved. Repentance is …

Theocracy

Psalm 44:4

… At the same time, I was very sorry that their honesty compelled them to make such a silent confession of their lack of subjection to the Lord Jesus …

A God Ready to Pardon

Nehemiah 9:17

… Listen! Dost thou know to what God has promised to give pardon? To prayer! I think if thou wilt read aright he promised pardon to confession, to repentance …

The Lord Chiding His People

Psalm 103:9

… Go, poor Prodigal, and weep your confession into your Father's bosom—and He will not make mention of chiding—for He forgives graciously and upbraids not. He …

An Unalterable Law

Hebrews 9:22

… is possible to repent, is possible to be obtained! Whatever the transgression of any man may be, pardon is possible to him if repentance is possible to him …

A Man of God Alone With God

Psalm 119:26

… Teach me to repent, for repentance is one of Your statutes. Teach me to believe, for faith in Your dear Son is one of Your great Gospel statutes …

Consecration to God—Illustrated by Abraham’s Circumcision

Genesis 17:1-2

… as yet incapable of faith or repentance. The answering person in type to the seed of Abraham is, by the confession of everybody, the believer; and the believer …

The Model Soul-winner

John 4:7

… But He led her to her confession of sin, her faith in Him, her running to call the men—and all this gave Him meat to eat and …

Self-Delusion

Luke 13:24

… There is a repentance that needs to be repented of—and yet it approaches as near as possible to true repentance. Does repentance make men hate sin? They …

Believing To See No.

Psalm 27:13

… So, poor Sinner, till you have come to Christ, your repentance is not worth a penny. If you had a ton weight of it, your repentance would be …

Intercession and Supplication

Jeremiah 14:22

… I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." But if the Lord has been dealing with you by His Holy Spirit and convincing you of …

Lessons on Divine Grace

1 Corinthians 15:10

… THIS confession, suitable on the lips of Paul, is equally appropriate in the mouth of each one of us who have known and proved the Grace of God …