Sin

The New “Helensburgh House,” Nightingale Lane

… The arts of the bird-catcher teach us that, when God would save a sinner, He usually takes one of the same sort, first converts him by His …

Psalm 142

Psalm 142

… As if he should say, O Lord, I confess I am a poor prisoner to sin and Satan, I would fain be set at liberty to believe thy …

Psalm 57

Psalm 57

… Calamities: (a) War. (b) Pestilence. (c) Privations. (d) Sin, greatest of all. (e) Death. (f)Curse of a broken law. 2. Here is a refuge from these calamities …

Psalm 121

Psalm 121

… Our soul is kept from the dominion of sin, the infection of error, the crush of despondency, the puffing up of pride; kept from the world, the flesh …

The Last Three Months at Mentone;–and Afterwards

… lose its power, Till all the ransomed Church of God Be saved to sin no more.' " Many remarked that the whole of the memorial services, unique as they …

A Refreshing Promise

Isaiah 27:3

… Indwelling sin is especially a devouring blast and would, if it acted without check and counterbalance, turn the garden of the soul into a desolate wilderness. We are …

Psalm 54

Psalm 54

… The root of sin: if they remembered his authority they dared not, if they tasted his love they would not, if they were conformed to his nature they …

The New Year's Guest

Matthew 25:35

… Such a One as Jesus in such a one as I am? The King of Glory in a sinner's bosom? This is a miracle of Divine Grace …

Open-Air Preaching — A Sketch of Its History

… refuge and covert from the storm of divine wrath due to us for sin. That His merits and mediation are the only screen from that storm, and none …

Psalm 27

Psalm 27

… He is pledged to guide us right; not only to show us sin, but to save us from it. Not only to make us see God's hatred …

Memories of Maidstone and Newmarket

… I was taught to give, and did give, was, “Repentance, whereby they forsake sin; and faith, whereby they steadfastly believe the promises of God made to them in …

Wheat in the Barn

… but gather the wheat into my barn.” Sinner, can you hope to enter heaven? You never loved your mother’s God, and is he to endure you in …

Love's Transformations—a Communion Meditation

John 14:28

… glorious in the heart of one poor downcast man, or bring a single sinner to His feet! Be willing to say the same, Brothers and Sisters. Love Christ …

Thy Redeemer

Isaiah 41:14

… He looks down, and he sees us in this world still struggling with sin and care and woe; he hears us claiming kingship with himself; and he says …

Psalm 100

Psalm 100

… God is not mere justice, stern and cold; he has bowels of compassion, and wills not the sinner's death. Towards his own people mercy is still more …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage

… I then thought I might without sin reveal my affection to you, — but up to the time I saw your note, I could not imagine that you had …

Deacons and Elders; Pastors and Teachers

… passage while he spoke and prayed with a poor soul under conviction of sin. The good woman invited him into her front room, and when he thanked her …

“In Labours More Abundant”

… Did I not know that the Scripture declared that " the prayer of a sinner is abomination unto the Lord " ? That is a sentence which I have never been …

The Minister’s Ordinary Conversation

… While others take liberty to sin, we shall not renounce our liberty to rebuke and warn them. Wisely used, our common conversation may be a potent means for …

Taught That We May Teach

Ezekiel 40:4

… if they have any desire after Him, if they have any sense of sin, if they have any wish for the eternal Light, let them remember those gracious …

Spiritual Gleaning

… Some get a sermon, and carry it home, and allow Satan and sin, and the world, to eat it all up, and it becomes unfruitful and worthless to …

To Workers with Slender Apparatus

… depravity of your heart, and the work of divine grace; your tendency to sin, and your capacity for holiness; how akin you are to a devil, and yet …

The Spirit and the Wind

John 3:8

… it tonight—whether it shall go towards a deeper and deeper sense of sin and the life shall be most noticeable for its repentance. Or whether it shall …

Light. Fire. Faith. Life. Love.

… In confessing sin, go on confessing till you feel that your tears have washed the Saviour’s feet. In seeking pardon, continue to seek till the Holy Spirit …

Memorable Services at the Tabernacle, 1861-1874

… end! Oh, may hearts be broken, may eyes be made to weep for sin, may follies be renounced, may Christ be accepted, and may spiritual life be given …

Happy Childhood at Stambourne

… to a lonely spot, and cast myself down before the Lord, confessing my sin and begging for forgiveness. And I do know and believe the Lord in mercy …

The Unkept Vineyard—or, Personal Work Neglected

Solomon 1:6

… he do when he lives to see his children plunged into vice and sin and remembers that he has utterly neglected them? This is plain dealing, but I …

Self-Examination

2 Corinthians 13:5

… Let us go to our houses, and fall upon our face, and cry again, “God be merciful to me a sinner;” and let us seek for more grace …

Prospect—"He Will Keep"

John 17:11

… firm in the Truth of God—we need, also, to be kept from sin. Saints must be kept, or they will soon be sinners. How have I seen …

The Call of Abraham

Hebrews 11:8

… When men have no faith, God invites them to reason, but when they have faith, reasoning with God becomes a sin. Abraham asked no question: he was not …

The Rider on the White Horse and the Armies with Him

Revelation 19:11-16

… from the foot which once was nailed to the tree! Who stomped that sinner's soul and crushed it down? Was he an angry angel with a sword …

Letters on Private and Public Affairs, 1856-1890

… lost the life of God after once receiving it. " The wilful return to sin would be fatal. "In each passage quoted, the evil supposed is also denied. (See …

A Double Silver Wedding

… We could, without sin, have accepted the gift for our own need ; but it seemed not to be right. We have been so much more in the hands …

The Minister’s Fainting Fits

… To see the hopeful turn aside, the godly grow cold, professors abusing their privileges, and sinners waxing more bold in sin—are not these sights enough to crush …

Fear Not

Isaiah 41:14

… A young man, deeply impressed under the ministry, has been led to feel the weight of sin; he trusts also he has been led to look for salvation …

Lecture I: Illustrations In Preaching.

… divine service, says: "Nothing will _stem this avalanche_ of will-worship and gross sin but the _falling back on the Word of God_." The _Daily News_, in reviewing …

A Woman of a Sorrowful Spirit

1 Samuel 1:15

… to us in practical action as a most fruitful source of sorrow and sin. In no one recorded instance in Holy Scripture is it set forth as admirable …

The Preacher’s Private Prayer

… manner! Where could we find rest for our spirits but in confession of sin, and passionate entreaty that our infirmity or folly might in no way hinder the …

“In Labours More Abundant” (Continued)

… I felt that the power of the Lord was working there very manifestly ; one poor creature absolutely shrieked out because of the wrath of God against sin. On …

A Typical Week’s Work

… weary he might be, he was never too tired to point a poor sinner to the Saviour, and to act the part of the true shepherd of souls …