Sin

Christ Manifesting Himself to His People

John 14:22

… manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world.’ There stands Mary the sinner: what did she do, that thou shouldst manifest thyself to her? And there is …

Daniel's Undaunted Courage

Daniel 6:10

… The recollection of its sin humbled him and the promises concerning it comforted him. He turned towards Jerusalem. And what does this say to us? Brothers and Sisters …

Waiting Only Upon God

Psalm 62:6

… happiness, for ever blest with them, “Far from a world of grief and sin, With God eternally shut in.” Now, “My soul, wait thou only upon God,” if …

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 …

Daniel Facing the Lions' Den

Daniel 6:10

… Oh, dear soul, do not live this night through without prayer! Get you to the mercy seat! Let sin be confessed to God. Let pardon be sought, and …

Heavenly Worship

Revelation 14:1-3

… that it has a tendency to discourage sinners, or bolster them up in sin. We hold, as the Bible says, that all the elect, and those only, shall …

His Name—Wonderful!

Isaiah 9:6

… but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.” As I lay there, he smote me. He smote me till every rib seemed as if it must …

The Lord's Eternal Rest

Psalm 132:14

… by that Son's precious blood are delivered from the Egyptian bondage of sin, conducted safely through the howling wilderness waste of this world and carried across the …

Tearful Sowing and Joyful Reaping

Psalm 126:6

… Especially is it a sin beyond all others for a man to take up the ministry as a mere profession and to follow it as though he might …

A Good Man in An Evil Case

Psalm 55:22

… Believe in His dear Son and live! First cast your great burden of sin upon the Lord and then cast upon Him all other burdens that He is …

The Best Donation

2 Corinthians 8:5

… my Beloved's, And my Beloved's mine! He brings a poor vile sinner Into His 'house of wine.' I stand upon His merit— I know no other …

A Message From God To His Church And People

Habakkuk 3:2

… England. Its wickedness belongs not to one class only, but to all classes. Sin runs down our streets. We have a fringe of elegant morality, but behind it …

Martha and Mary

Luke 10:41-42

… Christ died for sinners—you are a sinner—trust Him and you are saved! Then your sins are gone, His righteousness covers you with imperial purple and you …

Gathering Without Planting

Joshua 24:13

… planted, must naturally have regarded them as reminders of God's judgments upon sin." "I sit under this olive tree," mused the devout Israelite, "and I eat of …

Search the Scriptures

Isaiah 8:20

… If you desire salvation, and if you are panting after mercy, if you feel your sin and want salvation, come ye to this sea of love, to this …

The Importunate Widow

Luke 18:1-8

… will attend to it." So in our suit—in the suit of a sinner with God, it is not the merit of his case that can ever prevail …

Things Unknown

Jeremiah 33:3

… A Christian is immeasurably beyond the worldling and there is a possibility of a Christian becoming as much beyond himself as he now is beyond a sinner dead …

The Statute of David for the Sharing of the Spoil

1 Samuel 30:21-26

… Depend upon it, you will either serve Satan or Christ, either self or the Savior! You will find sin, self, Satan and the world to be hard masters …

A Pastoral Visit

… I have always seen misery as the result and in nine cases out of ten, backsliding has followed—often final, too—proving that the person committing that sin …

Homage Offered to the Great King

Psalm 72:15

… I plead for Jesus." "What? You, a poor beggar? What? You, full of sin, littleness, nothingness—do you plead for My eternal Son? Are you making supplication for …

'Jesus Our Lord'

Romans 4:24

… The more you know of Jesus as your Savior, saving you from sin, the more you will also recognize Him as your Lord. No one rebels against Christ …

David's Holy Wonder at The Lord's Great Goodness

Psalm 31:19

… only ran the risk with no chance of escape, but deliberately "was made sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him"? "He …

The Special Prayer Meeting

Acts 12:12

… We may pray for some sinner and while we are yet praying we may hear him cry, "What must I do to be saved?" We may offer our …

Personal and Effectual Calling

John 10:3

… It was not merely to sinners, but to you as a sinner! It was not merely to all men, but to you as distinctly singled out, that the …

Secret Disciples Encouraged

John 18:25

… The old sinner would not go to bed that night until he had seen the Man whom he hated brought bound before him. Sometimes hatred becomes a more …

Cumbered With Much Serving

Luke 10:40

… extra canvas just now, serving much and not being exempt from Martha's sin of being cumberedwith much serving. I should not wonder but what there may be …

The Overflowing Cup

Psalm 23:5

… to say, "My cup runs over." In his later days, after his great sin with Bathsheba, his troubles were incessant and such as must have well near broken …

The Third Beatitude

Matthew 5:5

… them before the Lord who can make us more than conquerors over every sin, whether constitutional or otherwise! But since this is a wicked world and there are …

Unity In Christ

John 17:20

… I converse with a spiritual man and no matter what he calls himself, when we talk of sin, pardon, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and such like themes, we …

Consolation In The Furnace

Daniel 3:25

… be hope. And so the most terrible element of hopelessness would be removed. Sinner, dream not of being annihilated, but dread the fire which never shall be quenched …

Heart-communing

1 Kings 10:2

… How sanctifying it is! A man cannot take delight in sin while he walks with Christ. Communion with Him will make a man leave off sinning, or else …

Christ’s People—Imitators of Him

Acts 4:13

… For their own healthful state, if they wish to be kept from sin and preserved from going astray, let them imitate Jesus. For their own happiness’ sake, if …

Needless Fears

Isaiah 51:12

… Christ are ways of unpleasantness and all His paths are misery and wretchedness." Sinner, that is not true! But it is true that "light is sown for the …

Alone, Yet Not Alone

John 16:31

… alone! All the work of the Holy Spirit since, in convincing men of sin and leading them to Jesus, is proof that He is not alone. Beloved, all …

Christ's Transfigured Face

Matthew 17:2

… blood—the slaying of the firstborn among the Egyptians, even as Christ smote sin, death, and Hell—the triumphant coming out of Israel with silver and gold, setting …

Lydia, the First European Convert

Acts 16:14

… She believed what Paul said—that Jesus was the Son of God, the appointed Propitiation for sin and that whoever believed in Him should, then and there, be …

Christ the Cause of Division

John 7:43

… Glory that He might take upon Himself our nature, our suffering and our sin, so that He might redeem us from all our iniquities. There ought to have …

Prosperity Under Persecution

Exodus 1:10-12

… O friendless one, O Christless sinner! dost thou not want God to be thy helper, and Christ to be thy friend? If thou dost, then on the cross …

Death—a Sleep

1 Thessalonians 4:13

… built your hope of Heaven on Him alone? Have you, as a guilty sinner, cast yourself at His Mercy Seat, looking to His blood and righteousness, to be …

Joy, Joy Forever

Psalm 5:11

… Sorrow may come to us, as it did to David, as a chastisement for sin. Faith reads—"Whom the Lord loves He chastens and scourges every son whom …