Sin

The Chief Of Sinners

1 Timothy 1:15

… Not that there is less shame to the sinner, but that there is more glory to the Savior where sin abounded in the first instance and Divine Grace …

The Two "Comes"

Revelation 22:17

… through which the biggest and most elephantine sinner that ever made the earth shake beneath the weight of his guilt may go. Here are the three doors. "Whoever …

The Yoke Removed and the Lord Revealed

Ezekiel 34:27

… A spark of Divine Life dropped into your bosom and then you began to perceive that a yoke of sin, of guilt, of condemnation under the Law was …

Great Forgiveness for Great Sin

Ephesians 1:7

… the guilt of the sin forgiven. I always feel that I must speak guardedly upon this point, but I will be as bold as I may. Sinner, if …

An Appeal To Sinners

Luke 15:2

… He that hath no guilt can never magnify the word “forgiveness.” It is the sinner then, and the sinner only, who can glorify Christ; and hence “this man …

Sin and Grace

Romans 5:20

… O Beloved, when your sin abounds, then is the time to remember that Grace much more abounds! Sinner as you are, you are forgiven, you are "accepted in …

Sin—Its Springhead, Stream and Sea

Psalm 106:7

… personal sin will tend to keep us humble and, in view of the Lord's mercy, which has spared and pardoned us, a sense of our guilt will …

Cleansing—a Covenant Blessing

Ezekiel 36:25

… Sin, to the awakened sinner, is his burden, his misery, his horror. It is a nightmare which haunts him! He can never escape from it. Like David, he …

Healed or Deluded? Which?

Jeremiah 8:11

… The healing we need must be a healing from the guilt of sin. My anxious Friend, you must no longer be guilty—you must be free from fault …

Free Pardon

Isaiah 43:25

… Indeed, God forgets sin in the sense of remembering that it is forgiven! I think it was Augustine who had been, once, a great sinner. After he was …

"Better Than Wine"

Solomon 1:2

… Savior and every spot and speck and stain of your sin were all removed—and your guilt was forever pardoned! When you first felt Christ's forgiving love …

'The King of the Jews'

John 19:19

… See, then, how absolutely without blemish and without spot was the Lamb of our Passover! See how He "knew no sin," though He was made a Sin-Offering …

False Justification and True

Job 9:20

… When the sacrificial animal was about to be slain, the sinner came and laid his hands upon the head of the beast and confessed his sin over the …

The King’s Highway Opened and Cleared

… Remember, sinner, that all the while thou dost not believe in Christ, thou art adding to thy sin this great sin of not believing, which is the greatest …

Rest As a Test

Jeremiah 6:16

… The types and sacrifices under the Law never gave any permanent rest, for, although he who brought a sin-offering found peace for the moment, by-and-by …

"A People Prepared for the Lord"

Luke 1:17

… is a sinner. Hence it is a real preparation of men for Christ to convince them of sin. This John did. He brought their sin before them and …

Christ's Testimony Received

John 3:33

… Now, bitten by sin, you look to Him who was made sin for us and, looking to Him, your guilt passes away and the poison of your sinfulness …

A Prince and a Savior

Acts 5:31

… eternity! But you cannot be right with your Creator until past guilt is forgiven and sin is given up—and the love of wrongdoing, the love of everything …

Delight in the Almighty

Job 22:26

… What is God's way of effecting reconciliation between a sinner and Himself? Every sinner is under the curse of the broken Law, for it is written, "Cursed …

An Epistle Illustrated by a Psalm

Psalm 118:13

… What do I mean when I say that you are saved? If you believe in Jesus, you are saved from the guilt of sin. Yes, bless God for …

God's Desire for Us, and His Work in Us

Psalm 51:6

… make me to know wisdom." A sinner, I said, but he was a sinner publicly disgraced. Men knew of his sin—he was the song of the drunkard …

Migratory Birds

Jeremiah 8:7

… The payment of our enormous debt of guilt was demanded—and Christ paid it in full. So, all who trust in Jesus may rest assured that their sin …

Carried by Four

Luke 5:16-26

… My help must come from thee.” The bottom of this paralysis is sin upon the conscience, working death in them. They are sensible of their guilt, but powerless …

The Gospel'S Healing Power

Luke 5:17

… The power which dwelt in Christ to heal, coming from Him as Divine and human, was applicable, most eminently, to the removal of the guilt of sin. Reading …

Jesus, the Judge

Acts 10:42

… What a Judge is this whom God has appointed, who, strange to say, has Himself suffered for sin though in Him was no sin, for He was holy …

Man's Extremity, God's Opportunity

Deuteronomy 32:36

… But what a difference there is between the downfall of the prosperous sinner and of the man whom God loves! The wicked man who continues in his wickedness …

Who Loves Christ More?

Luke 7:41-43

… There is not any despair mixed with it and the fear of punishment has gone—but a sense of horror at the terrible guilt of sin will sometimes …

Joy Born at Bethlehem

Luke 2:10-12

… mercy God has come; not to spy out our sin, but to remove it; not to punish guilt, but to forgive it. The Lord might have come with …

The Church Awakened

Ephesians 5:14

… This invests our sin with a double guilt. Master, deliver us from the guilt and then from the power of sin! All the while we are thus asleep …

The Coming Resurrection

John 5:28

… your sin is not dead and buried and the sinner whom you joined hands with in iniquity shall rise to witness against you! The crime, the guilt, the …

To The Thoughtless

Isaiah 1:3

… Even thus, if God did not punish sin, He would not be a wise and efficient moral Governor for the world. Then if God must punish sin, He …

The Three Witnesses

1 John 5:8

… Godly men in the olden times also well understood that there was no putting away of sin except with these three things; in proof of which we will …

God's Love to the Saints

1 John 3:16

… Ever since he became a devil, he has continued to sin. It was sin that changed the angel into a devil—and he has always remained a sinner …

'Cases of Conscience'

Psalm 38:4

… I shall endeavor to describe the state of the sinner's heart when it has been awakened, when conscience is set at work, when sin and the judgment …

God's Dealings With Egypt and Israel

Psalm 78:51

… there will be no bath that can take away the sin. We shall continue to feet the guilt of our transgressions, but we shall not be able to …

"Sitting By"

Luke 5:17

… This putting away of sin by the Sacrifice of Jesus—they will not lend an ear to this saving mystery—but treat it as a matter of little …

Christ's Prayer for Peter

Luke 22:32

… Or, if he had not gone to that extremity of guilt, he would have hidden himself away from the rest of the Apostles. But, instead of doing so …

Grieve Not the Holy Spirit

Ephesians 4:30

… must be a God-provoking sin! If we add pride to ingratitude we sorely grieve the blessed Spirit. When a saved sinner grows proud he insults the wisdom …

A Great Gospel for Great Sinners

1 Timothy 1:15-17

… It is true they have all fallen deep enough to perish in sin, unless the grace of God prevent; yet there are differences in the degrees of guilt …

The Turning Point

Luke 15:20

… Every moment that a sinner stops away from God in order to get better he is but adding to his sin, for the radical sin of all is …