Sin

Bit and Bridle—How To Escape Them

Psalm 32:8

… You will always know whether you are delivered from the guilt of sin by answering this question—Am I delivered from the love of sin? He who lost …

'Flee From the Wrath to Come'

Matthew 3:7

… When it is weary of sin, then is it that Christ comes in and is welcomed by the soul conscious of its guilt, tired of it, and longing …

A Sermon to the Lord's Little Children

1 John 2:12

… They have but lately felt the burden of guilt—they still smart under the lashes of conscience. The Spirit of God has but newly convinced them of sin …

'Take Away the Frogs'

Exodus 8:8

… merciful to me, a sinner," has come to God by the way which God has, Himself, appointed! There must be a confession of sin before God or our …

A Great Mistake and the Way to Rectify It

Revelation 3:17

… But He who has Christ has lost both sin and shame, for the blood of Jesus removes guilt from the soul and terror from the conscience! Man was …

Prayer Found in the Heart

2 Samuel 7:27

… So, Sinner, you must first come to Jesus, confessing your sin and looking to His dear wounds, and finding a broken heart within you as the result of …

The Treasure of Grace

Ephesians 1:7

… Let God smite me, if I sin against him, yet it is not because of the guilt of sin, there is no punishment in it whatever, the penal …

The Woman Which Was a Sinner

Luke 7:37-38

… Where sin abounded Grace did much more abound, and the "woman which was a sinner," is now before us a weeping penitent. The sinner "of the city," a …

One More Cast of the Great Net

Joel 2:32

… sin— complete and eternal salvation! This is no small matter to a soul crushed beneath a consciousness of guilt and the certainty that the necessary consequences of sin …

The Marriage Supper of the Lamb

Revelation 19:9

… We frequently meet with sinners, under a sense of guilt, who are staggered by the greatness of God's mercy. The Light of the Gospel has been too …

A Sermon for the Worst Man on Earth

Luke 18:13

… This man was very sensible of his sin insomuch that he called himself, THE SINNER, but he did not urge his sense of sin as any reason why …

Present Privilege And Future Favor

Deuteronomy 33:27

… My lust shall be satisfied upon them." Thus there is a period in the spiritual life when sin labors to drag back the sinner who has newly escaped …

Proclamation of Acceptance and Vengeance

Isaiah 61:2

… Without Atonement, no rejoicing! Before there can be acceptance for a single sinner, sin must be laid on Jesus and carried away. The blood of Jesus must be …

Working Out What is Worked In

Philippians 2:12

… We are not to work out our salvation from the guilt of sin—that has been done by Christ. We have now to work out our salvation from …

Self-righteousness—a Smoldering Heap of Rubbish

Isaiah 65:5

… guilt and lie humble before God. At the same time, in that perfect Divine righteousness, which has put away sin, I see the hope of a sinner and …

A Cure For Care

1 Peter 5:7

… morning, saint and sinner, come to the Cross and to the Throne of Grace and say, "Lord, unload us of our burdens of guilt and care and give …

Two Arguments Against Sin

Jeremiah 44:4

… Men and women, as God sees them, are rendered ugly through sin. Any beauty that the sinner may possess is marred in the sight of the Most High …

Rest For The Laboring

Matthew 11:28-30

… of sin, has no peace. But when Jesus is revealed as bleeding and suffering in the sinner's place, and making full atonement for human guilt, then the …

The Warning Neglected

Ezekiel 33:5

… A hundred times the trumpet has sounded in your ears, and a hundred times you have turned away to sin again, to despise Christ, to neglect your eternal …

The Holy Spirit's Chief Office

John 16:14

… a Gospel word at the very outset of our sermon! Poor sinner, conscious of your sin, it is possible for Christ to be glorified by His being shown …

How God Comes to Man

Genesis 3:8

… Yet they also understood so much of His holy anger against sin that they must have been afraid of His coming—so they went and hid themselves among …

Rest, Rest

Matthew 11:28-30

… Atlas with the world upon his back had a light load compared with a sinner upon whom mountains of sin and wrath are piled. Such persons frequently are …

The Plague of the Heart

1Kings 8:38-40

… quiets; that tendency to sin He destroys by imparting a new tendency—a tendency to holiness. The Lord can make the old sinner to become a baby in …

The Unchangeable Christ

Hebrews 13:8

… Jesus Christ still saves sinners from the guilt, the power, the punishment and the defilement of sin. Still, "there is none other name under Heaven given among men …

The Old Gospel for the New Century

Matthew 11:28

… But Jesus looks in pity upon him—laboring under a sense of sin, and yet toiling to get pleasure in sin—and He says to him, "Come unto …

The Cause and Cure of a Wounded Spirit

Proverbs 18:14

… of sin—when conviction flashes into the mind with lightning swiftness and force—and the man says, "I am guilty." When the notion of what guilt is, first …

The Inner Side of Conversion

Jeremiah 31:18-20

… In quickening the soul from its death in sin, there must be a moment in which the sinner is dead and another in which he lives. The actual …

Lukewarmness

Revelation 3:15

… These are not vain repetitions! Daniel multiplied his expressions because he had an intense sense of the sinfulness of sin and the guilt of his people. Observe, too …

Shiloh

Genesis 49:10

… When He came to the Cross, fought foot to foot with the old Serpent, and there vanquished sin and death and Hell for us, it was a terrible …

The Dream of Pilate's Wife

Matthew 27:19

… Innocence is brave, but guilt is cowardly. Pilate's old sins found him out and made him weak in the presence of the ignoble crew, whom otherwise he …

The Peace of God

Philippians 4:7

… an end of sin. He has brought in everlasting righteousness. The cause of offense is gone and gone forever—Jesus has taken our guilt, has suffered in our …

Bankrupt Debtors Discharged

Luke 7:42

… No! No! "Whom He justified, them He also glorified."— "If sin is pardoned I'm secure, Death has no sting beside The Law ga ve sin its damning …

Barriers Obliterated

Isaiah 44:22

… The guilt of all your wanderings I have laid on the great Scapegoat's head. I have drawn My pen through the record of your sin in My …

In Christ No Condemnation

Romans 8:1

… pandering to man's desire of immunity in sin. He believed the terrible Truth of God that the impenitent sinner is under condemnation and, believing that Truth, he …

Christians Kept In Time And Glorified In Eternity

… He was perfectly pure and it was in his own will whether he should sin or not. The balance hung evenly in his hands. But you have not …

The Blood Shed For Many

Matthew 26:28

… We are pardoned that we may become holy! God forgives the sin that He may purify the sinner. If He had not aimed at your holiness, there had …

Glorious Predestination

Romans 8:29

… Even as Christ had to drink the cup of suffering, for sin, we also have sipped of it. We have known horror caused by guilt, and, therefore, for …

The Sight of Iniquity

Habakkuk 1:3

… If you do but know yourself to be a bona fide sinner, a real one, no mere complimentary sham sinner, but a real actual one who means what …

'Non Nobis, Domine!'

Psalm 115:1

… Poor Sinner— "Laden with guilt and full of fears"— you say, "How can I plead with God for mercy? I have rejected it for years. I have often …

A New Leaf for the New Year

Genesis 42:21

… After he had mentioned a great many of his sins, Goodwin very pertinently observed, "But, friend Marshall, you have left out the greatest sin of all." "And what …