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The seriousness of sin, temptation, guilt, and the need for cleansing
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Mary'S Song
Luke 1:46
… The manger of Bethlehem was big with Glory— in the Incarnation was wrapped up all the blessedness by which a soul, snatched from the depths of sin, is …
SERMON • SERMON 2731Bringing Sinners to the Savior
Mark 9:17-20
… There are many and many a poor sinner floundering in the Slough of Despond who only need someone, rightly named, Help, to come and point out to them …
SERMON • SERMON 1877Our Own Dear Shepherd
John 10:14
… from the whole Christ who saves the souls of men from guilt as well as from sin, from Hell as well as from folly. But they cannot deceive …
SERMON • SERMON 2817Jacob's Fear and Faith
Genesis 32:11
… It is not so very long ago since you were living in sin—perhaps in the worst forms of sin—without hope and without God in the world …
SERMON • SERMON 2831Burden-bearing
Galatians 6:2
… Well, his sin does dishonor his father, but, still, as you did not commit the sin and you did not do anything to contribute to it, do not …
SERMON • SERMON 1173"I Thought"
2 Kings 5:11
… It is our business from Lord's Day to Lord's Day, yes, everyday, to tell the sinner that, "he that believes and is baptized shall be saved …
SERMON • SERMON 2007Holding Fast the Faith
Revelation 2:12
… sins." We hold fast the belief that Jesus saves us from the guilt of sin by having borne it in His own body on the tree. We are …
SERMON • SERMON 614For Christ'S Sake
Ephesians 4:32
… Worthy the Lamb!" God was just—He punished human guilt in the Person of man's representative, Jesus of Nazareth. God is gracious—He accepts every believing sinner …
SERMON • SERMON 2844The Seed Upon a Rock
Matthew 13:5
… guilt! And when you have thought that over most seriously, pray to God to make you really hate sin, every sin. If you do not hate every sin …
SERMON • SERMON 200The Wicked Man’s Life, Funeral, and Epitaph
Ecclesiastes 8:10
… Sin is the guilt, and hell is the bread beneath it. If you choose sin, you have virtually chosen perdition. Think of this, I beseech you. “O Lord …
SERMON • SERMON 1646A Home Question and a Right Answer
John 6:66-69
… the grievous guilt of such men and women as enter into the Church and then, after a while, turn aside to false doctrine or to sin. They depart …
SERMON • SERMON 1600A Greater Than Solomon
Luke 11:31
… He is man, perfect man, man to the utmost of manhood, sin excepted; but still He is more, and infinitely more, than man. ‘In him dwelleth all the …
SERMON • SERMON 995The Sheep and Their Shepherd
John 10:27
… If he has suffered in my stead, where is justice gone that the substitute should bear my guilt, and I should bear it too? and where is mercy …
SERMON • SERMON 1662The Indwelling and Outflowing of the Holy Spirit
John 7:38
… Hence He comes to convince us of sin that He may reveal the great Sacrifice of sin—He comes to convince us of righteousness that we may see …
SERMON • SERMON 1852The Modern Dead Sea and the Living Waters
Ezekiel 47:8
… Where there is no hope, the sinner gives the reins to his lusts and thinks it wise to enjoy his sin while he may. O Souls, this is …
SERMON • SERMON 2260Christ's Hospital
Psalm 147:3
… When a sinner is bleeding with sin, Jesus pours His own blood into the wound—and when that wound is slow in healing, He binds His own Sacrifice …
COMMENTARYPsalm 13
Psalm 13
… But Christ's bought absence (that I bought with my sin), is two running boils at once, one upon each side; and what side then can I lie …
SERMON • SERMON 1879A Plain Man's Sermon
Leviticus 22:21
… You meet with a stringent instance in the text, "It must be perfect to be accepted." Under the law of Moses, the guilt of sin and the need …
SERMON • SERMON 1637The Beginning of Months
Exodus 12:1
… A poor sinner, under a sense of sin, goes to a place of worship and he hears Christ preached as an example. This may be useful to the …
SERMON • SERMON 2026To the Saddest of the Sad
Exodus 6:9
… If the Lord has not sent him to do it he would do no good if he were to attempt to preach to the sinner dead in sin …
SERMON • SERMON 1861The Lowly King
Zechariah 9:9
… You are heavy-laden with sin; but he knows more about the weight of sin than you do. That terrible load of guilt worries you; but it pressed …
SERMON • SERMON 2397"Out of Darkness into Light"
Isaiah 49:9
… God against sin, for I was angry, even, with myself on account of my guilt! If God had taken me to Heaven with unforgiving sin still within my …
SERMON • SERMON 2023The Blessing of Full Assurance
1 John 5:13
… If the precious blood has cleansed you from the guilt of sin, you know that it has also purchased you from death, and it is to you the …
SERMON • SERMON 459A Sermon For Men Of Taste
1 Peter 2:1-3
… Dear Christian Friends, you remember the time, when laden with guilt and full of fears, you looked to Jesus Christ—it was the eye of faith which looked …
SERMON • SERMON 3450Dangerous Lingering
Genesis 19:16
… May God's spirit deepen in some here present their sense of sin! May your crimes sting you. May you feel your guilt. May you hate yourselves because …
SERMON • SERMON 1951The Pleading of the Last Messenger
Mark 12:6-9
… You know the story—it is full of infinite mercy on God's part and of immeasurable guilt on the part of man. God seemed to out-do …
SERMON • SERMON 628A Glorious Church
Ephesians 5:25-27
… perfect as justification—that the power of sin shall be as thoroughly slain as the guilt of it—that altogether sin shall cease to be in the Christian …
SERMON • SERMON 1434Jesus!
Matthew 1:21
… shoulders bore the guilt of His people and because He took their load, His people are free and have henceforth no burden of sin to weigh them down …
SERMON • SERMON 2156Robbers of God
Malachi 3:8
… The Lord Jesus, alone, can put away the guilt of your robberies of God! He gave Himself to remove sin. Yes, He gave Himself up to the stroke …
SERMON • SERMON 3393Wheat in the Barn
Matthew 13:30
… 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 …
SERMON • SERMON 2151Holy Longings
Psalm 119:131
… wash you with water from the power of sin, as He has washed you with blood from the guilt of it. When you are washed, take care that …
SERMON • SERMON 2805'Life for a Look'
Isaiah 45:22
… the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed." Look away from your sin, Sinner! No, rather, follow your sin as it …
SERMON • SERMON 501Grace Abounding
Hosea 14:4
… for God; his sin was too great for God’s grace.” What says the Apostle? “Where sin abounded”—that is you, poor sinner;—“where sin abounded”—what sins …
SERMON • SERMON 3181A Sermon for a Winter's Evening
John 18:18
… This is terrible! As I see the worldling merely caring for his personal comfort while Christ is in Glory, I marvel, first, at the insolence of the sinner …
SERMON • SERMON 1389A Gospel Sermon To Outsiders
Mark 10:49
… Even as the fabled Atlas was said to carry the world upon his shoulders, so He took sin and guilt upon Him and bore it in His own …
SERMON • SERMON 2716Christ's Poverty, Our Riches
2 Corinthians 8:9
… guilt, and you are absolved forever! Christ has washed you in His precious blood and you are clean every whit—no speck, nor spot, nor stain of sin …
SERMON • SERMON 2144Believers Sent by Christ, As Christ Is Sent By the Father
John 17:18
… So long as there is another sinner for us to rescue we will remain in this land of our exile. That is what our Lord means—the Father …
SERMON • SERMON 2463Why Men Reject Christ
Luke 9:52
… that you grieve over your sin, for repentance will make you ready for Christ. Tell Him that you are a lost sinner and that your sense of need …
SERMON • SERMON 2765Marvelous Light
1 Peter 2:9
… repetition of the sin of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, though the men who commit it usually try to lay the guilt of that sin at the doors of …
SERMON • SERMON 451Choice Portions
Deuteronomy 32:9
… that to the poor fallen race of man—debased, depraved, dejected by their sin—but saved, exalted, glorified by His Grace! See what terms He uses. He calls …