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The seriousness of sin, temptation, guilt, and the need for cleansing
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What Have I Done?
Jeremiah 8:6
… sin would ruin thee for ever, how ruined art thou now! Why, man, one wave of sin may swamp thee. What will these oceans of thy guilt do …
SERMON • SERMON 1540The Mediator—Judge And Savior
Acts 10:42
… Do not labor against your conscience to deny your sin, but take the publican's place and cry, "God, be merciful to me a sinner!" That is the …
SERMON • SERMON 618The Great Physician And His Patients
Matthew 9:12
… A man cannot be a sinner alone. "One sinner destroys much good." The seeds of sin are winged like thistle seeds—you may shut up the leper in …
SERMON • SERMON 3265Faith Tried and Triumphing
Job 13:15
… You can no more conquer sin in yourself—really conquer it by your own strength—than you can remove the guilt of it by your own merits. The …
SERMON • SERMON 1648Pilate and Ourselves Guilty of the Savior's Death
Matthew 27:24
… I have but a minute to spare for each point, so now I mast turn to another sin of which many are guilty, namely, THE SIN OF HEARTLESSNESS …
SERMON • SERMON 2683The Bitterness of the Cross
Zechaariah 12:10
… awful guilt of sin and the Divine wrath which it provokes! And then comes the bitterness of the dread of never being forgiven. The convinced sinner says, "God …
SERMON • SERMON 2840Laying the Hand on the Sacrifice
Leviticus 4:29
… If there had been anyone who was not a sinner, he would have had no right to be there. A sin offering, for a person who had sin …
SERMON • SERMON 474Faith Omnipotent
Mark 9:23
… Faith, in dealing with sin, does not forget the greatness of it. Our sin is tremendous—it is not possible for us to overestimate its guilt. The sinner …
SERMON • SERMON 2586A Far-reaching Promise
Acts 2:39
… Until he will take the sinner's place and frankly acknowledge his guilt, what is the use of preaching to him? Remember Christ's own words—"They that …
SERMON • SERMON 953Done In A Day, But Wondered At Forever
Zechariah 3:9
… In addition, let every sinner here remember that the text indicates not only variety of sin, but vast quantities of sin— the sin of a land consisting of …
SERMON • SERMON 2951With or Without Shedding of Blood
Hebrews 9:22
… Unconverted Sinner with your unremitted sin, we have glad news to tell you! And this is it—your sin may be remitted! There is no sin of which …
SERMON • SERMON 2981The Safeguards of Forgiveness
2 Samuel 12:13
… He must know that he is a sinner and that sin is an exceedingly evil and bitter thing, for which he deserves to be sent to Hell! And …
SERMON • SERMON 2000Number Two-thousand—Healing by the Stripes of Jesus
Isaiah 53:5
… and so the sinner will become more and more corrupt as the result of his spiritual death. O my Friends, if you refuse Christ, sin will be the …
SERMON • SERMON 2887A Dire Disease Strangely Cured
Isaiah 53:5
… First of all, the stripes of Jesus heal us by taking away the guilt of sin. That is the all-important work. By nature and by practice, too …
SERMON • SERMON 2762Taking Hold of God's Covenant
Isaiah 56:4
… When he charges you with guilt, reply, 'It is quite true,' I am a sinner and, therefore, I am one whom Christ came to save.'" We know that …
SERMON • SERMON 3089A Sermon on a Grand Old Text
1 Timothy 1:15
… When Luther was under a bitter sense of sin, he said, "Oh, but my guilt is so great I cannot believe that Christ can save me!" But one …
SERMON • SERMON 2093The Curse and the Curse for Us
Galatians 3:10-14
… Only by the interposition of God Himself could you be saved from guilt. How great that guilt! Lie low before your Lord. Confess your sin with a broken …
SERMON • SERMON 1492The First Note of My Song
Psalm 103:3
… sin, the Lord visits him in pity to show that He looks for nothing in man as the motive power of His love. While yet the sinner has …
SERMON • SERMON 1481The Red Heifer
Hebrews 9:13
… Son in inconceivable condescension of unutterable love, took the place of sin, the place of the sinner—and was numbered with the transgressors! He must die! Hang Him …
SERMON • SERMON 1661Praying and Pleading
Jeremiah 14:7
… are the person for whom it is reserved! This deep consciousness of sin; this guilt of yours which you feel and admit points you out as the one …
SERMON • SERMON 1660The Perpetuity of the Law of God
Matthew 5:18
… Lower the Law and you dim the Law of God by which man perceives his guilt! This is a very serious loss to the sinner rather than a …
CHAPTERA Word From the Beloved's Own Mouth
… By how much the condemnation of guilt is black and terrible, by so much the forgiveness of sin is bright and comforting. Let us rejoice in the Lord …
SERMON • SERMON 565The Great Liberator
John 8:36
… Is there a possibility that I can escape from guilt? Can so foul a sinner as I am be made clean? I know that the leopard cannot lose …
SERMON • SERMON 595Barabbas Preferred To Jesus
John 18:40
… sin—He was altogether incapable of becoming a sinner—holy, harmless and undefiled is Christ Jesus! But He takes the whole load of His people's guilt upon …
CHAPTERLook Upwards
… In all thine agony, in all thy repentance for thy guilt, look unto Christ, and find pardon. Remember to put thine eyes heavenward, and thine heart heavenward too …
CATECHISMQuestion 17: Wherein consists the sinfulness of that state whereinto man fell?
Ro 5:19; Ro 3:10; Eph 2:1; Ps 51:5; Mt 15:19
… Wherein consists the sinfulness of that state whereinto man fell? A The sinfulness of that state whereinto man fell, consists in the guilt of Adam's first sin …
SERMON • SERMON 53Healing for the Wounded
Psalm 147:3
… Oh, sin-sick sinner! the King of heaven will not despise thee , but thou too shalt find him thy Comforter, who healeth all thy diseases. Mark, moreover, how …
COMMENTARYPsalm 32
Psalm 32
… When the Lord pardons a sinner, he doth not pay a debt, but gives a legacy. 2. God in forgiving sin, remits the guilt and penalty. Guilt cries …
SERMON • SERMON 932How God Condemned Sin
Romans 8:3
… If he ceased to love sin, and yet were lying under the guilt of it, his present condition would be deeply miserable rather than happy—his conscience pure …
SERMON • SERMON 100The Comer’s Conflict with Satan
Luke 9:42
… The devil throws the sinner down and pulls him almost limb from limb, by persuading him that his guilt is heinous beyond parallel, and his iniquities are far …
DEVOTIONALDec. 21 — FROM ANGER TO LOVE
Micah 7:19
… As for the guilt of our sins, how gloriously is that removed! "All their sins," -- yes, the whole host of them; "thou wilt cast" -- only an almighty arm …
SERMON • SERMON 95The Day of Atonement
Leviticus 16:34
… Sure, sinner, there is nothing that move thee to repentance like the thought of that great sacrifice of Christ which is necessary to wash away thy guilt. “Law …
DEVOTIONALOct. 28 — SINS OF IGNORANCE
Num. 15:25
… He sees the sin that He may cease to see it by casting it behind His back. Our great comfort is that Jesus, the true priest, has made …
SERMON • SERMON 2856Our Hiding Place
Isaiah 32:2
… sin." But man was under condemnation because of his guilt—will Jesus Christ, as the great Substitute for sinners—bear upon Himself the punishment due to human guilt …
DEVOTIONALJan. 19 — MOUTH CONFESSION; HEART BELIEF
Rom. 10:9
… I must be saved from the guilt of sin, the power of sin, the punishment of sin, and ultimately from the very being of sin. God hath said …
SERMON • SERMON 741A Troubled Prayer
Psalm 25:18
… As the guilt is heavy, let our repentance be sincere. Sometimes, again, sorrow reminds us of the sin of need of sympathy with those in like sorrow. "Ah …
SERMON • SERMON 3563Cheering Congratulation
Psalm 32:1
… When the guilt of sin is felt and the burden of sin grows heavy—and when the wound stinks and is corrupt, as the Psalmist says—we are …
SERMON • SERMON 3385The Savior's Thirst
John 19:28
… At this time would we get away to Calvary and there stand and hear our Redeemer crying, "I thirst," as He bears for us the guilt of sin …
SERMON • SERMON 3311The Water and the Blood
John 19:34
… Well, and what then? Why, it should teach us, dear Friends, what a shameful thing sin must be! For, though Christ was no sinner, yet when our sins …
SERMON • SERMON 497The Procession of Sorrow
John 19:16
… our sins to him; he was made sin for us; and, as the substitute for our guilt, bearing our sin upon his shoulders—for that cross was a …