Sin

The Story of a Runaway Slave

… He does not make it out that Onesimus did right—not for a moment! Sin is sin, and, whatever sin may be overruled to do, yet sin is …

On Conversion as Our Aim

… its demands, its threatenings, and the sinner’s multiplied breaches of it. Teach the depravity of human nature. Show men that sin is not an accident, but the …

A Suitable Watchword

Psalm 12:1

… into the lips of the sinner, too! In many respects it suits the sinner. "'Help, Lord.' I have a load of sin, take it from me. 'Help, Lord …

The Suffering Savior's Sympathy

Hebrews 2:18

… It is no sin to be tempted, for in Him was no sin and yet He was tempted. "He suffered being tempted," but there was no sin in …

The Deceitfulness of Sin

Hebrews 3:13

… Once more, sin is deceitful in the influence which it carries with it. At first sin cultivates a free and easy bearing and it says to the sinner …

Impotence and Omnipotence

John 5:5-9

… It is done by the Lord, Himself, and He has power to do it, however weak, no, however dead in sin, the sinner may be! As a living …

An Objection and an Answer

Galatians 5:6

… You say that to tell a big evil sinner that God forgives him on the spot when he believes in Jesus is to encourage him in sin. Come …

Paved With Love

Solomon 3:10

… made sin for us that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. That though He was just, He was treated as a sinner, and in …

The Holy Spirit Glorifying Christ

John 16:14

… I shall say this to the poor troubled doubting sinner, "Sinner, my Master is able to save you." "Oh but I am the biggest sinner out of Hell …

The Man Of Sorrows

Isaiah 53:3

… We do not start at sin as Jesus did. We do not tremble at the sinner's doom as Jesus would. His was a perfect Nature which, because …

The Shield Of Faith

Ephesians 6:16

… He said, "I'm too big a sinner to be saved." So I said, "But the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleans us from all sin." "Yes …

Under The Apple Tree

… Here is my black sin, but there is His precious blood overshadowing my sin, and hiding it for ever. Here is my condition by nature, an enemy to …

An Unparalleled Cure

Matthew 9:32

… There are some men that reform, though they hardly know why, and then, by-and-by, they go back to their old sin and they are worse than …

Psalm 1

Psalm 1

… 280 of "Spurgeon's Sermons." "The Chaff Driven Away." Sin puts a negative on every blessing. Verse 5. The sinner's double doom. 1. Condemned at the judgment …

Evening, June 14

Da 9:8

… Oh, the atrocity of the sin of a pardoned soul! An unpardoned sinner sins cheaply compared with the sin of one of God’s own elect ones, who …

Prayerful Importunity

Luke 18:7

… a sinner died and never a sinner shall! "Come unto Me all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." You sin-bitten …

A Visit From the Lord

Psalm 106:4

… If you do not yet savingly know the Sin-Bearer. If you are still a bond slave to your sin, you have, indeed, need to pray this prayer …

The Poor Man's Friend

Psalm 10:14

… And when they weep oven sin, they feel their sin in their very tears and need to weep in penitence over their tears. They are such poor people …

The Way Everlasting

Psalm 139:24

… The sinner's way of pleasure is far from being everlasting, for even here the wine cup of sin first yields the sweetness of intoxication, but afterwards it …

The Necessity of Regeneration

John 3:7

… His loathing of sin grows with his growth in Divine Grace and sin is never so hateful to a man as when he is most fully sanctified. The …

Jehovah-Shammah

Ezekiel 35:10

… I thought of the dead sinner. But an elect sinner and the devil, like the sons of Edom, said, "I shall have that dead sinner, I shall have …

Seeing Jesus

Hebrews 2:9

… Such blessed certainties as the effectual Atonement which has put away the sin of the Lord's people and such certainties as the enjoyment of the Presence of …

Plowing Rock

Amos 6:12

… come into this world to suffer in the sinner's place and borne what was due to human sin in His own body on the Cross! Out of …

The Immutability of Christ

Hebrews 13:8

… Come, sinner, bow thy knee; confess thy sin and leave it; and then come to him; ask him to have mercy upon thee. He will not forget his …

Experiencing Confirming Testimony

Psalm 48:8

… the sin of those who were pardoned—it will take an anguish such as no heart can conceive before the sinner shall have suffered for his sin what …

The Ravens' Cry

Psalm 147:9

… But when you pray you have a mightier One than you praying with you! Hear that sinner crying, "God be merciful to me a sinner"? Hark! Do you …

The Roaring Lion

1 Peter 5:8

… Look upon any of your duties, Christian and will you not see upon them marks of sin—and on some not only marks of sin—but marks of …

A Gospel Promise

Ezekiel 36:27

… else even the awakened and anxious sinner will evade conversion, put away from himself eternal life and perish in his sin! Yes, Brothers and Sisters, experience will often …

The Necessity of the Spirit’s Work

… blossom, as a sinner repent of his own accord. If God should offer heaven to man, simply upon the terms of repentance of sin, heaven would be as …

Shaved and Shorn, But Not Beyond Hope

Judges 16:22

… Through this peculiar sin of his, the Philistines found opportunity to assail him. They tempted Delilah, whom he loved, to extract from him the secret of his great …

The Believer's Present Rest

Hebrews 4:3

… But sin has come into the world and from that blessed state of rest, man has fallen! Yet God is bringing us back to a rest similar to …

A Welcome Discovery

Genesis 21:19

… hate sin and you do loathe yourself to think you should be a sinner at all, and you would do anything to be rid of sin—to escape …

Too Good to Be Saved!

Luke 18:14

… I pray God speedily to bring you down to it till you, too, shall be a bankrupt sinner, an emptied sinner, a condemned sinner—and then shall just …

"Behold, He Prays"

Acts 9:11

… Words are but the body of devotion—the confession of sin, the longing for mercy, the groaning for Grace—these are the soul and spirit of prayer! A …

Not Boasting, But Trusting

Ephesians 2:9

… He had never sinned—he need not ever to have sinned! It seems to me, he had nothing to gain by sin. His paradise was as perfect as …

Silken Cords

Hosea 11:4

… If God is just, sin must be punished—that is clear. Then, how can God be just and yet not punish the sinner? That is the question and …

Why Men Cannot Believe in Christ

John 5:44

… They say that they cannot believe in Jesus, but if they would speak the truth, they mean they cannot give up sweet sin! Sin is such a dainty …

The Hospital of Waiters Visited with the Gospel

John 5:8

… for me, And on the Cross He shed His blood For sin, to set me free," Sinner, you will rise up and walk directly. You will be surprised …

The Power of Christ Illustrated by the Resurrection

Philippians 3:20

… As his first advent has been our salvation from sin, so his second advent shall be our salvation from the grave. He is in heaven, but, as the …

Elijah's Plea

1Kings 18:36

… Have you unfeignedly repented of sin? Is your mind totally changed about sin so that what you did once love you now hate—and that which you did …