Sin

Joy And Peace In Believing

Romans 15:13

… you are not a sinner, I am." I know myself to be laden with iniquity, to be defiled with all sorts of sin in my holiest times. I …

Grace and Glory

Psalm 84:11

… Whatever a soul ought to be, whatever a soul canbe—that our soul shall be—it shall be rid of all sin, all tendency to sin, all liability …

Our Urgent Need of the Holy Spirit

Romans 15:13

… you see this woman? She was a great sinner in the very worst sense and led others into sin. But now you cannot find more sweetness and light …

"Return! Return!"

Jeremiah 18:11

… There is no Heaven for the man who will not leave his sin. You must quit your sin, or renounce all hope of salvation. You must turn or …

A Testimony To Free and Sovereign Grace

Psalm 37:39

… The righteous know that they are born in a fallen state; they acknowledge that they have destroyed themselves by personal sin; and they are conscious of a thousand …

The Saints' Love to God

Psalm 31:23

… I mean that the love of God always drives out the love of sin. The one who really loves the Lord, when tempted to sin, cries with Joseph …

Peter's Restoration

Luke 22:60-62

… It is true, O Sinner, that God has seen your sin and all the aggravations of it. But it is also true that as He sees your ruin …

Purging Out the Leaven

1 Corinthians 5:6-8

… Sin, which for awhile may seem pleasant, will soon be nauseous, even to the sinner. But the very least degree of sin is obnoxious to God. We cannot …

The Death of Christ

Isaiah 53:10

… Understand, then, the sense in which Christ was made a sacrifice for sin. But here lies the glory of this matter. It was as a substitute for sin …

Rivers Of Water In A Dry Place

Isaiah 32:2

… Do you think such churls any credit to the Gospel? Yes, and are there not preachers who appear to be half afraid that some poor non-elect sinner …

The Samaritan Woman and Her Mission

John 4:27-30

… ready to cleanse me." A sinner's eye is never ready to see the Savior till first it has seen the sin. When the man sees despair written …

Simeon's Swan Song

Luke 2:29

… We have— "Peace! Perfect peace! In this dark world of sin, The blood of Jesus whispers peace within!" As many as have believed in Jesus, have entered into …

Taking Possession Of Our Inheritance

Joshua 1:2

… Say to sin that now mars your peace, "Peace is mine, clear out!" Say to sin that stops your usefulness, "That usefulness is mine, I claim it—clear …

The Saddest Cry From the Cross

Matthew 27:46

… He was there, on the Cross, in our place! And as the sinner, by reason of his sin deserves not to enjoy the favor of God, so Jesus …

The Very Bold Prophecy

Isaiah 65:1

… The sinner finds his God because God has found the sinner and it is all done! Intricacies and difficulties are at an end—believe and live is simplicity …

God's Glorious and Everlasting Name

Isaiah 63:12

… When the great sinner comes, or the person who, though he has not openly offended, is yet conscious of great inward sin—when these come and in a …

The Duty of the Present Hour

Hosea 10:12

… Even now again I hear Him, Come, my Lord and enter in, How can I resist Your knocking? Come and cover all my sin." There are certain occasions …

A Threefold Slogan

Luke 10:44

… I did not hate sin. I had no repentance, nor had I any faith. I was blind, but now— oh, blessed change—now I see my sin and …

Salvation Altogether By Grace

… Whereas their old nature loved everything that was evil, their new nature cannot sin because it is born of God, and it loves everything that is good. Does …

The New Song

Psalm 98:1

… Sin, sin, it is a name of horror—sin o’erthrown. Death—what glooms are concentrated in that word!—death destroyed. Satan—what craft, what cruelties, what malice …

"Is Anything Too Hard for the Lord?"

Jeremiah 32:26

… of great sin. Select anyone whom you knew to be especially hard-hearted and pray for him earnestly and hopefully. Choose out some glaring sinner, or special heretic …

Mary Magdalene

Mark 16:9

… In Heaven there is joy over a sinner's repentance—angels do not rejoice in extraordinary conversions merely, but "over one sinner that repents." Still, as far us …

Evening, May 31

Ps 103:3

… He is as much at home with one sinner as with another, and never yet did he meet with an out-of-the-way case that was difficult …

Evening, June 25

Ge 8:9

… if thy soul has no rest in sin, thou are not as the sinner is! If thou art still crying after and craving after something better, Christ has …

A Promise and a Providence

Ezekiel 34:15

… new one." I think it is time you did the same, Sinner. The wages of sin is death! Fly from this tyrant master! Immanuel, the bright Prince of …

Hoping in God's Mercy

Psalm 33:18

… Atonement! No sin is too black for that blood to wash and cleanse away! It cannot be that beneath Heaven there can be a sinner so abominable that …

Satan in a Rage

Revelation 12:12

… The man loved sin and found pleasure in it, but now sin is not so sweet as it was, its flavor is dull and insipid. The charms of …

For the Sick and Afflicted

Job 34:31

… Trust in the Lord, sinner, through Jesus Christ, the atoning sacrifice, and you shall find peace with him. Ask him with humble submission to put away the sin …

Good Reasons for a Good Resolution

Isaiah 61:10

… The Atonement of Christ and the righteousness of Christ make up the great and perfect covering of a sinner! "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin …

Love's Medicines and Miracles

Isaiah 38:17

… Do you remember that when you fell into despair and said, " I have been such a sinner that I must die in my sin," you were lifted up …

Poverty and Riches

2 Corinthians 8:9

… He did endure the sinner's curse—"As it is written, cursed is everyone that hangs on a tree." No, I will even dare to say that before …

Camp Law and Camp Life

Deuteronomy 23:14

… We may ever pray that— "Our weaker passions may not dare Consent to sin, for God is there." He is daring, indeed, who would sin in the face …

"A Man Named Matthew"

Matthew 9:9

… It is sin that lies at the bottom of all sorrow and if the sin is but taken away, we need not mind if we do not lose …

Startling!

2 Kings 8:12

… Distinguish, I say again, between the sin that you condemn and the sinner whom you must still love—the child of God over whom you must still weep …

The Commissariat of the Universe

Psalm 104:28

… And it is the best way of living, too—with a heart that is broken for sin and broken from sin—a heart that in every portion of …

Prayer, the Proof of Godliness

Psalm 32:6

… the prayer of a great sinner! There may be, in this House of Prayer, someone who has gone into gross and grievous sin—and this reading of the …

Terrible Convictions and Gentle Drawings

Psalm 32:3-4

… But here was a man who did not show merely externally, but even internally, the heavy pressure of grief, on account of sin. His bones grew old, and …

The Character of Christ’s People

John 17:16

… some temporary sin; but you could not make him a worldling. You might cause him to backslide; but you could not make him a sinner, as he used …

How To Become Fishers of Men

Matthew 4:19

… The sinner will not convert the sinner. The ungodly man will not convert the ungodly man; and, what is more to the point, the worldly Christian will not …

"Much More"

Romans 5:10

… Therefore, as by one man sin enteredinto the world, and death by sin, andso death passed upon allmen, for that allhave sinned—(for until the Law, sin was …