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The seriousness of sin, temptation, guilt, and the need for cleansing
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The Word of the Cross
1 Corinthians 1:18
… The word of the Cross has delivered us from the love of sin—no sin is now our master—we have broken every fetter of evil habit. We …
SERMON • SERMON 191Christ Glorified as the Builder of His Church
Zechariah 6:13
… lock on him whom thou didst despise, and thou art weeping for thy sin. sinner, it will be too late then. there is no cutting of the stone …
SERMON • SERMON 1090For The Troubled
Psalm 88:7
… What though the trouble springs out of the sin, yet it is God that has pointed the sorrow to follow the transgression—to act as a remedial agency …
SERMON • SERMON 2294The Memory Of Christ's Love
Solomon 1:4
… It will make you tremble at the thought of sin and cause you to flee from it as from an arch-destroyer." This is true. But still, if …
SERMON • SERMON 912The Glorious Hereafter and Ourselves
2 Corinthians 5:5
… He who is born again of incorruptible seed finds his worst trouble to be sin. While he was in his natural state he loved sin, and sought pleasure …
SERMON • SERMON 2249Even Now
John 11:22
… As I have already said, if you have gone to the very extremity of sin, you may believe that, after all those years of wandering, the arms of …
SERMON • SERMON 1460The Meat and Drink of the New Nature
John 6:55
… For utter rottenness, the end must be burning! O Sinner, your fire has begun to burn—the fire that will never be quenched—for sin is the kindling …
SERMON • SERMON 990Self-Humbling and Self-Searching
Solomon 1:6
… While there is sin, or a proneness to any kind of sin, lurking in us, the grace of God will make us loathe the sin and humble ourselves …
SERMON • SERMON 805Resurrection With Christ
Ephesians 2:4
… world of sin! And as Heaven is to be the perfection of the saint's holiness, so Hell will be the perfection of the sinner's loathsomeness—and …
SERMON • SERMON 1153The Matchless Mystery
Ephesians 5:30
… So it is great forgiveness, the forgiveness of great sin, because of great love. O beloved Hearer, great sinner as you have been, yet if you are "accepted …
SERMON • SERMON 1893Jesus Angry with Hard Hearts
Mark 3:5
… He could be angry with the sin, and yet never cease to compassionate the sinner. His was not anger which desired evil to its object; no touch of …
SERMON • SERMON 2822Christ in Bonds
John 18:24
… so effectually that the sinner shall know that, truly, there is a God who will not pass by transgression, or wink at sin when it remains unrepented of …
SERMON • SERMON 717Pray For Jesus
Psalm 72:15
… He is still striving for the victory over sin in His people, and His people are waiting and longing for His second advent which shall fulfill their brightest …
SERMON • SERMON 1844Israel And Britain. A Note of Warning
John 12:37-41
… love might save the sinner. Our peace comes from the Holy, Holy, Holy One, who is just, and yet forgives his people's sin. Brother, if you are …
SERMON • SERMON 1622Mongrel Religion
2 Kings 17:41
… If there were no hell they would drink up sin as the ox, standing knee-deep in the stream, sucks in the water. If sin were not followed …
SERMON • SERMON 2974A Wafer of Honey
2 Corinthians 12:9
… before God! What a blessed system this is, which saves the sinner from the love of sin, delivers a man from sinning, gives him a new nature and …
SERMON • SERMON 3464True Worship
Psalm 50:14
… that He has heard your prayer! O Sinner, this is a way in which you can worship God! Does your sin lie heavy upon your conscience? Call upon …
SERMON • SERMON 841Crowding to Touch the Savior
Mark 3:10
… You would confess that you were born in sin, but then the true meaning of sin has never occurred to you, and the confession is, therefore, good for …
SERMON • SERMON 731A Word in Season
Job 22:29
… Be sure not to let a single Providential opportunity escape you, but plunge in, now that God has made the breach in the sinner's city wall. Make …
CHAPTERFaith Very Simple
… When the Lord uplifts his dear Son before a sinner, that sinner should take him without hesitation. If you take him, you have him; and none can take …
SERMON • SERMON 1180Jesus Near but Unrecognized
Luke 24:16
… Even holy sorrow for sin and grief for the absence of the Master may, sometimes, put a mote into the eye and destroy its clear vision. Even tears …
SERMON • SERMON 3426A Sore Grievance
Jeremiah 50:6
… THIS IS TO BE ACCOUNTED A SIN FOR MANY REASONS. Let us recollect how dearly our resting place was purchased for us. To give your soul rest, my …
SERMON • SERMON 2970God's Jewels
Maalachi 3:17
… I was in hopes that there would have been something for a sinner like me." Well, what are you, then? Are you not a jewel? "No," you cry …
SERMON • SERMON 3468Consolation for Poor Petitioners
Isaiah 38:14
… Have you ever thought that about your prayers? Perhaps tonight there is some poor sinner here who thinks that of his prayers. Ah, Soul, God does listen to …
SERMON • SERMON 1855What is the Verdict?
1 John 3:21
… The prevalence of sin, the toleration of sin, the love of sin, the willful continuance in sin would do so—but the fact of imperfection, if wept over …
SERMON • SERMON 2913David's First Victory
1 Samuel 17:50
… So, when our Lord stood forth to contend with sin, He projected His atoning Sacrifice as a stone that has smitten sin and all its powers upon the …
SERMON • SERMON 1783Pentecost
Acts 2:1
… to God apart from the great sin offering of Jesus Christ! You are a saint, but you are still a sinner—and though you are clean before men …
SERMON • SERMON 312Personal Service
Psalm 116:16
… A liberty to be conscientious; a liberty to know forgiven sin; a liberty to trample upon conquered lusts, this is an infinitely wider liberty than that which would …
SERMON • SERMON 242Christ Precious to Believers
1 Peter 2:7
… he says, “O what a precious Christ he is to a poor sin-destroyed sinner, for he pleads his cause before the throne.” But suppose another case; that …
SERMON • SERMON 2310Howling Changed To Singing
Psalm 13:1
… And then they told me that she was one who thought that she had committed the unpardonable sin. I do not know what it was that struck me …
SERMON • SERMON 3538Preparation for Heaven
2 Corinthians 5:5
… We are all defiled and all defiling, but in Heaven they are "without fault before the Throne of God." No sin is tolerated there—no sin of thought …
SERMON • SERMON 2046Consolation From Resurrection
Hosea 13:14
… At one time salvation from sin is called a creation and creation is a fact. Here it is resurrection from the dead and that also is sure to …
SERMON • SERMON 2899'To You'
Acts 13:26
… All his sin is removed, as when the fuller cleanses the filthy garment and makes it white as snow. All his sin is removed forever, "as far as …
SERMON • SERMON 374The Interest Of Christ And His People In Each Other
Solomon 2:16
… All your sin—your past sin—shall not destroy you—if you now believe in Jesus! It shall be cast into the sea forever, and you shall begin …
SERMON • SERMON 2386The Drawings Of Divine Love
John 6:44
… Are you ready to sue for a divorce between your soul and sin, between your soul and self-confidence? That is the first essential thing in coming to …
SERMON • SERMON 1886God's Remembrance of His Covenant
Psalm 106:44
… They are chastened for their sin, as it is written, "You only have I known of all the people of the earth, therefore I will punish you for …
COMMENTARYPsalm 70
Psalm 70
… Some love money more than God's salvation; others love pleasure, even the pleasures of sin, more than God's salvation; and others love bustle and business more …
SERMON • SERMON 2948Stephen and Saul
Acts 7:58
… If you began to charge him with sin, you would see the fire flame from his eyes as he declared that concerning the righteousness which was by the …
SERMON • SERMON 317Characteristics of Faith
John 4:48
… I have seen the sinner under distress of soul seem to take hold of the pillars of the gate of mercy and rock them to and fro as …
SERMON • SERMON 3419God, the Husband of His People
Jeremiah 31:32
… SIN is greatly aggravated by the mercy of God, of which the sinner has been a partaker. Sin in a child of God is peculiarly sinful. Instead of …