Sin

Retreat Impossible

Judges 11:35

… But to keep your evil vow would certainly be sin and you must not commit the greater sin to avoid the lesser which, perhaps, may be involved in …

Prayer 26 — Prayer Answered and Unanswered

… Hear him while he cries, "God be merciful to me a sinner." Hear such as seem to themselves to be appointed unto death. Let the sighing of the …

The New Song On Earth

Psalm 40:3

… Do not try to get the joy of Christ without first having sorrow for sin— "The path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the land where …

The Prince of Life

Acts 3:15

… Our enemy was strong through our sin and the curse of the Law which follows it—but our Lord was strong in love to bear our sin in …

Jesus Meeting His Warriors

Genesis 14:18-20

… Christian, you are, by virtue of a Covenant made with you to drive out every sin as an intruder. "Sin shall not have dominion over you: for you …

Flesh And Spirit—A Riddle

Psalm 73:22-25

… To sin is no spot of God's children. But to hate sin, humbly to confess it, and to lay in the very dust with abasement on account …

A Leap Year Sermon

1 Corinthians 15:8

… the power to repent of sin and to turn to the Lord— "While the lamp holds out to burn, The vilest sinner may return." I will not quote …

The Axe at the Root—A Testimony Against Puseyite Idolatry

John 4:23-24

… THE WOMAN’S CONSCIENCE had been aroused by Christ’s declaration of her sin. He was touching upon matters of the most vital importance, and her depraved heart …

Two Sorts Of Hearers

James 1:22-25

… There is no sin in having a bad memory, but there is great sin in refusing at once to obey the Gospel. If you cannot remember the text …

A Sermon For Gleaners

Ruth 2:15

… When she gets into her sin experience she says, "If I were a child of God I should never be like this." Knowing her vileness and her imperfections …

Our Lord in the Valley of Humiliation

Philippians 2:8

… Let Christ kill sin. Sin made Him go down, down, down—then pull sin down, let it have no throne in your heart. If it will live in …

The Best Strengthening Medicine

Hebrews 11:34

… You may resolve to overcome a sin and, perhaps, any one sin you may conquer for a time. But sin itself, as a force, in all its armies …

Love's Vigilance Rewarded

Solomon 3:4

… You sought Him once, when you were burdened with your sin, and then you found Him. He cast that sin of yours into the depths of the sea …

Strong Faith

Romans 4:20

… As unbelief is a sin for which the unbeliever must be held responsible, even so is the feebleness of faith a fault for which we are blameworthy. We …

A Special Benediction

… for even a saint is still a sinner. May you have the mercy that will continue to forgive your sin, the mercy that will continue to wash your …

When Should We Pray?

Luke 18:1

… Though you have committed every crime in the catalog of sin, you may pray. And though you have gone on in those crimes and involved yourself yet more …

The Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

… When we see innocent persons suffering as the result of the sin of others, our pity should be awakened. How many there are of little children starving and …

The Power of Christ's Name

Acts 3:16

… And if there are any who are degraded, not merely by poverty, but also by sin—if any have sunk as low as human beings can sink—He …

The Honored Guest

Luke 19:6

… sinner despising mercy, a drowning man rejecting the lifebelt, a sick man declining the physician, a man entering the gates of death refusing life and immortality! Oh, Sin …

Psalm 110

Psalm 110

… We have the Remission of sins, comprised in his priesthood, for he was to offer sacrifices for the remission of sins, and "to put away sin by the …

A New School of the Prophets

… I will ask you an easier one, 'Are you a sinner?' Can you say, 'Yes'? All say, ' Yes ' ; but then they do not know what the word ' sinner …

A Challenge and War Cry

1 Corinthians 15:55-58

… God save us from our sin"? The path is easy. The path is open—God wills not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn …

Who Found It Out?

2 Kings 7:3-7

… The Lord Jesus Christ has come into the world and has put away the sin of His people and yet many of them are complaining that their sin …

Christ Put On

Romans 13:14

… You, a sinner, hide yourself in Jesus, your Savior who shall save you from your sins. He is your Sanctifier driving out sin and your Preserver keeping sin …

The Covenanter

Psalm 25:10

… We cry to Him, "God, be merciful to me a sinner!" If we feel either of these two things, pain or sin—and who among us can hope …

Sleepers Awakened

Jonah 1:5

… and in sin did my mother conceive me. ' 'It is not merely that I have sinned in practice, but I am a sinner by nature. Sin would not …

Good Works In Good Company

Solomon 7:11-13

… I do not put it thus, "Am I without sin, naturally?" but thus—"Have I been washed in the fountain opened for sin and for uncleanness?" It is …

'Magnificat'

Judges 5:12

… might not sin, for all these things tend to our profit, and all these attacks do but widen the stream of usefulness. Many a sinner has been converted …

The Compassion of Jesus

Matthew 9:36

… He observed man in his evil progress, adding sin to sin through generation after generation, fouling every page of history until God's patience had been tried to …

A Comprehensive Benediction

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… In its first beginning, when a man is under a sense of sin, it does make him wretched to feel his sin, but when the soul is obedient …

Prayer 4 — The All-Prevailing Plea

… voices to Thee, but live for self, for the world, for Satan, for sin. Father, these cannot pray for themselves for they are dead. Thy quickened children pray …

Our Lord's Voluntary Poverty

2 Corinthians 8:9

… is Grace, pure Grace—Grace to take away the sin which made Him bleed—Grace to accept the sinner who was guilty of His death. The Cross reveals …

Early And Late

Matthew 20:1

… It is well to begin to fly while yet the wings are strong, for if we live long in sin the wings may be broken and then they …

Faith in Perfection

Psalm 138:8

… But suppose we should sin so much that God’s mercy should give way? It cannot give way; it endureth all the weight of sin; it endureth for …

Jehovah Has Spoken—will You Not Hear?

Jeremiah 13:15-17

… But on account of their sin, the Lord would put them away and they should be hidden by the Euphrates till their beauty was marred—until, in fact …

Conversions Desired

Acts 11:21

… and eternal condition of the sinner! To believe and to turn to God is to be delivered from the present dominion of sin and from the future punishment …

Psalm 86

Psalm 86

… His sense of sin also made him feel as if the most overwhelming destruction would have been his portion had not grace prevented, therefore does he speak of …

The Rough Hewer

Hosea 6:4

… It is well that sin should be made to appear sin and that self-righteousness should be made to look like filthy rags. Human inability and the need …

Pictures of Happiness

Psalm 144:15

… When you have felt the weight of sin, you have got rid of that weight by coming to the pardoning God. Oh, the mere professors do not know …

Consecration to God—Illustrated by Abraham’s Circumcision

Genesis 17:1-2

… Beloved believer, sinner as thou art, backslider as thou art, still believe in Jesus, let not a sense of sin weaken thy faith in him. He died for …