Sin

Blessed Discipline

Psalm 94:12-15

… That is the punishment of sin. It seems strange that it is so, but sin is the punishment of sin. When a man has once sinned, it is …

Creation’s Groans and the Saints’ Sighs

Romans 8:22-23

… As to his spirit, sin hath no more dominion over him, and the law hath no further claims against him. His soul is translated from death unto life …

The Lord'S Care Of His People

Zechariah 2:8

… And so the Lord looks upon His own people as standing mementoes and He counts it no small sin, no mean offense, for any of His adversaries, be …

Psalm 61

Psalm 61

… It is the sinner's cry to the sinner's Saviour! Barton Bouchier, A.M., in "Manna in the Heart; or, Daily Comments on the Book of Psalms …

Psalm 133

Psalm 133

… Saint to sinner. Verse 3. The chosen place for blessing. A church; a church united, a church bedewed of the Spirit. What a blessing for the world that …

Following Christ

John 21:22

… When sin is pardoned and the eternal safety of the soul is ensured, the next thing is to seek the purity of the soul and to secure a …

The Arrows of the Bow Broken in Zion

Psalm 76:3

… And we who believe in Jesus can join with the song of Moses the song of the Lamb, while we behold the overthrow of sin, death and Hell …

Joshua's Vision

Joshua 6:10-27

… So, we say with the rough sound of our ram's horn that unless you repent, you must perish! Sin must be punished. Sin is upon you, and …

The Rule of Christ

2 Samuel 23:4

… When He first came to us, there was a great cloud—an inconceivably black cloud of sin which hung over us. Oh, what tempests there were hidden in …

Psalm 81

Psalm 81

… We ought to consider not only what sin takes from our present stock, but what it prevents our gaining: reflections will soon show us that sin always costs …

A Visit to Bethlehem

Luke 2:15

… Then, a convicted sinner Next, a young Believer And, last of all, an advanced Christian. Their remarks can scarcely fail to please and profit us. Afterwards I should …

The First Five Disciples

John 1:37-51

… Every sinner must be quickened by the same life, made obedient to the same Gospel, washed in the same blood, clothed in the same righteousness, filled with the …

Elijah’s Appeal to the Undecided

1 Kings 18:21

… If you spoke your own language, if you just spoke out as a sinner, if you professed to be what you are, you would at least get the …

Christ's Love to His Spouse

Ephesians 5:25

… Whoever commits sin, transgresses, also, the Law: for sin is the transgression of the Law. This is the best definition of sin that can be given—let none …

Jesus and His Forerunner

John 10:39-42

… That He, who knew no sin, was made sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him—to clearly preach the definite Substitution …

Waiting, Hoping, Watching

Psalm 130:5

… Sometimes they come into the valley where they are made to feel the power of inbred sin and to mourn over it exceedingly. When the light of God …

The 'Beau Ideal' of Life

Psalm 90:14

… You can, all of you, sin without being taught to do it. There is no need to found an institution for the purpose of teaching the practice of …

Nazareth—or Jesus, Rejected by His Friends

Luke 4:28-30

… I do not know which God looks upon with the greater abhorrence—the open sinner or the openly good living person whose inward pride stands out against the …

Christ Our Life—Soon To Appear

Colossians 3:4

… Beloved, you may reign over sin, but the sinner does not comprehend your being a king. You may officiate as a priest before God, but the ungodly man …

The Beatitudes

Matthew 5:1-12

… That which is the cause of sin is to be given up as well as the sin itself. It is not sinful to have an eye, or to …

The Master

John 11:28

… He experienced life in all its phases and was tempted in all points like we are, though without sin. The highest were not above Him, the lowest He …

The House of Mourning and The House of Feasting

Ecclesiastes 7:2

… enter your house because you chanced, on such-and-such a day, to sin." But when I go and talk to a man and lay my hand on …

The Wailing of Risca

Jeremiah 4:20

… up, and what if after they be grown up they should plunge into sin and die at last impenitent! Oh, let not the fierce regret sting you like …

The Great Assize

2Corinthians 5:10

… Government cannot be conducted without its days of session and of trial, and, inasmuch as there is evidently sin and evil in this world, it might fairly be …

Psalm 145

Psalm 145

… Greatly patient and anxious that the sinner may live, he "lets the lifted thunder drop", and still bears. "Love suffereth long and is kind", and God is love …

Psalm 24

Psalm 24

… May God grant that our inward powers may be cleansed by the sanctifying Spirit, so that we may love holiness and abhor all sin. The pure in heart …

Quiet Musing!

Psalm 39:3

… There is a text in Scripture which speaks of the sinner as rolling sin under his tongue as a sweet morsel, an allusion to the habit of the …

The Search after Happiness

Psalm 4:6

… The Law could not condemn sin so truly and so thoroughly as God did when He condemned sin in the Person of Christ. O Believer, let not your …

The Form and Spirit of Religion

1 Samuel 4:3

… Men do not like that old-fashioned gospel which tells them that sin and the sinner must part, or else they must be damned. They do not like …

The Lord's Knowledge, Our Safeguard

2 Peter 2:9

… It is a pity that it should be so, but there are times when sin fiercely assails the Believer and he is sorely put to it. He has …

The Glory of Grace

Ephesians 1:6

… Be you angry, and sin not If you must be angry, (and you must, sometimes), take care that you do not sin when you are angry. It is …

Immanuel—The Light of Life

Isaiah 9:1

… If on the Cross He bore your sin, He will not suffer you to bear it and so to make void His sacrifice. If you belong to Him …

The Singing Pilgrim

Psalm 119:54

… Our latent happiness is a choicer heritage than the sinner's riotous glee. When suffering greatly and scarcely able to stand, I was met by one who has …

Nearness To God

Ephesians 2:13

… God is glorified because Christ was punished for the sin of His people. Love has its full, but Law has its due. On the Cross we see sin …

Rehoboam the Unready

2 Chronicles 12:14

… And their heart went aside from God and they practiced the most accursed sin that ever stained and defiled the face of the earth! You know the sin …

A View of God's Glory

Exodus 33:18

… He had even dared to say to the Lord, "This people have sinned a great sin and have made them gods of gold. Yet now if You will …

'That Day' and Its Disclosure

2 Timothy 1:18

… This is a night in which sin may be forgiven! You are on praying ground— you are still on pleading terms! The sentence is not passed. The wax …

An Encouraging Lesson From Paul's Conversion

Acts 9:13-16

… Who shall say that Saul's conversion was not traceable to the prayer of Stephen, when, as he expired, he said, "Lord, lay not this sin to their …

The Blessed Christ

Matthew 21:9

… When we had been in sorrow and trouble, under sin—when the Law had made sin revive and we died, when every hope was hurled in despair—you …

God's Prison, Warden and Prisoner

… Let no strangeness nor excess of sin prevent your loving the sinner—and let no extravagance or unkindness prevent your forgiving one another even unto 70 times seven …