Sin

"I and the Children"

Isaiah 8:18

… the angels of God over one sinner that repents." Never does a Believer struggle against wrong, endure oppression patiently, or conquer sin but Jesus is glad! Each budding …

A Secret And Yet No Secret

Solomon 4:12

… Whereas I once loved sin I now hate it. Whereas I had no thoughts after God and Christ, now my heart is wholly set upon Divine things." This …

A Blessed Gospel Chain

John 14:23

… But when a man lives habitually in sin, or even occasionally falls into sin, he cannot pray so as to prevail, he cannot win the ear of God …

A Sermon Upon One Nothing by Another Nothing

2 Corinthians 12:11

… A monk, we remember, confessed that he was so great a sinner that he had broken all the commandments. But when afterwards one of his friends began to …

The Conditions Of Power In Prayer

1 John 3:22-24

… I know of no qualifications for the sinner's first prayer except sincerity, but we must speak in a different way to those of you who are saved …

Psalm 98

Psalm 98

… Doth Almighty God give thee a true sense of thy sin, whereas heretofore thou didst draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with cart …

The Best Christmas Fare

Psalm 119:103

… It seemed to me as if a man could never know such rest as I then enjoyed! When I beheld my sin all put away through Christ's …

Let Us Go Forth

Hebrews 13:13

… It speaks of persecution, suffering, reproach, contending even unto blood, and striving against sin! It talks about wrestling and fighting, struggling and witnessing. I hear the Savior say …

Psalm 140

Psalm 140

… Such is the nature of sin; enter where it will it creeps from one member of the body to another, and from the body to the soul, till …

The Necessity of Growing Faith

2 Thessalonians 1:3

… Have you doubted God? Have you, in any sense, mistrusted Him? Have you limited the Holy One of Israel? Then continue not the slave of such a sin …

My God

Psalm 91:2

… The man who can say, "My God," is a match for Death and Hell! By that watchword he shall master sin and overthrow all the hosts of the …

'The Lord Is My Shepherd'

Psalm 23:1

… It is the crying sin of some ministries that they are not eedigministries. If I am to believe what I am told by many of God's people …

Sihon and Og, or Mercies in Detail

Psalm 136:17-22

… telling of our Lord Jesus Christ and the propitiation that He made for sin? They have passed away and they are not! And, since then, there have risen …

Joseph Attacked by the Archers

Genesis 49:23

… Looking upon his son Reuben, a tear was in his eye, for he recollected Reuben’s sin; he passed over Simeon and Levi, giving some slight rebuke; upon …

In the Hay-field

… God had given his Son Jesus Christ to be the Saviour of his chosen before Adam fell; long before sin came into the world the everlasting mercy of …

Eternal Life Within Present Grasp

1 Timothy 6:12

… There is a change in his condition, for he drops this mortal body and those tendencies to sin which cling to it, but the same life is in …

The Man Greatly Beloved

Daniel 10:19

… If it were only to escape from the regrets for the past which will arise when the conscience is in later days purged from sin. If it were …

The Watchword For Today—"Stand Fast"

Philippians 3:20

… Have no hankering after any other fashion of faith except the faith of a sinner in his Savior. All hope but that which is set before us in …

'Nunc Dimittis'

Luke 2:29-30

… O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks …

The Harvest and the Vintage

Revelation 14:14-20

… The Greek word used here means that they have reached their acme—they have come to the highest point of sin! Are any of you here fully ripe …

Three Sights Worth Seeing

1 Thessalonians 2:13-14

… His gospel exactly suited that poor sinner who, on one snowy morning, looked to him and was lightened. My dear hearer, you will find Jesus the very Savior …

Obadiah; or, Early Piety Eminent Piety

1 Kings 18:12

… What a horrible abode for a true believer Ahab’s court must have been! If there had been no sinner there but that woman Jezebel, she was enough …

Grace Preferred to Gifts

1 Corinthians 12:31

… You were brought to Christ knowing very little except yourself a sinner and Christ a Savior. But now that you are saved, you should try to "comprehend with …

Good Cheer for the New Year

Deuteronomy 11:12

… While we are under conviction of sin we are like Israel in the wilderness—we have no rest for the sole of our feet—but when we put …

The Evidence of Our Lord's Wounds

John 20:27

… If at the sight of your Lord you have exclaimed, in presence of the temptation, "How can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?" after that …

The Top of the Ladder

Ephesians 3:19

… It is a love which led Him to bear your load of sin and die while doing so—and bury that sin of yours in a sepulcher out …

The Child Of Light Walking In Darkness

Isaiah 50:10

… and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin …

The Claims of God

Psalm 100:3

… Pardoned sin is no argument for the indulgence of future sin, but an abundant argument for future holiness in every heart that feels its power. O you saints …

The Lord's Own Salvation

Hosea 1:7

… Many sin and righteously bring upon themselves the punishment due to sin—they believe not in Christ and die in their sins. But God has mercy, according to …

The Rocky Fortress and Its Inhabitant

Isaiah 33:15

… Their sin and their deceit made cowards of them! They would all be destroyed, they would all perish by the Assyrians! Who was to save them? What power …

The History of Little-Faith

Matthew 14:31

… If he believes at all, why does he doubt? The unbelief which makes faith little is to be confessed as a sin and mourned over as such—it …

On Laying Foundations

Luke 6:46-49

… He bids you repent of sin, trust His blood, love His Word and seek after holiness—but it is much easier to admire these things without following after …

The Middle Passage

Habakkuk 3:2

… Make known the power of the Holy Spirit who convicts of sin and afterwards comforts by leading the sinner to the Cross. Make known Yourself, Eternal Father, as …

The Withered Fig Tree

Matthew 21:17-20

… This is the evil of the whole matter; for it makes their spiritual failure to be known by so many, and their sin brings all the greater dishonor …

A Weighty Charge

… Avoid sin, especially, for sin is the poison of love to God. Love of sin is the death of love to God! I mean by sin, not merely …

Intercessory Prayer

Psalm 141:5

… God forbid that we should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for our Brethren! Every bee in the hive of the Church should bring in its …

The Believer's Heritage of Joy

Psalm 119:111

… After I had preached in this place one morning, there was a sinner convinced of sin and led to tremble before God. He saw his brother after the …

The Man With The Measuring Line

Zechariah 2:1-5

… Watts says— "May purge ourselves from sense and sin, As Christ the Lord is pure." He meant by "sense" feeling, mere carnal feeling. But I am afraid that …

Pressing Questions of an Awakened Mind

Acts 9:5

… Prophet, Priest, King and a thousand other offices does He sustain! Ask, you craving sinner, ask, "Who are You, Lord?" till you shall discover something about Him that …

A Vivid Contrast

John 7:53

… And so the Savior still has to stand outside, for He will not come into our hearts to dwell in peace with sin. He must remain outside until …