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The seriousness of sin, temptation, guilt, and the need for cleansing
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A Willing People and an Immutable Leader
Psalm 110:3
… There is also a day of power in every sinner’s heart ; for, alas! the general day of power which occurs to our congregation omits many—many over …
SERMON • SERMON 1720Christ in You
Colossians 1:27
… And now He has finished transgression, made an end of sin, brought in everlasting righteousness and gone up to His Father's Throne within the veil, bearing His …
SERMON • SERMON 2189A Call To Prayer and Testimony
Isaiah 62:6
… sinner's place and the little bit did the work! Our chief business should be to cry, "Behold the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of …
SERMON • SERMON 1438The Hope Laid Up In Heaven
Colossians 1:5
… We shall one day cast off the slough of sin and shall be seen in the beauty of our new-born life. Truly, "it does not yet appear …
SERMON • SERMON 2193A Poor Man's Cry—and What Came Of It
Psalm 34:6
… This poor man cried, "God be merciful to me a sinner." That is not a long prayer, but it prays a great deal of meaning into a few …
SERMON • SERMON 2475"My Garden"—"His Garden"
Solomon 4:16
… There is such a fragrance about a God-given hope that this poor sin-stricken world seems to be cured by it. Wherever this living, lively hope comes …
SERMON • SERMON 87The Majestic Voice
Psalm 29:4
… Any other man’s voice could not pardon sin; none but the voice of the monarch can speak pardon to the subject; and God’s is a majestic …
SERMON • SERMON 814Life by Faith
Galatians 3:11
… He repents of sin and looks to Jesus because he believes the testimony of God's Son—and he believes that testimony because he has received a new …
COMMENTARYPsalm 129
Psalm 129
… Upon a survey of the sinner's life from beginning to end, we feel more inclined to weep than to rejoice, and we feel bound rather to wish …
SERMON • SERMON 326Everywhere And Yet Forgotten
Job 12:9
… So is it with the sinner—he is in God's hands to save him or to destroy him! He can give him up, like Pharaoh, to hardness …
SERMON • SERMON 1383The Cause And Cure Of Weariness In Sunday School Teachers
Galatians 6:9
… Let us gather the rosebuds for Jesus! Let us bring to Him the virgin in her earliest beauty and the young man in his first vigor before sin …
SERMON • SERMON 3483The Family Likeness
Romans 8:14
… Such men lie, for the pure and Holy Spirit could never be the author of sin! No suggestion of His was, or could be, otherwise than pure and …
SERMON • SERMON 3439Man Transient—god's Word Eternal
Isaiah 40:8
… Yes, but still even contentment may be a sin if it is an earthly contentment which checks your aspirations for the skies. If you are content enough to …
SERMON • SERMON 886A Safe Prospective
Daniel 8:19
… We think, sometimes, that corruption will be destroyed and that we shall find no indwelling sin to beset us. I have heard some of God's servants talk …
SERMON • SERMON 724His Name—The Everlasting Father
Isaiah 9:6
… Trust Him now with your cares! Rest upon Him in your present difficulties! And you, poor Sinner, if Christ were on this platform would you not come and …
SERMON • SERMON 839The Head of the Church
Colossians 1:18
… Therefore, my Brethren, the Fall, hence original sin, hence the sorrows of this life. In order to salvation, which, perhaps, was only possible because we did not fall …
SERMON • SERMON 2700Growth in Grace
2 Peter 3:18
… Your faith, Sinner, unites you with the Lamb—not your feelings! Trust Him in darkness, trust Him in distress, lean on Him when you cannot see Him. And …
SERMON • SERMON 302Jesus About His Father’s Business
John 4:34
… Come and welcome, sinner, come! Let nothing make thee linger. He thirsts to save; he pants to bless. He longs to redeem and ransom. Only trust him; and …
CHAPTERLater Literary Works
… If one sinner shall be led to Jesus by this little book, or one saint be assisted in his spiritual warfare, my object will be abundantly answered, and …
SERMON • SERMON 3219'He Blessed Him There'
Genesis 32:29
… Wherever Christianity comes, it causes a quarrel because the light must always quarrel with the darkness and sin can never be friendly with righteousness! It is not possible …
SERMON • SERMON 1603What the Farm Laborers Can Do and What They Cannot Do
Mark 4:26-29
… Their whole nature is renewed, so that instead of producing sin, it yields repentance, faith and love—but we know not how! How it is that the Spirit …
SERMON • SERMON 2707An Antidote to Satan's Devices
Genesis 3:1
… There is not a saint whom he has not beset and not a sinner whom he has not misled. Together with his troops of evil spirits, he has …
SERMON • SERMON 3529More Room for More People
Luke 14:22
… We cannot answer the question to a certainty, but surely the Lord's mercy will triumph over human sin and God will get to Himself the victory! A …
SERMON • SERMON 3386Christ Our Peace
Ephesians 2:14
… To be angry without a cause is a sin to you as soon as you are a Believer in Christ! Unless you are a fearful hypocrite, you then …
SERMON • SERMON 3211'Feed My Sheep'
John 21:16
… He knew how sincere his repentance was and how hearty was his grief on account of his great sin and, therefore, lest he should be overtaken with too …
SERMON • SERMON 96The Christian—A Debtor
Romans 8:12
… Because he has remitted all our debt of sin, we are all the more indebted to him in another sense. Oh! Christian, stop and ponder for a moment …
SERMON • SERMON 3394'Who Is This?'
Matthew 21:10
… When I saw myself a sinner in the light of the Law of God! When the fiery light of Sinai made me see my multitude of spots—yes …
SERMON • SERMON 436A Sermon For Spring
Solomon 2:10-13
… WHEN THE TIME OF THE BRIDAL OF THE SOUL HAS ARRIVED TO EACH CONVICTED SINNER, THEN ALSO THERE ARE SPECIAL DUTIES. Can you not remember, dearly Beloved, that …
SERMON • SERMON 2239"Is God In the Camp?"
1 Samuel 4:7
… Get right with God! Confess your sin! Believe in Jesus Christ, the appointed Savior! Be reconciled to God by the death of His Son—then all will be …
SERMON • SERMON 57The Incarnation and Birth of Christ
Micah 5:2
… And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.” Sinner! if thou dost not know Bethlehem as “the house of bread,” it shall be to …
SERMON • SERMON 894Christ with the Keys of Death and Hell
Revelation 1:18
… His golden key will shut His people in in Heaven, as Noah was shut in the ark— "Far from a world of grief and sin With God eternally …
SERMON • SERMON 2736The Great Miracle Worker
John 11:47
… Come, let us kill Him, that the inheritance may be ours." Human sin reached its highest point when, at last, it took the innocent, loving Savior and hung …
SERMON • SERMON 1246The Blessings Of Following On
Hosea 6:3
… Do you know God? O my dear Hearer, do you know God in the majesty of His Justice as condemning your sin and you for sin? Do you …
SERMON • SERMON 3099The Double Forget-me-not
1 Corinthians 11:24
… none turn you away from your confidence in Christ Jesus suffering in the sinner's place, and— "Bearing, that we might never bear, His Father's righteous ire …
SERMON • SERMON 1221Opening the Mouth
Psalm 81:10
… But is there not also a word here of consolation to the sinner? "Open your mouth wide," says God, even to you, "and I will fill it." What …
SERMON • SERMON 1494The One Foundation
1 Corinthians 3:11
… But what is the experience of a poor fellow sinner to me? How does it help me to hear that he groans as I do, or sings as …
SERMON • SERMON 1470A Question for Hard-hearted Hearers
Amos 6:12
… Men must be made to feel that they have sinned and they must be led to repent of sin. They must receive Christ, not with the head, only …
SERMON • SERMON 1115The Good Shepherdess
Solomon 1:7
… Beloved, never let sin part you from Jesus. Under a sense of sin, do not fly from Him. That were foolishness! Sin may drive you from Sinai—it …
COMMENTARYPsalm 30
Psalm 30
… A Psalm of praise, since a sore judgment had been stayed, and a great sin forgiven. From our English version it would appear that this Psalm was intended …
SERMON • SERMON 364The Shulamite'S Choice Prayer
Solomon 8:6
… Lord there are many waters of sin in me; but Lord, help me to believe that Your love is not quenched by them. There are many corruptions in …