Sin

Is It Nothing To You?

Lamentations 1:12

… He was born without tendency to sin, for the natural corruption of our nature was not in Him. And He lived never doing wrong to man, or woman …

The Sin of Unbelief

To doubt the lovingkindness of God, is thought by some to be a very small sin; in fact, some have even exalted the doubts and fears of God …

Prayer 24 — "Deliver Us from Evil"

… Bring them, oh! bring them at once to a sense of sin. Oh! that we might see them take their first complete washing and may they become henceforth …

Psalm 22

Psalm 22

… Desertion is in itself no sin; for Christ endured its bitterness, ay, he was so deep in it, that when he died, he said, "Why hast thou forsaken …

July 15 — THE MOURNER COMFORTED

Matt. 5:4

… Mourning for sin -- our own sins, and the sins of others -- is the Lord's seal set upon His faithful ones. When the Spirit of grace is poured …

Oct. 20 — FROM EVERY SIN

Matt. 1:21

… 20 FROM EVERY SIN "He shall save his people from their sins" Matt. 1:21 Lord, save me from my sins. By thy name of Jesus I am …

Nov. 22 — NO CONDEMNATION

Jer. 50:20

… 50:20 A glorious word indeed! What a perfect pardon is here promised to the sinful nations of Israel and Judah! Sin is to be so removed that …

Dec. 16 — DIVINE EXPULSION

Joshua 17:18

… There is no going to Heaven with one sin ruling within us, for of the saints it is said, "Sin shall not have dominion over you." Up, then …

The God of Peace and Our Sanctification

Hebrews 13:20

… Sin will contend with Grace and newborn Grace will war with inbred sin. Sin and Grace can no more agree than fire and water. Even the God of …

Threshing

… Something is done by threshing when the soul ceases to be bound up with its sin, and sin is no longer pleasurable or satisfactory. Still, as the work …

Morning, May 29

Ps 45:7

Morning, May 29 Go To Evening Reading “Thou hatest wickedness.” Psalm 45:7 “Be ye angry, and sin not.” There can hardly be goodness in a man if …

Evening, August 10

Mt 9:6

… he has power to forgive sin! While here he lived below, before the ransom had been paid, before the blood had been literally sprinkled on the mercy-seat …

Morning, May 4

Je 16:20

Morning, May 4 Go To Evening Reading “Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods.” Jeremiah 16:20 One great besetting sin of ancient …

Morning, May 26

Ps 55:22

… Yet more than this, anxious care often leads to acts of sin. He who cannot calmly leave his affairs in God’s hand, but will carry his own …

Morning, April 16

1Pe 1:19

… The same blood which justifies by taking away sin, does in its after-action, quicken the new nature and lead it onward to subdue sin and to follow …

Evening, September 14

Ps 32:5

Evening, September 14 Go To Morning Reading “I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto …

Evening, October 3

Heb 2:18

… Some beginners in the divine life think that they cannot be tempted without sinning, but they mistake; there is no sin in being tempted , but there is sin …

Morning, February 2

Heb 9:22

… In no case, by no means can sin be pardoned without atonement. It is clear, then, that there is no hope for me out of Christ; for there …

The Gospel'S Power In A Christian'S Life

Philippians 1:27

… You cannot find it excusing sin. It pardons it, but not without an Atonement so dreadful that sin never seems so exceedingly sinful as in the act of …

Evening, February 18

Lu 15:18

… There is a wide distinction between confessing sin as a culprit , and confessing sin as a child . The Father’s bosom is the place for penitent confessions. We …

The Blind Man'S Earnest Cries

Mark 10:47

… But yours, Sinner, is spiritual blindness—the blindness which does not let you see yourself or see your Savior—the blindness which shuts out all spiritual joys from …

The Warnings and the Rewards of the Word of God

Psalm 19:11

… Remember that if you are not God's servant you are the bond-slave of sin and the wages of sin is death. The Psalmist, in this Psalm …

Following the Risen Christ

Colossians 3:1

… How can we that are raised out of the death of sin live any longer in sin? And, now, Beloved, we are at this time wholly raised from …

The Well-beloved's Vineyard

Isaiah 5:1

… Even when sin was laid on Christ, He smote Him to the death! Though He was not guilty of any sin, yet when our sin lay there, God …

Salt For Sacrifice

Leviticus 2:13

… Can you say that? Does the Holy Spirit strive against sin? So would I strive against sin. Feel all this. Endeavor to run on parallel lines with God …

Grieving the Holy Spirit

Ephesians 4:30

… Instead of wishing me ill as the punishment of my sin, he looks upon my sin itself as being the ill. He grieves to think that I am …

Confirmation

… It would be an awful thing to confirm a man in ways of sin and error. Think of a confirmed drunkard, or a confirmed thief, or a confirmed …

How A Man's Conduct Comes Home To Him

Proverbs 14:14

… And from careless living to indulgence of the flesh—and from indulgence of the flesh in little matters into known sin—and from one sin to another till …

A Blast of the Trumpet Against False Peace

Jeremiah 6:14

… You will not be perfect; I cannot expect you will live without sin, but if you are a Christian you will hate the very sin into which you …

An Ancient Question Modernized

Ezekiel 24:19

… I must be bound, for sin has bound you—sin has bound your hands, sin has hampered and crippled you and made you prisoners. You are the bond …

Full Redemption

Exodus 10:26

… Nay, nay, my hearers, ye are not Christ’s if ye have one tampered lust, one sin which you fondly indulge. Sin you will, even though you be …

'Peace! Perfect Peace!'

Isaiah 26:3

… We cannot enjoy true peace as long as sin remains upon the conscience. As well might the ocean be quiet while a tempest is raging, or the sea …

Moses—His Faith and Decision

Hebrews 11:24-26

… And if you do not do so, the pleasures derived from your sin of omission will be the pleasures of sin. You are living a life of disloyalty …

One War Over and Another Begun

Judges 6:22-24

… This is the lot of many men. "Conscience makes cowards of us all"—and when the mighty Spirit of God convicts us of sin—then sin becomes a …

A Straight Talk

Luke 14:20

… But you lose eternal life and that lost in time can never be found in eternity! You lose the pardon of sin, reconciliation to God, adoption into the …

Mourning For Christ

Zechariah 12:10

… It fixes its eyes mainly upon the wrong done to the Lord by its sin. No other repentance but that which is evangelical looks in that direction. The …

Life From the Dead

Ephesians 2:1

… He is startled a hundred times! Sin appears as sin—he cannot understand it. He had looked at sin, before, but had never seen it to be sin …

Unbelievers Upbraided

Mark 16:14

… Beloved Friends, let us never look upon our own unbelief as an excusable infirmity, but let us always regard it as a sin—and as a great sin …

Charity and Purity

James 1:27

… Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death. That is the pedigree of sin—it is born of …

Ordered Steps

Psalm 119:133

… The Black man said that drunkenness was an "upsetting" sin much more than a "besetting" sin. I think he was quite right in saying so, and there are …