Sin

Redemption By Price

1 Corinthians 6:19

… Liberty to sin is slavery, liberty from sin is freedom! There is no liberty to a man like that of being under Law to God. If we are …

Psalm 48

Psalm 48

… Neither saint nor sinner shall find the Lord to be an empty handed God; he will in both cases deal out righteousness to the full: to the one …

The Divine Call for Missionaries

Isaiah 6:8

… And more because he was a Prophet and, therefore, his lips were the instruments of his office and he was most conscious of sin where he felt most …

Lowly Service

Numbers 4:24-26

… Sometimes, the very bread we eat seems bitter, and the air we breathe is contaminated because of the sin that is everywhere around us. Well, dear Friends, whenever …

Jesus, The Delight of Heaven

Revelation 5:9

… Jesus, Himself, really "bore our sins in His own body on the tree." "He was made sin for us who knew no sin, that we might be made …

A Miniature Portrait Of Joseph

Genesis 39:2

… Does he say, "How shall I do this great wickedness, and sin against this woman"? for it would have been a sin against her. No! Just as David …

The Believer's Glad Prospects

Song 2:17

… I believe that the more sanctified a man becomes by the work of the Holy Spirit within, the more heavy the burden of sin becomes to him. It …

True Unity Promoted

Ephesians 4:3

… We dare not commit the sin of quenching the Holy Spirit even though it were with the view of promoting unity! The unity of the Spirit never requires …

Nov. 1 — PERFECTION AND PRESERVATION

I Thess. 5:24

… Who will do this? The Lord who has called us out of darkness into His marvelous light, out of death in sin into eternal life in Christ Jesus …

Nov. 19 — FROM OBEDIENCE TO BLESSING

Haggai 2:19

… There had been failure of crops, blasting, and mildew, and all because of the people's sin. Now, the Lord saw these chastened ones commencing to obey His …

Nov. 24 — PARDON AND FORGIVENESS

Ps. 103:9

… If we repent and turn to Him with hearts broken for sin and broken from sin, He will smile upon us at once. It is no pleasure to …

The Garden Of The Soul

Matthew 26:36

… If He feared to bear the wrath of God, or the weight of human sin, and really desired to escape from them, then He was not heard, for …

The Exaltation of Christ

Philippians 2:9-11

… and he is no less and no more man than we are, save only sin. Surely, when we feel we are related to Christ, his exaltation is the …

Aug. 14 — CHILD CHASTISEMENT NOT FOREVER

I Kings 11:39

… Let us humbly cry "O Lord, show me wherefore thou contendest with me." What a sweet saving clause is that -- "but not for ever!" The punishment of sin …

In Him: Like Him

1 John 2:6

… They that are saved from the death of sin need to be guided in the life of holiness, and it is infinitely condescending on the part of Christ …

Life, and the Path to It

Psalm 16:11

… They are delivered from all sin and are "without fault before the Throne of God"—and they know it. Now have they been brought right away from all …

July 11 — NEVER SEPARATED FROM GOD

John 11:26

… In Him we died unto sin once, and the capital sentence cannot a second time be executed. Now we live, and live for ever. The reward of righteousness …

Oct. 9 — WHAT SANCTIFIES OUR OFFERINGS?

Lev. 4:7

… It is well for us to fix our eyes upon the blood of the one offering for sin. Sin mingles even with our holy things, and our best …

May 7 — LET NO EVIL REMAIN

Deut. 13:17

… Now, sin of all sorts must be treated by Christians in the same manner. We must not allow a single evil habit to remain. It is now war …

Jan. 14 — REST IS A GIFT

Matt. 11:28

… You are "laden" -- yes, "heavy laden" with sin, fear, care, remorse, fear of death; but if you come to Him, He will unload you. He carried the crushing …

May 15 — GOD'S HIGH PLACES

Ps. 91:14

… I know His name as a sin-hating God, for by His Spirit's convincing power I have been taught that He will never wink at evil. But …

The True Apostolical Succession

Psalms 45:16

… We dwell no longer on that, lest we indulge in dreary apprehensions as to our Church’s future, though that were folly and sin, for in looking back …

Knowing and Doing

John 13:17

… The Holy Spirit dwells in Believers and where He dwells, there should be purity, peace, holiness and purging out of sin. You believe this, but happy are you …

Some Reminiscences of Foreign Travel

… When, as a sinner, you roamed like a traveller at midnight lost on the wilds, how tenderly did they call you home! And now you have reached the …

Retrospect—"The Lord Has Blessed"

Joshua 17:14

… Those upon whom their sin is resting are under the curse, for a curse always attends upon sin. Though we read no denunciation service; though we do not …

Christ's Motive and Ours

2 Corinthians 8:9

… We can suffer, but we cannot sin." Many men say, when we talk to them thus, "But, you know, we must live." I do not see that there …

Constancy And Inconstancy—a Contrast

Hosea 6:3

… I know some prostitute this doctrine into an excuse for sin. Oh, mean and sensual hearts! They are base-born pretenders to a Divine Grace they never knew …

'Brief Life Is Here Our Portion'

Psalm 39:4

… If I am in the house of sin, I may die there. If I am in the place of worship, I may die there. I may die in …

Morning, January 29

2Co 4:18

… Looking into the future we see sin cast out, the body of sin and death destroyed, the soul made perfect, and fit to be a partaker of the …

Evening, August 11

2Th 2:16

… What is this “everlasting consolation”? It includes a sense of pardoned sin. A Christian man has received in his heart the witness of the Spirit that his iniquities …

Morning, August 24

Mic 2:13

… Dost thou dread sin? He has nailed it to his cross. Dost thou fear death? He has been the death of Death. Art thou afraid of hell? He …

Evening, December 12

Ho 5:7

… let our penitent thoughts execrate the sin which is so surely in us. Treacherous to thy wounds, O Jesus! Forgive us, and let us not sin again! How …

Evening, April 16

Ex 17:12

… You must wrestle with your sin, but the major part of the wrestling must be done alone in private with God. Prayer, like Moses’, holds up the token …

Evening, February 16

Ne 9:20

Evening, February 16 Go To Morning Reading “Thy good Spirit.” Nehemiah 9:20 Common, too common is the sin of forgetting the Holy Spirit. This is folly and …

Changefulness

… Alas! what a contrast between the sin which doth so easily beset us, and the grace which gives us to reign in heavenly places. How different the sorrow …

One of the Master's Choice Sayings

Matthew 14:16

… The newborn nature takes up arms against the body of sin and death. The Holy Spirit also dwells within to conquer indwelling sin. Shall not the life which …

Morning, August 23

Is 65:19

… Well may they cease to mourn who have ceased to sin. They weep no more, because all fear of change is past . They know that they are eternally …

Divine Sovereignty

Matthew 20:15

… Were they not seated in more than equal dignity? Did they sin more? We think not. Adam’s sin was so wilful and complete, that we cannot suppose …

Evening, July 9

Ge 1:4

… but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin, which is in …

Evening, September 21

Ps 26:9

… A sense of sin and present evil, and his prevailing corruptions, compel him to pray, in fear and trembling, “Gather not my soul with sinners.” Reader, if you …