Sin

Dec. 14 — NOTHING OLD

Rev. 21:5

… 21:5 Glory be to His name! All things need making new, for they are sadly battered and worn by sin. It is time that the old vesture …

April 23 — NO FEAR OF DEATH

Rev. 2:11

… Lord, give us faith, so that we may overcome, and then grant us grace to remain unharmed though sin and Satan dog our heels!

May 6 — CURE FOR ENVY

Prov. 23:17

… What is the prosperous sinner the better for his prosperity when judgment overtakes him? As for the godly man, his end is peace and blessedness, and none can …

June 16 — POSSESS NOT ONLY PROFESS

Matt. 13:12

… Lord, since thou hast given me a sense of sin, deepen my hatred of evil. Since thou hast caused me to trust Jesus, raise my faith to full …

Sept. 25 — THE SACRIFICE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED

Judges 13:23

… can He now be pleased to kill us? Why a substitute if the sinner must still perish? The accepted sacrifice of Jesus puts an end to fear. The …

March 21 — AVOID THAT SLIP

Prov. 3:23

… divine grace enables us to perceive sin, and so to avoid it. Let us plead this promise, and trust in Him who upholds His chosen. Alas! our worst …

April 22 — POWER TO RAISE

Ps. 146:8

… Is it a sense of sin, and a consequent depression of spirit, which now distresses me? Then the work of Jesus is, in this case, made and provided …

July 16 — WORD TO HIM WHO HALTS

Zeph. 3:19

… It may be that they say in their hearts -- What will become of us? Sin will overtake us, Satan will throw us down. Ready-to-halt is our …

Sept. 22 — BROAD RIVERS WITHOUT GALLEYS

Isa. 33:21

… Lord, give me that blessing which maketh rich, and neither addeth sorrow, nor addeth sin.

Oct. 16 — ONE WITH CHRIST JESUS

John 14:19

… we are absolved, and mercy saith, "The Lord hath put away thy sin, thou shalt not die." Jesus has made the life of His people as eternal as …

Jan. 1 — THE BIBLE'S FIRST PROMISE

Gen. 3:15

… How terrible will be the final bruising of the serpent's head! This was virtually done when Jesus took away sin, vanquished death, and broke the power of …

Feb. 16 — YOU DEAL WITH GOD

Hos. 11:9

… if you turn from sin to Jesus, God will turn from wrath. Because God is God, and not man, there is still forgiveness for you, even though you …

Aug. 1 — COVENANT REACHES CHILDREN

Gen. 17:7

… I know, that my children are born in sin, and shapen in iniquity, even as those of other men; therefore, I ask nothing on the ground of their …

Oct. 6 — THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR GUIDE

John 16:13

… We would not be willingly ignorant of any part of revelation lest thereby we should miss blessing, or incur sin. The Spirit of God has come that He …

Jan. 13 — NEVER CAST OUT

John 6:37

… We come to Him in weakness and sin, with trembling faith, and small knowledge, and slender hope; but He does not cast us out. We come by prayer …

Nov. 7 — TRUE HUMILITY REWARDED

Luke 18:14

… our one and only appeal must be to mercy: "God be merciful to me a sinner." Here is a cheering word from the throne. We shall be exalted …

Jan. 20 — THE OVERCOMER

Rev. 2:7

… We shall thus escape that endless death which is the doom of sin, and gain that everlasting life which is the seal of innocence, the outgrowth of immortal …

Jan. 18 — CHRIST AND HIS CHILDREN

Isa. 53:10

… 18 CHRIST AND HIS CHILDREN "When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed." Isa. 53:10 Our Lord Jesus has not …

April 20 — BY FAITH NOT FEELING

Rom. 1:17

… If even the most just must live in this fashion, how much more must I who am a poor sinner! Lord, I believe. I must trust Thee wholly …

Sept. 12 — WHAT OF MY HOUSE?

Acts 16:31

… I look away from self, and sin, and all idea of personal merit, and I trust the Lord Jesus as the Saviour whom God has given. I believe …

Sept. 28 — WORK IS DONE; REST IN HIM

Heb. 4:9

… Let us quit the weary toil of sin and self. Let us cease from all confidence, even in those works of which it might be said, "They are …

April 19 — AN EXPERT SEARCHER

Exod. 34:11

… They may fall into gross error, sad sin, and grievous hardness; but yet the Lord, who has become a surety for them to His Father, will not suffer …

'Stewards'

1 Corinthians 4:1

… And of course we are warned that the very notion of punishment for sin is a barbarous relic of mediaeval ages and must be given up! And with …

Jan. 25 — HE ACTS ON HONEST CONFESSION

Job 33:27

… The Lord will receive into His bosom all who come to Him with a sincere confession of their sin; in fact, He is always on the look-out …

June 9 — A TRUSTWORTHY NAME

Zeph. 3:12

… Again the question comes home to each one of us, Am I one of them? Am I afflicted by the sin within me and around me? Am I …

Aug. 10 — HE LOWERS TO RAISE

I Sam 2:7

… O Lord, thou has taken me down of late, and made me feel my insignificance and sin. It is not a pleasant experience, but I pray thee make …

The Work of the Spirit

… Indeed, it were a high sin and misdemeanor to attempt to put one person of the divine Trinity before another. Thou, O Father, art the source of all …

Our Life, Our Work, Our Change

Job 14:14

… He will be away from the dull and coarse materialism of this defiled, sin-stricken earth where thorns and thistles grow, and he will arrive at the place …

Attention!

Matthew 17:5

… That is a sin, a sin concerning which Christ says that you shall be beaten with few stripes. But it is an aggravation of sin when a person …

Love's Great Reason

1 John 4:19

… The way to be saved for man, woman, or child is to trust Jesus for the pardon of sin—and then, trusting Jesus, love comes as a fruit …

The Hope of Heaven

… much divine, May trials well endure; May purge your soul from sense and sin, As Christ the Lord is pure.” Live near your Master now, so shall your …

Psalm 52

Psalm 52

… Wherever we see today a man great in sin and substance, we shall do well to anticipate his end, and view this verse as the divine in memoriam …

The Cause and Effect of Heart Trouble

John 14:27

… Alas, some good men have fallen into this gross sin! The Psalmist was envious when he saw the prosperity of the wicked. And he said, "Behold, these are …

Morning, August 29

Ps 51:1

… The blood was not only sprinkled upon the doorposts of Israel’s dwelling houses, but upon the sanctuary, the mercy-seat, and the altar, because as sin intrudes …

His Own Funeral Sermon*

Acts 13:36

… But Christ rose again and no corruption had come to His body, for that body was a holy Thing—it had no defect, nor taint of sin, as …

The Saint's Heritage and Watchword

Isaiah 54:17

… Whenever we get into a little trouble, he comes and says, "You are no saint." If we commit a sin, he says, "You would not sin like that …

Morning, March 31

Is 53:5

… tablets of our hearts all the day, and at nightfall we will return to commune with him, and sorrow that our sin should have cost him so dear.

Morning, May 28

Ro 8:30

… the mount of peace, and joy, and blessedness, where, “Far from a world of grief and sin, With God eternally shut in,” thou shalt rest forever and ever.

How to Read the Bible

1 Timothy 4:13

… A sorry, sorry heart is that which so uses God's Word as to make it an aggravation of its sin! Our life ought to be—and if …

Evening, April 21

Ro 8:34

… If Jesus is thine all-prevailing King, and hath trodden thine enemies beneath his feet; if sin, death, and hell are all vanquished by him, and thou art …