Sin

A Little Sanctuary

Ezekiel 11:16

… Jehovah himself inflicted the chastisement for sin. You say to me, "Why, it was Nebuchadnezzar who carried them away: the Babylonians and the Chaldeans took them captive." Yes …

Our Lord before Herod

Luke 23:8

… John would not long have preached to Herod without using his own grand text, "Behold the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world." I …

Seeing God's Goodness Here

Psalm 27:13

… When my soul was burdened with sin, You were my Helper. You did enable me to look to Christ when I lost friend after friend, when I passed …

Freshness

Job 29:20

… How fresh everything was to you! The pardon of sin—how it sparkled! The righteousness of Christ—how brilliant! The idea of being a child of God—how …

Exhortation—"Set Your Heart"

1 Chronicles 22:19

… Let us not willfully sin, either in commission or in omission. Let us be very particular to seek out the will of the Lord so as to fulfill …

An Instructive Truth

Jeremiah 10:23

… What if sin inclines us to take the wrong path and if a feeble judgment makes us err through inadvertence? There is no need for us to choose …

Examination Before Communion

1 Corinthians 11:28

… If there is anyone in this place who is going to commit a gross sin, why may it not be myself? The natural tendency of each one of …

Confidence and Concern

2 Timothy 1:12-14

… What manner of perfection must concentrate itself in Him in whom the Father, Himself, delights? Think of Him as the great Sacrifice for sin who has made a …

A Sermon for the Time Present

Zephaniah 3:16-18

… They could not make sport of sin. True, there were many who said that the evil did not exist at all, and others who declared that it was …

Where Is the God of Elijah?

2 Kings 2:14

… And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with you, O you man of God? Have you come unto me to call my sin to remembrance …

The Secret Food And The Public Name

Jeremiah 15:16

… There is a great deal of error in many Christians and a great deal of sin. And many try to correct the error and remove the sin, and …

The Well-Beloved

… When our heart is full of love to Jesus, His loveliness becomes the passion of the soul, and sin and self are swept away. May we feel it …

Christ's 'New Commandment'

John 13:34

… And as he had been cleansed from sin by the free gift of pardon at the time when he first believed, there was no need of any repetition …

Grappling Irons

Psalm 119:88

… Sin is a constant fret and burden to us—whenever we see, even, a trace of it in our nature or our acts, we cry, "Oh, wretched man …

The Known and the Unknown

Ecclesiastes 6:12

… become yours, it would bring a curse with it! Whatever we sin to gain, whatever we sin to keep must be bad for us. But whatever our heavenly …

There Go The Ships

Psalm 104:26

… God grant you Grace to avoid little sins and I am sure you will keep off the rocks of great sin. In any case, may we turn out …

Natural or Spiritual?

1 Corinthians 2:14

… They may be devout men, such as make a profession of godliness, men of morality, men who have commenced sin, or men who have become adepts in it …

"Forget You, I Will Not"

Isaiah 44:21

… I want you, dear Hearers, to ask yourselves, "Are we servants of God?" Are not some of you servants of sin? Are not others of you servants of …

Jonah's Object-lessons

Jonah 4:6-8

… There was a tempest which checked you in your career of sin. You had determined to go to destruction and you had "paid the fare," but there came …

Inexcusable Irreverence and Ingratitude

Romans 1:20

… They will not allow it to operate in their minds, but they try to make it an excuse for their sin. Is there anybody here who is holding …

An Anxious Enquiry for a Beloved Son

2 Samuel 18:29

… May it be so in your case, for, if not, you will go from bad to worse and perish in your sin. Yet it is very hard for …

Self-Delusion

Luke 13:24

… Does repentance make men hate sin? They who have a false repentance may detest some crimes. Does repentance make men resolve that they will not sin? So will …

The Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ

2 Corinthians 4:6

… You read of Jesus receiving sinners and eating with them and what is this but the Lord God, merciful and gracious, passing by transgression, iniquity and sin? You …

A Great Bargain

Matthew 13:45

… If you can find pleasure in the haunts of sin, you are of your father, the devil, and you do his works. But come out from it! Give …

Begin Well

… They have heard that before a man can be saved, it is necessary that, by the teaching of the Holy Spirit, he should feel the weight of sin …

Psalm 104

Psalm 104

… He is "to consume Sinners" and sin "out of" this fair universe: and then, when man is wholly worthy of his dwelling, shall God say of both it …

From Twenty-five to Thirty-five

Matthew 20:3

… I will lay myself at Jesus' feet and cry, 'Save me, O Lord, for I long to escape from my sin and to be an idler no longer …

The Search For Faith

Luke 18:8

… When sin abounds, saints may be able to stand against it and yet it has a sad tendency to chill their faith. If the Master comes and finds …

Achsah's Asking—a Pattern of Prayer

Judges 1:12-15

… you shall in any wise rebuke your neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him," as if it were a kind of hatred to avoid the duty of kindly …

A Sunday School Sermon

Isaiah 40:11

… There is little knowledge, as yet, in the child's heart about the Lord—and little knowledge, as yet, of the evil of sin—but Jesus does not …

The Best of the Best

Solomon 2:1

… There are dark Truths of God concerning Him, such as His bearing our sin, but what a joy it is to us that He did bear it and …

"Christ First, Me Last—Nothing Between But Love"

Galatians 2:20

… One objection to the Doctrines of Grace rather than the Doctrine of Law is this, that some think it will lead to sin. The Apostle puts it thus …

Esther's Exaltation—or, Who Knows?

Esther 4:13

… Those wretched beings who starve in overcrowded rooms will not die unavenged if nothing more comes of it than the sin which is begotten of need. If you …

Precious, Honorable, Beloved

Isaiah 43:4

… We are reaching a pretty state of things, certainly, when the highest sin is to be found in the highest places. God grant that our great ones may …

A Heavenly Pattern for Our Earthly Life

Matthew 6:10

… Thou canst screen us from a great temptation by hiding thyself; for if even now we sin by asking reasons, we might soon go further, and provoke thee …

Faint—but Not Faint-Hearted

Judges 8:4

… If I am faint, I will still continue fighting against sin. If everybody else forsakes the Cross, yet a genuine Christian cannot. If every flag were taken away …

One Worker Preparing For Another

1 Chronicles 22:14

… May God lead some who have been on the side of sin and self to come out and say, "Set my name down among God's people! By …

The Widow of Sarepta

1 Kings 17:8

… So the Grace of God does not choose men to sleep and wake up in Heaven, nor choose them to live in sin and find themselves absolved at …

The Best Burden for Young Shoulders

Lamentations 3:27

… To have sin forgiven is to be unloaded now of that which is the prime cause of sorrow. To receive the righteousness of Jesus Christ by faith is …

Light at Evening Time

Zechariah 14:6-7

… Now, therefore, throw the whole weight and burden of your life of sin and folly upon Jesus' Christ, the Sin-bearer, and this shall be the time of …