Sin

Christ’s Estimate of His People

Solomon 4:10-11

… Not all the love of angels, nor all the joys of Paradise, are so dear to him as the love of his poor people, sprinkled with sin, and …

Love

1 John 4:19

… to the very chief of sinners, will not this be a license to sin? In what respects can the gospel be said to be a gospel according to …

Psalm 3

Psalm 3

… Yet David knew in his own conscience that he had given them some ground for this exclamation, for he had committed sin against God in the very light …

Psalm 82

Psalm 82

… He was praising God when he rebuked the sin which dishonoured him, and if he was not making music, he was hushing discord when he bade rulers dispense …

Early Wedded Life

… never spoke of him- self as "having apprehended ;" — he was always "a poor sinner, and nothing at all." So pre-eminently and gloriously was "Jesus Christ his All …

Psalm 47

Psalm 47

… Fit singers were they whose origin reminded them of sin, whose existence was a proof of sovereign grace, and whose name has a close connection with the name …

Psalm 102

Psalm 102

… If because of sin thy face is turned away, at least let me have a side view of thee, lend me thine ear if I may not see …

The Growth of the Institutions, 1878-1892

… As if by instinct, someone led off — " ' My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine For Thee all the follies of sin I resign ; My gracious …

The Tabernacle of the Most High

Ephesians 2:22

… If you defile yourself you defile the church, for your sin if you be a church member is the church’s sin. The defilement of one stone in …

Notable Lectures and Addresses, 1857-1878 (Continued)

… Nor is it a sin to enjoy these gifts of Heaven; but it would be folly to close one’s soul to their charms. Now, in matters of …

The Redeemer's Prayer

John 17:24

… enter within the vail with his own blood to make an atonement for sin, did first offer strong crying and prayers. In this 17th chapter of John, we …

The Well-Beloved's Vineyard

… The sin which has been prevented in other cases should make us love our Preserver much. The help which God has sent us in hours of need, the …

Now, and Then

1 Corinthians 13:12

… If thou hast never seen thyself a leper, defiled with sin and abashed with penitence, thou shalt never see thyself redeemed from sin, renewed by grace, a white …

The Pleiades and Orion

Job 38:31

… Now, I glorify God in this that you, Sinner, though you may resist and grieve the Spirit for awhile, yet if He comes to you with Omnipotent power …

Royal Homage

Revelation 4:10

… And you know how sharply some of them have had to contend, even unto blood have they resisted, striving against sin. Yes, the brightest and fairest of them …

A Rich Life

… is refreshing food for every grace, and a decisive death-blow for every sin. Here you have nourishment for that which is good, and poison for that which …

Black Clouds and Bright Blessings

Ecclesiastes 11:3

… It is when one labors under a deep sense of sin—when, perhaps, one's hope is jostled to and fro like a reed shaken by the wind …

The Preacher’s Power, and the Conditions of Obtaining It

… You know—for you believe in the original sin of men, (about the only thing original there is in many)—how Satan has most effectually blinded the minds …

Members Of Christ

Ephesians 5:30

… Sin separated us from God and in undoing what sin has done, Christ joins us to Himself in a union more real than any other in the whole …

The Queen of Sheba, a Sign

Matthew 12:42

… They would have Christ if He could be had by a careless soul, or by one who is living in sin! But the idea of starting out to …

Providence

Matthew 10:30

… At another time, when we are called to go through a burning fiery furnace of temptation, we have no desire towards the peculiar sin, in fact we feel …

The Good Shepherd

Psalm 23:1

… If there is anyone here who, after a course of folly and sin, has been fetched back from the mountains of error and the haunts of evil. If …

Too Little for the Lamb

Exodus 12:3

… I think we may lawfully delight ourselves in the anticipation of those happier days of His Millennial Glory which are yet to dawn upon this sin-cursed earth …

The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit

Acts 10:44

… Hence it is the Spirit who keeps the wheels in motion, and who tales away that defilement which, naturally engendered by our original sin, falls upon the machine …

Shall and Will

Psalm 91:15

… Surely, we would sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you. You who never look after sinners and do not care whether they perish or not …

Faith Working By Love

Galatians 5:6

… This fire will yet consume all sin and melt all hardness. None can quench it, everything must yield before it! That consecrated craftsman called Faith, blows the coals …

Glorying in the Lord

1 Corinthians 1:31

… He is as sternly and inflexibly just towards sin as if He never forgave iniquity. And yet He forgives sinners through Christ Jesus as freely and fully as …

Chiding and Cheering

John 14:9

… After making a profession by faith, you have fallen into sin and sunk into despondency. Jesus Christ appears to you and He says, "Soul, have you sinned after …

The Form of Godliness Without the Power

2 Timothy 3:5

… If the Spirit of God leads you to weep in secret for sin and to pray in secret for Divine Grace. If He leads you to seek after …

The Great Revival

Isaiah 52:10

… So-and-so, seventeen persons were thoroughly sanctified, twenty-eight were convinced of sin, and twenty-nine received the blessing of justification. Then comes the next day, so …

Love's Reward

Psalm 91:14

… Commend me to the man whose sin is forgiven, to whom a perfect righteousness is imputed, who is adopted into the Divine family, from whose past all the …

The Church of God and the Truth of God

1 Timothy 3:15

… It is a vile sin to imagine that there can be any fallacy in the utterances of an Infallible God! Let everything else we credit be a lie …

Lessons From the Malta Fire

Acts 28:2

… And when He is come, He willreprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. Of sin because they believe not on Me; of righteousness, because …

Stephen's Martyrdom

Acts 7:55

… A disturbed and distracted spirit generally rushes in foolish haste to escape from the difficulty, and so falls into sin in some form or other. To be calm …

Over Against the Sepulcher

Matthew 27:61

… worst enemies of mankind! In effect, you proclaim to men that they may sin as they like, for there is no Hell, or if there is, it is …

Nathanael—Or, the Ready Believer and His Reward

John 1:50

… Perhaps, in addition to being convinced of sin, they were suffering from poverty, or sickness, or indigestion, or remorse, or some other vexation of spirit. Discern carefully between …

Order Is Heaven's First Law

Joel 2:8

… And, alas, worse results follow, for they are tempted to think sin to be a mere trifle since they ignore the Justice and Sovereignty of God. They so …

Visits From the Lord

John 21:7

… Out on the dark waters of the Dead Sea of Sin we seek to bring the souls of men, not to destroy them, but that Christ may save …

Spices, Flowers, Lilies and Myrrh

Solomon 5:13

… This blessing is what you and I must seek after day by day, for we need this myrrh for the healing of the wounds that sin has made …

Comfort and Constancy

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… He says, "Come unto Me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." That is the first rest, pardon of sin. What …