Sin

A Cure For Unsavory Meats—or, Salt for the White of an Egg

Job 6:6

… The wit which owes its pungency to sin is of the devil. The brilliance which comes of corruption is not for holy eyes. Oh, child of God, never …

A Good Confession.–Baptism

… I did not seek to have sin washed away by water, for I believed that my sins were forgiven me through faith in Christ Jesus. Yet I regarded …

Faithful Stewardship

1 Corinthians 4:2

… If it is so that we have never been saved from our sin and, consequently, have never been saved from our unfaithfulness—if it should turn out that …

"Without Carefulness"

1 Corinthians 7:32

… Let us, each one, give all our thought and care to this one object—How can I please God? How can I avoid sin? How can I be …

Fallen Asleep

1 Corinthians 15:6

… O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory? The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks …

The Head and the Body

Ephesians 4:15

… It is possible for a Christian to have so little Grace, and so much sin, that he may cause pain to the entire Church of God. for people …

Turning Back in the Day of Battle

Psalm 78:9

… Oh! may God give us grace to smite the foe! What has sin to do in this world? Christ has bought the world with his blood, and oh …

Everyday Religion

Galatians 2:20

… The life of Grace begins to gleam into his spirit and its first effect is the confession of sin. He cries, "Father, I have sinned against Heaven and …

The Necessity of Ministerial Progress

… But frequently they talk as if they had ceased to sin, or to be annoyed by temptation; they glory as if the battle were already fought, and the …

Prayer 7 — "Let All the People Praise Thee"

… were capable of anything, for even now when we are regenerate, the old sin that abideth in us is capable of reaching to a high degree of infamy …

Job's Resignation

Job 1:20-22

… We feel and we benefit by the feeling—and there is no sin in the feeling—for in our text we are expressly told of the Patriarch's …

Following Christ

2 Samuel 15:21

… to do, for his path was perfect rectitude, and in him was no sin. We challenge heaven, with its omniscience, to detect a flaw in him. We challenge …

Prayer 13 — The Wings of Prayer

… May experience teach us more and more how to avoid occasions of sin. May we grow more watchful. May we have a greater supremacy over our own spirit …

Faith Among Mockers

Psalm 22:8

… Others have had to bear the enmity of the world long before you! Remember that, of old, from the first moment when sin came into the world, there …

Why Saints Persevere

… Christ and the believing sinner are in the same boat: unless Jesus sinks, the believer will never drown. Jesus has taken His redeemed into such connection with himself …

Mutual Love Between Pastor and People

… Thus will He deal with us also if we sin against Him. You know that terrible passage: ‘Go ye now unto My place which was in Shiloh, where …

Prayer 2 — Thanks Be Unto God

… Lord, keep us all from sin. Teach us how to walk circumspectly. Enable us to guard our minds against error of doctrine, our hearts against wrong feelings, and …

Psalm 144

Psalm 144

… helpless in the eyes of scribes and Pharisees; in those of archangels, laying hold of the two pillars, sin and death, whereon the house of Satan rested, and …

Psalm 135

Psalm 135

… Satan and the world shall be overthrown, and all the hosts of sin shall be destroyed, for our greater Joshua leads forth our armies, conquering and to conquer …

Prayer 25 — The Washing of Water By The Word

… We trust Thou hast bathed us once for all in the sin-removing fountain. Thou hast also washed us in the waters of regeneration and given us the …

“Forward!”

… But frequently they talk as if they had ceased to sin, or to be annoyed by temptation; they glory as if the battle were already fought, and the …

Psalm 146

Psalm 146

… In man there is no help in times of mental depression, in the day of sore bereavement, in the night of conviction of sin, or in the hour …

The Broken Fence

… He always meant to repent, but he went on in his sin. He meant to believe, but he died an unbeliever. He meant to be a Christian, but …

Why Are We Saved By Faith?

… When we believe in Christ, and the heart has come into the possession of God, then we are saved from sin, and are moved toward repentance, holiness, zeal …

The Increase of Faith

… If you have been a thief, you will find that a thief rejoiced to wash away his sin in the fountain of Christ's blood. If unhappily you …

Fearing to Believe

… Thus, in the darkness of their ignorance, many think that sure destruction awaits them, if they confess their sin, quit all hope in self, and resign themselves into …

Strength in Weakness

… cedar is fallen!” Brethren, we must strive against all weakness which leads to sin, lest to us also some Delilah should bring destruction. Samson’s unshorn locks denoted …

Christ and His Table-Companions

… You have a load of sin, lean on Him, sin and all. You are all unworthy, and weak, and perhaps miserable; then cast on Him the weakness, the …

Psalm 20

Psalm 20

… The world, death, Satan, and sin, shall all be trampled beneath the feet of the champions of faith; while those who rely upon an arm of flesh shall …

The Fear of Final Falling

… long as we cannot escape from ourselves we cannot escape from incitements to sin. There is that within our hearts which should make us watchful and humble before …

The Feast of the Lord

John 2:9-10

… He came once with a sin-offering in his hand: behold, he comes no more with a sin-offering, but with the cup of salvation and of thanksgiving …

Psalm 92

Psalm 92

… The older Sabbath was a type of our rest in Christ from sin; and therefore the final extirpation of sin forms one of the leading subjects of the …

Canaan on Earth

Deuteronomy 11:10-12

… Egypt, as we have lately observed to you, was typical of the condition of the children of God while they are in bondage to the law of sin …

The Church of Christ

Ezekiel 34:26

… If he gives comforting grace, he will also give converting grace; if he makes the trumpet blow for the bankrupt sinner, he will also make it sound a …

How May Faith Be Illustrated?

… It is the limpet's life to cling to the rock, and it is the sinner's life to cling to Jesus. Thousands of God's people have …

Questions Which Ought To Be Asked

Job 35:10-11

… There are no sin-loving cattle or apostate fowls, but there are fallen men. Think, O man, it may have been better for thee if thou hadst been …

A Precious Drop Of Honey

Isaiah 49:16

… and whereas you are conscious of some sin and some imperfection—He knows that you have an infinitude of sin and a vastness of infirmity. He has put …

A Song at the Wellhead

Numbers 21:16-18

… Idleness is sin and shame to us. It is our duty to labor and our highest dignity is to be servants of the Lord Jesus Christ. Remember, the …

Meditation on God

Psalm 104:34

… are bad enough, when you sip herethe beginning of remorse on account of sin, but that future cup in Hell— that terrible mixture which God deals out to …

The True Christian’s Blessedness

Romans 8:28

… us in Else we had still refused to taste, And perished in our sin.” Many men cavil at election; the very word with some is a great bug …