My Life Is Spent with Grief
Conviction of Sin For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. Psalm 31:10. Jesus knows the circumstances of every soul. The greater the sinner’s guilt, the more he needs the Saviour. His heart of divine love and sympathy is […]
The Burden of Sin Is Too Heavy
Conviction of Sin For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. Psalm 38:4. When Satan tells you that you are a sinner, and cannot hope to receive blessing from God, tell him that Christ came into the world to save sinners. We have nothing to […]
We Are Ashamed
Confession We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God. Jeremiah 3:25. Confession will not be acceptable to God without sincere repentance and […]
Behold, I Am Vile
Confession Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. Job 40:4. Every act of transgression, every neglect or rejection of the grace of Christ, is reacting upon yourself; it is hardening the heart, depraving the will, benumbing the understanding, and not only making you less inclined […]
Confession Merits Mercy
Confession He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Proverbs 28:13. The conditions of obtaining mercy of God are simple and just and reasonable. The Lord does not require us to do some grievous thing, in order that we may have the forgiveness of sin. We […]
Be Reconciled to Thy Brother
Confession Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Matthew 5:23, 24. Then there are confessions that the Lord has […]
