Holiness

Terrible Convictions and Gentle Drawings

Psalm 32:3-4

… All his saints are used as instruments in the Holy War; but there are some whom God uses in the thickest part of the battle. They are his …

Lecture II: Anecdotes From The Pulpit.

… This Anthony was a great and holy man, yet this cobbler was as much esteemed before God as he. Let us take a long leap of about a …

An Urgent Necessity

Hosea 10:12

… But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked. "The little holy nation"—for I suppose that is the meaning of "Jeshurun." It is a diminutive word—"the little religious nation …

Memento Mori

Deuteronomy 32:29

… May the Holy Spirit bend your thoughts downward to the tomb. May he guide you to the grave, that you may there see the end of all earthly …

The Only Road

John 14:6

… That is the common notion of God's mercy, but there is nothing whatever in Holy Scripture to support it—there is no grain of evidence that such …

A Bad King's Good Son

1 Kings 14:13

… And, after all, why not? Do years help the Holy Spirit? Do we grow better as we grow older? Is it easier to convert an old sinner than …

An Earnest Entreaty

Psalm 2:12

… The kings of the earth opposed God, but while they were plotting and planning, God was laughing. "Yet," says He, "have I set My King upon My holy …

The Centurion—Or An Exhortation To The Virtuous

Luke 7:4-9

… Somebody said, "Why tell us that? We have all of us thought that a long time!" Straightway the holy man grew red in the face and struck the …

God's Fatherly Pity

Psalm 103:13

… yearns." If our Lord and Savior is "moved with compassion." And if the Holy Spirit is "vexed," there must be something analogous to what we call emotion, among …

A Song at the Wellhead

Numbers 21:16-18

… composed—it would be no benefit to you. "Spring up, O well!" Come, Holy Spirit, come and help my infirmities, for I know not what to pray for …

Our Lord's Posture in Ascension

Luke 24:50-53

… but I speak concerning Christ and the Church." What is to come out of all this? Have you seen Christ in any measure tonight? Has the Holy Spirit …

The Men that “Sell the Books”

… Spurgeon published, in The Sword and the Trowel , an article which he had written, entitled, “The Holy War of the Present Hour.” That paper was destined to be …

Going Home—A Christmas Sermon

Mark 5:19

… Let your reliance in the Holy Spirit be entire and honest. Trust not yourself, but fear not to trust him. He can give you words. He can apply …

Jesus in Gethsemane

John 18:1

… There are some of the Lord's people who, by a quiet, holy, consistent manifestation of what the Lord has done for them, glorify Him more than they …

A Painful and Puzzling Question

Mark 4:40

… of Israel; I will help you, says the Lord, and your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel"? You know that these are His words—then "how is it …

God's Unspeakable Gift

2 Corinthians 9:15

… Know you not that you have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit, adopted into the family of God? You are the children of the Most High. "Behold, what …

The First Cry from the Cross

Luke 23:34

… I shall now, if we are helped by God’s Holy Spirit, make some use of it. First, we shall view it as illustrative of our Saviour’s …

The Sick Man Left Behind

2 Timothy 4:20

… May holy sympathy pervade all our souls, for however active and zealous we may be, we have not yet reached a perfect character unless we are full of …

The Savior's Thirst

John 19:28

… We were awakened by the Holy Spirit, some of us, years ago, to perceive our danger. We had not known before what sin was—what a destroying fever …

'Marvelous Loving Kindness'

Psalm 17:7

… Meditate on it and ask the Holy Spirit to lead you into its heights, depths, length, and breadths, for these lips cannot fully speak of its wonders! As …

God, the All-Seeing One

Proverbs 15:11

… Here and there, the Holy Spirit hath made chinks, as it were, in the black wall of separation, through which, by faith we can see; for he hath …

Memories of my Father (Continued)

… How cheering it is for you as a parent to live again in your children, and to march once more to the holy war in the vigorous zeal …

The Procession of Sorrow

John 19:16

… be baptized because you think people will say, “He is a professor; how holy he ought to be.” I am glad the world expects much from us, and …

The Queen of Sheba, a Sign

Matthew 12:42

… May God the Holy Spirit bless this word, for Jesus' sake! Amen.

Faintness and Refreshing

1 Kings 19:8

… enigma! When "the fire of the Lord fell," conceive, if you can, his holy rapture, his delirious joy! And think of him in the fury of the moment …

Martha and Mary

Luke 10:41-42

… We do not find that He worked miracles there or preached, but in a holy and devout retirement, it may be, He prepared His mind for the last …

Elijah Fainting

1 Kings 19:4

… I can imagine, too, the intense delight and the holy triumph of the Prophet when it came! And I can conceive how the grand Prophetic frenzy came upon …

Spiritual Resurrection

Ephesians 2:1

… Understand, that the doctrine of the Holy Scripture is, that man by nature, since the fall, is dead; he is a corrupt and ruined thing; in a spiritual …

God's Hand at Evening

Ezekiel 33:22

… Let us, therefore, praise and bless His holy name and so close the day and commit ourselves to sleep again under His Divine protection. 3. Upon an instrument …

'Feed My Sheep'

John 21:16

… Will you feed them till I come again? I will feed them through you by the Holy Spirit—will you be My instruments?" Do we not all reply …

"You Are Now the Blessed of the Lord"

Genesis 26:29

… Forty-one years ago I went down into the river and was baptized into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit …

Corn in Egypt

Genesis 42:1

… It is mine, therefore, to exhort the sinner to come to Christ; it is the Holy Spirit’s work to enforce the exhortation, and draw the sinner to …

The Gospel Cordial

Proverbs 31:6

… And we can carry this Gospel Cordial to the sinner, but only the Holy Spirit can sweetly constrain him to take a full, deep drink of it. I …

“As Thy Days, So Shall Thy Strength Be”

Deuteronomy 33:25

… Our sins make room for a Saviour; our frailties make room for the Holy Spirit to correct them; all our wanderings make room for the good Shepherd, that …

The Whole Band Against Christ

Matthew 27:27

… And have we not seen them put the reed into His hand by representing Christ as being a mere myth and His Doctrine as a dream, a holy …

India’s Ills and England’s Sorrows

Jeremiah 9:1

… And now, Christian mourners, I have given you work enough; may God the Holy Spirit enable you to do it. Let me exhort you, yet once again, to …

The Single-handed Conquest

Isaiah 63:3

… You will never find peace or comfort in that doctrine—it is so untrue, so unjust to God, so unsafe for man! We are taught, from the Holy …

Men Chosen—Fallen Angels Rejected

Hebrews 2:16

… An angel could not have set us the same holy and pious example that our Saviour did. Had he descended from on high in the garb of one …

Divine Gentleness Acknowledged

Psalm 18:35

… That was a very tender hand, a very cheering influence of the Holy Spirit which lulled the tempest into a calm, and hushed the thunder into the whisper …

Fellowship With Christ

1 Corinthians 10:16

… Yes, He uncrowns Himself to put His crown upon the head of Faith! You young Believers know how sweet it is, by holy assurance, to come near your …