Holiness

Pleading With the Indifferent

Lamentations 1:12

… Reproach has broken My heart This is one of the most extraordinary verses in Holy Writ! 20, 21. And I am full of heaviness: and I looked for …

Clinging to Christ

John 6:67

… Conscience, of whom John Bunyan says in his Holy War—"The old gentleman, too, the Recorder, who was so before Diabolus took Mansoul—he also began to talk …

What Are the Clouds?

Nahum 1:3

… I would muse with my God, by his Holy Spirit, and see what message he would give me. There I sat and watched the clouds, and learned a …

Safe Shelter

Psalm 91:4

… It really is so familiar and so homely that unless God Himself had spoken it by the mouth of His Holy Spirit, we might have accounted it impertinent …

Heavenly Worship

Revelation 14:1-3

… There will be just as many there as were quickened to life by the Holy Spirit, and were, “born again, not of blood, nor of the will of …

Facts and Inferences

Psalm 37:35-37

… fatherless, and a judge (or advocate) of the widows is God in His holy habitation." He looks at his dear children gathered around his bed and although he …

A Precious Drop Of Honey

Isaiah 49:16

… Let the treader of the winepress tread the grapes once more, and more holy wine shall flow there from this memorial—how tender! How tender, I say, because …

Secret Sins

Psalm 19:12

… If I should select out of this congregation the most holy man, should bring him forward and say, “Now, sir, I know all your thoughts, and am about …

Heavenly Rest

Hebrews 4:9

… Poor are the words I can utter to tell you of immortal things Even holy Baxter himself, when he wrote of the “Saints’ Rest,” paused and said; “But …

Ears Bored to the Doorpost

Exodus 21:5

… One would not have dared to apply this to Him if He had not instructed His servant David, by the Holy Spirit, to apply it to Himself. "My …

Eyes Opened

Genesis 21:19

… Even the spiritual smell with which man should discern between that which is pure and holy and that which is unsavory to the most High has become defiled …

God's King Magnified

Psalm 132:18

… His word, "Believe and live," they cast behind their backs—and having done this, they destroy their own souls and do everything that must grieve His Holy Spirit …

Salvation of the Lord

Jonah 2:9

… But now I come to my pulpit with a sure confidence—God the Holy Spirit will meet with these men this morning. They are as bad as they …

Dilemma and Deliverance

Psalm 9:10

… Then, I ask you in the name of everything that is true and holy, nay, in the name of everything that is reasonable, how dare you say that …

Foretastes of the Heavenly Life

Deuteronomy 1:25

… Blessed word, communion! Dearly-Beloved, you hear us say, "And the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all," but there are many of you who do …

The Divided Heart

Hosea 10:2

… We have walked together these many years in holy fellowship and, imperfect as we are, yet there have not been divisions among us. There has been no division …

Praise Comely to the Upright

Psalm 33:1

… I like to think of George Herbert and those other holy men who led meditative lives walking through the Parsonage Garden and up and down by the banks …

Two Wilderness Incidents

Numbers 21:1-6

… so angers his master and injures himself! Remember that true faith is a holy thing, but murmuring is sin. Do not think that it is a light thing …

Mercy, Omnipotence, and Justice

Nahum 1:3

… In reading holy Scripture, you can say of Paul, that he was noted for his zeal—of Peter, that he will ever be memorable for his courage—of …

'He Blessed Him There'

Genesis 32:29

… He said to them, "You shall receive power after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you." That was far better, far more valuable to them—and though …

The Best of Masters

John 14:27

… Oh! you will never be happy until the Holy Ghost has brought you to this,—that you will fear God, and that you will fear no one else …

The Need of Decision for the Truth

… They recognise no voice of warning with the cry, ‘Take thy shoes from off thy feet, because the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.’ The mind which …

A Comforting Message for the Closing Year

Psalm 37:7

… May the Holy Spirit, who Inspired the writers of them, strengthen our faith while we read these songs of joyous confidence! Psalm 123:1 . Unto You lift I …

Unreasonable Reasons

Matthew 14:31

… all the other way? Do you not think that you often grieve the Holy Spirit by doubting? Do you not think it very likely that Christ has taken …

COME AND WELCOME

John 6:37

… And if the Holy Spirit blessed the text when it was only brought in at the end of a sermon, perhaps He will bless it even more, now …

Love's Lamentation

Malachi 1:2

… You had need cry to the Holy Spirit to light the candle and frequently sweep out the room, for unless there is a constant cleansing, there will be …

Knowing and Believing

2 Timothy 1:12

… Let me tell you, Sinner, God was made flesh and dwelt among us—do you believe that? "Yes." He lived a holy life. He died a painful death …

The Wailing of Risca

Jeremiah 4:20

… My dear children, I cannot help telling you, that as you must die, I am anxious that God’s Holy Spirit should graciously lead you to repent of …

Covenant Blessings

Psalm 111:5

… Hart uses it when he says— "A sinner is a sacred thing, The Holy Spirit has made him so"— if you feel you are a sinner in that …

The Two Talents

Matthew 25:22-23

… Christ’s righteousness covers me from head to foot, and now in looking back upon my past life, I can say, Blessed be his holy name. It is …

The Great Emancipator

Exodus 4:22

… by continually dwelling in happy fellowship with God and waiting upon Him with holy worship. Nowhere else, in all the world, was a Passover or a feast of …

A Plea From the Cross

Luke 23:34

… what they do." He had been 30 years in their midst and His holy soul had been much vexed by them. He had endured the contradiction of sinners …

A New Year's Wish

Philippians 4:19

… If you are enabled by the Holy Spirit to realize it, you will enjoy what I earnestly wish for you, namely— A HAPPY NEW YEAR! EXPOSITION BY C …

Personal and Effectual Calling

John 10:3

… after them, "but the sheep did not hear them." The Prophetess Anna, the holy waiting Simeon, the guileless Nathanael—these did not hear them—their ears had not …

Could He Not? Ah! But He Would Not

John 11:37

… By the help of God's Holy Spirit, this Psalm may serve for the purposes of self-examination, for we may ask ourselves as we read, "Do I …

Job's Sure Knowledge

Job 19:25

… If he did not mean it, I trust that we shall, under the gracious guidance of the Holy Spirit! I. I shall speak first upon this point—JOB …

The Sheep Before The Shearers

Isaiah 53:7

… Let us view our Lord's patience by the help of the Holy Spirit. I do not think I will preach to you, but I will set before …

Keeping the Soul Alive

Psalm 22:29

… is of the same sort—dependent upon the blessed offices of God the Holy Spirit, and of the gracious Redeemer who watches over all the children of Grace …

The Fainting Hero

Judges 15:18

… own dear Son to save you! He has spent the power of the Holy Spirit to make you what He would have you be and He will never …

A Wise Desire

Psalm 47:4

… mind, and what it would produce upon yours; how it would bring a holy calm continually if you were always to pray this prayer; and how it would …