Holiness

Truly Eating the Flesh of Jesus

John 6:53-56

… Would the highest of high churchmen send every Quaker, however holy and devout, down to the bottomless pit? If this should refer to the Lord's Supper, then …

A Cure For Care

1 Peter 5:7

… In addressing you this morning from so rich a text as this, I would pray rather that the Holy Spirit may deliver you from anxiety, than attempt to …

The Lord's Supper—simple But Sublime!

1 Corinthians 11:25

… Your Word is Truth. [See Sermon #1890, Volume 32—OUR LORD'S PRAYER FOR HIS PEOPLE'S SANCTIFICATION.] Some men tell us that the Truth of God is …

Examination Before Communion

1 Corinthians 11:28

… Unless you have been born again by the effectual operation of the Holy Spirit. Unless you truly belong to the household of faith, as you have no part …

The Still Small Voice

1 Kings 19:12

… What is the lesson of this? May God the Holy Spirit help us this morning to learn it and to teach it. I. First, I call your attention …

The Child Of Light Walking In Light

1 John 1:6

… John saw that they walked in darkness, rejecting the Light of Divine Revelation from above and the pure Light of the Holy Spirit within. He also saw that …

Rest, Rest

Matthew 11:28-30

… Justification gave you rest from the burden of sin, sanctification will give you rest from molesting cares; and in proportion as it becomes perfect, and you are like …

The Sin-Offering for the Common People

Leviticus 4:27-31

… Returning to the passage before us, we find that the blood of this victim was taken into the Holy Place which was immediately outside the sacred veil of …

Faith and Regeneration

1 John 5:1

… Though I would be the very last to spread unbelief, I would be the very first to inculcate holy anxiety. It is one thing for a person to …

Faith in Perfection

Psalm 138:8

… Now, sanctification troubles me; that he will perfect. One day, deliverance was my fear; now it is support. But whatever is laid upon my heart to be concerned …

The Old Gospel for the New Century

Matthew 11:28

… God bless you all, and may Christ be glorified in your salvation and your sanctification, for His dear name's sake! Amen. EXPOSITION BY C. H. SPURGEON: MATTHEW …

The Jewel of Peace

2 Thessalonians 3:16

… Is he laid aside from the holy service which he so much loves? He feels that the Lord knows best. If he might be actively engaged in doing …

Jubilee Joy—or, Believers Joyful In Their King

Psalm 149:2

… Let us take care to blend a holy gratitude to God with our fervent patriotism. Be it ours to praise and bless the God who has sent us …

Trial by the Word

Psalm 105:19

… Certainly his omnipotence was equal to the task of our immediate perfect sanctification. If the dying thief was rendered fit to be in Paradise the same day on …

The Captain of Our Salvation

Hebrews 2:10

… But you will notice that if the Holy Spirit describes either God the Father or the Lord Jesus by any term other than His usual name, the title …

All the Promises

2 Corinthians 1:20

… He might have ignored their unkindness and said nothing about it, but, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, he was led to act otherwise and, while defending …

Jesus The Shepherd

Isaiah 40:11

… And Christ's work is not accomplished in us till He has made us, like Himself, holy, harmless, undefiled and separate from sinners! Although these types are very …

The Sight of Iniquity

Habakkuk 1:3

… He says that they do, by their own strength, at least to a great degree, though assisted by the Holy Spirit, keep themselves and that, to some extent …

Faith's Sure Foundation

1 Peter 2:6

… That must be a very important part of God's Word which even the Holy Spirit Himself has quoted so frequently! He is prolific of thought and is …

A New Leaf for the New Year

Genesis 42:21

… Marshall, who wrote a famous treatise on Sanctification, had been, for some years, in great distress of mind, he went to converse with that eminent Divine, Dr. Thomas …

Saving Knowledge

John 4:10

… At the heels of that would come holy love to Him. And holy love would prompt us to serve! Service would be followed by increasing strength and increasing …

A Honeycomb

Hebrews 12:3

… Consider Jesus, and push on in the allotted path of holy service just as He did. Consider Him, and look forward with expectancy to the joy of triumphing …

The Children and Their Hosannas

Matthew 21:15

… otherwise—but he was a holy child. For a boy to put on the air and manners of a man is not sanctification—that is to spoil him …

Psalm 106

Psalm 106

… A sincere Prayer: "To give thanks unto thy holy name"; to own thy justice and holiness in all thy ways. 5. A confident Prayer: "To triumph in thy …

Why They Leave Us

John 17:24

… It is well in prayer, when the Holy Spirit helpeth us, not only to groan out of the dust as suppliant sinners, but to seek unto our Father …

Strange Ways of Love

Hosea 2:14

… worship was full of filthiness—and you can conceive the grief of the holy God when He saw them bowing down before such an obscene deity as this …

A Blast of the Trumpet Against False Peace

Jeremiah 6:14

… Brought up by a holy mother, they perhaps learned the gospel when they were almost in the cradle. Trained by the example of a holy father, they went …

A Golden Prayer

John 12:28

… Our Lord was called to bear the enormous load of man's transgressions—over His holy soul the dark shadow of human guilt must pass—and on His …

Travailing for Souls

Isaiah 66:8

… The Holy Ghost was given, and multitudes were born to the church of God, yea we may say, a nation was born in a day. The wilderness and …

Reasons for a Singular Question

Mark 10:51

… May God the Holy Spirit enable you to do so! II. Now I come to the second head of my discourse, which is, WHAT THIS QUESTION TEACHES US …

David's Prayer in the Cave

… Now, are any of you here going to Heaven, or going to a more heavenly state of sanctification, or going to a greater sphere of usefulness? Do not …

Faith—life

Habakkuk 2:4

… So, my Brother, or Sister, see first and foremost to your faith! May God the Holy Spirit graciously strengthen it and may our consideration of these four texts …

The Best of the Best

Solomon 2:1

… There is nothing so likely to win the sons of men as a sight of Him and if God, the Holy Spirit, will but help all His ministers …

Number 1500, Or Lifting Up the Bronze Serpent

Numbers 21:9

… If you turn to John's Gospel you will notice that its commencement contains a sort of orderly list of types taken from Holy Scripture. It begins with …

Hope for the Worst Backsliders

Jeremiah 3:22

… The Holy Spirit is the very life of the Christian. What the Father decreed, what the Son purchased, that the Holy Spirit applies—and without that Holy Spirit …

Three Sights Worth Seeing

1 Thessalonians 2:13-14

… Even in these two verses we hear of how these holy preachers loved the gospel, told out the gospel, and saw that gospel take hold of their hearers …

The First Five Disciples

John 1:37-51

… From the first dawn of the Divine life to the day when it is consummated in the noontide of perfect sanctification in Heaven, you shall find that God …

Alive or Dead—Which?

1 John 5:12

… LAST Sabbath morning we addressed you upon the gracious operations of the Holy Spirit in the believer, and upon the glorious fad of his dwelling in the hearts …

The Value and Rank of the Believer

Isaiah 43:4

… But he that believes in Jesus has been created anew by the work of the Holy Spirit. God has, in a very special sense, created him. He has …

A Sharp Knife for the Vine Branches

John 15:2

… is quite opposite to sanctification. It is the Word coming to us while in affliction that purges us. It is God the Holy Spirit laying home Divine Truths …