Holiness

The Beloved Pastor's Plea for Unity

Romans 1:7

… holy man who is not even a moral man! What is holiness, then? It rises above morality as much as the Heaven rises above the earth! Holiness is …

Noah's Faith, Fear, Obedience, and Salvation

Hebrews 11:7

… These three ancient believers are declared in Holy Writ to have pleased God. Of Abel, it is said that God testified of his gifts. Enoch, before his translation …

The Saddest Cry From the Cross

Matthew 27:46

… Now, holiness delights in God. God is the very sea in which holiness swims—the air which holiness breathes! Only think, then, of the perfectly Holy One, fully …

God's Pupil, God's Preacher—an Autobiography

Psalm 71:17

… Or, "in holiness." God's way is always a holy way, a righteous way. 13. Who is so great a God as our God? When we think of …

The Trial of Your Faith

1 Peter 1:7

… It is the evidence of spiritual life—it is the mainspring of holiness—it is the foundation of delight—it is the prophecy of glory—it is the …

Lingerers Hastened

Genesis 19:16

… I have thought it might be applied to the holy laborers in the dark lanes, and courts, and houses of infamy in this city. "There came two angels …

The King's Weighings

1 Samuel 2:3

… Like others of God's instructed people, she was very happy in the thought of God's holiness. Notice the second verse—"There is none holy as the …

Deadness and Quickning

Psalm 119:37

… Incline my heart unto Your testimonies, and not to covetousness.' 'Make me covetous for holiness! Let that passion which, in other men, goes after gold and silver, in …

The Disowned

Matthew 7:21-23

… I beseech you, young professors, to covet most of all secret holiness—the holiness that does not wish to be seen—plain, honest dealing with God in private …

Gladness For Sadness

Psalm 90:15-17

… movement! This "beauty" means holiness, for holiness is the beauty of God! If the Holy Spirit works in you the beauty of holiness, you will rise superior to …

Jesus the Way

John 14:6

… And how, then, should he please God by putting himself to torture if God is such a God as we find revealed to us in Holy Writ? Turn …

The Proof of Our Ministry

2 Corinthians 13:3

… His was a humble manner, for he sought nothing of them but that he might lead them in the way of holiness and maintain peace in their midst …

A Silly Dove

Hosea 7:11

… holiness, to describe the Believer, and to picture the whole Church—no, that very emblem by which we set forth Him who is Holiness, itself, God the Holy …

A Plain Answer to an Important Enquiry

John 6:29

… Repentance is worked in us by the Holy Spirit, but we must, ourselves, repent or we shall never be saved. Faith is worked in us by the Holy …

The Love of Our Espousals

Jeremiah 2:2

… And then He remembers the bloom of our early holiness. "Israel was holiness to the Lord," and we, too, sought to give to the Lord the first fruits …

The Arrows Of The Lord'S Deliverance

2 Kings 13:19

… THAT deathbed scene speaks volumes for the power of holiness. Elisha was the Prophet of God—a man of no honorable station except that he is always honorable …

Receiving the Holy Spirit

Acts 19:2

… In the Holy Spirit there is comfort to gladden you, Grace to strengthen you, holiness to ennoble you and love to purify you. For, first, the Spirit of …

Psalm 77

Psalm 77

… Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary, or in holiness. In the holy place we understand our God, and rest assured that all his ways are just …

The Personal Pentecost and the Glorious Hope

Romans 5:5

… holiness. If there is no wish in our soul but what we would take back if we knew it to be contrary to the mind of our holy …

Sin's True Character

Romans 7:13

… bloody god of Hindustan! He is a pure and holy God whom we worship! Jehovah, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises. Now, it is conceivable that if God …

By The Fountain

Genesis 49:22

… For he has learned the Gospel for himself by the teaching of the Holy Spirit. He follows after holiness because he walks with the God of Holiness and …

Sincerity And Duplicity

1 John 2:3

… Your holiness and your confidence will keep pace together if your confidence is worth having. Presumption outruns holiness, but confidence never does. It is little matter of surprise …

Helps to Full Assurance

1 John 5:13

… May the Holy Spirit make our meditation profitable! I. First, then, briefly, TO WHOM WAS THIS WRITTEN? It is important to observe the direction of a letter, for …

The Two Yokes

Jeremiah 28:13

… The Holy Ghost never believes for anybody. A sinner must believe himself. It is a personal act. But yet in another phase of it, it is the Holy …

A Miniature Portrait Of Joseph

Genesis 39:2

… And the Presence of God, if it were realized, would be a perpetual barrier against temptation and would keep us steadfast in holiness! When Joseph, at any time …

The Great Mystery of Godliness

1 Timothy 3:16

… according to the Spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead." The power by which we are converted is evidently the Holy Spirit, and we read in …

"My Garden"—"His Garden"

Solomon 4:16

… God even takes delight in our longings after holiness and in our loathing of our own imperfections. Just as the father delights to see his child anxious to …

An Earnest Warning about Lukewarmness

… It had no real beauty of holiness upon it; it had mistaken its formal worship and fine building and harmonious singing for that. It had no deep understanding …

Nearness To God

Ephesians 2:13

… To preach the atoning sacrifice of Jesus is the shortest and surest way, under God's Holy Spirit, to draw those that are far off, mentally and spiritually …

The Necessity of Ministerial Progress

… Do not be afraid of becoming too holy. Do not be afraid of being too full of the Holy Spirit. I would have you wise on all sides …

Baptism’A Burial

Romans 6:3-4

… May God the Holy Spirit help us to reach its inner teaching. I do not understand Paul to say that if improper persons, such as unbelievers, and hypocrites …

Baptismal Regeneration

Mark 16:15-16

… These things are not holy. God is holy; his truth is holy; holiness belongs not to the carnal and the material, but to the spiritual. O that a …

Future Punishment A Fearful Thing

Hebrews 10:31

… But in Hell there are no preachers of the Gospel—no holy examples to win you to holiness. The dwellers in Hell are enemies of God—a pretty …

Psalm 43

Psalm 43

… ever and ever the divine holiness resteth and feedeth with its pure fire with infinite satisfaction, with inconceivable delight. Oh, what a holy, a divine, a wondrous place …

The Old Man Crucified

Romans 6:6

… sun, it aspires always after the holy God from whom it came. Its longings and its tendencies are always towards holiness and God and it utterly hates and …

Lecture I: Illustrations In Preaching.

… It is noticeable that after the Holy Ghost had been given, fewer parables were used, and the saints were more plainly taught of God. When Paul spoke or …

Psalm 24

Psalm 24

… holy, and will admit none but holy ones into his presence. Let the mere professor as he reads these verses listen to the voice which saith, "without holiness …

“Forward!”

… Do not be afraid of ever growing too holy, or of being too full of the Holy Spirit. I would have you wise on all sides, and able …

Preparation for Heaven

2 Corinthians 5:5

… state of holiness, a state of spirituality which it would not be possible for the worldly to reach! Therefore, you see, Brothers and Sisters, the Holy Spirit must …

Religion–a Present Enjoyment

… did you ever hear of any one on his death-bed looking back on a life of holiness with sorrow? Never, never did we know a Christian who …