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Sanctification, holy living, obedience, and growth in grace

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SERMON • SERMON 2287

"If There Is No Resurrection"

1 Corinthians 15:12-19

… Now, the great facts of the Gospel are that God was Incarnate in Christ Jesus, that He lived, here, a life of holiness and love, that He died …

SERMON • SERMON 1064

Salvation All of Grace

Ephesians 2:8

… The mere thought is abhorrent to every holy mind. Our calling is also of Grace, for, "He has saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not …

SERMON • SERMON 1847

Before Sermon, At Sermon and After Sermon

James 1:21

… by holiness! Let it be done all through the week by our, each one, seeking to put away all filthiness! Let us cling to the holy Christ, desiring …

SERMON • SERMON 1292

The Soul-Winner

Proverbs 11:30

… From the child of God there falls the fruit of holy living, even as an acorn drops from the oak. This holy living becomes influential and produces the …

SERMON • SERMON 961

The Saint One With His Savior

1 Corinthians 6:17

… The Holy Spirit who quickens us anointed Him. The Holy Spirit who illuminated us gave to Jesus Christ the unction with which He came to preach the reconciling …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 12

Psalm 12

… Those holy souls who dwell in Mesech, and sojourn in the tents of Kedar, may read and sing these sacred stanzas with hearts in full accord with their …

SERMON • SERMON 849

Unsound Spiritual Trading

Proverbs 16:2

… I am sure there is much rotten spiritual trading abroad, and to save you from it I pray the Holy Ghost to help me speak plainly and searchingly …

SERMON • SERMON 2301

Marah Better Than Elim

Exodus 15:22-26

… You love holiness, but the world neither loves you, nor loves holiness. You are in a wilderness—you are in the enemy's country—you have not yet …

CHAPTER

Why Saints Persevere

… The saints shall persevere in holiness, because God perseveres in grace. He perseveres to bless, and therefore believers persevere in being blessed. He continues to keep His people …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 26

Psalm 26

… We see from this verse that holy minds delight in the worship of the Lord, and find their sweetest solace at his altar; and that it is their …

SERMON • SERMON 758

The Glorious Gospel of the Blessed God

1 Timothy 1:11

… It must commend and foster holiness of life and, at the same time, it must, beyond all question, be a declaration of Divine Grace and mercy through the …

SERMON • SERMON 303

Election and Holiness

Deuteronomy 10:14-16

… Be ye holy, even as he is holy. he has called you; stand by your calling, give diligence to make your calling and election sure. Put on as …

SERMON • SERMON 698

Seeing Is Not Believing, But Believing Is Seeing

1 Peter 1:8

… I grant you that to see the holiness and the self-consecration of the Lord Jesus must have had a convincing influence upon gracious hearts. But then, let …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 103

Psalm 103

… It is instructive to note how the Psalmist dwells upon the holy name of God, as if his holiness were dearest to him; or, perhaps, because the holiness

PRAYER

Prayer 26 — Prayer Answered and Unanswered

… Wherever there is a sincere heart seeking for greater holiness, answer Thou that request, or wherever there is a broken spirit seeking for reconciliation with Thyself, be pleased …

SERMON • SERMON 3499

The Bliss of the Glorified

Revelation 7:16

… Today, beloved, some of us are hungering after holiness. Oh! what would I not give to be holy, to be rid of sin, of every evil thing about …

SERMON • SERMON 1465A

The Son Glorified by the Father and the Father Glorified by the Son

John 17:1

… And let us with holy confidence, whenever our hour of darkness arrives, resort to our God in secret. The best preparation for the worst hour is prayer! The …

PRAYER

Prayer 25 — The Washing of Water By The Word

holiness. We shall never rest till this is the case, till Thou hast made us ourselves to be inwardly holy, and then words and actions must be holy

COMMENTARY

Psalm 37

Psalm 37

… one of the principal and chiefest parts of holiness. But if you will give me leave to conjecture, the Holy Ghost may seem in this promise at once …

CHAPTER

How Repentance Is Given

… The Holy Ghost creates repentance in us by supernaturally renewing our nature, and taking away the heart of stone out of our flesh. Oh, sit not down straining …

SERMON • SERMON 1467B

Two Sorts Of Hearers

James 1:22-25

… JAMES has no speculations. "By their fruits you shall know them," seems to have taken possession of his mind and he is always demanding practical holiness. He is …

CHAPTER

Little-faith

… 72 Holiness. 73 The New Heart. 74 The Christian’s Daily Cross. 75 Joy over the Repenting. 76 God’s Tender Care. 77 The Christian’s Crown. 78 …

SERMON • SERMON 1883

Prospect—"He Will Keep"

John 17:11

holy but the Holy God and who can keep us holy but He who is, Himself, holy? Who will have such an intense interest in our growing holiness

CHAPTER

The Preacher’s Power, and the Conditions of Obtaining It

… He has no holiness who thinks that he is holy enough, and he is not useful who thinks that he is useful enough. Desire to honour God grows …

SERMON • SERMON 1452B

The Rider on the White Horse and the Armies with Him

Revelation 19:11-16

… that is unrighteous, everything that is contrary to the Truth of God and holiness. This is our Champion and I guarantee you are right glad that He sits …

PRAYER

Prayer 1 — Help from On High

… So did the priests wash ere they went into the holy place. Lord Jesus, take from us now everything that would hinder the closest communion with God. Any …

CHAPTER

The Well-Beloved

… You never find His kindness lessening His holiness, nor His holiness eclipsing His wisdom, nor His wisdom abating His courage, nor His courage injuring His meekness. Everything is …

SERMON • SERMON 3176

The Beauty Of The Olive Tree

Hosea 14:6

… The Believer in a healthy spiritual state, refreshed by the Holy Spirit as with the dew of Heaven, has a beauty like that of the olive tree in …

SERMON • SERMON 2171

Runaway Jonah and the Convenient Ship

Jonah 1:3

… May we be taught of the Holy Spirit certain practical Truths of God from this incident! I would teach you four things. I. The first is—WE MAY …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 53

Psalm 53

… The fallen race of man, left to its own energy, has not produced a single lover of God or doer of holiness, nor will it ever do so …

CHAPTER

Jesus Only

… How can we dream that there can be another way than the way which God has provided at such cost, and set forth in Holy Scripture so simply …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 5

Psalm 5

… mercy. "And in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple," —towards the temple of thy holiness. The temple was not built on earth at that time …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 16

Psalm 16

… Verse 10. "Thine Holy One." Holiness preserves the soul from dereliction, in the state of death, and the body of the saint from corruption in the grave. If …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 68

Psalm 68

… Consider God's jealousy towards his people for his holiness in the three "holy places." (a) In the outer court of profession. (b) In the holy place of …

SERMON • SERMON 687

Messengers Wanted

Isaiah 6:8

… probably be a sense of the Divine holiness, and the holiness of those who see His face. "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts!" was the song which …

SERMON • SERMON 1225

Jesus, The Delight of Heaven

Revelation 5:9

… and You did live a holy life," but, "You were slain." For He must render recompense to incensed Justice and injured Holiness—and that He did upon the …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 141

Psalm 141

… how influential the power of holiness would be unto the wicked, neither would it be less upon our brethren and fellow Christians. Holy David professed he would take …

SERMON • SERMON 229

Love

1 John 4:19

… When the cherubim and seraphim did continually cry, “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of armies,” there was heard a note, feebler, perhaps, but yet as sweetly musical, coming …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 95

Psalm 95

… The entreaty of the Holy Ghost. 1. The special voice—"the Holy Ghost saith"— (a) In Scripture. (b) In the hearts of his people. (c) In the awakened …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 20

Psalm 20

… hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand." It is here asserted confidently that God's holiness and power would both come …