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Praises and Vows Accepted in Zion
Psalm 65:1-2
… She expected holiness and zeal of you. The Holy Ghost made you overseers that you might feed the flock of God. Your office proves your obligation. You are …
SERMON • SERMON 1849Coming Judgment of the Secrets of Men
Romans 2:16
… yet he deliberately wrote it, and wrote it under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. He knew that it must be written to put to shame the abominations …
SERMON • SERMON 2117The Father's Love to His Dying Son
John 10:17
… He is a holy God, and He sees in Jesus, holiness perfected by patience. Therefore He calls Him, "My Elect, in whom My soul delights." Remember, also, that …
SERMON • SERMON 571Unbelievers Stumbling—Believers Rejoicing
Romans 9:33
… Among the present assembly there are some who stumble at Christ because of His holiness. He is too strict for them. They would be Christians but they cannot …
SERMON • SERMON 2182Jehovah-Shammah—a Glorious Name for the New Year
Ezekiel 48:35
… The memory of holy convocations is sweet because the Lord was among them. They would not care to go where God is not. If there were a place …
SERMON • SERMON 3437Friendship's Guide
John 15:14
… And one cried upon another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD ofHosts: the whole earth is full ofHis Glory. And the posts of the door moved …
SERMON • SERMON 1632The Nazarene and the Sect of the Nazarenes
Matthew 2:23
… A man with slender wit may find his way to Heaven guided by the Light of the Holy Spirit and this is one of the most grand proofs …
SERMON • SERMON 2693Priest and Victim
Hebrews 7:27
… Man, however degraded, cannot altogether forget that there is a God and then, shrinking back from the awful majesty of the Divine holiness, he at least hopes that …
SERMON • SERMON 1889The Blood of Sprinkling (Second Sermon.)
Hebrews 12:24
… The doctrinal portion of our meditation was greatly blest to our hearts, for God the Holy Ghost refreshed us thereby: may he now fulfill his sacred office with …
SERMON • SERMON 2789Perfect Justification and Perfect Pardon
Jeremiah 50:20
… For when God gives a man holiness, He will give him happiness! Holiness and happiness usually go together and if, for a while, they seem to be divided …
SERMON • SERMON 1392A Catechism for the Proud
1 Corinthians 4:7
… To this end we shall need the assistance of the Holy Spirit, for nothing is more difficult than to overcome our self-conceit. Pride takes a thousand forms …
SERMON • SERMON 1851Ruth's Reward—or, Cheer for Converts
Ruth 2:12
… That text is, "Encourage him." So many throw cold water upon the aspirants after holiness that I would urge others of you to heartily cheer them. Where spiritual …
SERMON • SERMON 2149Everlasting Love Revealed
Jeremiah 31:3
… cares—but when the Holy Spirit draws, it is upward and heavenward! He draws us to repentance, to faith, to love, to holiness and to continuance in well …
SERMON • SERMON 3129The King's Mowings
Amos 7:1
… And I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of Heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husban. John saw, in vision …
SERMON • SERMON 3425Days of Heaven Upon the Earth
Deuteronomy 11:21
… But those who have a select few whom they love, and with whom they associate, and with whom they can enjoy holy communion, will find many such days …
SERMON • SERMON 1565Maschil Of Ethan, A Majestic Song
Psalm 89:1
… We must, all of us, follow, but some of us will not readily yield to be outstripped in this holy exercise. Like Elijah, we will try to run …
SERMON • SERMON 956Think Well And Do Well
Psalm 26:3
… Put the two together, holy thoughts and holy living, and you have two sure evidences of a renewed nature. And if God has given you both of these …
SERMON • SERMON 2790Our Lord's Substitution
1 Peter 2:24
… I dislike, above all things, that kind of holiness into which a man has to be flogged, for it could only be a mockery of holiness! I loathe …
SERMON • SERMON 2785Christ's Love for His Vineyard
Solomon 8:12
… You know that the Church is the property of all the three Persons of the holy and blessed Trinity. She is the Father's property by election. She …
SERMON • SERMON 2845Lacking Moisture
Luke 8:6
… There should be no rest to the Christian like the holiness of the Sabbath—the holiness should be the very joy of it. Keep it a holy day …
SERMON • SERMON 2202"Lo, I Come"—Exposition
Psalm 40:6-8
… Blessed were those in Israel whose spiritual minds saw beneath the outward sign and discerned the inward Truth of God! To them the sacrifices of the holy place …
SERMON • SERMON 3005Silken Cords
Hosea 11:4
… Do you know what will take place in these aisles tonight if the Holy Spirit should lead a sinner to Christ? I will tell you. There he stands …
SERMON • SERMON 2560Universal Fatherhood—a Lie!
John 8:38
… He comes, as the Holy Child Jesus, not to tell us of the grandeur of God, but as though He condescends to take upon Himself our child-nature …
SERMON • SERMON 2109The Eye and the Light
Luke 11:33-36
… In the narrow circle of the Holy Land, He shone so clearly that Gentiles came to the brightness of His rising. Yet, to make Him seen to the …
SERMON • SERMON 2951With or Without Shedding of Blood
Hebrews 9:22
… Whereof the Holy Spirit also is a witness to us. And what more veritable Witness can we have? That to which the Holy Spirit bears testimony must never …
SERMON • SERMON 650Judgment Threatening But Mercy Sparing
Luke 13:7
… As fruit is the production of the tree's life and the end for which the tree exists, so obedience to the Divine will and holiness unto the …
SERMON • SERMON 2011Abram's Call—or, Half-Way—and All the Way
Genesis 11:31
… If there is any folly in holiness, the folly is not with you but with Him that bade you be holy. The servant is accountable for any action …
SERMON • SERMON 3407Peter's Prayer
Luke 5:8
… Alas, how often ought we to say, "Oh, Holy Spirit, forgive us that we so vex You, that we resist Your admonitions, quench Your promptings and so grieve …
SERMON • SERMON 3345Sunlight for Cloudy Days
Psalm 40:17
… and now I trust we can say that we desire holiness, righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, for these things are the things of the Spirit …
SERMON • SERMON 2096"The Marriage of the Lamb"
Revelation 19:7
… They are themselves made holy and therefore they ought to be adorned in visible holiness. And so they shall be. Best of all, we shall be arrayed in …
SERMON • SERMON 1175Stephen's Death
Acts 7:59
… Stephen was full of faith and of the Holy Spirit in life—and so was he full of the Holy Spirit in death. Stephen was bold, brave, calm …
SERMON • SERMON 2045Further Afield
Acts 13:46-48
… works with a holy delicacy which never violates the attributes of the mind. He makes men as much free agents in repentance, faith and holiness, as they were …
SERMON • SERMON 2094Foundation Work
1 Kings 5:17
… Briefly upon each, as the Holy Spirit shall help me. I. First, THIS IS GOD'S METHOD. Wherever you turn your eyes upon the work of God, it …
SERMON • SERMON 1750The Luther Sermon at Exeter Hall
Galatians 5:6
… Though cherubim and seraphim salute the Lord with their, "Holy, holy, holy;" though the whole host of shining ones surround the Throne of God with perpetual hallelujahs, there …
SERMON • SERMON 1265The Eternal Truth of God
Psalm 100:5
… His very name is, "The Lord God, abundant in goodness and truth." This is only a part of His holiness. The angels could not cry, "Holy, holy, holy …
SERMON • SERMON 1013Our Watchword
Psalm 70:4
… Listen to the cherubim and seraphim; they continually do cry, “Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord God of Hosts!” Why cry they thus continually? Is it not because it is …
SERMON • SERMON 2062Shoes of Iron, and Strength Sufficient: A New Year's Promise
Deuteronomy 33:24-25
… May we be blessed by being made spiritual fathers to very many, who shall be brought by us to receive life, pardon, peace, and holiness, through our Lord …
SERMON • SERMON 1552The Friends Of Jesus
John 15:14
… Disobedience denies to Christ the dignity of that holy Headship which is His prerogative over all the members of His mystical body and this is not the part …
SERMON • SERMON 2154The Pastor's Joy and Confidence
Philippians 1:3-7
… May God the Holy Spirit fire us with a devout ambition not to be a whit behind the best of the Apostolic Churches! The possibilities of a great …
SERMON • SERMON 1951The Pleading of the Last Messenger
Mark 12:6-9
… love, so truly is He holiness! He is wondrous in His power to forgive, but He is also terrible out of His holy places. "If the sinner turn …