Holiness

Evening, October 16

Ps 36:9

… Having nothing of our own to trust to, but resting upon the merits of Jesus—his passion and holy life furnish us with the only sure ground of …

Evening, April 29

Ps 149:4

… love of Christ? Think of what his love has brought thee—justification, adoption, sanctification, eternal life! The riches of his goodness are unsearchable; thou shalt never be able …

Titles of Honor

… There are certain experiences that cannot be learned without the teaching of the Holy Spirit. There is a certain way of speaking about Christ that can never be …

Evening, January 30

Eph 1:11

… you are sanctified, it is because he is made of God unto you sanctification; if you shall be kept from falling, it will be because you are preserved …

Evening, April 6

Ps 118:12

… He contemplated in his passion the sanctification of us wholly, spirit, soul, and body; that in this triple kingdom he himself might reign supreme without a rival. It …

The Power of the Holy Ghost

Romans 15:13

… one is the perfection of justification in the person of Jesus; and the other is, the perfection of sanctification worked in him by the Holy Spirit. At present …

Grace Exalted—Boasting Excluded

Romans 3:27

… Repentance is a work of the Holy Spirit, and to be convinced of sin by God the Holy Spirit is a holy privilege. But to think that these …

Sounding Out the Word of the Lord

1 Thessalonians 1:8

… Gospel. Holy living is a grand pulpit. A godly character has a louder voice in it than the most eloquent tongue. Character is our Chrysostom—holiness has a …

God's Work Upon Minister and Convert

Acts 26:16-20

… It may be that some young man present, this morning, is undergoing a singularly severe discipline at the hands of the Holy Spirit. His sins are exceedingly heavy …

Psalm 114

Psalm 114

… These people were God's sanctification and dominion , that is, witnesses of his holy majesty in adopting them, and of his mighty power in delivering them: or, his …

Judgments and No Repentance— Repetance and No Salvation

Revelation 16:9

… Perfect holiness is our aspiration. Oh that it were our attainment! But the very aspiration gives glory to the thrice holy God whom we desire to imitate. Now …

Christ, the Glory of His People

Luke 2:32

… is the glory of sanctification. It is a great glory to have a new heart and a right spirit and to pant after holiness, but this also comes …

Moab Is My Washpot

Psalm 60:8

… Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and the plague would have devoured them, had not the holy zeal of Phinehas turned away the divine …

A High Day in Heaven

Luke 15:10

… is not so much your faith as your holy mourning and moaning over sin, your sincere desire after holiness—this is the proof of that change of mind …

Charity and Purity

James 1:27

… In vain should we give all our substance to the poor and give our bodies to be burned if we do not walk in the way of holiness …

Lead Us Not Into Temptation

Matthew 6:13

… The possession of justification leads to an anxious desire for sanctification. "Forgive us our debts," that is justification. "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil …

Exposition of the Doctrines of Grace

… this sanctification of the Spirit and the belief of the truth, there is no holiness; and, “without holiness, no man can see the Lord.” Without holiness, no man …

Partnership With Christ

1 Corinthians 1:9

… of God to holiness of life. We sometimes sing— "With them numbered may we be Now, and through eternity"— but if we are not holy, if we are …

Christ's Prayer and Plea

Psalm 16:1

… At His Baptism, it was while He was praying that "the Heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily shape, like a dove upon Him …

A Savior Such As You Need

Hebrews 10:15-18

… SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us: for after He had said before, This is the covenant thatI willmake with them …

What Is the Wedding Garment?

Matthew 22:11-13

… As he has no holy feeling, so he has no holy action—he is a Christian, he says. But having put up the sign-board, he drives no …

Christ Our Peace

Ephesians 2:14

… But my Brothers and Sisters, no sooner did the Lord Jesus Christ display the fullness of the Gospel in the Pentecostal effusion of the Holy Spirit resting upon …

Psalm 143

Psalm 143

… of holy living, which will lead to heaven, that land of uprightness, where holiness will be in perfection, and he that is holy will be holy still. We …

"Jehovah-Rophi"

Exodus 15:26

… Have you not found it so? The weight of your affliction was exceedingly great, but the Lord found a counterbalance and, by placing a weight of holy joy …

Prayer 18 — O, For More Grace!

… We cannot come to Thee unless Thy Holy Spirit shall suggest desire and help us while we plead. We would ask that the subject which caused such conflict …

No Tears In Heaven

Revelation 7:17

… Again, all inward evils will have been removed by the perfect sanctification worked in them by the Holy Spirit. No evil heart. No unbelief in departing from the …

The Obedience of Faith

Hebrews 11:8

… We regard sanctification, or obedience, as the great design for which the Savior died. He shed His blood that He might cleanse us from dead works and purify …

A Persuasive to Steadfastness

Hebrews 3:14

… By faith we begin the life of obedience to Christ, and by faith we continue to lead the life of holiness, for 'the just shall live by faith …

Strong Faith in a Faithful God

Psalm 57:2

… The Holy Spirit has worked every fraction of good that is within our souls. No one flower that God loves grows in the garden of our souls in …

Life And Walk Of Faith

Colossians 2:6

… The Holy Spirit here reveals to us the life of faith—the way by which you and I are saved, if saved at all. Mark, carefully, that it …

A Prayer for the Church Militant

Psalm 28:9

… But the words may be applied, also, to the carrying on of the work of sanctification in those who, in a certain sense, are saved. All who have …

Perfection in Christ

Colossians 1:28

… The holy Law was given by God and if we wish to be saved by it, we must keep it perfectly—no man who is not perfect can …

Special Thanksgiving to the Father

Colossians 1:12

… that the Spirit is the sanctifier, and that the sanctification of the soul is wrought by the Holy Ghost? You will find a passage in the opening of …

The Iniquity of Our Holy Things

Exodus 28:36-38

… The Lord Jesus by His holiness secures our personal acceptance and then the acceptance of our holy things. Our prayers are accepted, our tears are accepted, our zeal …

Men Bewitched

Galatians 3:1

… holy must certainly be true! But if you turn away from your Lord, whose very Presence breathes sanctification and communion with Him is sure to bring holiness, you …

Psalm 50

Psalm 50

… so much by your orthodoxy as by your holiness; that you are saints no further than as you are holy in all manner of conversation. 3. The people …

All of Grace

… The apostle says that we are “elect through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ”–“wherein we greatly rejoice.” Is the …

The Winnowing Fan

Hebrews 12:14

… This is a holiness produced in us by the Holy Spirit, which we progressively manifest in our hearts and lives. "Follow holiness, without which no man can see …

Over The Mountains

… am found of them that sought Me not.” We were too averse to holiness, too much in bondage to sin, ever to have returned to Him if He …

Holiness, The Law of God's House

Ezekiel 43:12

… There is no holiness without separateness from the world. Holiness, next, consists very largely in consecration. The holy things of the sanctuary were holy because they were dedicated …