Holiness

A Solemn Impeachment of Unbelievers

1 John 5:10

… And now I pray the Holy Spirit to rest upon my words while I treat, for a few minutes, upon the third and most awful point, namely, THE …

Reasons for Turning to the Lord

Hosea 6:1

… His justice and holiness lead Him to use rough words towards His erring creatures. He does more—in infinite love He chastens as well as rebukes. Instead of …

Defiled and Defiling

Haggai 2:13

… with the washing of water, but with the washing of the Holy Spirit. "What is holiness?" said a clergyman to a poor Irish boy. "Please, Your Reverence," he …

God Pleading For Saints, And Saints Pleading For God

Lamentations 3:58

… your consistency of conduct. Holiness is, after all, the mightiest weapon which a Christian can wield. Be you holy as Christ is holy. Let no man spatter mire …

The Prophet Like Unto Moses

Deuteronomy 18:15-19

… The holy angels forever adore with that threefold cry, "Holy, holy, holy Lord God of Sabaoth," and He could not permit men of unclean lips to profane His …

Walking Humbly With God

Micah 6:8

… I pray God the Holy Spirit to make humble walking with God to seem as important to you as it does to me and to me as important …

Mysterious Visits

… God to be so perfectly holy. I had never understood the depravity of my own nature if I had not known the holiness of God’s nature. When …

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

Luke 15:4-7

… if he had consulted his own ease and comfort he would have consorted only with pure and holy angels, and the great Father above; but he was not …

A Warning Against Hardness Of Heart

Hebrews 3:13

… deceitfulness of sin is such that it will turn the strongest motive for holiness into an argument for rebellion against God! My dear Friends, I feel the weight …

Taking Hold of God

Isaiah 64:7

… When the outward service of the Church begins to flag and her holiness declines, you may be sure that her communion with God has been sadly suspended. Devotion …

Sunshine in the Heart

Psalms 37:4

… The thought of delight in religion is so strange to most men, that no two words in their language stand farther apart than “holiness” and “delight.” Ah, but …

Sin Laid on Jesus

Isaiah 53:6

… Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth;” and, as to his human nature, he was by miraculous conception free from all original sin, and in the holiness of …

The Power Of Aaron'S Rod

Exodus 7:12

… be kept holy. Only the Sunday is a day of rest unto us more than the others. Write upon the bells of the horses, "HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD …

Later Sermonettes

… Sometimes, we sing, — “Behold the glories of the Lamb!” At other times, filled with holy rapture, we sing, — “What equal honours shall we bring?” or, though in lowlier …

On Whose Side Are You?

Exodus 32:26

… The same spirit which made the Puritan refuse to reverence the so-called holy days and holy things of superstition led him so to reverence God and His …

Christus Et Ego

Galatians 2:20

… All the teaching of our holy faith bears in this direction. We preach personal election, personal calling, personal regeneration, personal perseverance, personal holiness and we know nothing of …

Resurrection—Christ The First Fruits

1 Corinthians 15:20

… First, let us look well to the holiness of our bodies. "Know you not that your bodies are the temples of the Holy Spirit? If any man defile …

Where The "If" Lies

Mark 9:23

… Shall fifty years sinning be forgiven in a moment? Shall an instant's believing end the guilty past, and commence a holy future? It is even so; in …

Vessels Of Mercy—A Sermon Of Self-Examination

Romans 9:23

… But alas, these callings you may have, and they may only sink you lower than the lowest Hell! Have you ever received the Irresistible calling of the Holy …

Nazareth—or Jesus, Rejected by His Friends

Luke 4:28-30

… They drag Him out of the synagogue—breaking up their own worship, forgetful of the holiness of the day to which they paid such wonderful respect—and they …

A Secret And Yet No Secret

Solomon 4:12

… of holiness of life, of devoutness of communion with God, of likeness to Christ, of conformity to His image. The streams are as much of the Holy Spirit …

Psalm 78

Psalm 78

… The generation of their race had testified for Him, the Holy One of Israel; they had beheld the marvels of his holiness and power in Egypt, in the …

Psalm 22

Psalm 22

… While the holiness of God is in the highest degree acknowledged and adored, the afflicted speaker in this verse seems to marvel how the holy God could forsake …

I Will Give You Rest

… May we have holy insight thus to read our Lord’s most gracious language! This promise must mean rest to all parts of our spiritual nature. Our bodies …

Psalm 56

Psalm 56

… Walking at liberty, in holy service, in sacred communion, in constant progress in holiness, enjoying the smile of heaven—this I seek after. Here is the loftiest reach …

Psalm 40

Psalm 40

… lifted by the Holy Spirit into the region of prophecy, David was honoured to write concerning a far greater than himself. SUBJECT. Jesus is evidently here, and although …

Psalm 128

Psalm 128

… This fear of the Lord is the fit fountain of holy living: we look in vain for holiness apart from it: none but those who fear the Lord …

Psalm 58

Psalm 58

… of God against the sin of man, and so evidence of his own holiness. Ps 59:9-10. Joseph Caryl. Verse 10. He shall; wash his feet, etc …

Psalm 7

Psalm 7

… And now, with both divine relationship and holy trust to strengthen him, David utters the burden of his desire— "save me from all them that persecute me." His …

Psalm 121

Psalm 121

… The holy man who here sings a choice sonnet looked away from the slanderers by whom he was tormented to the Lord who saw all from his high …

Early Criticisms and Slanders (Continued)

… All the most solemn mysteries of our holy religion are by him rudely, roughly, and impiously handled. Mystery is vulgarized, sanctity profaned, common sense outraged, and decency disgusted …

Psalm 83

Psalm 83

… O God, be thou no longer still, Thy foes are leagued against thy law; Make bare thine arm on Zion's hill, Great Captain of our Holy War …

Hope for Your Future

… You young people must cultivate more and more the Grace of holy fear. You must dread daily lest in anything you should omit to do your Lord's …

The New Year's Guest

Matthew 25:35

… spirit, soul, body and all their powers, as holy vessels of the sanctuary! It is the writing of, "Holiness unto the Lord," upon all that is about us …

All of Grace

Ephesians 2:8

… To which class do we belong? I hope that, by the witness of the Holy Spirit, we may be so assured of our safety as to sing, "The …

Psalm 112

Psalm 112

… Nevertheless, he who fears God, and leads a holy life, is, as a rule, doing the best he can for the future advancement of his house; no inheritance …

Psalm 27

Psalm 27

… No one of old dared to enter the most holy place on pain of death; and if the Lord has hidden his people there, what foe shall venture …

Grace for the Guilty

Isaiah 44:22

… Some preach dry doctrines, but there is not the unction of the Holy One revealing the fullness and preciousness of the Lord Jesus. There is plenty of, "Do …

Psalm 134

Psalm 134

… The Hebrew work signifying holiness as well as the holy place may here be taken in the former sense, the latter having been sufficiently expressed (Ps 134:1 …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage (Concluded)

… Unless I go to the North Pole, I never can get away from my holy labour. “Now to return to you again, I have had day-dreams of …