Holiness

"Two Immutable Things"

Ezekiel 16:8

… The work of the Lord Jesus and the work of the Holy Spirit have made marvelously glorious "broidered work" for our spiritual adornment! Well does good Dr. Watts …

Their Desired Haven

Psalm 107:30

… What fine store does the trustful soul take on board when it comes to Jesus Christ! Of joy, of love, privilege, holiness, delight and fellowship, for we have …

Prompt Obedience

Psalm 18:44

… And out of that trust springs a reverent desire to submit absolutely to Your holy will. Help me, by Your gracious Spirit, to obey You in everything. And …

Pride and Humility

Proverbs 18:12

… May the Holy Spirit preserve us from the one, and produce in our hearts the other. I. In the first place, we shall have something to say concerning …

The Saints' Riches

Romans 8:32

… are going to ask God for holiness, but it will give Him pleasure, and nothing but pleasure to make you holy! It will certainly not involve His lifting …

The Two Effects of the Gospel

2 Corinthians 2:15-16

… The preaching of good works, and the exhorting men to holiness, as the means of salvation, is very much admired in theory; but when brought into practice, it …

The Faithful Olive Tree

Judges 9:8

… Many, to obtain a higher wage, have left holy companionships and sacred opportunities for hearing the Word of God and growing in Grace. They have lost their Sabbaths …

'Tempted of the Devil'

Matthew 4:1

… He was full of the Holy Spirit, yet He was tempted. Why? Because the Holy Spirit is never given in vain and, if given to us, it is …

Preparing for the Week of Prayer

Revelation 8:3

… and he that is holy, let him be holy still If your character is not what it ought to be, you must not delay your appeal to Him …

God in the Covenant

Jeremiah 31:33

… But in the high sense in which the term “childhood” is used in the Scripture to express the holy relationship of a regenerate child towards his Father, in …

A New Year's Benediction

Hebrews 13:5

… He is ruled by love, not by fear! He is governed by a holy gratitude which becomes a stronger bond to sacred obedience than any other bond that …

Things Present

1 Corinthians 3:22

… I pray God the Holy Spirit to enable my dear Brothers and Sisters in their poverty to believe that their need is overruled for their true riches. Whereas …

The Gospel in Power

1 Thessalonians 1:5-10

… First, he says, "It came not in word only, but in power and in the Holy Spirit." And, fourthly, in much assurance. Now these four words enable me …

Paul As a Pattern Convert

1 Timothy 1:16

… the New Testament and see how large a space is occupied by the Holy Spirit speaking through His servant Paul! And then look over Christendom and see how …

Restless! Peaceless!

Isaiah 57:20

… They are, according to the testimony of Holy Writ, like the restless sea which is never quite quiet, even in its greatest calm—and is never to be …

Christ's Plea for Ignorant Sinners

Luke 23:34

… May the Holy Spirit graciously help us in our meditation! I. Looking back upon our past experience, let me say, first, that WE WERE, IN A MEASURE, IGNORANT …

A Safe Prospective

Daniel 8:19

… I might almost mention learned doctors who practice divinations, prophecy concerning things to come and bring in Holy Scripture to back up their prognostications. Everywhere that kind of …

Particular Election

2 Peter 1:10-11

… Holy Scripture teaches us that God hath from the beginning chosen us who are saved unto holiness through Jesus Christ. We are told that as many as are …

Evangelical Congratulations

Philippians 1:18

… Their bodies will be the temples of the Holy Spirit, and their members will be the members of Christ, sacred to His service in every way in which …

The Enemies of the Cross of Christ

Philippians 3:18

… Besides, although the Cross of Christ is lifted high, as the one hope for guilty sinners, it is the most terribly holy thing beneath the cope of Heaven …

Royal Homage

Revelation 4:10

… They are sanctified perfectly, delivered from every taint of corruption and now they are like their Lord Himself in holiness of character! Well should they be crowned whose …

Finding and Following Christ

John 1:45

… Or the reading of the Word under the guidance of the Holy Spirit may have been the means of your conversion. There is a very precious link between …

Our Hiding Place

Isaiah 32:2

… I have to try to set Him before you by the help of His Holy Spirit. "A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and …

Confession of Christ

Matthew 10:32

… Shall I take the world—the world which contemns two things—it contemns civil vices and holy duties! Shall I take the world, which will call me a …

The Multitude Before the Throne

Revelation 7:9

… They understand that His will, despotic as it may seem, and unquestioned by any creature, is a will of mercy, of tenderness, of wisdom, of holiness, and of …

The Blessed Christ

Matthew 21:9

… heart by the Holy Spirit which is given unto you! Do you not remember when you went up with the multitude that kept holy day, when you went …

Spiritual Liberty

2 Corinthians 3:17

… Once more: “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty” in all holy acts of love—liberty from a slavish fear of law. Many people are …

The Vital Force

Hebrews 10:38

… Remember it is by God's Holy Spirit keeping that faith strong and vigorous you live safe and secure. Rest assured you will be more holy if you …

Love and Jealousy

Solomon 8:6

… It is the love of Jesus Christ which compels them to hate sin and which leads them forward in the path of holiness. The Holy Spirit uses the …

'Stewards'

1 Corinthians 4:1

… Our Lord would have us thus identify ourselves with His holy business and especially He would have us love His chosen. We, beyond all others, should lay down …

Noah's Eminence

Genesis 7:1

… As the Holy Spirit repeats the words we have here, you and I may often proclaim the story of our salvation and dwell upon the minute particulars of …

Christ the Tree of Life

Revelation 22:2

… and he that is holy, let him be holy still The Lord's messenger speaks as if "the time" were so nearly come that there was no opportunity …

Christ Loosens From Infirmities

Luke 13:11-13

… We shall so use the picture before us now—may the Holy Spirit give us instruction! I. In the first place, THIS WOMAN, BOWED DOWN WITH A SPIRIT …

Thinking and Turning

Psalm 119:59

… We must look to the New Testament for full discourses upon the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, upon the conflicting forces of Divine Grace, depraved nature and for …

Wanted!—Volunteers

2 Chronicles 17:16

… Oh, that the Holy Spirit may draw out somebody who shall become a very Apostle in these times! A standard-bearer for the Lord Jesus, who shall— "Lift …

The Double Cleansing

Zechariah 13:1

… We do not merely wish to be forgiven our old faults—we long to be made altogether holy. We desire to be set on the road to Heaven …

Not Now, But Hereafter!

Job 21:29-31

… There must be punishment for the world’s own good, to say nothing of the nature of God, which for its dignity and holiness necessarily demands that very …

A Defence of Calvinism

… there was a natural hatred in my soul of everything holy and good. Wooings were lost upon me-warnings were cast to the wind- thunders were despised; and …

Psalm 133

Psalm 133

… How good and holy pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! No one can tell the exceeding excellence of such a condition; and so the …

Sad Fasts Changed To Glad Feasts

Zechariah 8:19

… The promise of the abiding Presence of the Lord God Almighty is always proceeded by the call to separation and holiness. "The words which the Lord had cried …