Holiness

Salt For Sacrifice

Leviticus 2:13

… Since our Master is so holy and so wise, it is impossible for us to improve upon His commandments. Yes, God enters into detail with His servants and …

The Agreement Of Salvation By Grace With Walking In Good Works

Ephesians 2:9

… We depend upon Him to keep us holy. We overcome sin by the blood of the Lamb. We reach after holiness by the constraining love of Jesus. Love …

The Law's Failure and Fulfillment

Romans 8:3

… a holy life—Christ, by coming in the likeness of sinful flesh, has done, for there is that in every Believer which will be perfect holiness before long …

A Word From the Beloved's Own Mouth

… you taken the Lord Jesus to be your complete cleansing, your sanctification, your redemption? Has the Holy Spirit ever sealed in your peaceful spirit the gracious testimony, “ye …

The Warnings and the Rewards of the Word of God

Psalm 19:11

… I do not say that holiness is ever easy to us—it must always be a labor and we must always be helped by the Holy Spirit—but …

Dead, Yet Alive

Romans 6:11

… completely to the pursuit of holiness and the fear of God. I have been specially praying for the guidance of the Holy Spirit in handling a subject which …

Nothing But Leaves

Mark 11:13

… holiness? If you will think of any privilege which the Lord confers upon his people through Christ, you will perceive that they all aim at the sanctification of …

Taking Possession Of Our Inheritance

Joshua 1:2

… develops itself in the beauty of holiness. Holiness is the fruit of regeneration. Yet some imagine that they cannot be holy, at least not to any great extent …

A Call to Holy Living

Matthew 5:47

… My desire, this morning, is to insist upon the precepts which tend to holiness, and I pray the Holy Spirit to excite desires after a high degree of …

Walking In The Light And Washed In The Blood

1 John 1:7

… God is holiness and those who are holy are attracted to God from an affinity of nature, even as the needle is attracted to its pole. If the …

Bringing the King Back

2 Samuel 19:10

… We showed you the pearl, now let us make it a golden setting of practical holiness! The Son of David is assuredly King, and you know it. "Now …

To Those Who Have Believed

… May the Holy Spirit lead you to believe for nothing less than that. “Do you mean,” says one, “that I am to believe if I once trust Christ …

Things That Accompany Salvation

Hebrews 6:9

… We have seen the army; we have traced it from the Thundering Legion, guided by the Holy Spirit, till we have finished it by complete Sanctification. Hark, I …

'Going and Weeping'

Jeremiah 50:4

… That we should be holy and without blame before Him in love. Here is the blessing of sanctification—we are chosen that we may be made holy. To …

Psalm 99

Psalm 99

… The three holy men here mentioned all stood in his courts, and saw his holiness, each one after his own order. Moses saw the Lord in flaming fire …

The Maintenance of Good Works

Titus 3:3-8

… But take sacred cares upon you—the cares of holy and gracious living. Yoke your best thoughts to the care of holiness—"be careful to maintain good works …

Psalm 85

Psalm 85

… Our justification by that righteousness precedes our sanctification. 3. The righteousness of sanctification invariably follows that of justification. G. R. WORK UPON THE EIGHTY-FIFTH PSALM In an …

How May Faith Be Illustrated?

… Though the Holy Spirit alone can make my reader see, it is my duty and my joy to furnish all the light I can, and to pray the …

The Perseverance of the Saints

Philippians 1:6

… themselves up to their old corruptions, for the holiness that is in Christ by the vital energy of the Holy Spirit penetrates the entire system of the spiritual …

God's Law in Man's Heart

Hebrews 8:10

… think of the holiness of God without, at once, saying, "I would not have Him other than He is—let Him be holy, holy, holy, Lord God of …

Psalm 65

Psalm 65

… holy promise, whereby we bind ourselves to offer somewhat unto God." There is one more who defines it, and he is a man whose judgment, learning, and holiness …

Jesus Admired In Them That Believe

2 Thessalonians 1:10

… When they walk in holiness they do, as it were, reflect His light. Their holy deeds are beams from Him who is the Sun of Righteousness. When they …

Early Pastoral Epistles

… Oh, how I long to hear once more the solemn shout of the festal throng, who, with the voice of joy and praise, keep holy day ! I am …

The Blood of the Covenant

Hebrews 9:20

… You must not judge that you are not growing in sanctification because you are not increasing in your sense of it. Your sense of your own holiness is …

A Voice From Heaven

Revelation 14:12

… holiness?" You cannot rise to it except by Divine strength. The Holy Spirit is the Sanctifier. Jesus, who is our Justifier, is also made unto us sanctification and …

Human Depravity And Divine Mercy

Genesis 8:21

… And so he rises in holy communion towards his God. Then comes the wind—typical of the breath of the sacred Spirit by which the floods of corruption …

The Sitting of the Refiner

Malachi 3:3

… The grandest thing that God, Himself, can do in the purpose of His love is to purify us into His own glorious holiness! Christ loved His Church and …

The Security Of Believers—Or, Sheep Who Shall Never Perish

John 10:27-30

… Holiness shall be the set of the main current of your life, until, made perfectly holy, you shall dwell with God above. Into His hands let us commit …

Farm Laborers

… He can, if he pleases, by his Holy Spirit get directly at the hearts of men, but that is his business, and not ours; we have to do …

'Bought with a Price'

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

… to him who bought you. Holiness, therefore, is necessary to all the redeemed. If you cast off your responsibility to be holy, you at the same time cast …

The Hunger and Thirst Which Are Blessed

Matthew 5:6

… Once again—these men are blessed because they are already worked upon by the Holy Spirit. Hunger and thirst after righteousness are always the production of the Holy …

The Form of Godliness Without the Power

2 Timothy 3:5

… Let us consider it carefully and may the Holy Spirit help us! True religion is a spiritual thing but it necessarily embodies itself in a form. Man is …

The Savior's Precious Blood

1 Peter 1:19

… By sanctification is usually meant in Scripture the setting apart of anything for the service of God and so making it holy. Now, the blood separates the saints …

Jacob's Waking Exclamation

Genesis 28:16

… It is not the place that is holy;—holiness cannot attach itself to anything but moral virtues and to intelligent beings. There cannot be holy bricks and holy …

The Glory, Unity and Triumph of the Church

John 17:22-3

… For the sake of the world He would have the Church in a high state of holy beauty and strength. May His gracious prayer be answered in all …

At School

Psalm 143:10

… We should be seriously in earnest and one point of earnestness should be— "With holy trembling, holy fear, To make my calling sure, Your utmost counsel to fulfill …

Alpha And Omega

Revelation 22:13

… Seek after holiness, but never make holiness your trust. Seek after virtue—pant for it—but when you see your own imperfections, do not despair. Your saving righteousness …

Angelic Studies

Ephesians 3:10

… A creature that should know sin, and whatever of pleasure there might be in it, and yet be restored to purity and holiness. A creature who though awhile …

A Consistent Walk for Time to Come

Colossians 2:6

… So is sanctification! Only I think I must say justification and pardon receive Christ as Jesus—and sanctification receives Him as Christ Jesus, both as the Anointed One …

Preparation for the Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 11:28

… Brothers and Sisters, you members of the Church about to come around this Table, give heed to the mandate of the Holy Spirit, by the inspired Apostle! "Let …