Holiness

"Rest in the Lord"

Psalm 37:7

… For it is the Jubilee; it shall be holy unto you: you shall eat the increase thereof out of the field." So very prominently, even in that somewhat …

"So It Is"

Job 5:27

… Does not the Lord hear the young ravens when they cry? Do they pray spiritual prayers? Does the Holy Spirit work prayer in them? If God hears the …

Sinners Bound with the Cords of Sin

Proverbs 5:22

… Sin cripples all desires after holiness, damps every aspiration after goodness, and thus, fettering the man hand and foot, delivers him over to the executioner, which executioner shall …

Peter After His Restoration

Luke 22:32

… No, Brothers and Sisters, the old Proverb says that honesty is the best policy, but I will turn it to a higher use and say, "Holiness is the …

The Fifth Beatitude

Matthew 5:7

… the fact of their ingratitude to their Redeemer and their rebellion against His Holy Spirit. They mourned because they could not mourn more. And they wept because their …

The Good Shepherdess

Solomon 1:7

… The bride, with holy shamefacedness, exclaims, "Look not upon me, for I am black, because the sun has looked upon me." She dreads alike the curiosity, the admiration …

The Strong One Driven Out By A Stronger One

Luke 11:21-26

… I will set a double garrison to protect my citadel against the attack of God's Truth." Beware, O saints, when the Lord, the Holy Spirit, is working …

The Ravens' Cry

Psalm 147:9

… I shall aim tonight, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, to say something to those who have been praying for mercy but as yet have not received …

The Man Of Sorrows

Isaiah 53:3

… God out of Christ is terrible out of His holy places. He will by no means spare the guilty—but look at yonder Son of Man!— "His hand …

Strengthening Medicine For God's Servants

Joshua 1:5

… glorify God in the shop? Do you make the bells on the horses holiness to the Lord? It would not be possible for all of us men to …

Earthquake But Not Heartquake

Psalm 46:1-3

… It grieves me to the heart to see the lack of spirituality among ministers and of holiness among professing Christians. It cuts me to the quick to see …

'Whose Goodness Never Fails'

John 10:11

… If there is any one of you whose heart is leaping for joy because the love of God is shed abroad within you by the Holy Spirit—Brother …

Spring

Isaiah 61:11

… Generation after generation of holy martyrs and confessors went to prison and to death to bear testimony to the Truth of God as it is in Jesus. It …

Chastened Happiness

Jeremiah 33:9

… Even when we are filled with holy delight it is hard to carry a full cup with a steady hand. When most lifted up with spiritual joy, we …

Lessons From Lydia'S Conversion

Acts 16:13

… sought after holiness. Now she had a bright hope of the many mansions in the Father's house! Now she began to run with holy and happy feeling …

A Prayer for Revival

Psalm 85:6

… Lord, revive them." I have heard of a minister who preached once about our being epistles, written not with ink, but with the Holy Spirit. One of his …

Advance!

Deuteronomy 1:6

… Perhaps we had a happy childhood and can remember even now the songs of the nursery and the holy hymns of our cradle days. But there came a …

Binding Up Broken Hearts

Isaiah 61:1

… I do not wonder, when the Holy Spirit convinces them of their sinful state, that they get broken hearts! They ought to have broken hearts and to repent …

Untrodden Ways

Joshua 3:4

… Since the Holy Spirit so vehemently cries, "Comfort you, comfort you My people; speak comfortably to Jerusalem," we may safely come to the conclusion that it is solemnly …

A World Wide Welcome

Matthew 11:28

… This is for the minister who serves his Master till he is weary in his work! This is for us all if we have, by the Holy Spirit …

"I and the Children"

Isaiah 8:18

… So it is with us—the image of God has been renewed in us, but it lies somewhat hidden—and the Holy Spirit has it in hand to …

Saving Faith

Luke 7:50

… Those were no tears of sentimental emotion, but a rain of holy heart-sorrow for sin. She had been a sinner and she knew it; she remembered well …

To Those Who Are "Almost Persuaded"

Acts 26:28

… The whole address is so adroitly shaped with such a sacred art and yet with such a holy naturalness, that if any human persuasion could have converted Agrippa …

"Feed My Lambs"—a Sunday School Sermon

John 21:15

… Addict yourselves to the holy work of caring for the feeble and despondent. Peter, Himself, that morning, must have felt like a newly enlisted soldier, for he had …

"What Shall the Harvest Be?"

Hosea 8:7

… Family prayer is neglected and holy living is not known in the house. He gets prematurely old—his son has died very early—he has drunk himself to …

Why the Heavenly Robes are White

Revelation 7:14

… It is true they have no material bodies, but in some mystic sense which is applicable to the spirit world these holy ones wear a vesture which qualifies …

An Observation of the Preacher

Ecclesiastes 7:8

… will be so blessed, if you should, tonight, be led by the Holy Spirit to direct your eyes with faith to Christ that the very angels before the …

A Blessed Gospel Chain

John 14:23

… In a similar style, I want you people of God, as the Holy Spirit shall enable you, to bend all your thoughts and energies in this direction and …

Life More Abundant

John 10:10

… Gladly would I fire you with a holy ambition! Pray to Jesus to make you all you can be. Say to Him, "Lord, nurture in me all the …

Fencing the Table

1 Corinthians 11:28

… The Holy Spirit specifies no particular time—we are not under a law which binds us to this period or to that. Our Lord leaves it very much …

Gratitude for Deliverance from the Grave

Psalm 118:17

… the hard things which you have said against the zealous friars and His Holiness of Rome? We are eager to forget the past and give you the last …

My Solace in My Affliction

… Who is like You, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?" To what lofty heights of expression did the holy Prophets often rise in proclaiming the grandeur …

Darkness Before the Dawn

Solomon 2:17

… the fullness and the glory of His power by the working of the Holy Spirit upon the hearts of myriads of men! Let us never despair, but, on …

Christ and His Table Companions

Luke 22:14

… sacrifice," and so the whole thing becomes an unscriptural celebration instead of a holy institution for fellowship! Let us be warned by these mistakes of others never either …

Saints In Heaven And Earth One Family

Ephesians 3:15

… Because Stephen was so full of the Holy Spirit, and so bold for the faith, devout men carried him to his burial and made great lamentation over him …

Comfort for Tried Believers

1 Corinthians 10:13

… Even with the temptation to sin, the Lord often sends to the tempted soul such a Revelation of the sinfulness of sin and of the beauty of holiness …

'Where Are the Nine?' Where?

Luke 17:17

… There is no winning mercy without holy violence. "The kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force." You recollect that blind man who was …

A Revival Promise

Isaiah 44:3-6

… effort, life in holiness, life in brotherly love. The next effect will be seen in the calling out of numerous converts by the Holy Spirit. "They shall spring …

Christ's Crowning Glory

Psalm 21:5

… No one believes that Jesus is the Christ but by the teaching of the Holy Spirit. "No man comes unto the Father but by Me," says Christ. Much …

The Yoke Removed and the Lord Revealed

Ezekiel 34:27

… If you have been delivered from the power of sin, so as, "to perfect holiness in the fear of the Lord," or aim at it. And if you …