Holiness

Decided Ungodliness

Jeremiah 5:3

… If you willed to be saved, you would be saved—if you really desired to be made holy, you would be made holy! It is because your heart …

Fathers In Christ

1 John 2:13

… What we have preached, we still preach, for inasmuch as we have preached that which is revealed in Holy Scripture, to that Truth we stand and shall stand …

The Pierced One Pierces The Heart

Zechariah 12:10

… But as we proceed let us pray that the Holy Spirit may bring our minds to feel the melting force of the great Sacrifice on Calvary so that …

A Desperate Case—How to Meet It

Matthew 17:19-21

… the majesty of holiness and justice, drive the awed spirits away from God. But the greater glory of Jesus attracts; though he is holy, and just, and righteous …

Jehovah-Jireh

Genesis 22:14

… The Lord will see us through in the way of holiness if we are only willing to be thorough in it and dare to follow where ever He …

David's Five-stringed Harp

… Oh, but I want you to get much beyond that, till, with full assurance, helped by the Holy Spirit, you can say, "It is so! My faith has …

Psalm 144

Psalm 144

… But when we see them developed in holiness, what joy we have of them! That our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a …

Pentecost

Acts 2:1

… Then it was that they held a holy convocation. They did not bring to God in the wilderness the loaves of bread of first fruits, for they had …

The Two Pillars Of Salvation

Romans 4:24

… the Father—nor these two without the Divine and ever-to-be-blessed Holy Spirit! It needs the whole Trinity to make a Christian! And the whole Trinity …

The Word of a King

Ecclesiastes 8:4

… May the Holy Spirit help us to think of the power of God's Word for four purposes! First, to excite our awe. Secondly, to ensure our obedience …

Household Sin and Sorrow

… And this was the case with that otherwise holy family—the presence of Esau became the occasion of much evil! I shall briefly attempt at this time, first …

The First Day Of Creation

Genesis 1:4

… When God the Holy Spirit new-creates a man, the first essential thing towards it is the illumination of his soul in knowledge and holiness, to know the …

The Recorders

1 Chronicles 16:4

… of prayer, or a life of holiness aright unless he begins within sight of the Crucified Savior, led there by the Holy Spirit! Go there with your ingratitude …

The Dream of Pilate's Wife

Matthew 27:19

… We receive the story as certified by the Holy Spirit. Pilate, throughout his term of office, had grossly misbehaved himself. He had been an unjust and unscrupulous ruler …

The Best Thing in the Best Place

Psalm 37:31

… I see here the treasure house of holy courage! Commune with God, commune with Christ Jesus, commune with saints, martyrs and Apostles as you read these pages, and …

Longing To Find God

Job 23:3

… Be holy, but do not claim to be holy! Be steadfast before God, firm in your obedience to Him—but do not mention it—for your hope lies …

The Sieve

Matthew 7:21

… And I pray that to these blessings spiritual energy may be added by the abiding power of the Holy Spirit. It is a period of revival—may the …

Mary Magdalene

Mark 16:9

… How we labored to quench the Holy Spirit! We had no heart to leave the ways of flesh-pleasing lust—we held to our iniquities as the leech …

Walking in the Light of the Lord

Isaiah 2:5

… The truth is that the more we seek holiness, the more we learn that we are not as holy as we want to be. And, the man who …

Heaven's Nurse Children

Hosea 11:3

… Then we come upon the blessing of holy rearing and education, which we have in our text: “I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms …

The Bond of the Covenant

Ezekiel 20:34-38

… The commandment is holy, just and good, but we constantly violate it. The perfect Law has been broken by all of us—by some it has been violated …

Psalm 19

Psalm 19

… The joy of strength, the joy of holy labour, the joy of the anticipated reward. Verse 6. The permeating power of the gospel. Verse 7( first clause ). Holy …

Means for Restoring the Banished

2Samuel 14:14

… When the holy festivals came round, he who had been an exile before could go up with the great company that kept holy day without fear of being …

All and All in All

Colossians 3:11

… What He has taught us personally and by His Holy Spirit through the Epistles—what He gives us in His Word—this is what we believe, and nothing …

The Blood Shed For Many

Matthew 26:28

… We are pardoned that we may become holy! God forgives the sin that He may purify the sinner. If He had not aimed at your holiness, there had …

The Key-Note of a Choice Sonnet

Luke 1:46

… If we be partakers of the Holy Ghost, what more can we desire by way of favor from God, and what greater honor can be bestowed upon us …

"Dare To Be a Daniel"

Daniel 1:8

… We have our nights of holy mirth. We have our days of delight. There is a King, a portion of whose meat we rejoice to eat, and of …

Poverty and Riches

2 Corinthians 8:9

… the cherubim and seraphim continually cry, "Holy, holy, holy"—this must be abject poverty, indeed, that though He was rich in holiness, for our sakes He became poor …

'The Ministry of Reconciliation'

2 Corinthians 5:18

… Oh, it is indeed evil to do anything against One who is pure Love, who is "holy, holy, holy," altogether without fault! It cannot be right—I put …

Where Go You?

Job 23:10

… Oh, for the power of the Holy Spirit, without which I must utterly fail in my design! We have this morning been praying for the conversion of many …

Filling the Empty Vessels

Philippians 4:19

… There were Churches that had no such hearts of mercy, alas, that so early in the Gospel-day holy charity should be so rare! There were people whom …

Brave Waiting

Psalm 27:14

… Both these dangers had evidently occurred to David and in the text he is led by the Holy Spirit to speak about them. "Do not," he seems to …

Death and Its Sentence Abolished

Colossians 2:13

… As the result of our death to everything that was holy, good and spiritual, we sinned and we took pleasure in sin. We repeated our old sins and …

The Last Sermon for the Year

Luke 16:2

… in napkins, or all used for self, and none employed for God, for holiness, for the Truth of God, for righteousness? How sternly does the command come to …

Though He Were Dead

John 11:24-26

… Your likes shall be so radically changed that you shall abhor evil all your days, and long to be holy as God is holy; and you shall be …

A Delusion Dispelled

Ezekiel 14:20

… Ezekiel, moved by the Holy Spirit, groups him with those whom history had canonized. He was a man greatly beloved of God and, no doubt, by his contemporaries …

The Substance Of True Religion

Job 19:28

… The practical teaching of our holy religion is admirable and we must obey it or be lost—and the root of holy living is faith in Christ—and …

Shaved and Shorn, But Not Beyond Hope

Judges 16:22

… Though the fruit and holy outcome of this living principle may, for a while, be removed—sadly removed to their bitter loss and damage—yet I say the …

God's Advocates Breaking Silence

Job 36:2

… I may have to speak on the behalf of God when least I expect it—let me have my heart in order for it." May the Holy Spirit …

"He Shall Be Great"

Luke 1:32

… The two Natures are so thoroughly united in the Person of Christ that the Holy Spirit does not speak of the Lord Jesus with theological exactness, like one …