Holiness

How Faith Comes

John 4:39-42

… His own words are, "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved." And Paul, guided by the Holy Spirit, wrote, "If you shall confess with your mouth …

The Believer's Death Day Better Than His Birthday

Ecclesiastes 7:1

… It should be a holy day in every Christian's case—a day of grateful thanksgiving that we have come so far upon the road of life. It …

Why the Gospel Is Hidden

2 Corinthians 4:3

… Your hope must be in Him and in Him, alone! To Him would we affectionately point you and we pray the Holy Spirit to shut your eyes to …

The Voice from the Cloud and the Voice of the Beloved

Matthew 17:5

… IT is exceedingly important to have clear evidences of the truth of our holy religion. Sometimes, I dare say, you have wished that God would speak out of …

The Holy Spirit and the One Church

Jude 1:19

The Holy Spirit and the One Church A Sermon (No. 167) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, December 13, 1857, by the REV. C.H. SPURGEON at the Music Hall …

Accepted of the Great Father

Ephesians 1:6

… It is no common person who admits us to his favor—it is God, whose name is Jehovah, The Jealous God. "Holy, holy, Holy," cry the seraphim unceasingly …

Today! Today! Today!

Psalm 95:7

… If saints are thus moved to pity sinners and to pray for them, the Holy Spirit will bless the Word and it will be quick and powerful to …

Prayer 12 — On Holy Ground

… It well becomes us to put our shoes from off our feet when we draw near to God, for the place whereon we stand is holy ground. If …

Christ's Death And Ours

John 12:23-24

… All other topics in Holy Scripture are important and none of them are to be cast into the shade, but the death of the Son of God is …

Unconditional Surrender

James 4:7

… Beseech the Holy Spirit to bow your wills to complete subjection. You will never be happy till self is dethroned. I know some of God's children who …

Jesus Interceding For Transgressors

Isaiah 53:12

… His indignation against everything impure is as great as that of the thrice holy God who revenges and is furious when He comes into contact with evil. And …

Jehovah Tsidkenu: The Lord Our Righteousness

Jeremiah 23:6

… Sweet fellowship beyond the stream! Me clasp our hands with those that went before; and while the cherubim can only say, “Holy, holy, holy; he is righteous,” we …

On the Cross After Death

John 19:31-37

… Lest the land should be defiled upon the holy Sabbath of the Passover, the chief priests were importunate that the bodies of the crucified should be buried and …

What the Farm Laborers Can Do and What They Cannot Do

Mark 4:26-29

… We also saw how thoroughly all holy results depend upon God, for neither he that sows nor he that waters is anything, but God who gives the increase …

The Last Message for the Year

John 6:37

… I pray that the Holy Spirit may cause the deepest possible seriousness to rest upon this whole assembly and that He may very specially guide me to speak …

A Full Heart

… If thou art continually drawing thine impulse, thy life, the whole of thy being from the Holy Spirit, without whom thou canst do nothing, and if thou art …

The Model Home Mission and the Model Home Missionary

Acts 10:38

… But there is no warrant for calling these places sanctuaries and Houses of God, for all places are alike holy where holy men assemble. It is altogether a …

The Restoration And Conversion Of The Jews

Ezekiel 37:1-10

… He surely ought to have known his own mind, and led by the Holy Spirit, he gives us as an explanation of the vision. Not—"Thus says the …

The Reception of Sinners

Luke 15:22

… But yet there is a possibility of our overlooking the equally holy and remarkable joy which attends the return of a soul to God. It has been a …

The Two "Comes"

Revelation 22:17

… It would seem as if the Holy Spirit were loath to put down the pen while so many remained unbelieving, notwithstanding the testimony of the Inspired Word and …

Loving Advice for Anxious Seekers

James 1:5

… God has made many of them wise in helping souls out of difficulties; do not be satisfied with the advice of any man, however godly and holy, but …

Love Abounding, Love Complaining, Love Abiding

Isaiah 43:1-4

… For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior: I ga ve Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for you. Since you …

God’s Barriers Against Man’s Sin

Jeremiah 5:22-23

… 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 Alarum

Psalms 42:8

… When the three holy children sung in the fire, their song was sweet indeed; yet had they not been thoroughly in earnest, they had poured forth no holy …

The Silken Fetter

Hosea 3:5

… I think no reader of Holy Scripture can doubt but that the seed of Abraham, however long they may be in blindness, will at the last obey the …

Robbers of God

Malachi 3:8

… Oh, for the Holy Spirit to guide mind and heart and tongue in this solemn matter! I. First, then, in the text there is ASTONISHMENT INDICATED—"Will a …

The Search Warrant

John 6:64

… but unto him that blasphemes against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven. This is one of the very difficult texts of Holy Scripture. We are told …

Jesus Washing His Disciples' Feet

John 13:6

… He whom the angels worship takes a towel and girds Himself! Hark to the song, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth! Heaven and earth are full of …

Soul Saving Our One Business

1 Corinthians 9:22

… Owing, then, your salvation to Christ, being debtors to the precious blood of Jesus and being quickened by the Holy Spirit, I ask you why there should not …

The Memorable Hymn

… No; there shall be the holy beauty and delight of psalmody; none of it shall be stinted; the “Hallel” shall be full and complete. We may safely believe …

Jesus Sitting on the Well

John 4:6

… It is not that the place is said to be holy and, therefore, prayer is accepted—every place is equally holy where holy men worship God. All distinctions …

Believers as Blessed as the Blessed Virgin

Luke 11:27

… She felt it to be great blessedness to be placed in such a relation to the Holy Child Jesus. We can scarcely imagine the holy ecstasy, or the …

God's Handwriting Upon David

1 Chronicles 28:19

… This would be, at the very center of our holy service, setting an example of lawlessness and rebellion against God! That must never be—His Temple must be …

The Unchangeable Christ

Hebrews 13:8

… All the good that is ever done in the world is worked by the Holy Spirit and, as the Holy Spirit honors Jesus Christ, so He puts great …

Fullness of Joy Our Privilege

1 John 1:4

… Holy activity is the mother of holy joy! And growth in Grace, again—why, when is a man happier than when He grows in Grace? To be at …

Self-Sufficiency Slain

John 15:5

… If it were so, that man had power in himself, what were the need of the Holy Spirit's office at all? The office of the Holy Spirit …

The Lord's Chosen Ministers

Luke 10:21

… That is the kind of joy that Jesus had, joy worked in Him by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit was poured upon Him without measure and, as …

More Than Conquerors

Romans 8:37

… They feel it shed abroad in their hearts by the Holy Spirit, which is given to them, and then by force of gratitude they love fervently the Savior …

The Sprinkling of the Blood of the Sacrifice

Leviticus 4:6

… This was sprinkled before the Lord before the veil of the Most Holy place. I am well aware that some persons cry out, "The preacher continually talks about …

"Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled"

John 14:1-4

… Has not the Holy Spirit especially undertaken the work of comfort in order that it may be effectually done? Trials depress the hearts of God's children, for …