Holiness

The Head of the Church

Colossians 1:18

… What then? Why this—that if we can distinctly see that the custom and prescription are not according to the tenor of Holy Scripture and the Spirit of …

Five Fears

Ecclesiastes 8:12

… They veil their faces with their wings, and whilst they cry aloud, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts yet they dare not view him. The very sight …

Remember Lot's Wife

Luke 17:32

… He again settles down in Sodom and forgets the holy congregation which clustered around the tent of Abraham. Being, still, a man of God, he could not be …

The Cast-Off Sash

Jeremiah 13:1-11

… The record of this singular transaction has come to us and we know that, as a part of Holy Scripture, it is full of instruction. Thousands of years …

The Day of Atonement

Leviticus 16:34

… He is a holy Being. "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts," is the song which continually rises into His ears. In order, then, that He might dwell …

Lovely, But Lacking

Mark 10:21

… And so I congratulate some of you that you love the place where Christians meet, that in their sacred songs you take an interest, that their Holy Book …

A Command and a Promise

James 4:8

… Do not be content to be in the outer courts, the lobbies, the ante-chambers of religion—strive to gain admission to the very Holy of Holies, itself …

A Call to the Depressed

Isaiah 52:2

… Perhaps in your happier days you grieved the Holy Spirit just when you were most joyful and happy in His love. It may be that you grew worldly …

Repentance after Conversion

Psalm 51:17

… Oh, what do we not owe to the Holy Spirit? I speak to you who know Him. It is the Holy Spirit who quickened you, the Holy Spirit …

Good News for Seekers

Psalm 22:26

… Young men and maidens, too, are turning to Christ, though perhaps they would blush if personally charged with the holy search. Men, too, who are in their prime …

Majesty in Misery

Luke 22:63-65

… It appears to me amazing that the God who had reigned in Glory over myriads of holy angels, should be mocked by miscreants who could not even have …

Fresh Grace Confidently Expected

Psalm 92:10

… From many a sinking had he been lifted up into holy joy. He here expresses his conviction that the Lord would always deal thus graciously with him. Expect …

Alto and Bass

Luke 1:53

… It is a blessed thing to indulge our holy gratitude and to let it have speech in sacred Psalm and song. Praise is the end of prayer and …

God's Glory Our Rereward

Isaiah 58:8

… but unto him that blasphemes against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven. What is the sin against the Holy Spirit? We do not know and I …

Two Coverings and Two Consequences

Proverbs 38:13

… May the Holy Spirit be pleased to give you discernment, that you may see your destitute state in the presence of God, and understand the merciful relief that …

The Seed Upon Stony Ground

Mark 4:5

… The Holy Spirit does not save men by means of lies. But if we hear the Truth as it is in Jesus, we may hope that He will …

Light—Natural And Spiritual

Genesis 1:1-5

… The great work which Jesus Christ is accomplishing in the world, by the Holy Spirit through the Word, is the making all things new. We believe the old …

Rehoboam the Unready

2 Chronicles 12:14

… Every holy duty ought to be thought over carefully. Every prayer, every almsgiving, every attempt to serve God should be done with due consideration—and with holy anxiety …

Praise Your God, O Zion!

Luke 19:37-40

… Without excitement there has been a holy bowing of spirit, and yet a blessed lifting up of hope, and joy, and holy fervor! The Master has cast sweet …

The Broken Column

Luke 9:61

… May the Holy Ghost in all the plenitude of his power be with us this morning, so that while I shall deal with the character indicated by the …

A Question for a Questioner

Psalm 77:9

… May God the Holy Spirit bless the word! I. TO THE MAN OF GOD IN DISTRESS, this question is commended, "Hath God forgotten to be gracious?" What kind …

The Soul's Desertion

Song 5:6

… When the love of Christ is shed abroad in the heart by the Holy Spirit, the Believer need not envy an angel his harp of gold! It matters …

Forgiveness

Psalm 130:4

… However great your sins may have been, with but one exception—there is the sin against the Holy Spirit which, if you have any tenderness left in your …

Divine and Human Ordination

… Every man who is rightly in the ministry must have been moved thereto of the Holy Ghost. He must feel an irresistible desire to spend his whole life …

The Christian's Great Business

Psalm 51:12-13

… Their woe is such as cannot be described in language, though in the Book of God the Holy Spirit has employed terms of extreme expressions, whose meaning it …

Prologue — Introduction by Dinsdale T. Young

… Let the holy urgency of his prayers be noted. He never lost his importunity. He pleaded for the immediate moment. "Now" was his plea and verily then and …

The Gospel of Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac

Romans 8:32

… But it would be a very unfair way of handling Holy Scripture to leave such a subject as this, so full of Christ, without dwelling upon the typical …

More and More

Psalm 71:14

… All places are holy to holy people, and all engagements holy to holy men, if they do them with holy motives, lifting up their hearts to God; and …

Pleading

Psalm 70:5

… We are praying for a display of the Holy Spirit’s power in this church, and, in order to successful pleading in this matter, it is necessary that …

Heaven

1 Corinthians 2:9-10

… Heaven is something like that—a place of holy calm and trust— “That holy calm, that sweet repose, Which none but he who feels it knows. This heavenly …

Faith Essential to Pleasing God

Hebrews 11:6

… The thing is possible, notwithstanding all our imperfections and infirmities—let us aim at it in the power of the Holy Spirit. What has been worked in one …

Declaring the Works of the Lord

Psalm 118:17

… May the Holy Spirit bedew the Word afresh, and make it a joy to meditate thereon! I. MANY ARE THE WORKS OF THE LORD. Are not all things …

The Private Thoughts and Words of Jesus

Matthew 20:17-19

… Let us not forget our need of the Holy Spirit's illumination while we come near to a place so holy as this of "The Revelation of the …

The New Park Street Pulpit

Ephesians 1:13

… SPURGEON, AT EXETER HALL, STRAND. "That Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance." Ephesians 1:13 , 14 . SO then, Heaven, with all its glories …

Later Literary Works

… volume, entitled, The Golden Alphabet of the Praises of Holy Scripture. It is impossible to estimate the blessing that has been conferred upon the whole Christian Church by …

Prayer 16 — He Ever Liveth

… Whether they have little or much of temporal things, may they be rich in Thee and full of joy in the Holy Ghost, and so be blessed men …

A Lesson from the Life of King Asa

2 Chronicles 16:9

… After this prayer he marched to the battle with holy confidence—and God gave him the victory. The power of Ethiopia was broken before him and Judah's …

"It Is God That Justifieth"

… The Holy Spirit by its means breathes peace over our entire nature, and we are no longer afraid. With this justification we can answer all the roarings and …

Paul's Sermon Before Felix

Acts 24:25

… Some very profound divines are so fond of the doctrine that the Holy Spirit always works efficaciously, that they think that the Spirit never can work a transitory …

Untitled Sermon

Exodus 15:1

… May God the Holy Spirit, who dictated this song to Moses, now write it afresh upon His people's hearts! Breathe on us, Holy Spirit, that we, also …