Holiness

The Heart Of Flesh

Ezekiel 36:26

… IT is a peculiar feature in our holy religion that it begins its work within and acts first upon the heart. Other religions, like that of the Pharisees …

"I Will," Yet, "Not As I Will"

John 7:24

… Every day we need the sanctifying influence of the Holy Spirit to lead us unto holiness! "Sanctify them through Your Truth: Your Word is Truth." It is only …

Intimate Knowledge of the Holy Spirit

John 14:17

… He produces real sanctification—not the pretense of perfection but the reality of holiness. Everything the Spirit of God does is substance and not shadow. The baseless fabric …

Inward Conflicts

Solomon 6:13

… But yet so close is the union between Christ and His people that the Holy Spirit actually transfers that dignified expression, "Lord our Righteousness," to His Israel—His …

The Savior You Need

Hebrews 5:9

… us must wear upon His forehead, "Holiness unto the Lord," and truly such a High Priest we have, for Jesus is, "holy, harmless, undefiled and separate from sinners …

The Lamb Our Leader

Revelation 14:4

… This is the way the holy Prophets went, the way of the martyrs, the way of the reformers and confessors, the way of all who shall meet above …

Cambridge Life and Letters, 1850-1851

… Glorious, wondrous, has been the grace shown to all of us, as members of the mystical body of Christ, in preservation, restraint from sin, constraint to holiness, and …

Temptations On The Pinnacle

Matthew 4:5-7

… And this not only in the holiness and spirituality which sanctification produces, but also in our experience of conflict, sorrow, agony, and triumph. In all points Jesus was …

The Blessings Of Following On

Hosea 6:3

… He who knows not God's holiness thinks himself to be a good creature, but when he sees a thrice-holy God he says, "I abhor myself." He …

Faith Tried and Triumphing

Job 13:15

… The same Christ who is made unto us "justification" and "redemption," is also made unto us "sanctification," and we must never forget that while we wash our robes …

The Saint and the Spirit

John 14:17

… We are set apart by election to be made holy through the blood by the power of the Holy Spirit. This third kind of sanctification which consists in …

The Gospel of the Glory of Christ

2 Corinthians 4:4

… No sanctification is worth having but that which comes of communion with the holy Lord through the power of the Holy Spirit. You may read the biographies of …

The Spiced Wine of My Pomegranate

… Let the succeeding advice be followed, and, the Holy Spirit helping us, we shall have attained thereto. Make every time of need a time of embracing thy Lord …

How Is Salvation Received?

Romans 4:16

… We shall, however, better understand what faith is as we proceed with our subject, if God the Holy Spirit will be pleased to enlighten us. Dear Friends, you …

Silver Sockets—Redemption the Foundation!

Exodus 30:11-16

… your own sanctification, for very soon you will come to bringing your legal righteousness before Him and that will provoke Him. Always enter the Holy Place with the …

God's Thoughts Of Peace and Our Expected End

Jeremiah 29:11

… The Spirit of God speaks peace to their troubled conscience and works in them the spirit of adoption and desires after holiness—thus the holy God is able …

Let Us Go Forth

Hebrews 13:13

… Let us take it up, and may the Holy Spirit lead us to its true meaning. We have before us, first of all, the Believer's path. Secondly …

All Fulness in Christ

Colossians 1:19

… of holiness, behold grace upon grace prepared for you if you are straitened, it will not be in Christ; if there be any bound to your holy attainments …

Delight in the Almighty

Job 22:26

… This is the perpetual cry of the seraphim, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth." The holiness of God, or, if you will, the wholeness of God, the …

Christ in the Covenant

Isaiah 49:8

… and sanctified, and perfected by the Holy Ghost. And even in heaven their perfection consists not so much in their sanctification, as in their justification in Christ. “Their …

"By All Means, Save Some"

1 Corinthians 9:22

… The Lord loves men, however, after a holy fashion. He desires their sanctification and their salvation by that means. And when we desire the good of our fellow …

A Glorious Church

Ephesians 5:25-27

… Be not weary of holy tillage and of heavenly plowing and sowing, because at the last there may spring up some fair harvest that shall make your soul …

Praying In The Holy Spirit

… building themselves up in their most holy faith. Faith is the first Divine Grace, the root of piety, the foundation of holiness, the dawn of godliness—to this …

The Righteous Holding On His Way

Job 17:9

… He dwells in us! Shall He be expelled? It is written that we are the temples of the Holy Spirit—shall the temples of the Holy Spirit become …

A Sermon to the Lord's Little Children

1 John 2:12

… Seek after holiness with all your might. Though born but yesterday, do not sin today. God help you to fulfill this holy precept. Further on in this second …

The Best Bread

John 6:48

… The Father's witness and the Holy Spirit's witness and His own witness concerning Himself—we have all these in God's most holy Word! Take the …

The Question of Questions

John 9:35

… I shall begin pressing home the question, by the help of the Holy Spirit, by making the remark that THE QUESTION NEEDS TO BE RAISED. It must not …

Grappling Irons

Psalm 119:88

… the bonds of righteousness and led prisoner along the triumphant way of sanctification, for holiness is life, light and liberty to us. "I will walk at liberty, for …

A Round of Delights

Romans 15:13

… And yet again, our hope which is to abound will only abound through the power of the Holy Spirit. The fact that the happy condition described is sought …

John's First Doxology

Revelation 1:5

… The bells upon our horses are holiness unto the Lord and our common pots are as the bowls before the altar. It is the sanctification of the Holy …

The Rocky Fortress and Its Inhabitant

Isaiah 33:15

… The Holy Spirit has worked in him holiness—and integrity and uprightness preserve him. The true Christian is a man who keeps himself clear of the common sins …

The True Priesthood, Temple and Sacrifice

1 Peter 2:4

… themselves! No, you know the priests of God by their practical holiness! If you are holy unto God, you have your priestly garments on. And if the world …

My Hourly Prayer

Psalm 119:117

… He looks for safety, a life of unsullied holiness and consequent restfulness and security. "Hold You me up, and I shall be safe, and I will have respect …

God's People Melted and Tried

Jeremiah 9:7

… When you say, "I am perfectly holy," the very pride that makes you say so is an indication of a deadly cancer of self-righteousness that is eating …

The Meat and Drink of the New Nature

John 6:55

… Our God has taught us more and given us to understand more clearly, for His Holy Spirit has given us back the childlike spirit so that we are …

The Echo

Psalm 27:8

… There never was a mere man in this world, since the days of Adam, who ever did heartily make the reply mentioned in the text unless the Holy …

Psalm 125

Psalm 125

… for upon him rests the Holy Spirit, who is the Comforter; who is essential love and uncreated peace. Secondly, the peace of a believing and holy soul is …

God Our Continual Resort

Psalm 71:3

… I will be glad in the Lord." He loved to dwell in the rocky strongholds of eternal Love, unchanging Grace, almighty Wisdom, unspotted Holiness, unerring Purpose and infinite …

Refined, But Not With Silver

Isaiah 48:10

… What are we elected to, if God has chosen us? Why, He has chosen us unto holiness. There is no man in this world chosen to go to …

"Clear Shining After Rain"

2 Samuel 23:4

… He gives us Justification, but He adds Sanctification. He pardons our sins, but He also makes disciples and scholars of us, and teaches us the art of holiness …