Holiness

Prayer 21 — Boldness at The Throne of Grace

… Above all, O Holy Spirit, descend more mightily. Would, God, Thou wouldest flood the land till there should be streams of righteousness, for is there not a promise …

Up from the Country and Pressed Into Service

Mark 15:21

… That many among this vast and mixed congregation may imitate Simon is the anxious desire of my heart! With holy expectancy I gaze upon this throng collected from …

A Sermon For The Week Of Prayer

Colossians 4:2

… My honored and venerable Brother will this morning stand up in his village Church, lift up holy hands, and bid his people join in the common supplication, and …

Unbelievers Upbraided

Mark 16:14

… Then can you who have been renewed in heart by the Holy Spirit and washed in the blood of the Lamb, doubt Him whom your soul loves? Can …

Grace Preferred to Gifts

1 Corinthians 12:31

… He resolved to win the victory by the effectual working of the Holy Spirit, according to that word unto Zerubbabel, "Not by might, nor by power, but by …

A Great Gospel for Great Sinners

1 Timothy 1:15-17

… Those are among the chief of sinners who have sinned against great light, and against the influences of holy instruction, and gracious example. Children of godly parents, who …

Song for the Free—Hope for the Bound

Psalm 107:14-16

… It needs Father, Son and Holy Spirit to save a soul! None but the Trinity can deliver a captive soul from the chains of sin and death and …

The Danger of Unconfessed Sin

Psalm 32:3

… They would be holy as Christ is holy. To will is present with them, but how to perform that which they would, they find not. Now, when the …

Broad Rivers And Streams

Isaiah 33:20-23

… Where ever the Holy Spirit dwells, there will be quietness. The Holy Spirit, you know, is represented to us as a dove—doves love not the storm, and …

God's Glory in the Building Up of Zion

Psalm 102:16

… It is of small avail for a man to say he is building up a church where the power of the Holy Spirit is not seen in calling …

The Resurrection Credible

Acts 26:8

… Blessed and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection: on such the second death has no power but they shall be priests of God and …

The Ascension and the Second Advent Practically Considered

Acts 1:10

… It can never be wrong to look up; we are often bidden to do so, and it is even a holy saying of the Psalmist, "I will direct …

A Great Mistake and the Way to Rectify It

Revelation 3:17

… The words before us are as sharp as they are true—and they demand the earnest attention of all professors of our holy faith—for to persons like …

Prayer Found in the Heart

2 Samuel 7:27

… Holy Bradford would never cease praying or praising till he found his heart thoroughly engaged in the holy exercise. If it is not in my heart to pray …

The Birth Of Christ

Isaiah 7:14

… Therefore He was not born of man, but the Holy Spirit overshadowed the Virgin Mary and Christ stands as the one Man, save one other, who came forth …

Laboring And Not Fainting

Revelation 2:3

… There is no anointing of the Holy Spirit in them. There is fruit, but it resembles the berries of a sunless summer. It is tasteless, insipid, and all …

"The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved"

John 21:20

… O for the help of the Holy Spirit while we speak upon such a theme! I. And now, to come nearer to the text, first, dear Friends, LET …

The Sower

Matthew 13:3

… You regret that you have not the poetical faculty of some, or the holy ingenuity of others. Why do you speak about all these things? Our Lord Jesus …

Proclamation of Acceptance and Vengeance

Isaiah 61:2

… Every man had his own plot of ground in the Holy Land, but through the pressure of the times it sometimes happened that a man forfeited his property …

Intercessory Prayer

Job 42:10

… When his soul began to expand itself in holy and loving prayer for his erring brethren, then the heart of God showed itself to him by returning to …

The Keeper of the Vineyard

Isaiah 27:3

… Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised You, is burned up with …

Abraham's Double Blessing

Genesis 12:2

… He sat at their tables, slept in their houses and talked with them by the way—yet was He always "holy, harmless, undefiled and separate from sinners." All …

Jesus and His Forerunner

John 10:39-42

… Why do you not trust Him? May the Holy Spirit bring you to do so, for John's testimony was true when he said that Jesus was the …

The Way of Wisdom

Job 28:7

… out what I find there, as it is taught to me by the Holy Spirit. But mark this—to the mind of God there is no difficulty concerning …

The Day of Salvation

2 Corinthians 6:2

… Return at once." Because Jesus has died, the partition wall is broken down—the great gulf between a holy God and unholy man is bridged by the atoning …

Man, Whose Breath Is In His Nostrils

Isaiah 2:22

… He cannot hear His voice, therefore he will not attend to the movement of the Holy Spirit upon his soul. Humanity is carnal, sold under sin, infected with …

Where Is the God of Elijah?

2 Kings 2:14

… But still, if God, Himself, is not in the Word and with the Word, what does it avail us? Our spirits must be sustained by the Holy Spirit …

Ploughing the Rock

… Like those curiously carved Chinese balls in which there is one ball within another, so in many a holy text there is sense within sense, teaching within teaching …

A Discourse to the Despairing

Genesis 42:1

… They profess to trust Him, but they do not love Him—"they call themselves of the holy city," but they certainly are not holy citizens. Ah me, that …

My Prayer

Psalm 119:37

… The Holy Spirit is the great Agent by whom the life of Jesus is infused into our nature. The Holy Spirit at this moment can come upon the …

Good Cheer For Outcasts

Psalm 147:2

… Though His Church does right to put out those who do dishonor to His holy name, yet she would do wrong if she did not follow her Lord …

The New Song On Earth

Psalm 40:3

… For our heart shall rejoice in Him because we have trusted in His holy name. If you do but trust in His holy name, you shall, one day …

Jehovah Has Spoken—will You Not Hear?

Jeremiah 13:15-17

… Oh, that today those who have never heard the voice of the Lord in the inward parts of their being may hear it and live! O Holy Spirit …

Self Low, But Christ High

Matthew 8:8

… May the Holy Spirit help our meditations and make them truly profitable! I. First, then, A SENSE OF UNWORTHINESS IS VERY DESIRABLE AND COMMENDABLE. Some of you are …

The Double Drawing Near

James 4:8

… Why do men neglect to keep holy the Sabbath, unless it is that they do not want to think of God? Why do they put religious books on …

The Unrivalled Eloquence Of Jesus

John 7:46

… Let but the Lord furnish His ministers, as he did at Pentecost, with wondrous Words instead of shields, and spears, and swords—and these weapons of the holy …

Sacred Memories

Jeremiah 51:50

… They were entreated not to forget the holy city where they had worshipped Jehovah in His Temple. Among all their thoughts, they were bidden to take care that …

The Swift Camels

1 Kings 4:20-28

… Is not this, also, our honor and privilege? Behold, this day the Lord Jesus Christ is "made unto us wisdom." "We have an unction from the Holy One …

A Memorable Milestone

Psalm 40:9-11

… All other subjects are exhaustible, but give us that Book and give us the Holy Spirit—and we may preach on forever! We shall never get to the …

Natural or Spiritual?

1 Corinthians 2:14

… This morning I propose—and O that God the Holy Spirit may bear witness in our hearts!—I propose, first of all, to dwell a little while upon …