Holiness

Bad Lodgers and How To Treat Them

Jeremiah 4:14

… May the Holy Spirit come and bless this word to their immediate ejectment and may a stronger than they come and dwell forever in you, not as a …

Those Who Desire

Nehemiah 1:11

… The Holy Spirit never makes anyone repent without his desiring to do it—that would be an impossible thing. So is it with faith—no man believes against …

The First Christmas Carol

Luke 2:14

… There are some very religious people, that on Christmas would never forget to go to church in the morning; they believe Christmas to be nearly as holy as …

The Sieve

Amos 9:9

… And why? It may be replied that the Lord's people are preserved in some degree by their intrinsic weight—because the Holy Spirit gives them substance and …

The Friend of Sinners

Isaiah 53:12

… He was holy, and written among the holy; we were guilty, and numbered among the guilty; he transfers his name from yonder list to this black indictment, and …

Why Some Seekers Are Not Saved

Isaiah 59:1

… If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on My holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD …

Out Of Egypt

Matthew 2:14

… Certainly, if not actually true, it is a poetical description of that which happens wherever the Holy Child puts in an appearance! Every idol god falls before Him …

Who Found It Out?

2 Kings 7:3-7

… Oh, that some leprous ones may go forth today and make a grand discovery! I desire to preach, praying in the Holy Spirit that the Holy Spirit may …

Self-Delusion

Luke 13:24

… But, dear Friends, we are not left to inferences, for Holy Scripture gives us facts. Let me recall them to your recollection. Among the Apostles themselves, chosen by …

Am I My Brother's Keeper?

Genesis 4:9

… He said to the Lord, "Am I my brother's keeper?" May the Holy Spirit guide us in considering this question. I. First it is to be noted …

Christ the Cure for Troubled Hearts

Luke 24:38

… May the Holy Spirit help you to do so! Perhaps a third troubled one says, "My thought is, Sir, that, if I professed to be a Christian, I …

"Lead Us Not Into Temptation"

Matthew 6:13

… Next, it seems to me to be the natural prayer of holy horror at the very thought of falling into sin again. I remember the story of a …

Learning in Private What to Teach in Public

Matthew 10:27

… Before he finished his discourse, the holy man appeared and made the devil disclose himself in his proper form. "Get out of here," said he to Satan, "but …

Sealed and Open Evidences

Jeremiah 32:14

… May the Holy Spirit make us wise to speak things to edification and to heart searching, as He, alone, can! I. First, then, I want you to think …

Another Royal Procession

Matthew 21:5

… Oh, that the streets of his Jerusalem could be gladdened by the holy pomp and sacred splendor of his gracious and triumphal presence, beloved, the world doth well …

Our Gifts and How To Use Them

2 Timothy 1:6

… If we will but stir ourselves, Beloved, or rather, if God's Holy Spirit will but stir us, we, as a Church may expect very great things! I …

'Here I Am!'

1 Samuel 3:4

… And I can tell you that God, Himself, and Christ, Himself, and the Holy Spirit, Himself, and the holy angels and all the host of the redeemed could …

Compassion For The Multitude

Matthew 14:17

… You will remember her Baptism of the Holy Spirit, her trials and her temptations in the wilderness. The life of Christ afterwards will soon be thought out by …

Seeking For Jesus

John 6:24

… O may the Holy Spirit lead you to cease your search for goodly pearls, for the Pearl of Great Price is before you! Jesus is not to be …

Christ—The Power and Wisdom of God

1 Corinthians 1:24

… It was a gospel holy, spotless, clean as the breath of heaven; it was pure as the wing of angel; not like that which spread of old, in …

Cries From the Cross

Psalm 22:1

… As You are holy, just and true, I never would forsake You. I would never turn away from You, for, even as a Man, You have been holy …

Compassion on the Ignorant

Hebrews 5:2

… These were the priests and especially the High Priest—the one man who, alone, of all Israel, might once in the year enter into the Most Holy Place …

Loosening The Sandal Strap

Luke 3:16

… Secondly, that our unworthiness is apparent in the presence of any sort of holy work. And that, thirdly, this unworthiness of ours, when most felt, should rather stimulate …

Some Marks of God's People

Psalm 68:28

… Never ought our heart to be more energetic than when we say, "Blessed be His holy name!" And when we are singing in company with others, then we …

Folly of Unbelief

Luke 24:25

… Had they compared the testimony of the holy women with the prophecies of the Old Testament, they would have obtained ground of hope. The women reported that the …

For the Sick and Afflicted

Job 34:31

… Watch, therefore, very carefully against the sins of your holy things. In our holy things we are nearer to God than at any other time, and hence such …

A Pastoral Letter Accompanying Sermon 221

… God has owned these services to the quickening of many souls, to the establishing of many in our most holy faith, and by them through his goodness hath …

Luminous Words

1 Peter 4:1-3

… I am going to select a few words here and there, and to try to illuminate them by the light of the Holy Spirit. I. The first words …

The Lion and the Bear—Trophies Hung Up

1 Samuel 17:36

… He is amazed! A holy rage is upon him! Yes, it is true—he hears Jehovah blasphemed! How can it be? The youth's holy soul is undergoing …

The Hiding of Moses by Faith

Hebrews 11:23

… As no sacrifice, even though it were an unblemished one, should be offered except with salt and with fire— and that fire a holy and heavenly fire—so …

The Tender Grapes

Solomon 2:13

… Has not our Father said to us, "Be you holy; for I am holy"? Did not our Lord Jesus say to His disciples, "Be you, therefore, perfect, even …

Barabbas Preferred To Jesus

John 18:40

… To be too holy in the judgment of men is a great crime, for it rebukes their sin. If the holy man has not the power of words …

The King and His Court

Psalm 101:6

… Our tendency is to lean either this way or that—to stand upright is a gift of Divine Grace and none but the Holy Spirit can bestow it …

Confession of Sin—A Sermon With Seven Texts

Exodus 9:27

… They meet a minister, and how pious and holy they are; on the Sabbath they are the most respectable and upright people in the world, as you would …

The Shrill Trumpet of Admonition

Jeremiah 48:11

… These lips shall never say a word against the full assurance of faith and against the holy confidence which the Holy Spirit gives to the people of God …

Prayer 7 — "Let All the People Praise Thee"

… The most hateful object in creation must be a man, because he slew Thy Son, because he has multiplied rebellions against a just and holy law. And yet …

On Raising Questions

… We may yet need those promises which appear needless; and those portions of Holy Writ which have been most assailed by sceptics may yet prove essential to our …

Kicking Against The Pricks

Acts 9:5

… Even holy David once said, "So foolish was I and ignorant, I was as a beast before You." Penitent sinners have frequently wished that they had been beasts …

For the Candid and Thoughtful

Mark 12:34

… May the Holy Spirit instruct and impress us while, first, we consider the COMMENDATION EXPRESSED:’THOU art not far from the kingdom of God.’ I am not going …

The Star and the Wise Men

Matthew 2:1-2

… Standing by your Lord, and there alone, from this day to the last day, you will secure a happy, honored, and holy life. They said of Greece after …