Holiness

A Good Soldier Of Jesus Christ

2 Timothy 2:2

… The weapons that we use are holy arguments and consecrated lives, devotion and prayer to God, teaching and example among the sons of men. Ours is battling for …

A Psalm of Remembrance

1 John 4:16

… IT IS VERY pleasant to read descriptions of the Holy Land from observant travellers, who, in glowing language, have depicted its interesting scenes. I must confess, that all …

Psalm 67

Psalm 67

… When shall the age of song begin? When shall groans and murmurs be exchanged for holy hymns and joyful melodies? For thou shalt judge the people righteously. Wrong …

More and More, or Less and Less

Matthew 13:12

… The Gospel is not the Law and, therefore, it does not demand a holy character as a condition of receiving its blessings. It comes to sinners as they …

The Royal Prerogative

Psalm 68:20

… We read no discourse upon the dignity of human nature, or upon the beauty of human character, but rather God, alone, is holy and when He looks from …

The Judgment Upon Zacharias

Luke 1:20

… In like manner, Mary, that humble village maiden, accepts with simple faith the high and holy salutation with which she was greeted. She just basks a natural question …

The Great Itinerant

Acts 10:38

… Only let the Holy Spirit help us to dilate upon the Gospel of the Lord Jesus and we have no need to wander abroad for foreign themes. We …

A Precious Promise for a Pure People

Isaiah 33:17

… Why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing? The King is anointed upon God's holy hill of Zion. King He is. He has …

Retrospect—"The Lord Has Blessed"

Joshua 17:14

… Be full of holy gratitude. Do not say, "I will look on the bright side." Beloved, the Lord's ways to us are all bright! Do not say …

Anecdotes from the Pulpit

… This Anthony was a great and holy man, yet this cobbler was as much esteemed before God as he.” THE DANGER OF PROSPERITY “I read once a story …

“In Labours More Abundant”

… The Holy Spirit had very graciously helped me in speaking to the many young people who were gathered together, and I believe that some of them were brought …

Prayer 2 — Thanks Be Unto God

… We worship the Father, we worship the Son, we worship the Holy Ghost with all the powers of our being. We fall prostrate before the awful yet glorious …

Tender Words Of Terrible Apprehension!

Psalm 9:17

… Did Jesus suffer so bitterly to save men, and will not the unsaved endure bitterness, indeed? Must the eternal and holy Son of God, upon whom sin was …

The Blood of the Everlasting Covenant

Hebrews 13:20

… The Holy Spirit also, as one of the high contracting parties on this side of the covenant, gave his declaration, “I hereby covenant,” saith he, “that all whom …

His Name—Wonderful!

Isaiah 9:6

… Do ye hear them cry, “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, for thou wast slain, and thou hast risen from the dead; worthy art thou to live …

Forward! Forward! Forward!

Exodus 14:15

… They seem to consider themselves as inanimate clay ordained to lie passively in the hands of the Holy Spirit. But they forget that the Holy Spirit works in …

Grace Abounding

Romans 5:20

… Because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given unto us. [See Sermons #829, Volume 14—THE PERFUMING OF …

Eyes Opened

Genesis 21:19

… The same God who came with all His chariots of fire to Paran and with all His holy ones to Sinai and made the mountain utterly to smoke …

Smoking Flax

Isaiah 42:3

… May the Holy Spirit help you to do so! I. In talking of it, at this time, I shall first enquire, WHAT STATE THIS METAPHOR REPRESENTS. A smoking …

The Sinner's Friend

Matthew 11:19

… A Samaritan by birth, he cares not for that; but will that most holy being condescend to have familiar conversation with her—a dishonor to her sex? He …

Our Champion

Judges 16:3

… He sins not with constancy and it is in his power, with the Holy Spirit's aid, to overcome his sin! And it is his duty, as well …

Simple Fact and Simple Faith

Acts 13:38

… He appeared in the wilderness where John ministered by the fords of Jordan, and demanded Baptism—and as He came up out of the water, the Holy Spirit …

A Mingled Strain

Psalm 51:7

… With all the failure of his patience, the Holy Spirit does not call it a failure, for He says, "You have heard of the patience of Job." He …

"Where Are The Nine?"—or, Praise Neglected

Luke 17:15

… Join we, then, with sweet accord, All in one thanksgiving join! Holy, holy, holy Lord, Eternal praise be Yours." Next, there is this blessing in thankfulness, that it …

The Powerful Truth of God

Acts 19:19

… I know the Holy Spirit works, but when He works, He makes us work! Find me one instance in Scripture where the Holy Spirit ever moved a city …

Meditation on God

Psalm 104:34

… And if you remember that, like holy oil, He will always supply your lamp until life's last hour—He will always replenish you with His influences, proving …

Beauty for Ashes

Isaiah 61:3

… If a foul spot has defiled our garments, we have been led by the Holy Spirit to go at once to Jesus and, while He has washed it …

Opening Services

… He preached that never could the sinner repent without the aid of the Holy Spirit, and yet he called upon every sinner to repent and believe the Gospel …

The Blood

Exodus 12:13

… If Christ were a mere man, my hearers, you could not be exhorted to trust him; were he ever so spotless and holy, there would be no efficacy …

Circumcision and Uncircumcision

Galatians 5:6

… any respect. "Know you not that your bodies are the temples of the Holy Spirit" and, therefore, are neither to be despised, nor to be defiled? But, still …

Real Contact With Jesus

… They are baptized, yet not by the Holy Spirit; they take the Lord’s supper, but they take not the Lord Himself; they eat the bread, but they …

Accomplices in Sin

1 Timothy 5:22

… The weightiest reason of all is this—we should not be "partakers of other men's sins" because, by so doing, we should grieve our holy and gracious …

The Faculty Baffled, The Great Physician Successful

Mark 5:25-28

… The Holy Spirit has made him feel the bitterness of sin and bruised him with the rod of conviction—and now his broken bones demand a real and …

The Voice From Heaven

Revelation 11:12

… Sinner! Sinner! Your blood is on your own head if you refuse this great Salvation! O God the Holy Spirit, make them willing in the day of Your …

Psalm 61

Psalm 61

… A Saviour would have been of no use to us if the Holy Spirit had not gently led us to him, and enabled us to rest upon him …

The Heart—a Gift for God

Proverbs 23:26

… As the sparks mount toward the sun, the central fire, so ought our love rise toward God, the central source of all pure and holy love. It is …

'The Old Testament 'Prodigal'

2 Chronicles 33:12

… May the Holy Spirit bring you to this mind! Brothers and Sisters, the Lord heard Manasseh! Glory be to Infinite Grace, the Lord heard him! Blood-stained hands …

One Aspect of Christ's Death

John 15:13

… He could say, with an emphasis that the Psalmist could not use, "You will not leave My soul in Hell; neither will You suffer your Holy One to …

How To Meet the Evils of the Age

… Do you wish to put an end to baptismal regeneration, the lie of lies? Proclaim spiritual regeneration by the Holy Ghost, and exalt the work of the Spirit …

Comfort for the Tempted

1 Corinthians 10:13

… for His mercy endures forever"? He not only led them into the wilderness, but He led them through it, blessed be His holy name! And if He has …