Holiness

Early Wedded Life

… Spurgeon's success was, that he was cradled in the Holy Ghost." It was a very remarkable expression, which I do not remember to have met with anywhere …

The Lesson of Uzza

1 Chronicles 13:8

… It is, to my mind very delightful to worship God with the multitude that keep holy day. I know some people who think themselves the only saints in …

Spiritual Revival—the Need of the Church

Habakkuk 3:2

… Paul's Cathedral and make it a very place of traffic, instead of regarding it as a select and sacred spot, to be apportioned to the holy of …

Struggles of Conscience

Job 13:23

… Now, then, with all my might I come this morning to break down every barrier that keeps a soul from Christ; and, as God the Holy Spirit shall …

A Sweet Bow

Micah 7:18

… According as He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love. What an …

"Is Anything Too Hard for the Lord?"

Jeremiah 32:26

… O men of God, you that are fathers in Israel, may the Holy Spirit still teach you, till you know all the power and fullness of His Truth …

Infant Salvation

2 Kings 4:26

… John the Baptist was filled with the Holy Ghost from his mother’s would. We read of Jeremiah also, that the same had occurred to him; and of …

Healing Leaves

Revelation 22:2

… I shall handle the text very briefly in reference to Heaven and then, at full length, endeavor to bring out its relation to earth, as the Holy Spirit …

Seeking the Souls of Men

… How many precious souls have been brought to Christ by the loving personal exhortations of Christian people who have learned this holy art ! It is wonderful how God …

The House of Mourning and The House of Feasting

Ecclesiastes 7:2

… I never feel so holy, so really happy, as when I sit in that "house of mourning" and see my Savior wrestling for my sins. It is better …

The Approachableness of Jesus

Luke 15:1

… Upon that one thought I shall enlarge, this evening, and may the Holy Spirit make it a loadstone to draw many hearts to Jesus. Eastern monarchs affected great …

Deep Calls Unto Deep

Psalm 42:7

… He was saddened, most of all, at the remembrance of the sacred shrine to which he had so often gone with the multitude that kept holy day, because …

The Old Way of the Wicked

Job 22:15-17

… Holy Richard Baxter says that, when a child, he marveled that if he ever met with a man who was much more holy than other men—spoke more …

A Challenge and a Shield

Romans 8:34

… It must condemn sin, for, "the Law is holy, and the Commandment holy, and just and good." But when it has attacked us and done its worst, there …

A Gross Indignity

Matthew 27:30

… I cannot describe it to you unless your soul can now draw near to your buffeted Master, unless the Holy Spirit shall give you a near and dear …

The People's Christ

Psalm 89:19

… His lineage was respectable, but not illustrious; his family were holy, but not exalted: the names of Jesse, Obed, Boaz, and Ruth, awoke no royal recollections, and stirred …

Quiet Musing!

Psalm 39:3

… Why is it that some people are always in a place of worship and yet they are not holy though they make some slight advances in the Divine …

Meeting Of The Neighboring Churches

… Then, with an appropriate and becoming solemnity, it was consecrated and set apart to the worship of Jehovah, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the God …

The Great Change

Hosea 14:8

… It would be Heaven on earth if I could but be perfectly holy. Oh, that I were clean rid of sin!" So we sing, with Cowper— "The dearest …

Justification by Faith

Romans 5:1

… dear hands were pierced for thee! With your Savior's vesture on, Holy as the Holy One." For so it is—you stand before God as accepted as …

Soul-winning

Proverbs 11:30

… Oh, the joy of knowing that a sinner once at enmity has been reconciled to God, by the Holy Spirit, through the words spoken by our feeble lips …

The Crisis Of This World

John 12:31-33

… He was to bear our sins in His own body on the tree and His pure and holy soul shrank from contact with sin! To stand in the …

Psalm 120

Psalm 120

… What holy and gentle delight is associated with the very name of peace. Peace resting upon our bosom, and soothing all its cares: peace resting upon our households …

Praise for Jesus

Genesis 49:8

… And we may learn very much of holy foresight by coming to the oracles of God. 3. Reuben, you are my first-born, my might, and the beginning …

Heedful Hearing

Luke 8:18

… But wherein we speak according to Holy Scripture, it is as much God's Word as if God Himself spoke. And let me remind you that God's …

Strange Things

Luke 5:26

… If you want to continue to be astounded, amazed, astonished, filled with holy awe, you must come and be familiar with the Savior, His person, His work, His …

Public Meeting Of The Various Denominations

… The temperament of a man before conversion remained with him after conversion, only with this difference—that now it was baptized with the Holy Spirit, and with fire …

A Blow at Self-Righteousness

Job 9:20

… A holy God cannot look even upon the least degree of iniquity. But further, the plea of the self-conceited man is, that he has done his best …

Consolation Proportionate to Spiritual Sufferings

2 Corinthians 1:5

… Even worldly men admit that there is something extremely comforting in the sacred Scriptures, and in our holy religion; I have even heard it said of some, that …

Ruins

2 Chronicles 28:23

… Listen, I have seen those who swore to live a holy life turn aside to the grossest immorality. Often they have been men who thought they were past …

Preach the Gospel

1 Corinthians 9:16

… He makes them feel their constant dependance upon the Holy Ghost. Some do not feel it, I confess. Some will venture to preach without the Spirit of God …

Jesus Meeting His Warriors

Genesis 14:18-20

… And yet, for all this, he anticipates a victory and like Abram hastens to the holy war. Carefully notice that as it is a battle of fearful odds …

Delivered On Sunday Morning, December 4, 1864,

2 Corinthians 6:2

… How ought we to value the Old Testament! If inspired men of God, who spoke by the Holy Spirit quoted the Old Testament, how valuable must its bejeweled …

Crossing the Jordan

Joshua 1:10

… May the Holy Spirit, the Sanctifier, so cleanse us that we may be meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light! The next word …

The Bible

Hosea 8:12

… O ye who dislike certain portions of Holy Writ, rest assured that your taste is corrupt, and that God will not stay for you little opinion. Your dislike …

Christ's Transfigured Face

Matthew 17:2

… And this voice which came from Heaven we heard, when we were with Him in the holy mount. We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto …

A Voice With Four Messages

1 Kings 19:11-13

… Your evening prayer with them as you lay them down to sleep and your own holy example will all be the still small voice in which God will …

Girding on the Harness

1 Kings 20:11

… Sitting down, they meditate upon what they hope to be—everything that is devout, humble, faithful, bold, tender, disinterested, pure and holy. And after they have made a …

Messages to Sinners and Saints

Isaiah 30:15

… SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON LORD'S-DAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 1875. "For thus says the Lord GOOD, the Holy One ofIsrael, In returning and rest …

Sowing in the Wind, Reaping Under Clouds

Ecclesiastes 11:4

… And if there is a man or woman worse off than another, make that person the objective of your prayers and of your holy endeavors. Cast your bread …