Holiness

Death—a Sleep

1 Thessalonians 4:13

… When death is called a sleep, it is not because the soul sleeps—that, we are told by Holy Scripture, rises at once to Heaven. The soul of …

Christ the Destroyer of Death

1 Corinthians 15:26

… Thus out of that simple sentence in the Psalm, which we would have read far otherwise without the light of the Holy Spirit, the Apostle gathers the doctrine …

Christ's Negative and Positive Prayer

John 17:15

… All His prayers are for them, that they may be made holy, and that so God may be glorified in them. 18-19. As You have sent Me …

The Storm and the Shower

Zechariah 13:7

… And His life itself (I say this with the utmost reverence to His holy name) was a barefaced imposture if He was not the Son of God, for …

The Great Miracle Worker

John 11:47

… and such certainty of holy faith that your nature shall become like a purged temple, wherein is heard nothing but the song of holy praise and the voice …

The Great Physician And His Patients

Matthew 9:12

… In God's esteem and in the esteem of all holy minds the most detestable, obnoxious, dreadful thing in the whole world is moral evil. If that could …

Faith's Dawn and Its Clouds

Mark 9:24

… I thought I would, under this second head, mention some reflections which often cause unbelief to trouble the heart which, nevertheless, has been enabled by the Holy Spirit …

Carte Blanche

Matthew 15:28

… He therefore cries in holy astonishment, "O woman, great is your faith!" Taking the case of the woman as a whole, I think that it must have been …

Joy in Harvest

Isaiah 9:3

… I always looked upon her with interest, though only a poor laborer's wife, till she was taken away to Heaven, after having lived a holy life. Many …

The Jeer Of Sarcasm, And The Retort Of Piety

2 Samuel 6:20-22

… Call on His holy name!” And then awakening all the strings of his heart to ecstasy, he sings again, “Sing unto the Lord. Come sing unto Him! Sing …

Sown Light

Psalm 97:11

… When were the happiness and security of the righteous sown for them? Answer—there are three great Sowers, the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit—and all these …

For The Troubled

Psalm 88:7

… Affliction, when sanctified by the Holy Spirit, brings much glory to God out of Christians through their experience of the Lord's faithfulness to them. I delight to …

Faith Omnipotent

Mark 9:23

… Turn to the 11th chapter of Hebrews and see there a mighty triumphal arch which God the Holy Spirit has raised in commemoration of the splendid triumphs which …

The Tenses

2 Corinthians 1:10

… But there is a gracious expectation which enables us to live in it—a holy anxiety which prompts us to prepare for it. It is greatly wise for …

Accidents, Not Punishments

Luke 13:1-5

… have I? Since I am liable to the same calamity, am I prepared to meet it? Have I felt, through the Holy Spirit’s convincing power, the blackness …

The Blind Man'S Earnest Cries

Mark 10:47

… Oh, may the Holy Spirit stir your heart this morning till you can no longer restrain the cry, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" I say …

Human Responsibility

John 15:22

… The minister is but a man; he has no priestly power, but he is a man called out of the rest of mankind, and endowed with the Holy …

Conceit Rebuked

Job 34:33

… I cannot discover Him by myself—He must unveil Himself to me—and that He has done in Holy Scripture. All that He intends us to know about …

Unparalleled Suffering

1 Peter 3:18

… But there was no such need in the case of Christ! There was no necessity of death about that Holy Thing which was born of the Virgin Mary …

The Blood Of Abel And The Blood Of Jesus

Genesis 4:10

… Can You see it, God of all? Can You see the infinitely holy and just Son of Your heart led here to die? Can You see it and …

A Promise for the Blind

Jeremiah 31:8

… a great company shall return there." Had the Prophet not said that the blind and the lame would come, that their faces should be turned towards the holy …

A Man of God Alone With God

Psalm 119:26

… I do not suppose that any unregenerate sinner will act thus towards his God until the Holy Spirit has begun to work graciously within him. While the prodigal …

The Sinner's End

Psalm 73:17

… Perhaps on that holy day the priests read in the scanty pages of the then written work some ancient story, such as refreshed the Psalmist in his happier …

Barriers Broken Down

Romans 10:3

… Oh, that in all our Churches we might feel that while effort without prayer is presumption and prayer without effort is hypocrisy, the holy blending of prayer and …

Prayer—the Forerunner of Mercy

Ezekiel 36:37

… Wherever in Holy Writ you shall find the blessing you shall find the prayer that went before it. Our Lord Jesus Christ was the greatest blessing that men …

A God Ready to Pardon

Nehemiah 9:17

… We have this book of Holy Scripture written by the pen of the Holy Spirit, which tells us over and over again that the God whom we have …

Concerning the Consolations Of God

Job 15:11

… May God the Holy Spirit enable us to consider these questions that we may be profited by them! The text is in the form of a question, and …

A Double Silver Wedding

… To aid the church in its holy duty of remembering the poor, which is the nearest approach to remembering Christ Himself, seemed to us to be the highest …

Frost And Thaw

Psalm 147:16-18

… Do not limit the Holy One of Israel. Persecuting Saul became loving Paul, and why should not that person be saved of whose case you almost despair? Your …

Breakfast With Jesus

John 21:12

… Cheerfully do I set before you the holy food of sacred Truth furnished by His Word. And I would thus fulfill His command to me, "Feed My sheep …

Certain Curious Calculations About Loaves and Fishes

Mark 8:19-21

… He that doubts and is troubled, is but a baby, still needing to learn the rudiments of holy scholarship! The Lord further asks them that tender question, "And …

Frost and Thaw

… Do not limit the Holy One of Israel. Persecuting Saul became loving Paul, and why should not that person be saved of whose case you almost despair? Your …

Surveying the Field

Nehemiah 2:12

… And when he came to the holy, though wasted city, he did not rush to the work at once, as our hot blood too often suggests to us …

The Living Care of the Dying Christ

John 18:8

… These are the precious Truths of Holy Writ, Divinely Inspired. Oh, that all would believe them! Christ has suffered in the place of His people. What then? As …

Do You Know Him?

Philippians 3:10

… I do care for his actions; my soul would sit down and admire those masterly works of holy art—his miracles of humiliation, of suffering, of patience, and …

Fields White For Harvest

John 4:35

… And we may hope that when it does come to them it will come with a mighty power, for when the Holy Spirit is pleased to work mightily …

The Unspeakable Gift

2 Corinthians 9:15

… During this meditation I desire to aid you, as the Holy Spirit shall aid me, for in my case the power to speak of this unspeakable gift must …

'Oh, How He Loves!'

John 11:36

… The holy angels could understand far better than we can what their Lord and ours gave up when He renounced the royalties of Heaven and all the honor …

An Earnest Warning Against Unbelief

Hebrews 8:18

… Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus.Think of Him, think how great He is, think …

And Why Not Me?

Matthew 8:2

… Blessed be the Divine power which confirms the Word! Jesus is never known in the full authority of His Word until the Holy Spirit makes us feel the …