Holiness

Psalm 62

Psalm 62

… Indeed, waiting on God for deliverance, in an afflicted state, consists much in a holy silence. It is a great mercy, in an affliction, to have our bodily …

May 15 — GOD'S HIGH PLACES

Ps. 91:14

… If He does not do this, He may set us on high by near fellowship, clear insight, holy triumph, and gracious anticipation of eternal glory. When God sets …

Aug. 1 — COVENANT REACHES CHILDREN

Gen. 17:7

… Lord, make them to be born under thy covenant of grace by thy Holy Spirit! I pray for my descendants throughout all generations. Be thou their God as …

Oct. 1 — A COVENANT HE REMEMBERS

Ps. 111:5

… He cannot forget His Son who is the Surety of the Covenant, nor His Holy Spirit who actively carries out the covenant, nor His own honor, which is …

March 3 — NOT LEFT TO PERISH

Ps. 16:10

March 3 NOT LEFT TO PERISH "For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption" Ps. 16:10 …

Jesus About His Father’s Business

John 4:34

… Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? “Methinks I see his holy cheeks glowing with a divine furore, when he hurls …

April 7 — WITHOUT FEAR OF MAN

Deut. 28:10

… God can make us so like Himself, that men shall be forced to see that we rightly bear His name, and truly belong to the Holy Jehovah. Oh …

Sept. 20 — PERFECT WILLINGNESS

Ps. 110:3

… at thy disposal; willing, yea, eager, to be used of thee for thy holy purposes. O Lord, let me not have to cry, "To will is present with …

Foretastes of Heaven

… By the Holy Spirit there is given to them, even now, in seasons of blissful communion, such experiences, joys, and feelings, as seem to bring heaven down to …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage

… testimony which these hitherto sealed pages of his history bear to his singularly holy and blameless character. So, I have unlocked my heart, and poured out its choicest …

Good Cheer From Christ's Call and From Himself

Mark 10:46-52

… May the Holy Spirit dictate every word! I. My first remark is that this man is a pattern for all seekers BECAUSE HE SOUGHT THE LORD UNDER GREAT …

Psalm 36

Psalm 36

… Here we enter into the Holy of Holies. Benevolence, and mercy, and justice, are everywhere, but the excellence of that mercy only those have known whose faith has …

A Visit to the Tomb

Matthew 28:6

… THE holy women, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, came to the sepulcher hoping to find there the body of their Lord which they intended to embalm. Their …

June 28 — ONE LOOK FROM THE LORD

Judges 6:14

… Lord gave to Gideon! He looked him out of his discouragements into a holy bravery. If our look to the Lord saves us, what will not His look …

Soul-satisfying Bread

John 6:35

… Here, again, I have to explain a word which needs no explanation except one flash of light from the Holy Spirit. And I question whether any other light …

The Victory of Faith

1 John 5:4

… Besotted, filled with your evil wills, inclined to evil; still the Holy Ghost speaks by me this morning, “If ye turn unto the Lord, with full purpose of …

'Ever This Our War Cry—victory, Victory!'

Isaiah 53:12

… My own right hand and My holy arm shall so be with Him that He shall tread down His enemies and He shall take from them mountains of …

Good Cheer for Christians

Isaiah 25:6

… Believers, while engaged in prayer and praise, in service and in suffering, are enabled by the Holy Spirit to hold high converse with their Lord. Do not imagine …

The Water and the Blood

John 19:34

… Dear Friends, do not need pressing or driving to holy duty! Be not as bulls that must be goaded, but rather have within you such a spring of …

Members Of Christ

Ephesians 5:30

… These thoughts may serve as an introduction to a fuller consideration of this great subject and I shall begin by saying that, in Holy Scripture, the union between …

The Compassion of Jesus

Matthew 9:36

… We have not to say— "Come Holy Spirit, heavenly dove." He is here! He dwells in His Church and He moves over the congregation and He touches men …

The Solar Eclipse

Isaiah 45:7

… Man was originally pure and holy; that is what God’s grace will make him at last, He was pure when he was made by God in the …

Beloved, and yet Afflicted

John 11:3

… I have known Christian women who would never have been so gentle, tender, wise, experienced, and holy if they had not been mellowed by physical pain. There are …

The Spirit of Praise

… and all that is within me, bless His holy name.” Wake up my memory , and find matter for the song. Tell what God has done for me in …

A Visit to Bethlehem

Luke 2:15

… Kitto's account of the inn, or Caravanserai, it was the servant's placethat the holy family occupied. Imagine now a square pile of strong and lofty walls …

Plenary Absolution

Psalm 103:12

… With His spotless vesture on, Holy as the Holy One. Oh the heights and depths of Grace! Shining with meridian blaze; Here the saved records show Sinners black …

Death and Life in Christ

Romans 6:8-11

… Newton has very properly said that the two pillars of our religion are, the work of Christ for us, and his work in us by the Holy Spirit …

More Room for More People

Luke 14:22

… Go out and break it to them! Oh, that there might come a holy impulse upon many here present to begin some good work for Christ! Break up …

Standing and Singing

Psalm 26:12

… An earnest Prayer Meeting fills you with holy joy, but it does not transport you quite out of the body as it once did. On the other hand …

Preaching for the Poor

… Now, the gospel is holy, just, and true, and loving, and honest, and benevolent, and kind, and gracious. So, then, to gospelize a man is to make a …

I Know That My Redeemer Liveth

Job 19:25-27

… No smell of the fire of death may pass upon the garments which his holy children have worn in the furnace. Remember, too, that it was always considered …

Satan, Self, Sin and the Savior

Mark 5:9

… Oh, that we had half as much holy courage as he has of unholy impudence, that we might face our foes as boldly as he faces his! With …

Meeting in the Unfinished Tabernacle

… Unto Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, be glory for the gracious success which has been with us even unto this day, and may it please our Covenant God …

Prodigal Love for the Prodigal Son

Luke 15:20

… Sometimes, however, it is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given to us. Some of us know, at times, what it is to …

Christ Glorified

Isaiah 55:5

… In the operations of the Holy Spirit within our soul, while they aim at destroying sin and at many other blessed results, yet they have for their first …

Come and Welcome

Revelation 22:17

… I hope to expand that word, this morning, to beat out the golden grain into goldleaf, and may God the Holy Spirit speak this day with his minister …

Grace—the One Way of Salvation

Acts 15:11

… These holy women, we believe, will be saved. But I will suppose that I go to one of our Refuges and there are three girls there who were …

The Loaded Wagon

Amos 2:13

… O that the Holy Spirit may make it pointed to our consciences! I. The first and most apparent truth in the text is, that SIN IS VERY GRIEVOUS …

Ebenezer!

1 Samuel 7:12

… If you personally have lost the light of his face, pray this morning— “Return, O holy Dove! return, Sweet messenger of rest! I hate the sins that made …

Hoping in God's Mercy

Psalm 33:18

… By the term, "the fear of God," we understand in Holy Scripture the whole of true religion. We do not mean by the fear of God, the slavish …