Holiness

Where Can We Find Anecdotes and Illustrations?

… But the other glorious Book is written for you who are taught of God, and made spiritual and holy. Oftentimes, by turning to the primer, you will get …

Children'S Bread Given To Dogs

Matthew 15:27

… But human nature kicks at this, and says, "No, sin is a weakness, a foible, a mistake, and nothing more." But when the Holy Spirit enters the heart …

Plenteous Redemption

Psalm 103:7

… but ah! I lost my mitre, and I, who was once a priest to God, ceased any longer to be his holy servant.” Ah! Adam, thou hast lost …

Personal Service

Psalm 116:16

… A liberty to be holy is a grander liberty than a license to be sinful. A liberty to be conscientious; a liberty to know forgiven sin; a liberty …

Lecture IV: Where Can We Find Anecdotes And Illustrations?

… But the other glorious Book is written for you who are taught of God, and made spiritual and holy. Oftentimes, by turning to the primer, you will get …

Sin Immeasurable

Psalm 19:12

… I bring here any minister of Christ that lives, and if he be a man really filled with the Holy Spirit, he will tell you that when he …

The Character of Christ’s People

John 17:16

… human nature, which was born of the Virgin Mary, was begotten of the Holy Ghost, and therefore was so pure that in it rested nothing that was worldly …

Stambourne Meeting-House

… A little boy on a hassock on the floor of one of these holy loose-boxes ought to have been good; and no doubt was as good there …

What Meanest Thou, O Sleeper?

Jonah 1:5-6

… O that the Holy Spirit may quicken and arouse you, perhaps he may do it through my voice, while again I adjure you. “What meanest thou, O sleeper …

Under His Shadow

… Guarded by Omnipotence, the chosen of the Lord are always safe; for as they dwell in the holy place, hard by the mercy-seat, where the blood was …

Enquirers and Converts

… This "Satan" came, on the Lord's-day morning when the text was upon soul-murder; and, by the Holy Spirit's gracious application of the Word to …

The Immutability of Christ

Hebrews 13:8

… We are one moment holy, kept by the power of God; we are the next moment sinning, led astray by our own lusts; but our Master is for …

Faith Necessary

… A hint against His undefiled conception or His unsullied purity would stir her soul to holy wrath, and speedy would be her execration, and relentless her execution of …

The Blind Beggar

Mark 10:46-52

… Our blindness is of such a kind that it makes us think our vision perfect; whereas, when we are enlightened by the Holy Spirit, we discover our previous …

Light at Evening Time

Zechariah 14:7

… Keeping my eye upward to the Saviour, I can say with David, “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless his holy name …

The Enchanted Ground

… You go to the house of God; but when “the multitude that keep holy day” in the full tide of song send their music up to heaven, you …

Profit and Loss

Mark 8:36

… If a man will but rightly use it, I conceive that it is a talent sent from heaven, bestowed by God for holy purposes, and I am quite …

The Tabernacle Opened

… Oh, that Jehovah-Jireh may also be unto us Jehovah-shammah and Jehovah-shalom! To Father, Son and Holy Ghost we offer praise and thanksgiving, and we set …

Brief, Silent Prayer

Nehemiah 2:4

… I would that every Christian's heart might have just that holy caution that did not permit him to make such haste as to find ill-speed. "Prayer …

Justice Satisfied

Romans 3:26

… He had done nothing whatever that could bring him under the ban of heaven, or subject his holy soul and his perfect body to grief and pain. When …

Memorable Services at the Tabernacle, 1861-1874

… O Father of Thy people, send forth Thy Holy Spirit in richer abundance, that by this solemn chastisement higher ends may be answered than merely attracting our thoughts …

Christ Before Annas

John 18:12

… Today none are such enemies of Christ's holy Gospel as those who delight in priestcraft—and it is not without prophetic meaning that our Lord must be …

The Royal Prerogative

Deuteronomy 32:39

… As well convince the wild winds, or convert the wayward waves, as hope to touch the human heart till God makes bare His arm! It is the Holy …

Jerusalem the Guilty

Luke 13:33

… All that was comely, sacred and holy seemed to have an exclusive abode within her precincts. Yet for all that, these people were not a whit the better …

The Wounds of Jesus

Luke 24:40

… But can you not conceive that the presence of the wounded Christ will often stir up the holy hearts of the celestial beings to a fresh outpouring of …

Why Christ Is Not Esteemed

Isaiah 53:3

… And, Brothers and Sisters in Christ, though the Holy Spirit has quickened us, there was a time when we were "dead in trespasses and sins" and, like Lazarus …

Blessings Traced to Their Source

Psalm 87:7

… Well, Beloved, it will always be so, that our springs of holy zeal, our springs of joy, our springs of fellowship, our springs of every kind that are …

Christ Triumphant

Colossians 2:15

… Mark how he glares upon the holy city, but is unable to spit his venom there, for he is chained and gagged, and dragged along an unwilling captive …

Mr. Spurgeon as a Literary Man (Concluded)

… It is sent forth in childlike dependence upon the power of God the Holy Ghost, to use it in the conversion of millions, if so He pleases." Almost …

The Majestic Voice

Psalm 29:4

… he be in the right frame of mind, it always suggest to him holy thoughts. I do not know how it may be with you, but I scarce …

Healing for the Wounded

Psalm 147:3

… As the Lord liveth, none of these things bind up the broken in heart apart from the Holy Spirit; they are empty wind and air; you may have …

'A Song of My Beloved'

Solomon 2:16

… Lord Jesus come and feed us among the lilies tonight! Come and feed our hungry souls and we will bless Your holy name! III. I must leave that …

Faith Justifying Speech

Psalm 116:10

… I also believed in the Holy Spirit as working in me and teaching me how to pray. The Holy Spirit gave me right desires and helped my infirmities …

A Faithful Friend

Proverbs 18:24

… up to this moment; and may we not, knowing that he is “Holy, holy, holy Lord,” confide in him, that he will stick closer to us than a …

Some Reminiscences of Foreign Travel

… Slowly the boats with their living freight came along, and presently we caught the melody of tuneful voices, rising and falling in measured cadence of holy song. Then …

Psalm 54

Psalm 54

… a little more holy meditation would make our words more suitable and our emotions more fervent. Verse 4. Behold, God is mine helper. He saw enemies everywhere, and …

“The Boy-Preacher of the Fens”

… It seemed a great risk and a serious trial; but depending upon the power of the Holy Ghost, I would at least tell out the story of the …

The Voice of the Blood of Christ

Hebrews 12:24

… But holy Abel stood by the side of the altar, and while Cain the infidel perhaps laughed and jeered at his sacrifice, he boldly presented there the bleeding …

The True Christian’s Blessedness

Romans 8:28

… Not all the sophisms of the learned, nor all the legerdemain of the cunning, will ever be able to sweep the doctrine of election out of Holy Scripture …

A Divided Heart

Hosea 10:2

… If we would grieve the Holy Spirit and cause him to begone; if we would provoke the anger of the Most High and bring down trying providences on …