Holiness

Wrecked, But Not reckless

Acts 27:20

… Don't despair, dear Heart, don't despair, for you do injury to the Holy Spirit— you dishonor Him if you do—for there is nothing which the …

The Cry Of The Heathen

Acts 16:9

… He at first endeavored to preach the gospel in Phrygia and Galatia, but he was forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the Word in Asia. And “after …

The Security of the Church

Psalm 125:2

… And when there is a little theology, what say they? Instead of exalting the Holy Spirit as the first and prime agent, they are ever exhorting men to …

Bands of Love; or, Union to Christ

… sinful flesh.” Thus, He became one with us in our nature, for in Holy Scripture all partakers of flesh and blood are regarded as of one family. By …

Our Lord's Voluntary Poverty

2 Corinthians 8:9

… You have Christ to be your Intercessor and your Friend! You have the Holy Spirit, Himself, to be your Comforter! The everlasting arms are underneath you. The Divine …

First Visit to Scotland

… I will not limit the Holy One of Israel. I trust some secret work was done : the earnest thanks for my trouble, and the eager request that I …

A Voice from the Hartley Colliery

Job 14:14

… Oh! 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 …

A Troubled Prayer

Psalm 25:18

… How often in reading the Holy Scriptures may you observe the quality of men's sins in the nature of their punishment! Jacob deceived his father, and what …

God in Nature and in Revelation

Psalm 19:7-9

… And now, coming out of His chamber continually as His Gospel is faithfully proclaimed in the power of the Holy Spirit! Verily, this is a true picture of …

A Rich Life

… Go forth, with Christian, to the great mine of unsearchable riches, and cry unto the Holy Spirit to make thy heart rich unto salvation. So shall thy life …

Christ Lifted Up

John 12:32

… Hear the testimony of holy Bishop Lavington, “We have long been attempting to reform the nation by moral preaching. With what effect! None. On the contrary, we have …

'The Shadow of a Great Rock'

Isaiah 32:2

… I know that only the Holy Spirit can bring a sinner under this blessed shadow, but how base must be the human heart when it will not come …

Life's Inevitable Burden

Galatians 6:6

… THE PRACTICAL INFERENCE AND RESULT? I do not know what it may be, but oh, may God the Holy Spirit burn my text into your hearts! I do …

The Christ-Given Rest

Matthew 11:28

… Thus you may stretch your pinions of progress, and of holy aspiration, and rise higher and higher, and yet be still at rest! Like the stars that have …

On Spiritualizing

… What abominable things have been said upon some of the sterner and more horrifying similes of Jeremiah and Ezekiel! Where the Holy Spirit is veiled and chaste, these …

A Good Man in An Evil Case

Psalm 55:22

… And we shall also be harmless as doves if the Holy Spirit, like a dove, rests upon us and makes us, also, to abound in gentleness. By this …

God's Longsuffering: An Appeal to the Conscience

2 Peter 3:15

… How is it that the Thrice-holy One bears with them? Oh, wondrous longsuffering of a Gracious God! And then there are others who wallow in unmentionable impurity …

The Carpenter's Son and His Relations

Matthew 13:55

… Christ has no mother among the seraphim, no brother among the se- raphim, and no sister in all the shining ranks of holy angels! But looking round upon …

Love's Great Reason

1 John 4:19

… And after we have known Christ, by the reading or hearing of the Word, blessed to us by His Holy Spirit, it will be necessary for us to …

Heman's Sorrowful Psalm

Psalm 88:13

… God will never hear you." If that is your temptation, dear Friend, may the Holy Spirit come to your rescue while I talk familiarly with you in His …

Sanctified Sorrow

Isaiah 54:11

… The personal application of a promise to the heart by the Holy Spirit is that which is needed. The honey in Jonathan's woods never enlightened his eyes …

Rivers Of Water In A Dry Place

Isaiah 32:2

… But I cannot bring my mind to believe that these expressions were intended by the Holy Spirit to have no other and higher reference. They appear to me …

Confession and Absolution

Luke 18:13

… Yon Pharisee holy man as he appeared to be, goes up unblushingly to the court of the Israelites. he goes as near as he dare to the very …

Enquirers and Converts (Continued)

… In the providence of God, I was called to preach the Word in his neighbourhood ; he was induced to attend, and, by the Holy Spirit's blessing on …

The Glorious Habitation

Psalm 90:1

… There is a holy calm and sweet repose which the Christian only knows, something like the slumbering stars up there in beds of azure; or like the seraphic …

A Frail Leaf

Job 13:25

… I trust that many of us have been brought by God the Holy Spirit into such a humble frame of mind as to feel that, in a certain …

Paul's First Prayer

Acts 9:11

… O may the Holy Spirit enable us to keep the beacon-fire blazing, to warn you of the rocks, shoals, and quicksands, which surround you, and may we …

The Desolations of the Lord, the Consolation of His Saints

Psalm 46:8-9

… Just as the anointing oil was first poured on Aaron’s head, and then went to the skirts of the garment, so must the Holy Spirit be poured …

'The Time Is Short'

1 Corinthians 7:29

… With my mind's eye, I followed that young man living a holy life through a succession of years, getting up to the highest possible platform of spirituality …

Looking Unto Jesus

Psalm 34:5

… And was he not ever pure and holy? And did they not call him a drunken man and a wine-bibber? He was his father’s glorious Son …

The Importunate Widow

Luke 18:1-8

… In temporal mercies there may be a limit and the Holy Spirit may bid us ask no more. Then must we say, "the Lord's will be done …

The Beginning, Increase, and End of the Divine Life

Job 8:7

… own judgment; and if it be not in consonance with the rest of Holy Scriptures, it will be our bounden duty to reject it as being but the …

Prayer Answered, Love Nourished

Psalm 116:1

… the past, and find therein motives for love to God; and may the Holy Spirit so help me in preaching and you in hearing, that your love may …

Things Unknown

Jeremiah 33:3

… I shall never forget my interview with that holy man of God. Some gentleman said to me, "I wish you would ask Mr. Muller a question or two …

Fear of Death

Hebrews 2:15

… And this fear of death also tends very much to dishonor our holy religion in the eyes of those who are not believers in Jesus. The calmness with …

Sickness and Prayer, Healing and Praise

Psalm 107:17-22

… It is the Word of God, applied by the Holy Spirit, that is the means of healing sin-sick souls! But there is a still higher meaning in …

Particular Redemption

Matthew 20:28

… There are times when God the Holy Spirit shows to men the sternness of justice in their own consciences. There is a man here today who has just …

The Perseverance of Faith

Matthew 15:28

… I exhort you to come to the same holy determination! Oh, that Almighty Grace might help you to do so, for in so doing you will surely get …

The Secret of Happiness

Matthew 9:2

… If his conscience had been awakened and enlightened by the Holy Spirit, he felt that the sword of Divine Justice was drawn from its sheath and hanging over …

Everybody's Sermon

Hosea 12:10

… righteousness, and with my Son’s own garments on, thou shalt be holy as the Holy One.” And the wind of to-day, as it comes howling through …