Holiness

The Loved Ones Chastened

Revelation 3:19

… God the Holy Spirit is himself making inquisition for sin; he is searching Jerusalem with candles; he is so punishing you because you are settled on your lees …

Compassion for Souls

Genesis 21:16

… Men shall wonder at your power—the secret shall be hidden from them, the fact being that the Holy Ghost shall overshadow you, and your heart shall teach …

Homage Offered to the Great King

Psalm 72:15

… There is, first, that holy ordinance of Believers' Baptism in which Jesus Christ is much honored, for it has a special relation to Him. "Know you not that …

Christ About His Father’s Business

Luke 2:49

… Depend upon it, the men that have done the greatest work for our holy religion have been the men who had the special call to it. I no …

What We Have, and Are to Have

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… He has often been grieved with you when you have sinned against Him, for His love is a holy love which cannot endure iniquity—yet He has forgiven …

Unanswered Prayer

Psalm 22:2

… Say with the Savior in this Psalm, "But You are holy." Settle that in your mind. Oh, never allow the faintest breath of suspicion to come upon the …

The Incarnation and Birth of Christ

Micah 5:2

… What if Jesus came? Did not his Father send him? If he was made a child did not the Holy Ghost beget him? If he spake wondrously, did …

Gethsemane

Luke 22:44

… Come Holy Spirit, breathe light into our thoughts, life into our words. I. Come hither and behold the SAVIOR’S UNUTTERABLE WOE. The emotions of that dolorous night …

To Souls In Agony

Psalm 116:3

… The unrighteous may gain deliverance from themselves, or their fellow men, but those whom the Holy Spirit convicts of sin must be delivered by the Lord Himself—nothing …

A Promise and a Providence

Ezekiel 34:15

… And of Levi he said, Let Your Thummim and Your Urim be with Your holy one, whom You didprove at Massah, and with whom You didstrive at the …

Secret Disciples Encouraged

John 18:25

… I am not sure that you did well to be angry, but at any rate, it was a holy zeal that made you angry. Why, you were quite …

Mercy for the Meanest of the Flock

Micah 4:6

… I never observed anything in you but tenderness of conscience and a quiet holy walk with God," they seem quite surprised! Brethren, look after your fellow members—do …

Memories of Maidstone and Newmarket

… It is that, without faith, I had no more right than you to holy baptism; but the promise of my sponsors was accepted by the Church as an …

God's Work in Man

Hosea 2:16

… Word of God," for, with the Word of God, there goes forth His Holy Spirit which changes men, renews their characters and hearts and makes them what they …

Belief in the Resurrection

Mark 16:6

… that should be first and foremost to sustain the Christian ministry in every holy effort, have they not been, sometimes, a very drag upon the wheels to hinder …

Harvest Men Needed

Matthew 9:37

… He must bind the saints together, edifying them in their most holy faith. Alas, how many have been scatterers, rending Churches to pieces? Pray the Lord of the …

Humility

Acts 20:19

… So distrustful do I feel of our judgment upon this point, that if he had not spoken under the Infallible witness and guidance of the Holy Spirit, I …

Pedigree

2 Corinthians 11:22

… May He give us Grace to render complete obedience to His holy will!— "So shall Your choicest gifts, O Lord, Your faithful people bless, For them shall earth …

The Man Whose Hand Stuck to His Sword

2 Samuel 23:9

… When Luther went to a holy man and told him what he had discovered in the Scriptures, the prudent old gentleman replied, "My Brother, go back to your …

'He Must Reign'

1 Corinthians 15:25

… tribes that dwell in Glory is not glad to call Him, King! The holy angels, whom He has made to be as flames of fire, delight to do …

'Ready, Yes, Ready!'

Isaiah 27:13

… May God the Holy Spirit, while I preach upon the second text, enable me to blow the great trumpet of the jubilee! May the gladsome sound reach the …

A Home Question

… May God the Holy Spirit take it in hand, and it will be done to purpose; but it he do not do it, all I can say will …

A Vexed Soul Comforted

Job 27:2

… Some of you have long vexed Him—you have grieved His Holy Spirit for years! Why, my dear Man, God called you when you were but a boy …

Christ in Bonds

John 18:24

… her prayers for their conversion? Let us be holy, dear Friends, for then we shall, by faith, see the holy God freely moving and working among us—and …

The Crown of Thorns

Matthew 27:29

… And as I lift the curtain I pray you watch with me and may the Holy Spirit pour forth His Divine illumination and light up the scene before …

Clearing the Road to Heaven

Isaiah 62:10

… My anxious prayer is that the Holy Spirit may help the weaklings to feed and be glad! II. But I said that in the second part I would …

Thorns and Thistles

Genesis 3:18

… The society of the world is not helpful to a holy heart. To have to mix in it is rather a task for which we need much Grace …

Good Advice For Troublous Times

Isaiah 26:20

… Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence. "Surely," he said "my holy life, my desire to be right with God and …

The Double Forget-me-not

1 Corinthians 11:24

… I have long ago given up trying to understand other people's understandings, for some of them are constructed upon such peculiar principles that I believe the Holy …

'Until He Finds It'

Luke 15:4

… 11, Holy Father, keep through Your own name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one, as We are. This was as though He had …

Christ the Overcomer of the World

John 16:33

… He walked among them holy, harmless, undefiled and separate from sinners—even when they would have taken Him by force and made Him a king! Once He rides …

The Lions' Den

Daniel 6:20

… If he continues in his holy course, he will forfeit the king's favor and lose his life in the most dreadful manner. What will Daniel's determination …

God's People in the Furnace

Isaiah 48:10

… But be cause ye are his sacrifice, therefore ye must be burned; fire must penetrate you and you must be offered a whole burnt offering, holy and acceptable …

Hypocrisy

Luke 12:1

… We must have grace within to make our life holy; but lip-piety needs no grace. The first mark of a hypocrite, then, is, that he contradicts by …

The Interest Of Christ And His People In Each Other

Solomon 2:16

… are the Temples of the Holy Spirit." That is an amazing text, amazing in the splendor of its meaning! Does the Holy Spirit dwell in a man? Yes …

Sweet Stimulants for the Fainting Soul

Psalm 42:6

… You remember that verse about the holy women at the sepulcher of Christ? After they had heard the angel's message, "they departed quickly from the sepulcher with …

To-morrow

Proverbs 27:1

… GOD’S MOST holy Word was principally written to inform us of the way to heaven, and to guide us in our path through this world, to the …

Wheat in the Barn

… Oh Holy Spirit! let each of us be found transformed by thy power. II. The second word of our text is “gather”—that is A WORD OF CONGREGATION …

Constraining Love

Psalm 31:23

… It is of the Holy Spirit we are born-again and made partakers of the New Creation. It is by the same Spirit we are ultimately to be …

A Sabbath Miracle

Luke 13:10-13

… Pause again, think over what we have been reading and lift up your heart in prayer to God, seeking the aid of the Holy Spirit to apply His …