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Sanctification, holy living, obedience, and growth in grace
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“Alas For Us, If Thou Wert All, and Nought Beyond, O Earth”
1 Corinthians 15:19
… The potent force of the world to come supplies us through the Holy Spirit with force for the proper accomplishment of the duties of this life. Here is …
SERMON • SERMON 265The Meek and Lowly One
Matthew 11:28-30
… He is as holy as Moses—as great, and far greater, but he is still so homely that ye may come to him. Little children, ye may put …
SERMON • SERMON 1510The Hunger-Bite
Job 18:12
… It is a part of the operation of the Holy Spirit to wither all the goodliness of human nature and to destroy all those lovely flowers of natural …
SERMON • SERMON 1147The Gentleness Of Jesus
Matthew 12:19
… Thus shall we be likely to arrive at the mind of the Holy Spirit. I say this because I may have to disturb your idea of the meaning …
SERMON • SERMON 2691Sorrow and Sorrow
2 Corinthians 7:10
… Now, to close, let us pray God the Holy Spirit to enable us to INDULGE OURSELVES IN GODLY SORROW FOR SIN. I will not say anything about the …
SERMON • SERMON 482The Royal Pair in Their Glorious Chariot
Song 3:6-11
… Your holy lives can be swords with which to smite your enemies. The tongues with which you speak of Christ lovingly, tenderly, persuasively—these may be weapons against …
SERMON • SERMON 2728The High Rock
Psalm 61:2
… O you who are cursing your father's God—who are desecrating the day that your parents reckon to be holy—you who despise the Gospel which your …
SERMON • SERMON 2695Christian Conversation
Psalm 145:11
… But he is more especially a saint as being sanctified by the quickening influence of the Holy Spirit which renders him truly sanctified by making him holy and …
SERMON • SERMON 1964Why Is Faith So Feeble?
Mark 4:40
… Spend three, four, five times the amount of time you now do in devotions and so draw nearer to your Lord, entreating the Holy Spirit to lead you …
SERMON • SERMON 236The Shameful Sufferer
Hebrews 12:2
… Those holy limbs which were the casket of the precious jewel of his soul were exposed to the shame and open contempt of men-coarse-minded men who …
SERMON • SERMON 2187Jesus—"All Blessing and All Blessed"
Psalm 72:17
… The Holy Spirit came among us soon after the Ascension, because Jesus had received gifts for men—yes, also for the rebellious. The wonderful blessings which are comprised …
SERMON • SERMON 2828Startling!
2 Kings 8:12
… You may have been discarded by the Holy Spirit for a little season that the Lord might show you that you were weak as other men, that He …
SERMON • SERMON 680Have You Forgotten Him?
Genesis 41:9
… But in some of them there has been the mysterious working of the Holy Spirit and they have dreamed a dream. They are awakened, although not yet enlightened …
SERMON • SERMON 3489Encouragement for the Depressed
Zechariah 4:10
… And it is equally consolatory to reflect that the Holy Spirit does not despise the day of small things, for He it is who, having planted in the …
SERMON • SERMON 2733Christ's Manifestation to Mary Magdalene
John 20:17
… May the Holy Spirit sweetly assist us in meditating now upon the things of Christ—and may our hearts burn within us as He speaks to us by …
SERMON • SERMON 2942The Objective of the Lord's Supper
1 Corinthians 11:26
… But You are holy, O You that inhabits the praises of Israel Settle it in your hearts that whatever God does, He is holy. Never harbor a thought …
SERMON • SERMON 1142Free Pardon
Isaiah 43:25
… If you have never been broken down before the awful majesty of Divine Justice, may the Holy Spirit break you down now—for Jesus will never clothe those …
SERMON • SERMON 2251Our Compassionate High Priest
Hebrews 5:2
… THE High Priest looked Godward and, therefore, he had need to be holy, for he had to deal with things pertaining to God. But at the same time …
SERMON • SERMON 2340The Best Christmas Fare
Psalm 119:103
… David is one who, when his heart boils with holy fervor, and his hand wields the pen of a ready writer, still writes accurately. He never speaks more …
SERMON • SERMON 2835Patients for the Great Physician
Luke 5:31
… Ah, you foul fiend, you have made that to be a den of darkness which was once a place of light where holy angels and even God, Himself …
SERMON • SERMON 1382The Touch
Mark 5:28
… Come, Holy Spirit, and aid our faith that it may bring us into closer and yet closer contact with our Divine Lord! I. First, then, look at THE …
SERMON • SERMON 2927Love at Leisure
Luke 10:39
… I have known such a clatter of worldliness or pride, or some other noise in the soul of man, that the still small voice of the Holy Spirit …
SERMON • SERMON 2321The Heavenly Singers and Their Song
Revelation 5:8-10
… We do not always have our harps with us, but the living creatures and the elders had, all of them, the apparatus for the expression of their holy …
SERMON • SERMON 1877Our Own Dear Shepherd
John 10:14
… May the Holy Spirit bless the word still more, while I speak in my broken way upon the next point—THE COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE. The knowledge of Christ towards …
SERMON • SERMON 3006'The Lord Is My Shepherd'
Psalm 23:1
… By the gracious help of the Holy Spirit, let us see what we can get out of the metaphor used in our text. We must, of course, remind …
SERMON • SERMON 585A Mystery! Saints Sorrowing and Jesus Glad!
John 11:14-15
… Worldly ease is a great foe to faith; it loosens the joints of holy valour, and snaps the sinews of scared courage. The balloon never rises until the …
SERMON • SERMON 3342Faith Seeing God's Glory
John 11:40
… God the Holy Spirit has met with you and made you see yourselves—and now you are ashamed of yourselves. You feel as if you were dead, as …
SERMON • SERMON 1600A Greater Than Solomon
Luke 11:31
… When the Saviour Himself gives us a comparison it is a clear proof that a likeness was originally intended by the Holy Spirit, and therefore we may say …
SERMON • SERMON 3164The Mission of Affliction
2 Samuel 16:11
… He cannot deny Himself." Blessed be His holy name! 2. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you and through the rivers, they shall not …
SERMON • SERMON 760The Sweet Harp of Consolation
Isaiah 41:10
… My text is such a harp, and if the Holy Spirit will but touch its strings, its sweet discourse shall charm away the demon of despair. "I am …
SERMON • SERMON 547Suffering And Reigning With Jesus
2 Timothy 2:12
… Had he been rich in faith, holy in life and renewed in heart, his purple and fine linen would have done him no hurt. Lazarus was carried above …
COMMENTARYPsalm 13
Psalm 13
… Well may we use the prayer, "Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord!" for in many respects we need the Holy Spirit's illuminating rays. "Lest I …
SERMON • SERMON 2615The Anxious Enquirer
Job 23:3
… If so, turn the traitor out! Then will the Holy Spirit come and dwell in your soul and give you "the peace of God which passes all understanding …
SERMON • SERMON 1773What Is Your Life?
James 4:14
… way, we owe to this weighty subject! Among the earnest, the prayerful, the holy, many must acknowledge that the vaults of death have brought them spiritual health! Men …
SERMON • SERMON 2397"Out of Darkness into Light"
Isaiah 49:9
… The conscience of man, when he is really quickened and awakened by the Holy Spirit, speaks the Truth of God—it rings the great alarm bell and if …
SERMON • SERMON 3393Wheat in the Barn
Matthew 13:30
… Yes, angels by a holy instinct discern the Father' s children and are not to be deceived. They will not fail to gather all the wheat and to …
SERMON • SERMON 2805'Life for a Look'
Isaiah 45:22
… inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven? He goes regularly to what he calls, "Holy Communion," and he supposes that he has received Grace by the eating of "consecrated …
SERMON • SERMON 2276Forgiveness, Freedom, Favor
Deuteronomy 15:2
… A good action is not wholly good unless it is done for the glory of God and because of the greatness and goodness of His holy name. It …
SERMON • SERMON 3181A Sermon for a Winter's Evening
John 18:18
… There is no wiser precept in Holy Scripture than that which commands Christians to marry "only in the Lord." It never can conduce to take comfort of any …
SERMON • SERMON 1871Love's Transformations—a Communion Meditation
John 14:28
… Try this holy rule and you will find the major part of your sorrows transformed into joys. A clear understanding of the nature of our trial would lead …