Holiness

The Vision of the Field

Ezekiel 36:9

… There is no doubt that if we were holy, we would be happy. So, if we advise men to put away sorrow from their heart, we must remind …

Two Ancient Proverbs

Proverbs 29:25

… The pure and holy Jesus is brought before him and, after examining Him, he declares, "I find no fault in this Man." He sends Him to Herod and …

Saving the Lost

Luke 19:10

… I am sure you will, so I scarcely need say a word to urge you to this holy service. Then there are those who are acquainted with the …

Christ's Prayer for Peter

Luke 22:32

… that? He believes in God, he believes in Christ, he believes in the Holy Spirit—he is more than a match for me." To those that are under …

The Prayer of Jabez

… Many a poor man has had no other legacy to leave his children except his blessing, but the blessing of an honest, holy, Christian father is a rich …

A Family Sermon

Genesis 7:1

… God the Holy Spirit speaks home to the inmost soul when He speaks to save—there is no putting off His voice as though directed to another. Noah …

Seeing Jesus

Hebrews 2:9

… He is speaking of that mental vision which God affords to those who have had their eyes anointed with heavenly eye salve by the Holy Spirit that they …

Precious Deaths

Psalm 116:15

… the Holy Spirit sees the object of his continual workmanship at last perfected: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit rejoice that now the bloodbought ones are free from all …

Idols Found Wanting, But Jehovah Found Faithful

Isaiah 46:1-4

… The Holy Spirit, as indwelling in the Church, has not returned to His rest. He still abides in His Church and works mightily. Beloved, fear not. We shall …

Truthfulness

Jeremiah 5:3

… May the Holy Spirit of Truth bless this warning as to the folly of making pretences and forging falsehoods before God. II. Our second lesson is THE GREAT …

The Far-off, Near—the Near, Far Off

Matthew 2:1-4

… Yes, yes, yes, be a sound Divine, but let us see a holy humanity about you as well. God grant that it may be so! Otherwise, I tell …

Christ's Rest and Ours

Isaiah 11:10

… They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the …

"I Would, But You Would Not"

Matthew 23:37

… When you, therefore, shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the Prophet, stand in the Holy Place, (whoso reads, let him understand), then let them …

Preventing Grace

1 Samuel 25:32

… Blessed be God for a holy mother! Blessed be God for an affectionate, prayerful father! Blessed be you of the Lord, you that brought us forth for God …

'Hiding in You!'

Psalm 143:9

… let us each one, also, make this resolve, in the strength of the Holy Spirit—"I will do the same as David did. I will flee unto God …

A Witness and a Partaker

1 Peter 5:1

… I have no doubt that, sometimes, when he preached the Word, his soul was all aglow with holy fervor. I know that, often, I have been so graciously …

Cheering Words

John 15:9

… May the Holy Spirit help us to do so! II. Let me now ask your patient attention while I speak upon THE EXHORTATION OF THE TEXT—"Continue in …

A Welcome for Jesus

Luke 8:40

… But angels stand gazing with their finger on their lips and when, at last, they break the silence, the holy ones whisper, one to another, "Behold, he prays …

The Inexhaustible Barrel

1 Kings 17:16

… For three long years the heavens never saw a cloud, and the stars never wept the holy tears of dew upon the wicked earth; for three long years …

Paul—His Cloak And His Books

2 Timothy 4:13

… Because greatness of Divine skill is as apparent in the minute as in the magnificent—even so in Holy Writ—the little things which are embalmed in the …

Three Homilies From One Text

Matthew 4:23-25

… A man preaches with the Holy Spirit sent down from Heaven! His every word is a thunder stroke—one tremendous lightning blast among the sons of men—and …

The Swiftly Running Word

Psalms 147:15

… ignorant men may spell it out when their eyes are opened by the Holy Spirit. The Person, life, death, Resurrection and Glory of our Lord Jesus Christ are …

The New Fashion

Mark 2:12

… Think of it! The holy God making Atonement for sin! When the angels first heard of it, they must have been lost in astonishment, for they "never saw …

A Singular Title and a Special Favor

Psalm 59:10

… Reliance upon God, dear Friends, is a virtue to which I would urge every Believer—may the Holy Spirit work it in you. We have fallen upon evil …

Bankrupt Debtors Discharged

Luke 7:42

… Men are dead in trespasses and sins; dead to all that is holy and acceptable with God and life, itself, is a gift. What, then, can sinners do …

Conversion

James 5:19-20

… Most persons have been convinced by the pious conversation of sisters, by the holy example of mothers, by the minister, by the Sabbath-school, or by the reading …

"There Is No Difference"

Romans 3:22

… And then, thirdly, let us rejoice in the doctrine—let our hearts sing over it—for there is the raw material of many a holy song and Psalm …

The Exceeding Riches of Grace

Ephesians 2:7

… Oh that the Holy Spirit may help me—and draw you! We begin with—I. THE KINDNESS OF THE LORD TOWARD US IN CHRIST JESUS. What kindness He …

God, the Children's Teacher

Psalm 71:17

… You have taught me from my youth." Perhaps you have heard of that holy man, Mr. John Eliot. He went away from all his home comforts, out among …

Jesus Appearing To Mary Magdalene

Mark 16:9

… ecstasies, whether you have joys or no joys—you stand in a happy, holy place! He must have said, "Mary," or else she could not have said, "Rabboni …

The Rule of Grace

Luke 4:27

… They have been disregarders of God's holy Sabbath and yet, strange to say, the first time they went to the House of God, they found the blessing …

The Sinner's Refuge

Numbers 35:11

… but know how fearful is his condition out of Christ! When God the Holy Spirit once convinces us of our sin, there is no stopping, then! The Spirit …

Hezekiah And The Ambassadors—Or, Vainglory Rebuked

2 Kings 20:12

… Lastly, let us cry to God never to leave us. "Lord, take not Your Holy Spirit from us! Withdraw not from us Your restraining Grace! Have You not …

Unpurchasable Love

Solomon 8:7

… emotion we have ever felt in our most sanctified moments—there is no holy desire that has ever flashed through our soul in our most hallowed times, there …

The Seed by the Wayside

Luke 8:5

… If the Holy Spirit shall graciously help us, we may both glorify God and comfort one another while we meditate upon one set of failures with which we …

From Death To Life

1 Samuel 2:6

… Yet I will look again toward Your holy temple...I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth with her bars was about me forever: yet …

The Conversion of Saul of Tarsus

Acts 26:14

… Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.” The church cares not for all the noise of the world. “God is our refuge and …

Cheer Up, My Comrades!

2 Chronicles 35:2

… I am sure that the holy serenity of a suffering child of God is one of the best sermons that can ever be preached in a family. A …

Mysterious Meat

John 4:31-38

… It is commendable for the worker to forget his weakness and press forward in holy service, but it is proper for the humane and thoughtful to interpose with …

Joyful Anticipation of the Second Advent

Luke 21:28-31

… tradition, there was a sound as of the moving of wings in the Holy Place at Jerusalem and it is reported that one priest, who stood to officiate …