Holy Spirit

Earnest Expostulation

Romans 2:4

… Oh that the Holy Ghost would make this sermon effectual for the arousing of every unsaved soul that shall hear or read it! I. First, let me speak …

Accidents, Not Punishments

Luke 13:1-5

… have I? Since I am liable to the same calamity, am I prepared to meet it? Have I felt, through the Holy Spirit’s convincing power, the blackness …

The Church As She Should Be

Solomon 6:4

… May we, every one of us, be soldiers filled with vigor to the fullness of our manhood, by the eternal power of the Holy Spirit; and may we …

A Free Grace Promise

Joel 2:32

… May the Holy Spirit graciously aid me while I shall talk to you very simply, thus:’ I. First, THERE IS SOMETHING ALWAYS WANTED. That something is deliverance, or …

To-morrow

Proverbs 27:1

… When God the Holy Ghost has dealings with a man, they are always immediate dealings. The sinner is impatient to get deliverance; he must have pardon now; he …

Praises and Vows Accepted in Zion

Psalm 65:1-2

… The Holy Ghost made you overseers that you might feed the flock of God. Your office proves your obligation. You are practically under a vow. Has that vow …

Israel And Britain. A Note of Warning

John 12:37-41

… Shall I not be made to doubt the atonement, the work of the Holy Ghost, the immortality of the soul, the punishment of the wicked, or the deity …

The Sermon of the Seasons

Genesis 8:22

… there will be a melting season of contrition and repentance, and then the Holy Spirit will have warmed your heart into hope and faith and love and joy …

Open Praise and Public Confession

Psalm 138:1-3

… praise unto Jehovah and just let him go, by the influence of the Holy Spirit, right into the middle of the adversaries of the Truth of God! They …

Sinners Bound with the Cords of Sin

Proverbs 5:22

… Here, then, stands the riddle, that man is so set against God and his Christ that he never will accept eternal salvation until the Holy Spirit, by a …

Prayer—the Forerunner of Mercy

Ezekiel 36:37

… And now some will say to me, “In what way do you regard prayer, then, as affecting the blessing? God, the Holy Ghost vouchsafes prayer before the blessing …

Light for Those Who Sit in Darkness

Matthew 4:15-16

… May God the Holy Spirit lead you to do this, for Jesus’ sake. Amen. PORTIONS OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON—Matthew 4:12-25; and 5:1-12.

Victor Emmanuel, Emancipator

Isaiah 42:7

… He can breathe the Holy Spirit into the dead soul, and give the heart that palpitates with penitence, and leaps with desires after God. He can give eyes …

Do You Know Him?

Philippians 3:10

… that my soul desires a fuller acquaintance with him.” Now may God, the Holy Ghost, very graciously lead me onward that I may also quicken in you the …

The Faculty of Impromptu Speech

… cultivate a childlike reliance upon the immediate assistance of the Holy Spirit. “I believe in the Holy Ghost,” says the Creed. It is to be feared that many …

A Lesson and a Fortune for Christian Men of Business

Hebrews 13:5

… Father may be heard to say to each one of us by the Holy Spirit—"I have washed you from your sin in the precious blood of Christ …

An Appeal To Sinners

Luke 15:2

… soul in this hall, if his distress be the work of God’s Holy Spirit, that shall not find salvation in the wounds of Christ. Believe then, sinner …

All Joy in All Trials

James 1:2-4

… Patience, brother! Is this high virtue scarce with thee? The Holy Spirit shall bestow it upon thee through suffering. This patience also takes the shape of believing without …

The Minstrel

2 Kings 3:15

… ELISHA needed that the Holy Spirit should come upon him to inspire him with prophetic utterances. ‘Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy …

Christ Our Passover

1 Corinthians 5:7

… And was not Jesus Christ even such from his birth? Unblemished, born of the pure virgin Mary, begotten of the Holy Ghost, without a taint of sin; his …

Knowledge. Worship. Gratitude.

Romans 1:20

… O Holy Spirit, help the preacher now, for all his help is in thee! I. At once, then, let us look at this first sin, a sin very …

The King’s Highway Opened and Cleared

… And may God the Holy Spirit enable thee to trust him hard heart and all, and then thy hard heart shall soon be turned into a heart of …

Pleading and Encouragement

Ezekiel 18:23

… I am glad to see the Holy Spirit overturning, throwing down, digging out the foundations, and making you like cleared ground, that he may build upon you temples …

Fire! Fire! Fire!

Isaiah 43:2

… kindle upon thee.” We shall talk of three things, this morning, as the Holy Ghost may enable us; first of all, a terrible pathway, —walking around the fire …

A Song Among the Lilies

Solomon 2:16

… We would conduct you from the door-step to the innermost chamber, from the outer court to the Holy of Holies, and we pray the Holy Spirit to …

Our Watchword

Psalm 70:4

… O God, the Holy Ghost, make the church alive right through, from the crown of its head to the sole of its foot, so that the whole church …

The High Priest Standing Between the Dead and the Living

Numbers 16:47-48

… therefore conspire against him as well as against the Eternal Father and the Holy Spirit? Was he not, I say, the one against whom the nations of the …

Jubilee Joys

… God the Holy Spirit would open that chapter to our minds. I hope I have never preached without an entire dependence on the Holy Ghost. Our reliance upon …

The Unbeliever’s Unhappy Condition

John 3:36

… When the Holy Spirit comes to convince men of sin, the especial sin which he brings to light is thus described: “Of sin, because they believed not on …

To the Saddest of the Sad

Exodus 6:9

… May God speak through me by the Holy Spirit, the Comforter! I. And first, will you notice that what Moses brought to these people was glad tidings. IT …

'Nunc Dimittis'

Luke 2:29-30

… our mind those reflections which will make us ready to depart, God’s Holy Spirit, sent forth from the Father, may make us also willing to leave these …

Joy Born at Bethlehem

Luke 2:10-12

… In the name of Christ, the Holy Ghost is glorified, by being seen as anointing the incarnate God. Truly, dear brethren, if we did but understand all this …

Satan Considering the Saints

Job 1:8

… If you desire to have your own confidence sustained, may God the Holy Ghost lead you into the patience of lob. Oh! how many saints have been comforted …

What and Whence Are These?

Revelation 7:13-14

… They were fortified by a secret strength which they found at the throne of God in prayer, a patience which the Holy Ghost wrought in them, and which …

A Great Gospel for Great Sinners

1 Timothy 1:15-17

… Especially is it a grievous offense to sin against the gentle checking of the Holy Spirit. Have you not been sad offenders upon this point? You felt the …

The Barley Field on Fire

2 Samuel 14:29-31

… Be reconciled to him!” I do not think you ever will come to Jesus, unless the Holy Spirit shall employ trials to bring you. I find that the …

Song for the Free—Hope for the Bound

Psalm 107:14-16

… It needs Father, Son and Holy Spirit to save a soul! None but the Trinity can deliver a captive soul from the chains of sin and death and …

A Summary of Experience and a Body of Divinity

1 Thessalonians 1:9-10

… of his brought us the Holy Spirit. He ‘led captivity captive, and received gifts for men,’ and he gave the Holy Ghost as the largess of his joyous …

Psalm 76

Psalm 76

… It is the glory of the church that the Redeemer inhabits her by his Holy Spirit. Vain are the assaults of the enemy, for they attack not us …

The Ascension and the Second Advent Practically Considered

Acts 1:10

… May the Holy Spirit also speak. Others are contemplative but not active,—much given to the study of Scripture and to meditation thereon, but not zealous for good …